Brückenschläge zwischen Naturwissenschaft und geistiger Erkenntnis
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Abstract:
It was a matter of great concern to Rudolf Steiner that spiritual science should be connected with the scientific thinking of his time. He identified several linkage points which would enable an agreement between them. After examining the relationship between anthroposophy and natural science from the viewpoints of epistemology and methods, a series of such linkage points is presented. Independently experiencing the findings of spiritual science through the study of anthroposophy leads to an ideal-spiritual knowledge which, starting from our present intellectual consciousness, takes us a first step on the path towards intuitive cognition. A second link leads from natural science via Goethean science which, through developing our cognitive faculties and extending our relationship to the world, creates the conditions necessary for an anthroposophical science. Here, self- development and insight into the heart of nature become combined in a synthesis. [...]