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The word "science" predates modern natural science, so I'm not sure these are really different words. Thomas Aquinas asks if theology is a science. Spoiler ale

• CamperBob2 1y ago
  Aquinas predated Popper, whose definition is more influential today. Nothing about theology is falsifiable, so no, the answer is "No."
  • emil-lp 1y ago
    Theology is a "science" in the same way as social science is a science. They don't use the scientific approach as defined by Popper, but they still try to find out stuff in the best possible way.
    • analog31 1y ago
      Specifically theology searches for knowledge by appealing to scripture and tradition as sources of fact, in the same way that modern science appeals to empirical observation. A theologian of Aquinas's time would have been confident that both methods of study would lead to the same conclusions. It's certainly the case that the term "science" now refers strictly to empirical science.
    • whatshisface 1y ago
      Social scientists use the scientific method and a lot of statistics.