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Stanley Jaki

May 04, 2023

Stanley L. Jaki OSB (Jáki Szaniszló László) (17 August 1924 in Győr, Hungary – 7 April 2009 in Madrid, Spain)[1][2] was a Hungarian-born priest of the Benedictine order. From 1975 to his death, he was Distinguished University Professor at Seton Hall University, in South Orange, New Jersey.

The Reverend Doctor

Stanley L. Jaki

OSB
Born
Stanley L. Jaki

(1924-08-17)17 August 1924
Győr, Hungary
Died7 April 2009(2009-04-07) (aged 84)
Madrid, Spain
NationalityHungary, United States
Alma materFordham University
AwardsTempleton Prize (1987)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Philosophy of Science
InstitutionsSeton Hall University
Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm
Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Doctoral advisorVictor Hess

He held doctorates in theology and in physics and was a leading contributor to the philosophy of science and the history of science, particularly to their relationship to Christianity. In 2018, Jaki was named one of five Catholic scientists "that shaped our understanding of the world" by Aleteia; the other four are: Copernicus, Gregor Mendel, Giuseppe Mercalli and Georges Lemaitre.[3]

Studies

After completing undergraduate training in philosophy, theology and mathematics, Jaki did graduate work in theology and physics and gained doctorates in theology from the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in Rome (1950) and in physics from Fordham University (1958), where he studied under the Nobel laureate Victor Hess, the co-discoverer of cosmic rays. He also did post-doctoral research in Philosophy of Science at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.

Research

Jaki authored more than two dozen books on the relation between modern science and Christianity. He was Fremantle Lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford (1977), Hoyt Fellow at Yale University (1980) and Farmington Institute Lecturer at Oxford University (1988–1989). He was the Gifford Lecturer at Edinburgh University in 1974–1975 and 1975–1976. In 1987, he was awarded the Templeton Prize for furthering understanding of science and religion.

He was among the first to claim that Gödel's incompleteness theorem is relevant for theories of everything (TOE) in theoretical physics.[4] Gödel's theorem states that any theory that includes certain basic facts of number theory and is computably enumerable will be either incomplete or inconsistent. Since any 'theory of everything' must be consistent, it also must be incomplete.

It is on the ultimate success of such a quest [for a TOE] that Gödel's theorem casts the shadow of judicious doubt. It seems on the strength of Gödel's theorem that the ultimate foundations of the bold symbolic constructions of mathematical physics will remain embedded forever in that deeper level of thinking characterized both by the wisdom and by the haziness of analogies and intuitions. For the speculative physicist this implies that there are limits to the precision of certainty, that even in the pure thinking of theoretical physics there is a boundary present, as in all other fields of speculations.

— Jaki, S.L., The Relevance of Physics, 1966. Chicago Press. p. 129.

Death

Jaki died in Madrid following a heart attack. He was in Spain visiting friends, on his way back to the United States after delivering lectures in Rome, for the Master in Faith and Science of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum.[5]

Bibliography

  • 1966. The Relevance of Physics. University of Chicago Press.[6]
  • 1969. Brain, Mind and Computers. Herder & Herder.
  • 1969. The Paradox of Olbers' Paradox. Herder & Herder.
  • 1973. The Milky Way: an Elusive Road for Science. New York: Science History Publications.
  • 1974. Science and Creation: From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Universe. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
  • 1978. Planets and Planetarians. A History of Theories of the Origin of Planetary Systems. John Wiley & Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
  • 1978. The Road of Science and the Ways to God. Univ. of Chicago Press, and Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-226-39145-0
  • 1978. The Origin of Science and the Science of its Origins. Scottish Academic Press.
  • 1980. Cosmos and Creator. Scottish Academic Press. ISBN 0-7073-0285-4
  • 1983. Angels, Apes and Men. La Salle IL: Sherwood, Sugden & Co. ISBN 0-89385-017-9
  • 1984. Uneasy Genius. The Life and Work of Pierre Duhem. The Hague/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
  • 1986. Chesterton, a Seer of Science. University of Illinois Press.
  • 1986. Lord Gifford and His Lectures. A Centenary Retrospective. Edinburgh: Scottish Academis Press, and Macon, GA.: Mercer University Press.
  • 1986. Chance or Reality and Other Essays. Lanham, MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
  • 1987. The Keys of the Kingdom: A Tool's Witness to Truth. Chicago, IL: Franciscan Herald Press. ISBN 978-0819908988
  • 1988. The Absolute Beneath the Relative and Other Essays. Lanham, MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
  • 2000 (1988). The Savior of Science. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Grand Rapids. ISBN 0-8028-4772-2
  • 1989. Miracles and Physics. Front Royal. VA.: Christendom Press. ISBN 0-931888-70-0
  • 1989. God and the Cosmologists. Regnery Gateway Inc.; Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
    • The Purpose of it All
  • 1990. The Only Chaos and Other Essays. Lanham MD: University Press of America & Intercollegiate Studies Institute.
  • 1991. Scientist and Catholic, An Essay on Pierre Duhem. Front Royal VA: Christendom Press.
  • 1994. Patterns or Principals and Other Essays. ISBN 978-1882926091.
  • 1998 (1992) Genesis 1 Through the Ages. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press.
  • 1996. Bible And Science. Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press. ISBN 0-931888-63-8
  • 1999. God and the Sun at Fatima. Royal Oak, MI: Real View Books. OCLC 42267032
  • 2000. The Limits of a Limitless Science and Other Essays. Intercollegiate Studies Institute. ISBN 1-882926-46-3
  • 2000. Christ and science. Real View Books.
  • 2001. Praying the Psalms, A Commentary, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids, ISBN 978-0802847713
  • 2002. A Mind's Matter: An Intellectual Autobiography. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids. ISBN 0-8028-3960-6
  • 2004. And On This Rock: Witness Of One Land & Two Covenants. Front Royal, VA: Christendom Press. ISBN 0-931888-68-9
  • 2008. Hail Mary, full of grace: A Commentary. New Hope, KY: Real View Books. ISBN 978-1-892539-06-9

See also

References

  1. ^ Weber, Bruce (April 12, 2009). "The Rev. Stanley L. Jaki, Physicist and Theologian, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  2. ^ . Archived from the original on 2009-04-11. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  3. ^ "Professor Named One of Five Catholic Scientists that 'Shaped our Understanding of the World' - Seton Hall University". www.shu.edu. June 2018. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  4. ^ Cf. Jaki's "A Late Awakening to Gödel in Physics"
  5. ^ Death of Rev. Stanley L. Jaki, O.S.B. 2009-04-11 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Flatté, Stanley M. (March 1968). "Review: Symmetries and Reflections by Eugene P. Wigner and The Relevance of Physics by Stanley Jacki". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: 28–30.

External links

  • A selection re Jaki from Haffner, Paul, 1996 (Spring), "The Pope's Physicist," Sursum Corda 66–73.
  • Web page maintained by Father Jaki's publisher.
  • Archive of Stanley Jaki articles at Intercollegiate Studies Institute 2013-08-23 at the Wayback Machine"
  • "Brain, Mind and Computers". Stanely L. Jaki. JASA 24 (March 1972): 12–17. (Peer-review commentary from Richard H. Bube).
  • "No Other Options". Stanely L. Jaki. JASA 24 (September 1972): 127. (Response to R.H.Bube's commentary.)

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Stanley L Jaki OSB Jaki Szaniszlo Laszlo 17 August 1924 in Gyor Hungary 7 April 2009 in Madrid Spain 1 2 was a Hungarian born priest of the Benedictine order From 1975 to his death he was Distinguished University Professor at Seton Hall University in South Orange New Jersey The Reverend DoctorStanley L JakiOSBBornStanley L Jaki 1924 08 17 17 August 1924Gyor HungaryDied7 April 2009 2009 04 07 aged 84 Madrid SpainNationalityHungary United StatesAlma materFordham UniversityAwardsTempleton Prize 1987 Scientific careerFieldsPhysics Philosophy of ScienceInstitutionsSeton Hall UniversityPontifical Atheneum of St AnselmStanford University UC Berkeley Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study PrincetonDoctoral advisorVictor HessHe held doctorates in theology and in physics and was a leading contributor to the philosophy of science and the history of science particularly to their relationship to Christianity In 2018 Jaki was named one of five Catholic scientists that shaped our understanding of the world by Aleteia the other four are Copernicus Gregor Mendel Giuseppe Mercalli and Georges Lemaitre 3 Contents 1 Studies 2 Research 3 Death 4 Bibliography 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksStudies EditAfter completing undergraduate training in philosophy theology and mathematics Jaki did graduate work in theology and physics and gained doctorates in theology from the Pontifical Atheneum of St Anselm in Rome 1950 and in physics from Fordham University 1958 where he studied under the Nobel laureate Victor Hess the co discoverer of cosmic rays He also did post doctoral research in Philosophy of Science at Stanford University UC Berkeley Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study Princeton Research EditJaki authored more than two dozen books on the relation between modern science and Christianity He was Fremantle Lecturer at Balliol College Oxford 1977 Hoyt Fellow at Yale University 1980 and Farmington Institute Lecturer at Oxford University 1988 1989 He was the Gifford Lecturer at Edinburgh University in 1974 1975 and 1975 1976 In 1987 he was awarded the Templeton Prize for furthering understanding of science and religion He was among the first to claim that Godel s incompleteness theorem is relevant for theories of everything TOE in theoretical physics 4 Godel s theorem states that any theory that includes certain basic facts of number theory and is computably enumerable will be either incomplete or inconsistent Since any theory of everything must be consistent it also must be incomplete It is on the ultimate success of such a quest for a TOE that Godel s theorem casts the shadow of judicious doubt It seems on the strength of Godel s theorem that the ultimate foundations of the bold symbolic constructions of mathematical physics will remain embedded forever in that deeper level of thinking characterized both by the wisdom and by the haziness of analogies and intuitions For the speculative physicist this implies that there are limits to the precision of certainty that even in the pure thinking of theoretical physics there is a boundary present as in all other fields of speculations Jaki S L The Relevance of Physics 1966 Chicago Press p 129 Death EditJaki died in Madrid following a heart attack He was in Spain visiting friends on his way back to the United States after delivering lectures in Rome for the Master in Faith and Science of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum 5 Bibliography Edit1966 The Relevance of Physics University of Chicago Press 6 1969 Brain Mind and Computers Herder amp Herder 1969 The Paradox of Olbers Paradox Herder amp Herder 1973 The Milky Way an Elusive Road for Science New York Science History Publications 1974 Science and Creation From Eternal Cycles to an Oscillating Universe Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press 1978 Planets and Planetarians A History of Theories of the Origin of Planetary Systems John Wiley amp Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press 1978 The Road of Science and the Ways to God Univ of Chicago Press and Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press ISBN 0 226 39145 0 1978 The Origin of Science and the Science of its Origins Scottish Academic Press 1980 Cosmos and Creator Scottish Academic Press ISBN 0 7073 0285 4 1983 Angels Apes and Men La Salle IL Sherwood Sugden amp Co ISBN 0 89385 017 9 1984 Uneasy Genius The Life and Work of Pierre Duhem The Hague Boston Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1986 Chesterton a Seer of Science University of Illinois Press 1986 Lord Gifford and His Lectures A Centenary Retrospective Edinburgh Scottish Academis Press and Macon GA Mercer University Press 1986 Chance or Reality and Other Essays Lanham MD University Press of America amp Intercollegiate Studies Institute 1987 The Keys of the Kingdom A Tool s Witness to Truth Chicago IL Franciscan Herald Press ISBN 978 0819908988 1988 The Absolute Beneath the Relative and Other Essays Lanham MD University Press of America amp Intercollegiate Studies Institute 2000 1988 The Savior of Science Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Company Grand Rapids ISBN 0 8028 4772 2 1989 Miracles and Physics Front Royal VA Christendom Press ISBN 0 931888 70 0 1989 God and the Cosmologists Regnery Gateway Inc Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press The Purpose of it All 1990 The Only Chaos and Other Essays Lanham MD University Press of America amp Intercollegiate Studies Institute 1991 Scientist and Catholic An Essay on Pierre Duhem Front Royal VA Christendom Press 1994 Patterns or Principals and Other Essays ISBN 978 1882926091 1998 1992 Genesis 1 Through the Ages Edinburgh Scottish Academic Press 1996 Bible And Science Front Royal VA Christendom Press ISBN 0 931888 63 8 1999 God and the Sun at Fatima Royal Oak MI Real View Books OCLC 42267032 2000 The Limits of a Limitless Science and Other Essays Intercollegiate Studies Institute ISBN 1 882926 46 3 2000 Christ and science Real View Books 2001 Praying the Psalms A Commentary Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Company Grand Rapids ISBN 978 0802847713 2002 A Mind s Matter An Intellectual Autobiography Wm B Eerdmans Publishing Company Grand Rapids ISBN 0 8028 3960 6 2004 And On This Rock Witness Of One Land amp Two Covenants Front Royal VA Christendom Press ISBN 0 931888 68 9 2008 Hail Mary full of grace A Commentary New Hope KY Real View Books ISBN 978 1 892539 06 9See also EditList of Christian thinkers in science List of Roman Catholic scientist clericsReferences Edit Weber Bruce April 12 2009 The Rev Stanley L Jaki Physicist and Theologian Dies at 84 The New York Times Retrieved April 13 2009 Death of Rev Stanley Jaki News amp Events Seton Hall University Archived from the original on 2009 04 11 Retrieved 2009 05 03 Professor Named One of Five Catholic Scientists that Shaped our Understanding of the World Seton Hall University www shu edu June 2018 Retrieved 2019 03 11 Cf Jaki s A Late Awakening to Godel in Physics Death of Rev Stanley L Jaki O S B Archived 2009 04 11 at the Wayback Machine Flatte Stanley M March 1968 Review Symmetries and Reflections by Eugene P Wigner and The Relevance of Physics by Stanley Jacki Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 28 30 External links EditA selection re Jaki from Haffner Paul 1996 Spring The Pope s Physicist Sursum Corda 66 73 Web page maintained by Father Jaki s publisher Archive of Stanley Jaki articles at Intercollegiate Studies Institute Archived 2013 08 23 at the Wayback Machine Brain Mind and Computers Stanely L Jaki JASA 24 March 1972 12 17 Peer review commentary from Richard H Bube No Other Options Stanely L Jaki JASA 24 September 1972 127 Response to R H Bube s commentary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stanley Jaki amp oldid 1152584694, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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