The Function of Inferring the Best Explanation of Peter Lipton in Solving the Conflict Between Science and Religion

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High school teacher of Islamic philosophy and logic and Ph.D Graduated in Islamic philosophy

10.22080/jre.2024.25131.1177

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One of the important issues in the philosophy of religion, which can be investigated with new inferential approaches, is the opposition between science and religion. Inferring the best explanation as a new deductive method can help the philosopher of religion provide a new solution to this problem. Therefore, some philosophers of religion have recently investigated the relationship between science and religion using this method. This study tried to examine all aspects of how this type of inference can be used in solving the conflict between science and religion. In doing so, in the first step, the inference of the best explanation was described based on Peter Lipton's model, and in the next step, different solutions to the problem of conflict between science and religion were examined by applying the inference of the best explanation. What has been obtained in this study is proof of the general efficiency of this type of inference in solving the problem of opposition. However, according to this research, this type of inference is ineffective in providing a definitive answer to the problem of opposition; it can be used in the process of providing the correct answer.

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