Stephen Jay Gould

Mare om. Mare caracter. Si cu o scriitura plina de viatza. Claritate, exemple bine gasite, ritm, retorica, intensitate, pasiune, didacticism si ironie bine temperate.

Stephen Jay Gould. Unul din principalii teoreticieni si popularizatori ai teoriei evolutioniste din sec. XX, alaturi de Richard Dawkins.


Non-Overlapping Magisteria (NOMA)
He defines the term magisterium as "a domain where one form of teaching holds the appropriate tools for meaningful discourse and resolution"[42] and the NOMA principle is "the magisterium of science covers the empirical realm: what the Universe is made of (fact) and why does it work in this way (theory). The magisterium of religion extends over questions of ultimate meaning and moral value. These two magisteria do not overlap, nor do they encompass all inquiry (consider, for example, the magisterium of art and the meaning of beauty)."

Non-recouvrement des magistères
Non-Overlapping Magisteria (NOMA)

Le principe de NOMA » (non-recouvrement des magistères) prône le respect mutuel, sans empiètement quant à la pulsion humaine à comprendre le caractère factuel de la Nature (le magistère de la Science) et le besoin de trouver du sens à sa propre existence et une base morale pour toute action (le magistère de la Religion)" (Et Dieu dit : "que Darwin soit",p.163).