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Some scientists consider science and religion mutually exclusive; others believe that science and religion can and should be united or "reunited". It has been argued that conceptions of God by scientists are generally more abstract and less personal than the Gods of common religions, and sometimes approach pantheism (as in the case of Albert Einstein). While this is undoubtedly true in many cases, no individual polling of the entire scientific community exists to date. Among scientists polled in the US, Atheism, agnosticism and logical positivism are especially popular among people who believe that the scientific method is the best way to approximate an objective description of observable reality, although the scientific method generally deals with different sets of questions than those addressed by theology. The general question of how we acquire knowledge is addressed by the philosophical field of epistemology. |
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Some scientists consider science and religion mutually exclusive; others believe that science and religion can and should be united or "reunited". It has been argued that conceptions of God by scientists are generally more abstract and less personal than the Gods of common religions, and sometimes approach pantheism (as in the case of Albert Einstein). While this is undoubtedly true in many cases, no individual polling of the entire scientific community exists to date. Atheism, agnosticism and logical positivism are especially popular among people who believe that the scientific method is the best way to approximate an objective description of observable reality, although the scientific method generally deals with different sets of questions than those addressed by theology. The general question of how we acquire knowledge is addressed by the philosophical field of epistemology. |
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