Theology was once considered the Queen of the Sciences. Philosophy was her handmaiden. From Theology came all philosophies and sciences. Great writers like Augustine and Boethius showed how theology is above philosophy and science. The lower philosophies did not contradict theology, but treat her as mother.
But something changed.
Science has disconnected itself from philosophy and theology. A break has occurred in the realm of knowledge.
The Origin of Species
We should look back to one of the “scientists” who’s work began the divide between sciences and philosophy, Charles Darwin. In his Origin of Species, Darwin specifies that the majority of natural philosophers use the same method f proving an idea as him.
It can hardly be supposed that a false theory would explain, in so satisfactory a manner as does the theory of natural selection, the several large classes of facts above specified. It has recently been objected that this is an unsafe method of arguing; but it is a method used in judging of the common events of life, and has often been used by the greatest natural philosophers. Continue reading
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