Questions That Shape Our Future (Zygon Center, Chicago 2003)
Becoming Human: Brain, Mind and Emergence (Stanford University 2003)
Introduction and Keynote Addresses
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William B. Hurlbut, M.D., Stanford University
Welcome and Introduction to the Discussion: Play |
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Antonio R. Damasio , M.D., Ph.D.
Reflections on the Neurobiology of Emotion and Feeling: Play |
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Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D
The Biology of Our Uniqueness: Play |
Discussion |
Session I - Moderator: William B. Hurlbut M.D.
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Steven P. R. Rose, Ph.D.
The Mind is Wider than the Brain - With Apologies to Emily Dickinson: Play |
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Edward T. Oakes, S.J..
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Session II - Moderator: William C. Mobley, M.D., Ph.D. Audio Only
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Michael Merzenich, Ph.D.
Cultivating the Mind: Lessons from Cortical Plasticity Research: Play |
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Michael J. Zigmond, Ph.D.
Response: Play |
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Discussion |
Session III - Moderator: William Newsome, Ph.D.
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Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.
Hints Toward a Neurobiology of Positive Affect and Compassion: Play |
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John D. E. Gabrieli, Ph.D.
Response: Play |
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Discussion |
Session IV - Moderator: William Durham, Ph.D. Audio Only
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Paul Ekman, Ph.D
Emotions, Self-Deception and Responsibility: Play |
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William Damon, Ph.D.
Response: Play |
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Discussion |
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William B. Hurlbut, M.D., Stanford University
Section I-IV Recap: Play |
Session V - Moderator: William Durham, Ph.D. - Audio Only
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Melvin J. Konner, M.D, Ph.D.
Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit: Play |
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Paul McHugh, M.D.
Response: Play |
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Discussion |
Session VI - Moderator: William C. Mobley, M.D., Ph.D.
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V.S. Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D.
Bridging Neuroscience and the Humanities: Insights from Synaesthesia, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Neurologic Syndromes: Play |
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Discussion |
Session VII - Moderator: William B. Hurlbut M.D. - Audio Only
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Antonio R. Damasio , M.D., Ph.D.
Reflections and Further Comments: Play |
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Discussion |
Session VIII - Moderator: Arnold Eisen, Ph.D.
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Most Rev. George Pell, STB,STL, D.Phil., M.Ed.
Emergence and the Human Person: the Approach of Faith and the Work of Science: Play |
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Discussion |
Session IX
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Panel: Jeff Schloss, Ph.D., Nancey Murphy, Ph.D., Th.D., Philip Clayton, Ph.D., Baruch S.
Blumberg, M.D., Ph.D., Robert Hamerton-Kelly, Th.D.
Opening Remarks |
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Discussion |
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William Durham, Ph.D.
Closing Comments |
Science, Values, and the Limits of Knowledge (SSQ Tokyo 2002)
SSQ II: Science, Values, and the Limits of Knowledge
October 2002, Tokyo Japan
English
Japanese
Science and the Three Monotheisms in the 21st Century, A New Partnership? (SSQ Granada 2002)
SSQ II: Science and the Three Monotheisms in the 21st Century, A New
Partnership?
August 2002, Granada Spain
Life on a Threatened Planet - Genetic Controversy and Environmental Ethics
(Berkeley 2002)
June 2002, Berkeley
Science, Technology and Values: Worldviews in Dialogue (India
2002)
January 2002, Pune India
October 2001, Evanston
African Culture, Modern Science, and Religious Thought (Nigeria
2001)
October 2001, Ilorin Nigeria (High Quality Only)
Biology, Religion and Origins (Vancouver BC
2001)
Biology, Religion and Origins: How do we Introduce Extra-Scientific Issues
in the Science Classroom?
September 2001, Vancouver BC
June 2001, Haverford
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Eschatology, Immortality, and the Future of the Cosmos (Berkeley
2001)
June 2001, Berkeley
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Neuroscience, Religious Experience and the Self (Montreal
2001)
June 2001, Montréal
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James Fowler III:
Faith Stages and Cognitive-Neural Complexity: Possibilities for Modeling
and Measuring? |
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Daniel Deslauriers, "L'étude
de la conscience et le dialogue entre science et religion" and Claude
Mailloux, "Psychologie et une théologie d’experience religieuse"
(English) |
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Wesley Wildman, A
Theological Appraisal of the Neuropsychological Study of Religious
Experience (Français) |
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Anne
Dambricourt-Malasse: Increasing complexity, human evolution, and the
historical phenomenon of Revelation (English) |
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Mathieu Ricard: Toward
a Contemplative Science (Français) |
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Panel Discussion: What
Does Non-Reductive Physicalism Mean in the Dialogue Between Neuroscience,
Philosophy and Religion?” With David Ray Griffin, Gregory Peterson and
Michael Spezio (Français) |
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Bartha Knoppers: What
is the future of self-hood in an age of genetic identity? and Hubert
Doucet: Neuroscience and Ethics (Français) |
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Jean Kristeller:
Meditation: Multiple Effects, A Single Mechanism? and Sam Spero,
Mind-Brain Relations and Phenomena (Français) |
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Panel Discussion: What
is the Relationship Between Neuroscience and Spirituality? with Paul
Flaman, Heather Looy and Norbert Vogt (Français) |
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Jordan Peterson: Chaos
and the Orienting Reflex (Français) |
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April 2001, Seattle
Jean Vanier of L'arche (Seattle 2001)
St. James' Cathedral, March 2001, Seattle
Duke University, March 2001
March 2001, Chicago
February 2001, San Francisco
Dreams and Dreaming, Neuroscientific and Religious Visions (Los Angeles
2001)
February 2001, Los Angeles
Genetic Engineering and Food for the World (New York
2001)
January 2001, New York
Biological and Cosmological Evolution (Adelaide
2001)
January 2001, Adelaide,
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Alistair Blake: Keynote Address |
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John
Brooke: The Changing Relations Between Science and Theology |
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Indigenous Cosmology: Wali Feijo,
Mona Tur and Bill Edwards |
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Bill Stoeger SJ: Cosmology and a
Theology of Creation |
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Mark Worthing: God, Process and
Cosmos |
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Denis Edwards: Evolution and the
Christian God |
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John Brooke:
Revisiting Darwin on Order and Design |
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Panel Discussion: David Young, Denis
Edwards, John Brooke and Peter Hess |
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Bill Stoeger SJ: Science, the Laws
of Nature and Divine Action |
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Nancey Murhpy: Why Christians Should
be Physicalists |
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Peter Hess: God's Two Books of
Revalation: The Life-Cycle of a Theological Metaphor |
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Nancey Murphy: How Physicalists
Avoid Being Reductionists |
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Panel Discussion: John
Brooke, Denis Edwards, Peter Hess, Nancy Murphy, Bill Stoeger SJ, Mark
Worthing and David Young |
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Adrian
Wyard: Demystifying Information Technology |
Genes and Justice (Berkeley 2001)
January 2001, Berkeley
Creativity, Spirituality, and Computing Technologies (SSQ San Jose
2000)
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About
'Science and the Spiritual Quest'
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Robert
Russell Introduces CTNS and the SSQ Project
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Donald
Knuth on the Game of Life, Free Will and Determinism
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Donald Knuth on using the Game of Life as a
Universe Simulation
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Mitch
Marcus on Computational Complexity and Consciousness
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Mitch
Marcus on Boundedness and Rabbinic Wisdom
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Anne
Foerst on the Classical AI Agenda, and the Shift to Sociality
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Anne
Foerst on the Importance of Recognizing Intelligence as Embodied
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Anne
Foerst introduces 'Kizmet', a Social Robot developed at the MIT AI Lab.
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Anne
Foerst on Robot Souls
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Anne
Foerst on Kizmet as a Person
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Mark
Pesce on Changes in How we See Ourselves
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Mitch
Marcus on Teaching Values in a Technology Setting
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Brian
Cantwell-Smith on the Need for Moral/Ethical Advances
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Panel
Discussion: What's the Fundamental Challenge?
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June 2000, Berkeley
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Topic Sets Available
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AAAS
Report on Stem-Cells |
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AstroTheology: Religious Reflections on Extraterrestrial Life Forms |
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Agency:
Human, Robotic and Divine |
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Becoming Human: Brain, Mind, Emergence |
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Big Bang Cosmology
and Theology (GHC) |
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Cosmic Questions
Interviews |
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Cosmos and
Creator |
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Creativity,
Spirituality and Computing Technologies |
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CTNS Content Home |
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Darwin: A Friend to Religion? |
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Demystifying
Information Technology |
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Divine Action
(GHC) |
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Dreams and
Dreaming: Neuroscientific and Religious Visions' |
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E. Coli at the No
Free Lunchroom |
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Engaging
Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence: An Adventure in Astro-Ethics |
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Evangelical
Atheism: a response to Richard Dawkins |
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Ecology and
Christian Theology |
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Evolution: What
Should We Teach Our Children in Our Schools? |
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Evolution and
Providence |
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Evolution and
Creation Survey |
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Evolution and
Theology (GHC) |
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Evolution, Creation, and Semiotics |
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The Expelled
Controversy |
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Faith and Reason:
An Introduction |
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Faith in the Future:
Religion, Aging, and Healthcare in the 21st Century |
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Francisco Ayala
on Evolution |
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From Christian
Passions to Scientific Emotions |
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Genetic
Engineering and Food |
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Genetics
and Ethics |
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Genetic
Technologies - the Radical Revision of Human Existence and the Natural
World |
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Genomics,
Nanotechnology and Robotics |
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Getting Mind out
of Meat |
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God and Creation:
Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on Big Bang Cosmology |
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God, Humanity and the
Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion |
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God the Spirit -
and Natural Science |
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Historical
Examples of the Science and Religion Debate (GHC) |
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History of
Creationism |
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Intelligent Design
Coming Clean |
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Issues
for the Millennium: Cloning and Genetic Technologies |
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Jean Vanier of
L'Arche |
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Nano-Technology
and Nano-ethics |
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Natural Science and Christian Theology - A Select Bibliography |
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Neuroscience and
the Soul |
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Outlines of the
Science and Religion Debate (GHC) |
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Perspectives on
Evolution |
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Physics and
Theology |
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Quantum Mechanics
and Theology (GHC) |
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Questions that Shape Our Future |
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Reductionism
(GHC) |
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Reintroducing Teleology Into Science |
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Science and
Suffering |
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Scientific
Perspectives on Divine Action (CTNS/Vatican Series) |
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Space
Exploration and Positive Stewardship |
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Stem-Cell Debate: Ethical
Questions |
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Stem-Cell
Ethics: A Theological Brief |
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Stem-Cell
Questions |
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Theistic
Evolution: A Christian Alternative to Atheism, Creationism, and
Intelligent Design... |
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Theology and Science:
Current Issues and Future Directions |
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Unscientific
America: How science illiteracy threatens our future |
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Will ET End
Religion? |
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