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  • English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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  • Philosophy, Science and Religion mark three of the most fundamental modes of thinking about the world and our place in it. Are these modes incompatible? Put another way: is the intellectually responsible thing to do to ?pick sides? and identify with one of these approaches at the exclusion of others? Or, are they complementary or mutually supportive? As is typical of questions of such magnitude, the devil is in the details. For example, it is important to work out what is really distinctive about each of these ways of inquiring about the world. In order to gain some clarity here, we?ll be investigating what some of the current leading thinkers in philosophy, science and religion are actually doing.
  • This course, entitled ?Science and Philosophy?, is the first of three related courses in our Philosophy, Science and Religion Online series. The first launch is now closed to enrolments. We will launch a new version of the course in July 2018. The course will address four themes each presented by guest lecturers:
  • 1. Are Science and Religion in conflict? (Professor Michael Murray, Franklin & Marshall)
  • 2. Neuroscience and Free Will (Professor Al Mele, Florida State)
  • 3. Creationism and Evolutionary Biology--Science or Pseudo-science? (Dr. Mark Harris and Dr. David de Pomerai, University of Edinburgh)
  • 4. Do Scientific claims constitute absolute truths? (Professor Martin Kusch, University of Vienna)
  • The second and third courses in the Philosophy, Science and Religion series are ?Philosophy and Religion? and ?Religion and Science?. They may be taken in any order and completing all three courses will give you a broader understanding of this fascinating topic. Look for:
  • ? Philosophy, Science and Religion II: Philosophy and Religion
  • ? Philosophy, Science and Religion III: Religion and Science
  • Check out our trailer to hear more: https://youtu.be/OifqTI5VKek
  • You can also follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/EdiPhilOnline and you can follow the hashtag #psrmooc
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Curriculum

Philosophy, Science and Religion: Introduction and Overview

Overview of the course by Dr. Orestis Palermos

Accompanying Textbook: Philosophy, Science and Religion for Everyone

Neuroscience and Free Will

Introduction

Study 1

Study 2 and 3

Problem 1

Problem 2

Problem 3

Conclusion

[YouTube video] The Libet Experiment: Is Free Will Just an Illusion?

Free Will and Science

Al Mele - Free Will and Neuroscience

Free Will - The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Podcasts

1: Libet?s experiment

2: Observing changes in the brain

3: Is there a problem with the three studies presented?

4: The point of no return

5: Libet studies

Are Science and Religion in Conflict?

Conflicting in Principle

Non-Conflicting in Principle

Potentially Conflicting

Can Science Support Religious Beliefs?

A Theoretical Challenge

A Challenge from Evolutionary Psychology

Summary

Further Reading on Religion & Science

[Video Lecture] Tom McLeish on the Theology of Science

1: Definition of science

2: The relationship between science and religion

3: Evolutionary psychology

Do Scientific Claims Constitute Absolute Truths?

What is Relativism?

The Sociology of Science

Kuhn and the Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Relativism and Science

The Future of Relativism in the Study of Science

[Video Lecture] Stathis Psillos on Scientific Realism

Further Reading on Relativism

Podcasts, Interviews, and Videos

1: Relativists about morality

2: Karl Popper and scientific rationality

3: Paul Feyerabend and scientific experiment and theoretician

Evolution and Creationism

Introduction

The Creation of Creationism

'True Science'?

The Concept of Evolution

Genetic Variation

Selection

The Species Concept and Evolution

Gradualism Versus Punctuated Equilibrium

The Origin of Life

The Origin of Animals

Evolution of Behaviour; Sexual Selection and Co-evolution

Evolution of Human Culture

Creation, Evolution and Science

Summary

Science and Pseudoscience

Harris & De Pomerai - Creationism and evolutionary biology

Further Reading on Creationism and Evolutionary Biology

Podcasts, Interviews, and Videos

1: The creation of creationism

2: Earth Creationists

3: What is scientific?

4: Common ancestor

5: Natural selection

6: Convergent evolution

7: Punctuated equilibria

8: Evolution

9: Ediacaran fossils

10: Arms race

11: DNA

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