Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson, credited to John Charlton Hardwick, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson by John Charlton Hardwick. Read in English by Laurie Anne Walden This history of Western philosophy, published in 1920, explores the ways mankind has explained the natural world during the last few centuries, whether by spiritual interpretation or through advances in science. From the Preface: "The chapters which follow are not intended as even a slight sketch of the history of Thought since the Renaissance. Their object is more modest, i.e. to illustrate the thesis that mankind, being 'incurably religious,' insists (however hopeless the enterprise may sometimes seem) upon interpreting the universe spiritually." (Summary by LA Walden and the Preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson
• Author credits: John Charlton Hardwick
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 4:19:40

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• history
• religion
• science

Track guide

1. 01 - Introductory — 13:43
2. 02 - The Dissolution of the Old Synthesis — 17:06
3. 03 - Growth of the Mechanical Theory — 17:06
4. 04 - Seventeenth-Century Reactions — 25:01
5. 05 - Rise of an Anti-Religious Science — 17:53
6. 06 - Rise of German Idealism — 17:23
7. 07 - The Romantic Movement — 21:14
8. 08 - Mechanism and Life — 17:04
9. 09 - Materialism and Agnosticism — 26:30
10. 10 - Reactions in Philosophy — 22:12
11. 11 - Some Recent Tendencies in Philosophy — 26:50
12. 12 - Some Recent Tendencies in Science — 20:44
13. 13 - Some Final Considerations — 16:53

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