| Twentieth century society considers science to be the highest, most prestigious intellectual pursuit. The problem of scientific demarcation brings into question this social evaluation: some philosophers claim that science cannot be sufficiently demarcated from other forms of inquiry to warrant such epistemological prestige.; The problem of demarcation has direct implications for the claims of natural theology. Modern thinkers often disparage such claims as unscientific. In light of the failure to demarcate science adequately from other forms of inquiry, such disparagement should carry little weight. In response to this failure we should return to the classical understanding of "science" as knowledge. The result is that claims in natural theology can, with the appropriate epistemological support, be fully scientific. |
