Thomistic Philosophy in the face of evolution - 160 years of Evolution
Scholars of St. Thomas have reflected on Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, with emphasis on the origin of living species. It reviews the work of modern Thomists, who were always open to dialogue with this thesis .
Signs of life in the Shroud of Turin: Science, Reason and Faith in one object
In the Turin Shroud there are signs of life and death: posture derived from cadaveric rigidity and facial furrows that only exist in a living person: the impression happened at a time when he was alive, a fact that agrees with the Gospel account.
Bioethics and Christianity in the face of the challenges of technoscience
Bioethics today is oriented towards consensus. In this context, the ideas of Christians clash as a claim to manipulative influence in the democratic bioethical discussion . This contrast and the contributions of faith to bioethics are examined.
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.
