Günümüzdeki Bilimsel Yöntem Tartışmaları Işığında “Din Bilimleri” Kavramı

Year 2013, Volume: 12 Issue: 24, 5 - 28, 30.12.2013

Ferit Uslu

https://doi.org/10.14395/jdiv115

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Dini bilgi ve bilimsel yöntem arasında bir zıtlık ya da en hafif tabirle bir uyumsuzluk olduğunu düşünenler, dini konulara bilimsel bir yaklaşımın söz konusu olamayacağını sıklıkla ileri sürül-mekte ve dini konuları bilimsel bir yaklaşımla inceleme çabalarını eleştirmektedir. Söz konusu itiraz ve eleştiriler, dini inançları rasyonel ve bilimsel görmeyen din karşıtı çevrelerden geldiği gibi, dindar düşünürler arasında da yaygın bir biçimde dile getirilmektedir. Öte yandan günümüzde, özellikle İlahiyat Fakültelerinin kürsülerinde “Din Bilimleri” ifadesinden sıkça bahsedildiğini duymaktayız. Bu noktada karşımıza çıkan en önemli felsefi sorun, ağırlıklı olarak değerler ve inanç alanına ait görünen dini konulara bilimsel bir yaklaşımın mümkün olup olamayacağıdır. Zikredilen bağlam çerçevesinde bu makale temelde şu iki soruya cevap aramaktadır: Birincisi: Dini konuları bilimsel bir yöntemle ele almak mümkün müdür? İkincisi: Dini konulara böyle bir yaklaşım gerekli ve istenen bir şey midir?

Keywords

Din, bilimsel yöntem, sosyal bilimler, insani araştırmalar, din bilimleri.

The concept of “Religious Sciences” in the light of Contemporary Discussions on the Methodology of Science

Abstract

Some philosophers think that there is a controversy or at least a disharmony between religious knowledge and the scientific method. People who think like this way usually maintain that religious subjects cannot be held by scientific methods. And they criticize the scientific approaches in religious studies. Such objections and criticisms can be both made by profound circles and religious thinkers. On the other hand, in the mean time, we heart frequently the term “religious sciences” from the members of theology faculties in Turkey. At this point, the main philosophical problem we have encountered is whether the scientific approach can be possible to religious subjects which are commonly accepted as belonging to area of values and beliefs. According to the mentioned context, this article seeks to answer the following questions: Firstly, is a scientific approach to religious subjects possible? Second; is it necessary and willing thing to take into consideration of religious subjects with a scientific approach?

Keywords

Religion, scientific method, social sciences, humanities, religious sciences.

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