The Epiphany Philosophers was a group of philosophers, scientists and religious (priests, nuns and monks) who met regularly and published between 1950 and 2010. The focus of their endeavours was on the relationship between science and religion.
Founders and Principal Players
Their founders included
Margaret Masterman,
Richard Braithwaite
Richard Bevan Braithwaite (15 January 1900 – 21 April 1990) was an English philosopher who specialized in the philosophy of science, ethics, and the philosophy of religion.
Life
Braithwaite was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, son of the ...
,
Dorothy Emmet
Dorothy Mary Emmet (; 29 September 1904, Kensington, London – 20 September 2000, Cambridge) was a British philosopher and head of Manchester University's philosophy department for over twenty years. With Margaret Masterman and Richard Braithw ...
,
Robert H. Thouless,
Michael Argyle and
Ted Bastin
Edward William "Ted" Bastin (8 January 1926 – 15 October 2011) was a physicist and mathematician who held doctorate degrees in mathematics from Queen Mary College, London University and physics from King's College, Cambridge, to which he won a ...
. Later members included
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
Rupert Sheldrake
Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942) is an English author and parapsychology researcher who proposed the concept of morphic resonance, a conjecture which lacks mainstream acceptance and has been criticized as pseudoscience. He has worke ...
,
Rowan Williams
Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, (born 14 June 1950) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet. He was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, a position he held from December 2002 to December 2012. Previously the Bish ...
,
Clive W. Kilmister,
Frederick Parker-Rhodes,
Jonathan Westphal
Jonathan Westphal (born 1951) is an academic philosopher working on the philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophy of science, logic and philosophy of language and aesthetics. More recently he has become interested in issues in the philosophy o ...
and
Yorick Wilks
Yorick Wilks FBCS (born 27 October 1939), a British computer scientist, is emeritus professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Sheffield, visiting professor of artificial intelligence at Gresham College (a post created especiall ...
.
Theoria to Theory: An International Journal of Philosophy, Science and Contemplative Religion
The group produced a quarterly journal (published by Gordon and Breach Science Publishers), ''Theoria to Theory: An International Journal of Philosophy, Science and Contemplative Religion'', which ran to 14 volumes, between 1966 and 1981. The front matter of Volume 13 reported the journal's purpose ''"Theoria to Theory: Attempts to see how imaginative insight can become working theory. Is the product of a continuing dialogue between scientific specialists and philosophers on the one hand, and contemplatives of different traditions. Eastern as well as Western, on the other. Believes that the Christian mystical tradition— background of the whole development of Western science and technology— demands at the very least another look. Sees an urgent need for fundamental philosophical investigation into such questions within an enlarged scientific vision, without which so much of science is simply commercially profitable or experimentally convenient. Looks at practical attempts to use technology in enhancing life rather than impoverishing its quality. Considers the human treatment of human beings in education, health, and work."'' (Volume 13 of Theoria to Theory: An International Journal of Philosophy, Science and Contemplative Religion)
Publications
*''Epiphany Philosophers Conference Report''; privately published (1954)
*''The Pardshaw dialogues'', ed. by D. M. Emmet and published in Process Studies (1987)
External links
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References
Philosophical schools and traditions
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