Relacje między naukami przyrodniczymi a filozofią i teologią w ujęciu darwinisty Józefa Nusbauma-Hilarowicza

Abstract

Joseph Nusbaum-Hilarowicz (1859-1917) was an eminent biologist and propagator of Darwin’s theory of evolution. He accepted the positivist methodology in his biological investigations, but was interested in philosophy which, in his views, should be regarded as the “most general synthesis of knowledge" Being a Jew, he was baptized in the Catholic Church in 1917. He held the view that the theory of evolution does not deny the existence of God; on the contrary – biological investigations open horizons towards infinity. He rejected the idea of creation understood as the separate acts of creation of every species.