Arie Leegwater, “Dead Chemists Do Tell Tales” (Diving Deeper, June 2024)
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Diving Deeper is a monthly series of Zoom discussions for ASA members and their friends to think more deeply about an article or book review published in the ASA journal, Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith. https://network.asa3.org/page/DivingD...
This month's discussion featured Arie Leegwater and his article in the March 2024 PSCF issue, "Dead Chemists Do Tell Tales: The Religious Shaping of Chemical Knowledge." https://doi.org/10.56315/PSCF3-24Leeg...
This article offers an analysis of the science-religion relationship in the thought and practice of two influential chemists: F. Wilhelm Ostwald and Charles A. Coulson, who lived during the formative period of modern chemistry (1870s–1950s). I examine Ostwald’s program for an “allgemeine Chemie” and Coulson’s program for quantum chemistry, explore the deeper implications/basic beliefs at stake in these developments, and suggest why the “received” interpretation of the relation of science and religion may be inadequate for an understanding of their work.
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