The Freedom of Science By Joseph Donat, S.J., D.D. Professor Innsbruck University New York Joseph F. Wagner 1914 CONTENTS Imprimatur. Author’s Preface To The English Edition. Translator’s Note. First Section. The Freedom of Science and its Philosophical Basis. Chapter I. Science And Freedom. Chapter II. Two Views Of The World And Their Freedom. Chapter III. Subjectivism And Its Freedom. Second Section. Freedom of Research and Faith. Chapter I. Research And Faith In General. Chapter II. The Authority Of Faith And The Free Exercise Of Research. Chapter III. Unprepossession Of Research. Chapter IV. Accusations And Objections. Chapter V. The Witnesses of the Incompatibility Of Science And Faith. Third Section. The Liberal Freedom of Research. Chapter I. Free From The Yoke Of The Supernatural. Chapter II. The Unscientific Method. Chapter III. The Bitter Fruit. Fourth Section. Freedom of Teaching. Chapter I. Freedom Of Teaching And Ethics. Chapter II. Freedom Of Teaching And The State. Fifth Section. Theology. Chapter I. Theology And Science. Chapter II. Theology And University. Index. Footnotes IMPRIMATUR. Nihil Obstat REMIGIUS LAFORT, D.D. _Censor_ Imprimatur JOHN CARDINAL FARLEY _Archbishop of New York_ NEW YORK, January 22, 1914. COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY JOSEPH F. WAGNER, NEW YORK AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION. The present work has already secured many friends in German Europe. An invitation has now been extended for its reception among the English-speaking countries, with the object that there, too, it may seek readers and friends, and communicate to them its thoughts—the ideas it has to convey and to interpret. While wishing it heartfelt success and good fortune on its journey, the Author desires it to convey his greetings to its new readers.