[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Is science a religion?

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I remember some members of this group expressing the opinion that perhaps 
science is a religion.  It seems that there was an early twentieth century 
scientist turned philosopher called Michael Polanyi, who at least in my view, 
came close to eloquently expressing this kind of view.  I found this very 
interesting essay "The Stability Of Beliefs" British Journal for the Philosophy 
of Science 3:11 (November, 1952): 217-232, which you can read at 
http://www.mwsc.edu/orgs/polanyi/mp-stability.htm.  I would reproduce the 
article here, but I feel that this would be too much of a copyright violation. 
I must admit that I have only skim read the article, but I'm feeling ready to 
enter into a discussion about it if anyone else wants to comment on it.

Best, Stephen
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