Willing science - observing nature: Welby and Latour lift the veil

Rowan R. Mackay*

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In this paper I concentrate principally upon Welby's paper "Truthfulness in Science and Religion" ( 1888) and Petrilli's discussion, in chapter Two of her book Signifying and Understanding ( 2009), of Welby's development "Between religion, science and philosophy: From biblical exegesis to significs." I present Welby's arguments in the light of Bruno Latour's recent Gifford Lecture series entitled, "Facing Gaia: A new inquiry into Natural Religion" (Latour 2013). I discuss the relationship of science and religion with particular reference to Latour's attempt to bring them together in dialogue. The role of translation - whether this be Latour's proposed "translation tables," or Welby's insistence upon translation as at the very heart of her significs - is also analyzed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)431-441
Number of pages11
JournalSemiotica
Volume196
Issue number1-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2013

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • science
  • religion
  • nature
  • dialogue
  • translation

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