Science of the Day versus Everlasting Science

Science of the Day versus Everlasting Science examines the contrast between the classical understanding of science, grounded in certainty through causes, and the modern scientific mindset shaped by constant change, novelty, and materialism. Drawing on the Aristotelian tradition, the book presents science as a stable form of knowledge ordered toward truth, rather than an endlessly shifting collection of provisional theories.

D. G. Boland critiques the modern tendency to detach science from metaphysics and moral reasoning, replacing wisdom with mechanistic empiricism and technological fascination. He argues that this shift has weakened science by severing it from its philosophical foundations, leaving contemporary thought captive to what is new, fashionable, and temporary.

By recovering the principles of classical intellectual tradition, the book challenges readers to reconsider what genuine scientific knowledge entails. It invites a return to enduring truths that transcend the fleeting preoccupations of modernity and restore science to its proper place within a coherent vision of reality.

About the Author

D. G. Boland was a Catholic writer and thinker concerned with the philosophical and cultural consequences of modern scientific thought. His work reflects a strong commitment to classical philosophy, particularly the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions, and seeks to defend the enduring foundations of reason, metaphysics, and moral order against the reductionism of modern materialism.