How the spirit acts in the world: God and the soul in the context of contemporary science.
Current science does not deal with God or the soul. However, it does not fit with the idea of a purely physical universe, and opens the door to immaterial causality. It sample the need for a formal cause that offers a framework for understanding divine action and the soul.
The future of human identity under discussion
exhibition of the ideas of the book coordinated by the speaker on transhumanism: authors and approaches to transhumanist ideas, with their implications for human identity, and exhibition of their assumptions and weaknesses.
The Christian horizon of science and the response of Christians to its development
summary of the historical relationship between science and religion: science has Christian roots and many scientists have been believers. Origin of the separation between science and faith in modernity. Contemporary resurgence of natural theology, and the importance of reintegrating a theology based on creation together with the theology of interiority.
Scope and challenges of mind-brain relationships in the context of the dialogue between neuroscience and Philosophy
Interdisciplinary reflection that sample the limitations of neuroscience to understand consciousness and mental illness, and the need to integrate philosophical analysis in the interpretation of neuroscientific findings. Vulnerability is proposed as a fundamental anthropological concept.
Science and reason: exploring new horizons
The scientific method is a procedure of approaching the truth about nature. This approach is described from the perspective of a practicing scientist and an expert in Philosophy of science, who discover the points of coincidence of both approaches.
How to think the unity of human life?
The human experience involves dimensions ranging from biological to spiritual, integrated in a unitary manner to constitute a biographical unit. To understand man, in addition to seeing him as a whole, his unfolding in time must be considered.
Much more what unites us than what separates us
Commentary to Juan Arana on the relationship between science and religion: both are interested in the whole of reality, with different approach. Precisions on the religiosity of scientists and the action of God in the world. Need for feedback between science, Philosophy and theology.
The essential role of disability in the evolution and growth of the human being
It is often argued that the best biological performance favors the species. In humans, caring for the weak, which seems to go in the opposite direction, accompanies our success in nature. In addition, it enhances the happiness and development staff of caregivers.
