Conversations in Science: Science, Religion & Jewish Thought

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What does Judaism have to say about the relationship between science and religion? This lecture by Prof. Steven Nadler, UW Dept. of Philosophy, considers Maimonides attempts to resolve the perplexity of someone who is both religiously devout and scientifically informed, and discusses how the Jewish worldview can be understood in naturalistic and rationalistic terms.

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