Faith in Science: Shared Science in Aquinas

What is it about?

We tend to think that science depends not on faith, but on what has been verified empirically. But according to Aquinas, a kind of faith is necessary for (a) scientific discovery, (b) distribution of scientific knowledge from specialists to the rest of the scientific community, and (c) passing established science on to learners. Even though our understanding of science has developed considerably over the centuries, Aquinas’s framework could be useful for a better understanding of social knowledge in modern science.

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