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Sunday, March 31, 1957

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Page Five

Sunday, March 31, 1957 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five

Mystery & Measurement
A Look at the 'Differences' Between Humanists & Social Scientists

1 N1896 D.Andest Whit pis
dnt of Crl nt Cm iiits hpub
bisbed abok caled A IHistory 5of
the W9atfre o ciencitrae inthIrie
oot' il Chiisendomn.71: beek
slim - te med ocithe him d-
inton e ctuetea ,t itiTime chasli
are: that o titttis' (ptseiPro-
res. Tiss td mettoether
wits the conciitoriy iew that
between science ad reingion there
could, by definihion be no real
conflict. peisades D. Whites in-
teresting ad lengthy account.
Yet, howee mistaken in fact
were the enemies oalGiltranaid
Darwin, the anxieties ad values
toe which they spoke ae too ti-
damenta1 to be dismissed merey
as error and bsentrantism. And
te isstes they sitsed hive now
emerged in asess ad cruialtcoi-
text as oiaitsciettists attmit
to focus the scietiic attitude
uponthle studyttoa man himsel,
Proftessinalthiteoloetians ae
stow a relasisly scatteed band;
their place as at ticlte sokes-
nteri for tte role at alses its h-
tian lite is stard tla ty hubi-
manists .._.iwite satists, critics,
proessorsV/len usanstsolrt-
temtplate stcat1scienceIley ot-
cit raise twooinds at obetiiss
irst, social seneustitlies and
enscourages a degaingtss and fatal
conception of mana'ss nature se-
oend, the atempti to sieai with the
psyholoetcat atd socilt lie of
mats in tn "ojetie" wa is both
inhterenly msnstos isntd leads
to mntisoss cosistsios
It would be shallost to dismiss
ttse objchioist as vsi es oat
mediesval1dog'matim, as supersti-
tins, as pesese ailsjs to kees
ts with the tismes as b any at the
other tomulas sitwhirls our
aecavoiids uncomostable tes-
tonss. The anixetie at the h-
manistsse ertinesst adsigifii-
cait. It resmains to examine bass
str they ate ,jutified
Devil'sAdocae
O' NE alsowrities a rtuttin
Ilborsuder te necesit to
deselots his ptonsntsvitws, s0
tttatll maysee tetse eta
whichli e atistsBit to piy tse
devils adocate is to r isk ditots-
igthe dilspotit atfsvess sit
fairly; it is aslo'tanawkwar d form
of exposition. For thesktatffic-
sess ad hiitthi hetefoieI sill
tkie excetIsfisn s The Mesre
of' Man, a tbooh b the emient
literary csitce Jsstitt \VWotod
Krutch and sinoti'ra N atinial
Booik Awaiidfot 15, a ste folnt
tsr isty discu"ssis, ilt irWi
:itndta n is nly ts stit
mtitbe I-l)t1',itdi by itas. Te
Mmiser scir i .e iseitattdst'hcisi
sseise 1 to7ext 're ad I
e'ctitsa shrtiin isabe cis.tits
lJust :is ilsi idealit a'frei
soiets i listtuinslss insis
v idtuals ,tt c sitissists Iteci'so
evenimre obvioscse s Its
sot ltan1 itt it,-h ,veithitch wa
ar laningti is ctullyctonl
the ieitible reutltosithts
tass ilreayihapisnet.Uest

ttse tnpredicisite indtlhie his-
r ttt iis", i losible, theis hue

aln it ' le e sin of as
tonomy.
St eses
BUIT NOtW i tthe u ciii tnisio
btesen t us ndItitt lute rec
itt 'a ticuil'hform':t' tf srstr e o uteris
Ilt c iti t hel ln tos abot
ubsau ft hepl . iad io-u
aua
hue lusiti a p si thsi o ute
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tus e a dhout mn i it ispte
tn thniss etashwxtslssceis-s
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