Metaphysics, Ontology and the Science-Religion Debate – Workshop Programme
7-9 May 2009
Thursday 7th May |
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| 15.00 – 17.00 | Registration |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | The Popularisation of Science and Religion |
| Prof. Karl Giberson. Turning Science into a Religion: The Oracles of Science | |
| 18.15 – 19.15 | Contributed Papers |
| Dr. James Le Fanu. Science in the media: keeping it (too) simple | |
| Jaron Daniël Schoone. Science and Justice: The Dover case and its impact on science | |
| 19.30 | Dinner |
Friday 8th May |
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| 9.00 – 11.00 | The split between Science and Ontology in the Scientific Revolution |
| Prof. William Carroll. Creation and Inertia: The Scientific Revolution and Discourse on Science-and-Religion | |
| Prof. Steve Fuller. Modes of Enchantment and Disenchantment in Science: A 21st Century Perspective | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Contributed Papers |
| Prof. John Byl. The role of models and presuppositions in science and theology | |
| Dr. Valeria Ascheri. Metaphysics as essential and natural bridge between science and religion | |
| Dr. Robert A. Delfino. Scientific Naturalism and the Need for a Neutral Metaphysical Framework | |
| 13.00 – 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 – 16.30 | Is there room for Ontology in the Science-Religion debates? |
| Prof. Roger Trigg. Reality at Risk | |
| Prof. Rafael Martinez. Ontological bridges and the Mind of the Universe | |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Coffee break |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Contributed papers |
| Dr. Luis E. Echarte. The Mind of the Universe. Evolutionism, Cosmology and the End of Knowledge | |
| Dr. Hector Velazquez. Did Mariano Artigas’s proposal answer the objections against teleology? A reply from The Mind of the Universe | |
| 19.30 | Conference Dinner (optional) |
Saturday 9th May
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| 9.00 – 11.00 | Ontological and Epistemological questions in the Natural Sciences |
| Prof. Martinez J. Hewlett: Is It Tomorrow or Just the End of Time?: Paradigm Shifts in the Biological Sciences | |
| Prof. Marie George. A Comparison of the Contemporary Biologist’s Understanding of Living Things with Aristotle’s Vision Thereof | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Contributed Papers |
| Dr. Josep Corcó. Life in Popper’s cosmology | |
| Ignacio Silva. Is God a theoretical term of quantum mechanics? Some Epistemological Issues concerning the Quantum Divine Action Project | |
| Arne Vangheluwe. Metaphysics in science and the concept of “miracle” | |
| 13.00 – 14.30 | Lunch |
| 14.30 – 16.30 | Ontological and Epistemological questions in the Natural Sciences |
| Prof. Jitse M. van der Meer. The Multi-Modal Hierarchy. Distinguishing Parts, Wholes, and Levels of Organization | |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Coffee break |
| 17.00 – 18.00 | Contributed Papers |
| Prof. José Manuel Giménez-Amaya. Understanding free will: a philosophical and neuroscientific approach | |
| Prof. Patrick Duffley. Does the Rubber ever Really Hit the Road? What Human Language Shows about the Relation Between Mind and Reality | |
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Round Table |
| 19.30 | Dinner |