Not an Enlightened Age | Los Angeles Review of Books James Davison Hunter considers Peter Harrison’s “Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age.”

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Leviathan and after – a celebration of the history of science, the A joint UCL STS – Science Museum Conference

We are thrilled to announce a joint UCL STS - Science Museum conference titled: "Leviathan and after". Taking place on 12 May at the Science Museum. For more details and how to book: www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/ev...

And these pieces appear to be open access. Thanks.

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Phil Almond's latest, hot off the press. Interesting, beautifully written, and relevant.

Why physics today stands on the wings of angels and demons | Aeon Essays When medieval scholars sought to understand the nature of angels, they unwittingly laid the foundations of modern physics

Beyond the equations and experiments, physics has always carried echoes of the divine.

Investigating the roots of the natural/supernatural dichotomy | Aeon Essays The modern era is often seen as the triumph of science over supernaturalism. But what really happened is far more interesting

The birth of naturalism

The modern era is often seen as the triumph of science over supernaturalism. But what really happened is far more interesting

By Peter Harrison
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Latest number of PTSc. Special issue on "After Science and Religion". Includes an interview with me, and a review of Some New World.

The Way Forward in Science and Religion James Ungureanu on the limits of language.

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On Isaac Newton as Philosopher, and the split between Philosophy and Physics One project that was delayed by my long covid is The Oxford Handbook of Newton (here) that I co-edit with Chris Smeenk.

"Newton, perhaps unintentionally, sets up a split between what came to be known as ‘science’ (especially mathematical physics) and what came to be known as ‘philosophy.’"
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I'm having a book launch for 'Salvation in the Block Universe.' Cambridge colleagues, please join me on 7th May in the faculty of divinity, details below:

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At the turn of the 20th century, England was fascinated by séances, ghosts, precognitions, and clairvoyance. And the Society for Psychical Research at Cambridge believed that these phenomena deserved scholarly attention. Read more here:
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Conversations on the Plurality of World-views: A Response to Peter Harrison’s Some New World PHILIP BALL | Conflicts can in fact be tremendously fertile, alerting us to areas where more work is needed . . .

Some New World, the new book by Peter Harrison, is an important and deeply erudite historical survey of what is understood by the notion of "supernatural", challenging the conception that is commonly presented today. Here I respond to Peter's book.
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