Truths of faith and scientific truths are epistemological... — Carmelics

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Truths of faith and scientific truths are epistemologically distinct for the believing scientist

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1.To the believing scientist, truths of faith are truths unconditionally
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2.To the believing scientist, scientific truths are truths only conditionally
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1.Scientific conditionals (e.g., 'if naturalism, then no eternal motion') are themselves held unconditionally true by the believing scientist.
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2.If both faith-claims and scientific conditionals are held as unconditionally valid within their respective frameworks, the epistemic asymmetry Boethius posits collapses into a symmetry of framework-relative certainty.
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3.Aquinas's doctrine of subordinate sciences shows that conditional scientific truths borrow their certainty from higher principles, paralleling how faith truths derive certainty from divine authority.
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