The Intersubjective Worlds of Science and Religion

• Published in: Science, Religion, and the Human Experience
• Main Author: Wallace, Alan B
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: New York Oxford University Press 19.05.2005
• Subjects: intersubjectivity; William James; science; naturalism; objectivism; realism; cognitive science; religion

This essay explores the possibility of intersubjective truth in science and religion to present an alternative to metaphysical realism on the one hand, and relativism and constructivism on the other. Wallace gives a summary of objectivism — the view that there is a world separate from human percepti...