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1 Faculty of Law and Theology, Azad University of Science and Research
2 Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Sciences, Science and, Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Theoretical Studies of Science, Technology and Innovation, Scientific Policy Research Center
Abstract
This article devoted to Charles Sander Peirce's view on the relationship between science and religion. The main thesis of the article is that although fallibilism, the main doctrine of Peirce's philosophy, was in challenge with the Church's doctrine, Peirce believed in the dialogue between science and religion. Peirce's epistemology of religion can be considered as an anticipation of Barbour's "critical realism". Fallibilism led Peirce to propose a non-theological Universal Church that has a fundamental respect for scientific truth. We argued that Peirce understands religion in terms of instinctual beliefs in all their ambiguity, and that he asks us to consider instinctual beliefs good enough and appropriate, while simultaneously exploring truth in the long run.
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