Doctoral Dissertation Research: American Humanists and the Ideology of Science

博士论文研究：美国人文主义者与科学意识形态

• 批准号: 9311037
• 负责人: Ronald Numbers
• 金额: $ 0.5万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-09-01 至 1994-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9311037&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; American; Humanists

9311037 Numbers Science and religion have had a long and at times contentious relationship in the United States. Within the past decade, advocates of more fundamentalist Christian sects have argued that many of the theories of contemporary science, especially the theory of evolution, have been advanced by a "religion" known as secular humanism. The fundamentalists have offered an alternative creationist theory and have convinced at least two state legislatures that the opposing theories should have equal standing in biology classes. In his dissertation research, Mr. Sheldon is examining the development of "secular humanism" and its relationship to science in 20th century America. His objectives are to understand the role of science and religion in humanist thought and the ways in which prominent scientists and popularists have adopted humanism as a framework for the presentation of the history, discoveries and methods of science. The project focuses on John Dewey, H. J. Muller, Carl Sagan, B. F. Skinner and others. The project involves a thorough survey of the primary humanist journals in America as well as published works of the principal actors and critics. In addition, Mr. Sheldon is using interviews and archival research to provide crucial data on the institutional development of humanism and its relation to scientists and their ideas. ***

9311037 数字 科学与宗教在美国有着长期且有时存在争议的关系。 在过去的十年里，更多原教旨主义基督教教派的倡导者认为，当代科学的许多理论，尤其是进化论，都是由一种被称为世俗人文主义的“宗教”推动的。 原教旨主义者提出了另一种神创论理论，并说服了至少两个州立法机构，认为对立的理论应该在生物学课堂上享有平等的地位。 谢尔登先生在他的论文研究中研究了 20 世纪美国“世俗人文主义”的发展及其与科学的关系。 他的目标是了解科学和宗教在人文主义思想中的作用，以及杰出科学家和通俗主义者如何采用人文主义作为介绍科学历史、发现和方法的框架。 该项目重点关注约翰·杜威、H. J. 穆勒、卡尔·萨根、B. F. 斯金纳等人。 该项目涉及对美国主要人文主义期刊以及主要演员和评论家已出版的作品进行彻底调查。 此外，谢尔顿先生还利用访谈和档案研究来提供有关人文主义制度发展及其与科学家及其思想的关系的重要数据。 ***