Instead, The Two Parties Should

Even Today Few Scientists And Perhaps Even Fewer Nonscientists Realize That Science Is A Method And Nothing Else.

The Problem Of Meaning Today Is The Problem Of How The Diverse And Superficially Self-contradictory Experiences Of Men Can Be Put Into A Consistent Picture That Will Provide Contemporary Man With A Convincing Basis From Which To Live And To Act.

It Is Also In Theory, Conceivable That Some Universal Empire Some Day Might Cover The Whole Globe, Leaving No External "barbarians" To Serve As Invaders.

The Very Idea That There Is Some Kind Of Conflict Between Science And Religion Is Completely Mistaken. Science Is A Method For Investigating Experience... Religion Is The Fundamental, Necessary Internalization Of Our System Of More Permanent Values.

After Years Of Work In Both Areas Of Study, I Concluded That The Social Sciences Were Different, In Many Important Ways, From The Natural Sciences, But That The Same Scientific Methods Were Applicable In Both Areas, And, Indeed, That No Very Useful Work Could Be Done In Either Area Except By Scientific Methods.