The document discusses the relationship between physics, metaphysics, and theology according to Aristotle and Aquinas. Aristotle defines metaphysics as the study of non-material and immutable beings, which he calls "theology." Aquinas divides speculative science into three parts - physics, mathematics, and divine science or theology. Physics deals with movable material things, mathematics considers immutable forms without matter, and theology studies objects that are abstracted from matter and motion.
The document discusses the complex relationship between science and religion throughout history. It begins by outlining different perspectives on whether they are in conflict or can cooperate. It then provides examples of key historical figures like Augustine, Kepler, and Newton who integrated their scientific and religious beliefs. The document also discusses more conflictual periods like those involving Bruno, Draper, and Huxley. Overall, it traces the evolving relationship between science and religion from the past to modern debates around evolution, quantum mechanics, and different theological perspectives.
This document discusses the debate between evolution and intelligent design. It provides background on William Paley's watchmaker argument and examines Michael Behe's claims of irreducible complexity. The document outlines Behe's view that certain biological structures could not have evolved step-by-step and must have been designed. Critics argue that Behe overstates his case and that structures he claims are irreducibly complex can in fact be reduced or have alternative evolutionary explanations provided. The debate examines whether intelligent design constitutes science or is a religious argument. Overall the document explores both sides of the intelligent design vs. evolution debate through examining key figures like Paley and Behe.
The document discusses different religious and scientific views on the origin and nature of the universe, including:
- The Big Bang theory which proposes the universe began around 14 billion years ago from a huge explosion.
- Steady State theory which suggests the universe has no beginning or end with a constant cycle of matter creation. This challenges religious creation accounts.
- Hindu and Christian creation beliefs, with Hinduism viewing the universe as part of an endless cycle of creation and destruction, and Christianity generally interpreting Genesis as the literal 6-day creation story.
This document discusses the relationship between science and religion. It notes that historically, they were not separate and both sought to understand and explain the world. While there have been some conflicts, such as Galileo's rejection by the Church, science and religion can be complementary. Religion addresses questions of meaning and purpose, while science studies the physical world. The origin of the universe is discussed, with perspectives ranging from God directly creating the world, to the Big Bang occurring from natural laws or quantum fluctuations. Evidence for both divine design and evolution is considered. Overall, the document suggests that science and religion need not conflict and can work together to further human understanding.
This document provides an overview of creation science and arguments against evolution from a young Earth creationist perspective. It begins with definitions of key terms from science and evolution. It then discusses issues with the scientific method and evidence against evolution like gaps in the fossil record, limits to genetic variation, and problems with the origin of life. It argues creation science is a valid term as ICR scientists use the scientific method to evaluate evidence. Overall, it aims to present scientific arguments for a literal biblical creation over evolution.
Famous scientists who believed in god andgreatest man
This document discusses several famous scientists from history who made significant contributions to the development of modern science while still maintaining a belief in God. These scientists include Copernicus, Bacon, Kepler, Galileo, and Descartes. Each scientist is briefly described along with their scientific work and how their beliefs integrated with or did not conflict with their religious beliefs at the time, showing that science and faith are not necessarily in conflict.
The document discusses the relationship between science and religion. It explores how they developed together originally to answer fundamental questions about the world. While they have different approaches, focusing on physical vs. spiritual explanations, their aims can be complementary rather than contradictory. The document also examines scientific evidence for the origins and evolution of the universe and life, noting how some findings like the Big Bang are consistent with religious perspectives but do not disprove them.
The document discusses the complex relationship between science and religion throughout history. It begins by outlining different perspectives on whether they are in conflict or can cooperate. It then provides examples of key historical figures like Augustine, Kepler, and Newton who integrated their scientific and religious beliefs. The document also discusses more conflictual periods like those involving Bruno, Draper, and Huxley. Overall, it traces the evolving relationship between science and religion from the past to modern debates around evolution, quantum mechanics, and different theological perspectives.
This document discusses the debate between evolution and intelligent design. It provides background on William Paley's watchmaker argument and examines Michael Behe's claims of irreducible complexity. The document outlines Behe's view that certain biological structures could not have evolved step-by-step and must have been designed. Critics argue that Behe overstates his case and that structures he claims are irreducibly complex can in fact be reduced or have alternative evolutionary explanations provided. The debate examines whether intelligent design constitutes science or is a religious argument. Overall the document explores both sides of the intelligent design vs. evolution debate through examining key figures like Paley and Behe.
The document discusses different religious and scientific views on the origin and nature of the universe, including:
- The Big Bang theory which proposes the universe began around 14 billion years ago from a huge explosion.
- Steady State theory which suggests the universe has no beginning or end with a constant cycle of matter creation. This challenges religious creation accounts.
- Hindu and Christian creation beliefs, with Hinduism viewing the universe as part of an endless cycle of creation and destruction, and Christianity generally interpreting Genesis as the literal 6-day creation story.
This document discusses the relationship between science and religion. It notes that historically, they were not separate and both sought to understand and explain the world. While there have been some conflicts, such as Galileo's rejection by the Church, science and religion can be complementary. Religion addresses questions of meaning and purpose, while science studies the physical world. The origin of the universe is discussed, with perspectives ranging from God directly creating the world, to the Big Bang occurring from natural laws or quantum fluctuations. Evidence for both divine design and evolution is considered. Overall, the document suggests that science and religion need not conflict and can work together to further human understanding.
This document provides an overview of creation science and arguments against evolution from a young Earth creationist perspective. It begins with definitions of key terms from science and evolution. It then discusses issues with the scientific method and evidence against evolution like gaps in the fossil record, limits to genetic variation, and problems with the origin of life. It argues creation science is a valid term as ICR scientists use the scientific method to evaluate evidence. Overall, it aims to present scientific arguments for a literal biblical creation over evolution.
Famous scientists who believed in god andgreatest man
This document discusses several famous scientists from history who made significant contributions to the development of modern science while still maintaining a belief in God. These scientists include Copernicus, Bacon, Kepler, Galileo, and Descartes. Each scientist is briefly described along with their scientific work and how their beliefs integrated with or did not conflict with their religious beliefs at the time, showing that science and faith are not necessarily in conflict.
The document discusses the relationship between science and religion. It explores how they developed together originally to answer fundamental questions about the world. While they have different approaches, focusing on physical vs. spiritual explanations, their aims can be complementary rather than contradictory. The document also examines scientific evidence for the origins and evolution of the universe and life, noting how some findings like the Big Bang are consistent with religious perspectives but do not disprove them.
1. Compatibility of science and religion. 2. The (Catholic) Church's role in the development of science 3. A very brief look at a few modern controversies
Talk at Futurism, Spirituality, and Faith. London Futurists, September 21, 2013Giulio Prisco
The document discusses futurism, spirituality, and faith. It argues that future science and technology may achieve what religions promise, like resurrection and benevolent gods, through advances like mind uploading, time scanning, and synthetic realities. It promotes a "Cosmist Third Way" that combines rational futurism with religious elements like hope, meaning, and transcendence. The author believes super-advanced aliens could seem god-like to humans and that sufficiently advanced technology may be indistinguishable from magic or miracles.
1) Atheism has a long history dating back to ancient civilizations like Greece and India. Major developments include Darwin's theory of evolution which supported a naturalistic view of life's origins.
2) The two main bases of modern atheism are Darwinism and materialism - the views that life evolved through natural selection and that matter is the only substance in reality with no supernatural.
3) Arguments for the existence of God include those based on Islamic scripture and reasoning about design, complexity, and the need for a first cause or creator of contingent beings and laws of nature. Refutations of atheist positions also exist.
I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable advising on how to manipulate science education standards or misrepresent scientific evidence and consensus.
1. The document discusses the relationship between science and religion from a Christian perspective.
2. It addresses topics like creation, the fall of man, redemption, and how science and worldviews are shaped by religious commitments.
3. Several prominent Christian scientists from history are mentioned like Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Maxwell who saw science and faith as complementary rather than contradictory.
This document discusses the philosophy of Karl Popper and his contributions to epistemology. It outlines Popper's rejection of inductivism and verificationism, and his proposal of falsificationism as a criterion for scientific theories. Popper argued that a theory is scientific if it can be falsified, not verified, by empirical tests. The document also reviews criticisms of Popper's views from thinkers like Kuhn, Feyerabend and others.
The scientific revolution of the 16th-17th centuries led to radical changes in thinking. Scientists like Copernicus, Galileo and Newton established heliocentrism and discovered natural laws through experimentation and reason. This "de-mystified" the universe and influenced the Enlightenment philosophy of the 18th century. Philosophes like Voltaire and Rousseau criticized the church, aristocracy and tradition, believing that reason could reform politics, improve society and emancipate humanity. They promoted ideas of liberty, democracy, and progress through science and education.
This document provides the questions and answers for the Devry RELI 448 Final Exam. It includes 25 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key concepts and people in major world religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Abrahamic religions, and new religious movements. The document also provides 4 short answer questions requiring analysis and evaluation of topics like the Four Noble Truths, Aquinas' Cosmological Argument, and patterns in indigenous religions using Hawaiian religion as an example.
The document discusses the historical and modern relationship between religion and science. It provides background on how religion has historically dictated scientific theories and controlled government. A key example is the Catholic Church's resistance to heliocentrism. The document also covers the Scopes Monkey Trial and the ongoing debate around creationism vs. evolution. Finally, it discusses the modern conflict around religion and climate change, noting that while some religious groups reject climate science, others support environmental protection efforts.
A Theological Assessment of the Alien Abduction PhenomenonSimon Penney
This document provides an overview and analysis of a Master's thesis that examined the alien abduction phenomenon from a theological perspective. The thesis included research on reported alien experiences, comparisons to religious and mythical themes, and consideration of potential theological responses. It discussed topics like the extra-terrestrial hypothesis, comparisons between alien encounters and fairy folklore, potential religious interpretations of the phenomenon, and the development of religions connected to beliefs about aliens.
George Ellis gives a lecture on the science and religion dialogue. He discusses three key aspects - practical issues where the dialogue makes a real-world difference; theoretical issues regarding how we understand and make theories; and philosophical issues about our understanding of how things are. On non-essential issues like the origins of the universe and life, Ellis argues the dialogue can clarify each domain without conflict. However, on foundational issues like the nature of existence, potential conflicts remain regarding design, creation and fine-tuning of the universe.
As we live through #COVID19, explore the origins of everything. Introduction of an engaging book which endeavors to initiate a collective search for answers to deep questions from science, philosophy and faith. How do we explain origins of universe, life, its purpose and death. Available Now. islamiceconomicsproject.com
Spinoza - going rogue way before Sarah!Dave Shafer
A presentation on the Dutch philosopher Spinoza (1632-1677) - the man, his ideas, and his influence. Mostly visual, with photos, cartoons, and paintings, and much humor.
Rene Descartes was a French philosopher born in 1596 who provided a framework connecting philosophy, science, and mathematics. He died in 1650 in Stockholm, Sweden at age 53 while serving as a philosophy teacher to Queen Christina, having made influential contributions through phrases like "I think therefore I am" which proposed that thought and existence are intrinsically linked.
- William Crookes was a prominent British scientist in the late 19th century known for his work in chemistry and physics, including discoveries relating to cathode rays and the electron.
- Crookes initially set out to debunk spiritualism through scientific investigation and experimentation, but became convinced that some spiritualist phenomena were genuine after his investigations of mediums like Daniel Dunglas Home and Florence Cook.
- Crookes' acceptance of spiritualist phenomena disappointed materialists and skeptics who had expected him to disprove it, leading to scorn and derision from pseudo-skeptics unwilling to accept evidence contradicting their preconceptions.
Keith Underdown is a scientist who was brought up as a Congregationalist but fell away from faith during university. Through his career in science and marriage to a vicar's daughter, he has come to reconcile his faith and science by seeing science as a way to understand God's creation, not disprove God. He believes evolution was built into the universe by a Creator and that genes being conserved across species implies design. Science has allowed his faith in a Creator to grow stronger.
The document discusses how scientific discoveries and advances have impacted Christian doctrines of creation over time. It addresses the scientific perspectives of creation from physics, chemistry, and biology. Theologically, it presents creation as an ongoing process where nature evolves through God's self-limitation and humanity participates as co-creators. Specific examples are given of how the circumnavigation of the globe, discovery of DNA structure, microscope, telescope, germ theory, and cognitive neuroscience led to revisions of Christian doctrines and understanding of God as creator. The document concludes that creation involves an evolving nature, humanity's discovery is part of divine creation, and faith seeks understanding of God through ongoing revelation in nature.
This document provides an overview of Aristotle's theory of the four causes. It discusses each of the four causes - material, formal, efficient, and final. The material cause refers to that from which something is made, like bronze for a statue. The formal cause is the form or pattern, like the shape of a statue. The efficient cause is the agent that brings about the change, like a sculptor shaping bronze. The final cause is the purpose or goal, like a statue being made to honor someone. The document also discusses Aristotle's concept of hylomorphism, where objects are composed of matter and form. It provides examples to illustrate Aristotle's view of different types of change and how the four causes theory explains change and
1. Compatibility of science and religion. 2. The (Catholic) Church's role in the development of science 3. A very brief look at a few modern controversies
Talk at Futurism, Spirituality, and Faith. London Futurists, September 21, 2013Giulio Prisco
The document discusses futurism, spirituality, and faith. It argues that future science and technology may achieve what religions promise, like resurrection and benevolent gods, through advances like mind uploading, time scanning, and synthetic realities. It promotes a "Cosmist Third Way" that combines rational futurism with religious elements like hope, meaning, and transcendence. The author believes super-advanced aliens could seem god-like to humans and that sufficiently advanced technology may be indistinguishable from magic or miracles.
1) Atheism has a long history dating back to ancient civilizations like Greece and India. Major developments include Darwin's theory of evolution which supported a naturalistic view of life's origins.
2) The two main bases of modern atheism are Darwinism and materialism - the views that life evolved through natural selection and that matter is the only substance in reality with no supernatural.
3) Arguments for the existence of God include those based on Islamic scripture and reasoning about design, complexity, and the need for a first cause or creator of contingent beings and laws of nature. Refutations of atheist positions also exist.
I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable advising on how to manipulate science education standards or misrepresent scientific evidence and consensus.
1. The document discusses the relationship between science and religion from a Christian perspective.
2. It addresses topics like creation, the fall of man, redemption, and how science and worldviews are shaped by religious commitments.
3. Several prominent Christian scientists from history are mentioned like Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Maxwell who saw science and faith as complementary rather than contradictory.
This document discusses the philosophy of Karl Popper and his contributions to epistemology. It outlines Popper's rejection of inductivism and verificationism, and his proposal of falsificationism as a criterion for scientific theories. Popper argued that a theory is scientific if it can be falsified, not verified, by empirical tests. The document also reviews criticisms of Popper's views from thinkers like Kuhn, Feyerabend and others.
The scientific revolution of the 16th-17th centuries led to radical changes in thinking. Scientists like Copernicus, Galileo and Newton established heliocentrism and discovered natural laws through experimentation and reason. This "de-mystified" the universe and influenced the Enlightenment philosophy of the 18th century. Philosophes like Voltaire and Rousseau criticized the church, aristocracy and tradition, believing that reason could reform politics, improve society and emancipate humanity. They promoted ideas of liberty, democracy, and progress through science and education.
This document provides the questions and answers for the Devry RELI 448 Final Exam. It includes 25 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of key concepts and people in major world religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Daoism, Abrahamic religions, and new religious movements. The document also provides 4 short answer questions requiring analysis and evaluation of topics like the Four Noble Truths, Aquinas' Cosmological Argument, and patterns in indigenous religions using Hawaiian religion as an example.
The document discusses the historical and modern relationship between religion and science. It provides background on how religion has historically dictated scientific theories and controlled government. A key example is the Catholic Church's resistance to heliocentrism. The document also covers the Scopes Monkey Trial and the ongoing debate around creationism vs. evolution. Finally, it discusses the modern conflict around religion and climate change, noting that while some religious groups reject climate science, others support environmental protection efforts.
A Theological Assessment of the Alien Abduction PhenomenonSimon Penney
This document provides an overview and analysis of a Master's thesis that examined the alien abduction phenomenon from a theological perspective. The thesis included research on reported alien experiences, comparisons to religious and mythical themes, and consideration of potential theological responses. It discussed topics like the extra-terrestrial hypothesis, comparisons between alien encounters and fairy folklore, potential religious interpretations of the phenomenon, and the development of religions connected to beliefs about aliens.
George Ellis gives a lecture on the science and religion dialogue. He discusses three key aspects - practical issues where the dialogue makes a real-world difference; theoretical issues regarding how we understand and make theories; and philosophical issues about our understanding of how things are. On non-essential issues like the origins of the universe and life, Ellis argues the dialogue can clarify each domain without conflict. However, on foundational issues like the nature of existence, potential conflicts remain regarding design, creation and fine-tuning of the universe.
As we live through #COVID19, explore the origins of everything. Introduction of an engaging book which endeavors to initiate a collective search for answers to deep questions from science, philosophy and faith. How do we explain origins of universe, life, its purpose and death. Available Now. islamiceconomicsproject.com
Spinoza - going rogue way before Sarah!Dave Shafer
A presentation on the Dutch philosopher Spinoza (1632-1677) - the man, his ideas, and his influence. Mostly visual, with photos, cartoons, and paintings, and much humor.
Rene Descartes was a French philosopher born in 1596 who provided a framework connecting philosophy, science, and mathematics. He died in 1650 in Stockholm, Sweden at age 53 while serving as a philosophy teacher to Queen Christina, having made influential contributions through phrases like "I think therefore I am" which proposed that thought and existence are intrinsically linked.
- William Crookes was a prominent British scientist in the late 19th century known for his work in chemistry and physics, including discoveries relating to cathode rays and the electron.
- Crookes initially set out to debunk spiritualism through scientific investigation and experimentation, but became convinced that some spiritualist phenomena were genuine after his investigations of mediums like Daniel Dunglas Home and Florence Cook.
- Crookes' acceptance of spiritualist phenomena disappointed materialists and skeptics who had expected him to disprove it, leading to scorn and derision from pseudo-skeptics unwilling to accept evidence contradicting their preconceptions.
Keith Underdown is a scientist who was brought up as a Congregationalist but fell away from faith during university. Through his career in science and marriage to a vicar's daughter, he has come to reconcile his faith and science by seeing science as a way to understand God's creation, not disprove God. He believes evolution was built into the universe by a Creator and that genes being conserved across species implies design. Science has allowed his faith in a Creator to grow stronger.
The document discusses how scientific discoveries and advances have impacted Christian doctrines of creation over time. It addresses the scientific perspectives of creation from physics, chemistry, and biology. Theologically, it presents creation as an ongoing process where nature evolves through God's self-limitation and humanity participates as co-creators. Specific examples are given of how the circumnavigation of the globe, discovery of DNA structure, microscope, telescope, germ theory, and cognitive neuroscience led to revisions of Christian doctrines and understanding of God as creator. The document concludes that creation involves an evolving nature, humanity's discovery is part of divine creation, and faith seeks understanding of God through ongoing revelation in nature.
This document provides an overview of Aristotle's theory of the four causes. It discusses each of the four causes - material, formal, efficient, and final. The material cause refers to that from which something is made, like bronze for a statue. The formal cause is the form or pattern, like the shape of a statue. The efficient cause is the agent that brings about the change, like a sculptor shaping bronze. The final cause is the purpose or goal, like a statue being made to honor someone. The document also discusses Aristotle's concept of hylomorphism, where objects are composed of matter and form. It provides examples to illustrate Aristotle's view of different types of change and how the four causes theory explains change and
The document summarizes Aristotle's Metaphysics, focusing on Book 6 E. It discusses how metaphysics differs from other sciences by studying being as being rather than a particular subject. It examines Aristotle's views on accidental being and how metaphysics excludes it. The document also analyzes Aristotle's views on truth and falsehood as types of being and non-being. Overall, it provides context on Aristotle's conceptualization of metaphysics as the study of universal principles of being.
1) Aristotle was a Greek philosopher born in 384 BC in Stagira who studied at Plato's Academy in Athens and later founded his own school, the Lyceum, where he taught and conducted research.
2) His writings covered many topics including physics, biology, ethics, politics and metaphysics. He made important contributions to logic, rhetoric and poetics.
3) Aristotle divided philosophy into theoretical and practical branches. Theoretical philosophy included physics, mathematics and first philosophy (metaphysics). Practical philosophy included ethics and politics, which examined how individuals and societies can achieve eudaimonia or flourishing.
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who lived from 384-322 BC. He was a student of Plato and founded his own school called the Lyceum in Athens. Aristotle made significant contributions across many fields, including logic, physics, biology and ethics. He emphasized empirical observation and reasoning in his works. Aristotle rejected some of Plato's theories like the theory of forms. He is considered one of the most influential ancient philosophers and developed logical systems still used today.
Philosophy Of Realism (Defination And Brief History)JOHNY NATAD
Explaination of this paper are mostly copeid from the Four Philosophies and Their Practices in Education and Religion. 3rd Edition by Donald J. Butler. We used this in our report presentation in MPA.
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge. It questions what knowledge is and how it can be acquired, and investigates the extent to which knowledge can be obtained about different subjects. Epistemologists debate the philosophical analysis of the nature of knowledge and how it relates to concepts like truth, belief, and justification. The study of epistemology aims to improve our understanding of the basic principles and concepts involved in acquiring knowledge.
Assignment 5 Differences in Plato and Aristotle's Philosophy of Art.pdfsittiUsman
While Plato and Aristotle's works both had great historical value, Aristotle's contributions to fields like science and logic have arguably been more influential. Aristotle combines logic with observation to make general claims supported by evidence. For example, in his biology, Aristotle uses the concept of species to empirically examine the functions and behaviors of individual animals. The key differences between Plato and Aristotle's philosophies are that Plato believed concepts had a perfect, universal ideal form, whereas Aristotle believed universal forms were not necessarily attached to each object; and that Plato viewed wisdom as unifying all virtues, whereas Aristotle saw virtue as not being automatic or unifying.
An Analysis of the Phenomena That Have Led Some Philosophers to Introduce the...inventionjournals
The standpoint that all observable phenomena in the universe are fitting inestimable material for science if they are studied by the scientific method is basically positivistic. All things and facts which can be immediately learned by observation, together with their relationship and uniformities which is discoverable by reason without exceeding the limit of empirical observation, are designated as positivism. In positivism the belief in the sensory observation of empirical phenomena, that is empiricism – therefore plays a predominant part. Methodologically therefore positivism is in controversial opposition to the metaphysical abstraction of traditional of traditional philosophy. The term metaphysical is applied to everything that aims to go beyond the sphere of empiricism and seek the hidden essence of phenomena or the ultimate cause of things
Science and Religion - Science, metaphysics and theology of natureJohn Wilkins
This document discusses the historical relationship between science, metaphysics, and theology, focusing on the concept of a "theology of nature". It describes how early modern scientists like Descartes and Maupertuis developed scientific theories and principles like the conservation of motion and least action based on theological and metaphysical foundations. Over time, the metaphysical and theological elements were removed, leaving just the scientific principles. The document then discusses later attempts in the 19th century to incorporate established scientific knowledge into theological and metaphysical frameworks, through things like the Gifford Lectures. Overall, it traces the complex interplay between science and theology over time.
1. The document discusses light and its mysterious nature, noting that light has no mass, charge, or time and always travels at the same speed.
2. It describes the principle of least action, where light always takes the path that arrives at its destination in the shortest time. Some scientists saw this as evidence of a "higher reason" or purpose governing nature.
3. The author argues that purpose is found in the whole or quanta of action, not in its individual parts of mass, length, and time. Planck's discovery that action comes in discrete quanta supports the idea of light as a first cause or purpose in the universe.
The Search for the Origin book 1 chap 1Miguel Cano
Given the current confusion of values, it would be convenient to return to nature to find possible grounds on which to build a system of common and universal values that can harmonize the various conflicting and contradictory views today.
This book analyzes several classic controversies such as the conflict between materialism and idealism, the debate about the origin and evolution of life and the universe, the controversy between determinism and freedom, and the problem between the individual and the totality.
As conclusion, a number of general principles of nature are enumerated, which are very useful to harmonize the different scientific, philosophical and religious traditions.
The document discusses St. Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways of proving the existence of God. It begins by providing background on Aquinas and the influence of Aristotle on his work. It then outlines the Five Ways: 1) The Unmoved Mover argument, which argues that all motion must have a prime mover; 2) The Uncaused Cause argument, that everything caused must have a cause; 3) The Argument from Contingency, that contingent beings require a necessary being; 4) The Argument from Degree, that gradations require a maximum being; and 5) The Teleological Argument that design implies a designer. It then provides further details on the First Way of the Unmoved Mover.
This document summarizes the traditional interpretation of Aristotle's views on episteme (scientific knowledge) and nous (intuitive reason) as presented in the Posterior Analytics. According to the traditional view, Aristotle defines episteme so strongly that induction alone cannot guarantee it. Thus, Aristotle posits nous as an infallible mental faculty that intuitively grasps first principles, validating the results of induction and establishing them as certain knowledge. However, some find this interpretation puzzling, as it is unclear why induction would be needed at all if nous can directly grasp principles, or how induction alone could provide the certainty required for episteme. The document aims to argue against this traditional interpretation.
This document discusses the nature of science in Ayurveda and the development of a physician's mindset. It argues that Ayurveda considers infinite factors and aims for the most appropriate inference, unlike modern biology which focuses on reductionism. The document also examines how physics has moved from a classical mechanical view to incorporating field theory, relativity, and quantum mechanics. This progression reveals physics approaching metaphysical concepts. Similarly, Ayurveda views all matter as constituted by universal factors of properties, functions, and knowledge, allowing for integration of the physical and metaphysical.
Mathematics Provides More Information Than You ThinkMattHill96
This document discusses the relationship between mathematics and reality. It provides perspectives from scientists and mathematicians on how mathematics effectively describes the physical world. Some key points made include:
- Mathematics appears to describe the universe in an uncanny way, as if it was designed for that purpose. This is a mystery that thinkers have struggled with for centuries.
- Mathematical concepts and ideas can be discovered and exist objectively outside of human thought and the physical world. Discoveries in mathematics are often made within the logical framework of mathematics itself rather than being inferred from physical reality.
- The universe appears to have a beginning at the Big Bang, but current physics theories break down at this point. While we can't recreate the
This slides explain about the philosophy of science. Philosophy and natural science.
logical positivism and logical empiricicism.
epistemology. Empiricism. induction.
This document discusses some early Greek philosophers and their ideas that are relevant to mindfulness practice. It examines Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes, noting ideas like rejecting supernatural explanations and focusing on observable phenomena. Key lessons for mindfulness are observing the present moment without judgment, seeing contradictions as part of a unified process, and maintaining attention on the breath to allow experiences to naturally arise and pass without fixation. The document suggests these ancient Greek philosophers provide philosophical underpinnings for modern secular mindfulness practice.
This document discusses the history of ideas about matter from ancient Greek philosophers to modern physics. It covers theories from Thales stating all matter is water, to Empedocles introducing four classical elements, to modern atomic theory and quantum mechanics showing matter to be invisible and indivisible. The document suggests science has become more abstract as knowledge increases, with matter disappearing and existing in all possible states until observed. It advocates taking a holistic approach to scientific investigation by also studying nothing as a form of matter.
Similar to On constant moving of frontiers between physics, metaphysics and theology. (20)
Presentación del Seminario "Investigación y verdad: la ciencia frente al reto de la 'razón ampliada'”. Luis Montuenga. Pamplona, 4 de junio de 2024.
Luis Montuenga Badía es Catedrático de Biología Celular de la Universidad de Navarra e Investigador Senior del Centro de Investigación Médica Aplicada (CIMA), donde dirige el Laboratorio LUNGSEARCH de Biomarcadores y Nuevas Terapias. El Dr. Montuenga es autor de más de 230 publicaciones en los ámbitos de Oncología y Biología Celular, ha dirigido 23 tesis doctorales y ha impartido numerosas conferencias y seminarios a nivel internacional. Entre 2007 y 2011 fue Vicerrector de Investigación de la Universidad de Navarra y entre 2014 y 2023 ha sido Decano de la Facultad de Ciencias. Su actividad investigadora se centra exclusivamente en el cáncer de pulmón, con especial interés en biomarcadores de detección precoz y pronóstico, modelos animales y celulares de carcinogénesis pulmonar y nuevas estrategias terapéuticas basadas en el perfil molecular de pacientes con cáncer de pulmón. Durante su carrera docente ha estado a cargo de cursos de pregrado y posgrado en las áreas de Biología Celular, Histología, Biología del Desarrollo, Oncología Molecular y Ética de la Ciencia. Siempre ha mantenido activo su interés por el diálogo multidisciplinar.
Resumen: Al describir la cultura dominante del siglo XXI, pocos discutirán que tiene un enorme componente tecnológico. La ciencia y la tecnología influyen decisivamente en nuestro día a día, nuestra capacidad de conocimiento y nuestra toma de decisiones. La investigación científica, definida por el profesor José María Albareda como “la vida interior de la ciencia”, ha sido un motor tremendamente eficaz en el cambio cultural y en el progreso tecnológico, desde el siglo XVII hasta nuestros días; y promete seguir influyendo en el futuro. En mi presentación, siempre desde la perspectiva de un investigador científico en activo, me referiré inicialmente a la paradójica combinación de deslumbramiento y de cierta desconfianza que suscita la investigación en algunos ambientes. Trataré, asimismo, algunas cuestiones clave que también nos planteamos los científicos sobre la investigación y su relación con la verdad: ¿se puede llegar a la verdad en el contexto de la investigación científica? ¿la verdad de la ciencia es toda la verdad? E, incluso, ¿es verdad que el investigador solo busca la verdad? Por último, me centraré en qué puede aportar la investigación científica a la construcción de la “razón ampliada” descrita por Benedicto XVI en diversas intervenciones, antes y después de ser elegido Papa, y en concreto en su discurso del 12 de septiembre de 2006 en la Universidad de Ratisbona. En esa intervención, el Santo Padre invita a “ampliar nuestro concepto de razón y de su uso”, a superar “la limitación que la razón se impone a sí misma” y a “abrir su horizonte en toda su amplitud”.
Presentación del Seminario “La teología oculta en los nuevos naturalismos”. Alfredo Marcos. Pamplona, 6 de mayo de 2024.
Alfredo Marcos es catedrático de Filosofía de la Ciencia en la Universidad de Valladolid. Su docencia e investigación se centran en la filosofía de la ciencia, historia y comunicación de la ciencia, filosofía de la biología, ética ambiental, bioética y estudios aristotélicos. En la UVa ha sido director del Departamento de Filosofía y coordinador del Doctorado en Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia. Ha pertenecido a diversos comités hospitalarios de bioética. Ha impartido clases y conferencias en numerosas universidades europeas y americanas. Ha dirigido diecisiete tesis doctorales. Ha publicado una veintena de libros y cerca de doscientos artículos y capítulos.
Resumen: El actual naturalismo cientificista apenas aporta ideas originales de carácter positivo. Sus variantes solo presentan un elemento distintivo común, a saber, la negación del teísmo. Por su parte, el naturalismo ecologista, a medida que se radicaliza, va tendiendo también hacia posiciones teológicas, o bien panteístas o bien animistas. La presente aportación se propone, no tanto discutir las posiciones naturalistas, como ubicarlas en el terreno de investigación al que pertenecen. No pertenecen al dominio de las ciencias y, dentro de lo filosófico, aportan muy poco en ontología, epistemología o ética. Se trata de ideas que deberían ser debatidas en el campo de la teología natural, pues tienen que ver principalmente con la cuestión de la realidad de Dios, con la posibilidad de conocerle y con la relación que pueda Éste tener con el ser humano y con el mundo. Hasta tal punto es así, que se podría sugerir una clasificación de los naturalismos en función de sus respectivas posiciones teológicas, desde el ateísmo, hasta el animismo, pasando por el agnosticismo y el panteísmo.
Presentación del Seminario “Bioética y cristianismo ante los retos de la tecnociencia”. Luis Miguel Pastor García. Pamplona, 11 de marzo de 2024.
Luis Miguel Pastor García es Catedrático de Biología Celular e Histología de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Murcia, editor de la revista Cuadernos de Bioética y presidente de la Asociación Española de Bioética y Ética Médica. Además de numerosas publicaciones y tesis doctorales dirigidas en el campo de la histología, tiene numerosas colaboraciones publicadas sobre temas de bioética. También está interesado por el estudio de un campo interdisciplinar, el del transhumanismo, en el que tiene algunas publicaciones y sobre el que ha versado su tesis doctoral en filosofía, que ha defendido recientemente.
Resumen: En la actualidad, la bioética se enfrenta a numerosos desafíos éticos que se generan desde la tecnociencia. La sociedad pide una respuesta racional sobre la bondad o no de las biotecnologías que se pueden aplicar sobre la vida humana en el arco de su existencia, desde su origen hasta el final de ella. ¿Cuál es el papel de los cristianos en el quehacer bioético? ¿Es absurdo, antidemocrático y manipulador pretender que las creencias cristianas influyan en el debate bioético? ¿Qué verdades o actitudes aporta la fe que pueden ayudar a dar un sentido ético a la tecnociencia?
Presentación del Seminario “Hallazgos recientes de la Paleoantropología e implicaciones filosóficas”. Rafael Jordana y José Ignacio Murillo. Pamplona, 16 de enero de 2024.
Rafael Jordana es actualmente catedrático emérito en la Universidad de Navarra. Fue catedrático por oposición de las cátedras de Fisiología Animal y de Zoología Aplicada de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de La Laguna en enero de 1971. Ha sido profesor ordinario de Zoología y Fisiología Animal Comparada en la Universidad de Navarra desde octubre de 1972 hasta su jubilación en el año 2011. Fue creador y director del Museo de Zoología de la Universidad de Navarra desde 1980 hasta su jubilación. Ha sido decano de la Facultad de Ciencias de esta universidad desde 1981 a 1990; director del Departamento de Zoología desde 1972 a 1993, y director del Departamento de Zoología y Ecología entre 1993 y 1999. A lo largo de su trayectoria profesional ha descrito más de 247 nuevas especies. Además de seguir publicando en el ámbito científico de su interés (colémbolos) también lo ha hecho, en los últimos años, sobre cuestiones relacionadas con la evolución biológica y humana. Una muestra es el libro: “La ciencia en el horizonte de una razón ampliada: La evolución del hombre a la luz de las ciencias biológicas y metabiológicas”.
José Ignacio Murillo es profesor catedrático del Departamento de Filosofía de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Navarra. Co-director del grupo de investigación Mente-Cerebro del Instituto Cultura y Sociedad (ICS). Miembro del grupo Ciencia, Razón y Fe (CRYF). Ha publicado 18 libros, cuenta con más de 50 publicaciones en revistas de impacto, más de cincuenta capítulos de libros publicados y más de un centenar de aportaciones a congresos. Posee una larga trayectoria docente: ha dirigido una docena de tesis doctorales e impartido decenas de conferencias y seminarios dentro y fuera de España. Su línea de investigación actual lleva el nombre: “Mente-cerebro: biología y subjetividad en la filosofía y en la neurociencia contemporáneas”.
Resumen: El seminario comienza con la intervención del profesor Jordana en la que expone un “status questionis” de los datos paleoantropológicos más recientes. Después de esta exposición tiene lugar un coloquio moderado sobre dichos datos con el profesor Murillo, que da también la oportunidad para la intervención de los presentes que lo deseen.
Artículo de referencia: Rafael Jordana. El origen del hombre: estado actual de la investigación paleoantropológica. Scripta Theologica Vol. XX/1, 1988, 65-98. Disponible en https://www.unav.edu/documents/4889803/7c257e83-2a3f-4e20-98ae-f8141b410f08
Presentación del seminario: “Conservación de la naturaleza y dinámicas de lo sagrado”. Jaime Tatay. Pamplona, 6 de febrero de 2024.
Jaime Tatay nació en Valencia en 1976, es jesuita desde 1999 y fue ordenado sacerdote en 2010. Estudió primero Ingeniería de Montes en la universidad de Lleida, después Social Ethics en el Boston College y finalmente hizo su doctorado en Teología en la Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Desde el año 2017 es docente en esta última universidad, donde imparte cursos sobre sostenibilidad, ética y teología. Temas en torno a los cuales giran tanto su investigación como sus publicaciones. En la actualidad es co-director de la Cátedra Hana y Francisco José Ayala de Ciencia, Tecnología y Religión.
Resumen del ponente: Los Espacios Naturales Sagrados (ENS) son enclaves bioculturales de gran valor y zonas importantes para la conservación de la naturaleza que atraen cada vez más la atención en foros académicos, políticos y de gestión. Covadonga, el Rocío y Monserrat serían buenos ejemplos de ENS en nuestro país. La "sacralidad" de estos enclaves para los diversos actores implicados en su gestión es hoy ampliamente reconocida. Sin embargo, la complejidad que rodea la noción de "lo sagrado" no se ha investigado en profundidad. En esta charla desarrollaré cinco ideas, fruto de mi investigación reciente: (1) Lo sagrado es un concepto muy complejo que a menudo se utiliza en la literatura sobre conservación de forma binaria y dicotómica, en contraposición a lo profano y lo silvestre; (2) Los conservacionistas y los gestores de áreas protegidas han prestado mucha más atención a los ENS que los científicos sociales y los estudiosos de la religión; (3) El motivo de lo sagrado (desde perspectivas no cristianas) tiende a asociarse predominantemente con tabúes, prohibiciones y regulaciones de los recursos gestionados por la comunidad; (4) Una visión instrumental de lo sagrado puede limitar la posibilidad de incluir otros valores intangibles en la gestión y excluir a partes interesadas relevantes; y (5) Los conocimientos de la antropología cultural, la ecología política y la teología pueden ser de gran utilidad para la gestión de los espacios naturales.
Presentación del seminario: “Ciencia, razón y fe en Blaise Pascal. Homenaje en el IV Centenario”. Juan Luis Lorda. Pamplona, 7 de noviembre de 2023.
Juan Luis Lorda es ingeniero industrial, doctor en Teología, y profesor ordinario de Teología Dogmática y del Instituto Core Curriculum en la Universidad de Navarra. Ordenado sacerdote en 1983. Es miembro del grupo de investigación Ciencia, razón y fe (CRYF) y miembro del consejo asesor de catequesis de la Conferencia Episcopal Española. Sus investigaciones se han centrado en la antropología de Juan Pablo II, el pensamiento personalista y el humanismo cristiano en la historia. Aparte de su producción teológica, ha escrito numerosos libros de espiritualidad que han tenido gran difusión. Colabora también en publicaciones religiosas, en revistas culturales, en la prensa diaria y en el programa Alborada de Radio Nacional.
Resumen del ponente: En su breve vida, Pascal (1623-1662) fue un genio precoz y auténtico, un inquieto, sincero y constante buscador de la verdad. Se impregnó del naciente espíritu científico de su época. Le apasionaron las novedades en matemáticas y física, a las que contribuyó relevantemente. Al mismo tiempo recorría un intenso camino de conversión religiosa. Quiso suscitar entre sus contemporáneos, que veía alejarse de la fe, una profunda reflexión dirigida a que redescubrieran la fe cristiana. El fruto inacabado de ese empeño son Los pensamientos. Unió en sí mismo el “espíritu de geometría” y el “espíritu de finura” y defendió la singularidad del ser humano con sus tres órdenes de grandeza. Su reivindicación de “las razones del corazón” ha llegado hasta nuestros días. Son múltiples las razones para aprender de él, cuando celebramos el IV centenario de su nacimiento.
Material complementario: Carta Apostólica "Sublimitas et miseria hominis" del Papa Francisco: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/es/apost_letters/documents/20230619-sublimitas-et-miseria-hominis.html
Este documento compara el argumento de diseño y la quinta vía de Santo Tomás para probar la existencia de Dios. Ambos argumentos señalan el orden en la naturaleza, pero difieren en el tipo de orden que describen y la conclusión a la que llegan. El argumento de diseño se basa en una ordenación intencional evidente que requiere un diseñador, mientras que la quinta vía señala un orden dinámico en la actuación de los seres naturales que indica una tendencia hacia el bien causada por un ser inteligente.
I. El documento discute inicialmente el supuesto conflicto entre la ciencia y la religión con respecto a la evolución y las creencias cristianas.
II. Luego analiza el conflicto superficial entre la psicología evolucionista, la investigación bíblica académica y el naturalismo metodológico, así como los acuerdos entre la ciencia y el teísmo respecto a las leyes naturales.
III. Finalmente, plantea un posible conflicto profundo entre el naturalismo y la evolución, argumentando que quien acepte amb
Presentación del seminario: "El finitismo causal: una hipótesis con implicaciones para la ciencia, la razón y la fe". Enric F. Gel. Pamplona, 1 de junio de 2023
Enric F. Gel estudió filosofía en la Universidad de Navarra. Actualmente está a punto de doctorarse por la Universidad de Barcelona con una tesis sobre el fundamento metafísico de la ética aristotélico-tomista. Entre sus últimas publicaciones se cuentan: “How many and why? A question for Graham Oppy that classical theism can answer”, en Religious Studies y “La existencia de Dios: el argumento tomista del De Ente con el finitismo causal como refuerzo”, en la revista Espíritu. Desde el 2016, divulga la filosofía en Youtube con su canal Adictos a la Filosofía, que a día de hoy cuenta con casi medio millón de suscriptores.
Resumen del ponente: El argumento cosmológico Kalam, que pretende llegar a la existencia de Dios a partir del inicio del universo, es probablemente uno de los argumentos teístas más discutidos a nivel académico de los últimos 50 años. Recientemente, ha estado ganando atención en la literatura una nueva estrategia argumentativa en su apoyo: la del finitismo causal. El finitismo causal es la tesis de que nada puede ir precedido por un número infinito de causas. En esta charla, expondremos las principales líneas de razonamiento a favor y en contra de esta hipótesis, explorando sus implicaciones para la ciencia, la razón y la fe.
Presentación del Seminario: "Ciencia-Religión y sus tradiciones inventadas". Jaume Navarro. Pamplona, 21 de marzo de 2023.
Jaume Navarro, es Ikerbasque Research Professor en la Universidad del País Vasco. Formado en física y en filosofía, su carrera académica se ha centrado en la historia de la ciencia, especialmente en la historia de la física de la segunda mitad del siglo XIX y principios del XX, así como en cuestiones de epistemología histórica y de historiografía de las relaciones entre ciencia y religión. Es autor, entre otros, de A History of the Electron. J.J. and G.P. Thomson (Cambridge University Press, 2012) y Ether and Modernity. The recalcitrance of an epistemic object in the early twentieth century (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Resumen del ponente: En la última década, la historiografía de las relaciones entre ciencia y religión ha experimentado una transformación significativa. La interrelación entre ciencia, religión y nacionalismo que permea la tesis central de este libro (de ahí el uso que hago de la categoría de “Tradiciones Inventadas” de Eric Hobsbawm) es una novedad en la literatura y el resultado de una reflexión con historiadores de la ciencia de todo el mundo. El libro sitúa el origen y consolidación de algunos lugares comunes, como la tesis del conflicto permanente entre ciencia y religión, en las transformaciones políticas, culturales y sociales del siglo XIX, a la par que se cuestiona la validez de las categorías “ciencia” y “religión”. Como se lee al final de la introducción, se podría decir que “no existía la ciencia, tampoco existía la religión, y éste es un libro acerca de cómo se construyeron las relaciones entre ambas”.
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En la primera parte del seminario, María Guibert Elizalde, profesora de filosofía de la Universidad de Navarra, plantea diferentes cuestiones al ponente que son fruto de su lectura del libro. Después de este diálogo entre los dos dio comienzo el debate con el resto de los asistentes al seminario.
Presentación del Seminario "Hacia una descripción de la complejidad (física)". Diego Maza. Pamplona, 23 de febrero de 2023.
Diego Maza es profesor de Física y Matemática Aplicada en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Navarra. También es profesor tutor y director de trabajos fin de grado en la UNED. Entre sus líneas de investigación están: Caos y Dinámica No Lineal y Fluidos Complejos. Puso en marcha hace casi dos décadas el laboratorio de la Universidad en Medios Granulares. En él se han llevado a cabo importantes experimentos con interés básico y potenciales aplicaciones industriales. Cuenta con un gran número de publicaciones en revistas especializadas y un dilatado recorrido docente. También se ha interesado por los aspectos epistémicos de su trabajo científico y, en especial, por el significado y la naturaleza de la complejidad en el mundo físico. Esta noción ha despertado especial interés en los últimos años por sus implicaciones en el modo en el que damos razón del orden que encontramos en la Naturaleza.
Resumen: Sinergia, criticalidad, autoorganización, etc. son solo algunas de las denominaciones con las que el mundo de la ciencia enfrenta el desafío de abordar los sistemas complejos. En general, el concepto mismo de complejidad es esquivo y carece de una definición universalmente aceptada, lo que no ha impedido que exista un gran número de métricas que intentan cuantificarla. Sin embargo, la práctica totalidad de estos abordajes están inspirados, cuando no son consecuencia directa, en herramientas formales introducidas para estudiar sistemas en equilibrio, los que, por definición, son la antítesis de aquello que pretenden describir. Este seminario pretende repasar algunos de los problemas paradigmáticos asociados al concepto de “sistema complejo”, introduciendo una valoración crítica acerca de los desafíos epistemológicos que implica una descripción ajustada de las evidencias experimentales y las conclusiones que se extraen de ellas.
Este documento explora el concepto de milagro y su relación con la ciencia y la fe. Examina las diferentes conceptualizaciones del milagro a lo largo de la historia y cómo han evolucionado con el avance científico. También discute cómo la mecánica cuántica y su naturaleza indeterminista han cuestionado las visiones deterministas que impedían los milagros. El documento concluye que una teología de los milagros debe considerarlos como acontecimientos fenoménicos que saturan nuestra comprensión, en línea con
El documento presenta una discusión sobre los orígenes del hombre según relatos antiguos y las explicaciones modernas. Brevemente resume relatos mesopotámicos como el Enuma Elish y el Gilgamesh, que explican el origen del hombre a partir de la arcilla, la sangre o la semilla de dioses. También resume el relato del Génesis, resaltando sus diferencias monoteístas pero semejanzas conceptuales con otros relatos. Finalmente, presenta tres explicaciones modernas sobre el origen del hombre y las pautas del Magisterio sobre la interpret
Presentation of the Seminar: "Mechanistic philosophy and theology: from conflict to integration?". Prof. Michał Oleksowicz. Pamplona, 27 de abril de 2022.
Michał Oleksowicz es sacerdote de la diócesis de Torun en Polonia. En la actualidad es profesor asistente en la Facultad de Teología (Departamento de Filosofía Cristiana) de la Universidad Nicolas Copérnico de Torun. Es miembro del consejo de redacción de la revista “Scientia et Fides”, miembro de “Religious Freedom Laboratory” (Pro Futuro Theologiae Foundation) y vicerrector del Seminario Diocesano de Torun. Sus principales intereses académicos son: filosofía y teología de la ciencia, nueva filosofía mecánica, causación, explicación científica y diálogo ciencia-religión.
Abstract: The concept of mechanism in the last five decades is once again at the centre of the philosophical debate about science within the new mechanical philosophy (NMP). Keeping focus on the recent development of the NMP, we tackle the fact that the NMP is a novel revision of modern antecedents. We point out the intertwined metaphysical and epistemological aspects of causal explanations within NMP. After that we interpret NMP in the framework of its realist commitments, arguing that explanatory reductionism, as employed by mechanists, does not necessarily lead to positions completely hostile for theology-science dialogue.
Presentación del seminario: “Presentación del tercer volumen de la serie La cosmovisión de los grandes científicos, consagrado a la Ilustración”. Prof. D. Juan Arana Cañedo-Argüelles. Pamplona, 18 de marzo de 2022.
Juan Arana es catedrático de “Filosofía y Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia” en la Universidad de Sevilla; ha trabajado durante más de 30 años en el estudio de las relaciones entre diferentes ámbitos de la cultura moderna y contemporánea: filosofía, ciencia, religión y literatura. Ha publicado ya casi una veintena de monografías y un amplísimo número de artículos en revistas especializadas. Es también académico de número de la Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas de Madrid.
Resumen del ponente: Durante el siglo XVIII la naciente ciencia alcanza la mayoría de edad. En toda Europa proliferan academias que por primera vez profesionalizan el estudio de la naturaleza. Incluso las universidades abandonan poco a poco sus reticencias. La física, la astronomía o la historia natural se ponen de moda: las clases ociosas de la sociedad las promocionan y cultivan como afición. Entre tanto, se inicia un proceso de secularización y los filósofos entran con frecuencia en conflicto con los teólogos. Los hombres de ciencia, que están en trance de lograr plena independencia, reivindican su autonomía y con frecuencia desconfían del radicalismo de los ideólogos, lo cual no significa que se muestren indiferentes a las grandes preguntas de la existencia. En este volumen se expone la cosmovisión sustentada por los más destacados investigadores de la época.
Presentación del Seminario: "¿Y si el naturalismo fuese una pseudorreligión? El desafío antropológico y teológico del naturalismo". Moisés Pérez Marcos. Pamplona, 18 de mayo de 2021.
Moisés Pérez Marcos es, dominico, Doctor en Filosofía y Licenciado en Teología, profesor de varias materias de filosofía en la Facultad de Teología san Vicente Ferrer de Valencia (Filosofía de la ciencia y de la naturaleza; Antropología filosófica; Ciencia y religión; Filosofía del lenguaje y hermenéutica). Ha publicado recientemente La cosmovisión naturalista. Consecuencias epistemológicas, ontológicas y antropológicas (San Esteban, 2021) y es autor, junto con Alfredo Marcos, de Meditación de la naturaleza humana (BAC, 2018).
Resumen: El naturalismo pretende ser la ortodoxia filosófica de los últimos cien años. Se presenta como la única opción razonable, pues aparenta ser la única compatible con las ciencias naturales. El naturalismo hace sus afirmaciones básicas en el plano epistemológico y ontológico, pero estas tienen también una gran repercusión en los ámbitos de la antropología y de la teología, pues aparentemente conducirían a la conclusión de que no existen ni el ser humano ni Dios. ¿Qué relación hay realmente entre el naturalismo y la ciencia? ¿Es realmente tan razonable aceptar esta postura? ¿Y si el naturalismo no fuese más que una teología, una pseudorreligión que pretende, sobre todo, contra todo sentido común e incluso contra la propia ciencia, sustituir al teísmo clásico?
Breve reseña: https://www.unav.edu/noticias/-/contents/20/05/2021/decir-que-el-ser-humano-no-es-nada-mas-que-el-comportamiento-de-unos-procesos-bioquimicos-no-solo-es-dificil-de-justificar-sino-de-entender/content/lovPblW1fC70/33138831
Presentación del Seminario “El enigma de los diagramas de los manuscritos griegos”. Christián Carlos Carman. Pamplona, 11 de marzo de 2020
Christián Carlos Carman es investigador adjunto del CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) e investigador-docente adjunto ordinario de la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. Miembro de la Commission for the History of Ancient and Medieval Astronomy of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science y de la Philosophy of Science Association y miembro fundador de la Asociación de Filosofía e Historia de la Ciencia del Cono Sur (AFHIC). Dirige un proyecto titulado "Realismo Científico y Astronomía Antigua", radicado en Argentina pero con investigadores de Estados Unidos, Canadá, Brasil e Inglaterra. También ha desarrollado una amplia labor de divulgación de la que es un ejemplo el TED: El iPad de Arquímedes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxaXEAPn8RU).
Resumen: La primera vez que uno se enfrenta con los manuscritos más antiguos de las obras matemáticas o astronómicas de los griegos, saltan a la vista algunas deficiencias de los diagramas matemáticos: aparecen triángulos iguales cuando deberían ser diferentes, arcos en vez de líneas, líneas rectas donde debería haber parábolas, entre muchas otras extravagancias. Puesto que estas características aparecen muy tempranamente y prácticamente de manera universal en todas las tradiciones de copias y traducciones de obras griegas, hay acuerdo entre los especialistas en que los mismos griegos hacían los diagramas de esa manera tan particular. ¿Por qué los antiguos griegos hacían mal sus diagramas? En este seminario se aporta una hipótesis alternativa.
Presentación del Seminario “El sacerdote científico y su capacidad para unir las diversas dimensiones del conocimiento”. Ignacio del Villar. Pamplona, 18 de febrero de 2020.
Ignacio del Villar es doctor ingeniero de Telecomunicaciones, profesor de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica en la Universidad Pública de Navarra. Es coautor de 5 libros en el campo de los sensores y de más de 100 publicaciones en revistas internacionales y proceedings de congresos. Es Editor Asociado de la revista Journal of Optics and Laser Technology desde el año 2012 y de la revista Sensors desde 2017. También es escritor de obras de divulgación y catequista. Autor de libros como “Ciencia y fe católica: de Galileo a Lejeune” o, el más reciente, “Sacerdotes y científicos: De Nicolás Copérnico a Georges Lemaître”.
Resumen: Los monjes y los sacerdotes han desempeñado un papel capital en la historia del desarrollo científico y tecnológico del mundo. En la Edad Media los monasterios fueron, además de centros de espiritualidad cristiana, agentes transformadores en terrenos tan variados como la agricultura, la ganadería o la apicultura. En esa época encontramos también figuras enciclopédicas como Roger Bacon, San Alberto Magno o Nicolás Oresme, que sentaron las bases para la futura revolución científica. Su línea la han continuado, casi hasta nuestros días, personajes de la talla de Nicolás Copérnico, Nicolás Steno, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Gregor Mendel y Georges Lemaître, a los que debemos el heliocentrismo, el nacimiento de ciencias como la geología, la biomecánica y la genética, el descubrimiento de la inseminación artificial y la teoría del Big Bang. Pero lo que más llama la atención es que, al contrario de lo que ocurre hoy, supieron integrar en sus vidas ámbitos tan diferentes como las ciencias y las letras, el conocimiento de lo material y lo espiritual. Parece que el sacerdote científico es un elemento clave a la hora de interconectar los diversos tipos de conocimiento.
El documento discute la teleología y el argumento del diseño inteligente. Primero, explora la noción aristotélica de finalidad y cómo esto llevó al argumento teleológico de Tomás de Aquino para probar la existencia de Dios. Luego, presenta el argumento del diseño de William Paley, comparando organismos vivos complejos con relojes diseñados. Finalmente, Michael Behe define la complejidad irreducible y cómo esto podría usarse para argumentar a favor del diseño inteligente.
Presentación del Seminario “La problemática neutralidad del método científico”. David Alcalde Morales. 12 de diciembre de 2019.
David Alcalde Morales es actualmente profesor del Instituto de Filosofía Edith Stein y del Instituto de Teología Lumen Gentium. Ambas son instituciones docentes de la Archidiócesis de Granada. Obtuvo su doctorado en Sagrada Teología, especialidad Matrimonio y Familia, en el Pontificio Instituto Juan Pablo II para Estudios sobre el Matrimonio y la Familia, sede de Washington, D.C., en 2017. Es sacerdote diocesano de la Archidiócesis de Granada desde 2008. Anteriormente, obtuvo el doctorado en Ciencias Físicas, especialidad Astrofísica, por la Universidad de La Laguna en 2002. Cuenta con amplia experiencia en investigación astrofísica y su ámbito de interés es la relación entre teología, metafísica y ciencia, como demuestra su libro publicado recientemente (Cosmology Without God?: The Problematic Theology Inherent in Modern Cosmology).
Resumen: Un presupuesto casi unánime entre los participantes del diálogo entre fe y ciencia es la existencia de un método científico neutral con respecto a la metafísica y a la teología. En otras palabras, se asume que el método científico es ajeno a consideraciones metafísicas y teológicas. Sin embargo, la aceptación de la neutralidad del método científico conlleva una serie de presupuestos metafísicos y teológicos que son defectuosos. Entre estos presupuestos destaca la indiferencia de la naturaleza con respecto a Dios. Esto implica que Dios sólo puede relacionarse extrínsecamente con la naturaleza. El extrinsecismo teológico es problemático porque falsifica y reduce la idea de Dios y la de naturaleza. Estas ideas deficientes de Dios y de naturaleza suelen ser asumidas implícitamente por muchos participantes en el diálogo entre fe y ciencia e impiden una comunicación real entre ciencia y teología. Si el diálogo entre fe y ciencia quiere ser fructífero, es absolutamente necesario afirmar la inevitable relación de la naturaleza con Dios y, por tanto, la intrínseca relación de la ciencia y la teología.
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On constant moving of frontiers between physics, metaphysics and theology.
1. On constant moving of frontiers
between Physics, Metaphysics
and Theology
Grzegorz Karwasz
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń
Didactics of Physics Division
& Universita’ di Trento, Italy
Atomic Physics Division
dydaktyka.fizyka.umk.pl
2.
3.
4. Outline
1. The triad: Physics, Methaphysics, Theology
2. Physics: Big Bang, Evolution, Babele Tower
3. Metaphysics: Time and space, Matter, outside-
matter
4. Thinkers: Aristotle, St. Thomas, Copernicus,
Galileo, Newton, Einstein
5. „Science” „Nature” PNAS etc.
5. Rationale
„In general, a conclusion can be drawn, that the history of
Christianity in recent 400 years [from Galileo] is a
continous defensive battle, in which step by step we
observe a step-by-step retracting of successive
statements on faith and theology.
And it is difficult to avoid and impression that we retreat into
a void, in which the whole space of the Scripture will be
occupied by the reason, not allowing them [i.e. the faith
and theology] to exist anymore. Kard. J. Ratzinger,
J. Ratzinger In the beginning God created… Four sermons on creation
and fall. Consequences of faith in creation. (1979)
6. Rationale (2)
„In the hypothesis of the evolution (that in theology
corresponds to certain „theilhardism) there is no space at
all to the original sin. At most, it is a symbolic, mythic
expression, indicating some imperfection tha man is, who
from the beginning walks into perfection.
But accepting this vision means inverting the structure of
Christianity. Christ is being brought from the past into
future, the salvations means, simply, walking towards
future events, like the evolution towards a better world.
Man is nothing other that a product, which is still not
perfected in time; there was no salvation yet, as there was
no a sin, which is to be repaired, but only a certain
omission, which, I repeat, would be natural.
Vittorio Messori a colloquio con Joseph Ratzinger, Rapporto sulla fede (Raport
o wierze), Edizioni San Paolo, Torino, 1985, pp. 80-81, translation GK
10. Aristotle: Particular sciences
• Book E (6) 1. [Division of sciences and absolute priority of
petaphysics, understood as theology]
• […] „in general every science which is ratiocinative or at all
involves reasoning deals with causes and principles, more or less
precise, all these sciences mark off some particular being-some
genus, and inquire into this, but not into being simply nor qua
being, nor do they offer any discussion of the essence of the
things of which they treat […]”. Metafisica, 1025b, 6-9
• Following Aristotle, particular sciences, being also rational deal
more with features of objects than their existence in itself.
• „but starting from the essence-some making it plain to the
senses, others assuming it as a hypothesis-they then
demonstrate, more or less cogently, the essential attributes of the
genus with which they deal. It is obvious, therefore, that such an
induction yields no demonstration of substance or of the essence,
but some other way of exhibiting it .” ibidem, 10-12
Aristotle, Metaphysics
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/metaphysics.6.vi.html
11. Aristotle: Sciences based on induction
• ”It is obvious, therefore, that such an induction yields no
demonstration of substance or of the essence, but some other
way of exhibiting it ” 13-15.
„Horse, what is, everybody sees.” [XVIIIth cent. Polish
encyclopedia] But „Equs” exists independently from the
observed, so must be a being a priori.
• And similarly the sciences omit the question whether the genus
with which they deal exists or does not exist, because it belongs
to the same kind of thinking to show what it is and that it is. .
Ibidem, 16-18
• „Does the boson o Higgs exist really? – There exists its
Lagrangian (i.e. a kind of mathematical function describing it),
so higgs for sure exists.” [A theoretical physicist]
• „Ratchets describe solitons in liquids, collective scattering of
phonons in solids, vortices in neutron stars – and therefore,
maybe they even exist.” [PhD thesis]
12. Aristotle: Physics
• „And since natural science, like other sciences, is in fact about
one class of being, i.e. to that sort of substance which has the
principle of its movement and rest present in itself, evidently it is
neither practical nor productive. [that floow laws, called now of
Newton] Ibidem, 19-22
• „Therefore, if all thought is either practical or productive or
theoretical, physics must be a theoretical science, but it will
theorize about such being as admits of being moved, and about
substance-as-defined for the most part only as not separable
from matter. .” Ibidem 25-29
• Of things defined, i.e. of 'whats', some are like 'snub', and some
like 'concave'. And these differ because 'snub' is bound up with
matter (for what is snub is a concave nose), while concavity is
independent of perceptible matter.
• „That physics, then, is a theoretical science, is plain from these
considerations. ” 1026a, 1-5
13. Aristotle: Mathematics
• „Mathematics also, however, is theoretical; but whether its objects
are immovable and separable from matter, is not at present clear;
still, it is clear that some mathematical theorems consider them qua
immovable and qua separable from matter.
• But if there is something which is eternal and immovable and
separable, clearly the knowledge of it belongs to a
theoretical science,-not, however, to physics (for physics deals with
certain movable things) nor to mathematics, but to a science prior to
both. For physics deals with things which exist separately but are not
immovable, and some parts of mathematics deal with things which
are immovable but presumably do not exist separately, but as
embodied in matter; while the first science deals with things which
both exist separately and are immovable .
• Now all causes must be eternal, but especially these; for they are
the causes that operate on so much of the divine as appears to us
Ibidem, 1026a, 8-23
14. Aristotle: The three sciences
• „ There must, then, be three theoretical philosophies,
mathematics, physics, and what we may call theology,
since it is obvious that if the divine is present anywhere,
it is present in things of this sort. [tj. w rzeczywistości
niematerialnej]
• And the highest science must deal with the highest
genus. Thus, while the theoretical sciences are more to
be desired than the other sciences, this is more to be
desired than the other theoretical sciences .” Metafisica,
1026a, 18-26
15. Aristotle: „first philosophy”
• „For one might raise the question whether first
philosophy is universal, or deals with one genus, i.e.
some one kind of being; for not even the mathematical
sciences are all alike in this respect,-geometry and
astronomy deal with a certain particular kind of thing,
while universal mathematics applies alike to all. .
• We answer that if there is no substance other than those
which are formed by nature, natural science will be
the first science; but if there is an immovable substance,
the science of thismust be prior and must be first
philosophy, and universal in this way, because it is first.
[…]” 25-29
16. In other words, according to Aristotle
• Particular (detailed) sciences are based on observations
(Kant: analytical judgments a posteriori)
• Both particular sciences as general sciences (i.e.
theoretical ones) use common procedures of reasoning.
• Particular sciences define objects (onta) by their features.
• Theoretical sciences deduce on existence of categories
(onta) or by induction (per es. „energy”) of assuming their
existence (like „parallel lines”)
• Aristotle defines the subject of metaphysics as onta non-
local, calling it „theology”.
• But makes a distinction between metaphysics and
theology – objects non-material (=metaphysics) and
invariable, i.e. non-belonging to the domain of space and
time (=theology)
17. A similar division comes from Thomas Aquinas
• „The three divisions of speculative science indicated are physics or natural
science, mathematics, and divine science or theology.”
• Nam cum tres sint partes speculativae, scilicet philosophiae - hoc dicit ad differentiam
Ethicae, quae est activa sive practica - in omnibus requiritur modus competens materiae.
Sunt autem tres partes praedictae: physica sive naturalis, mathematica, divina sive
theologia.
• . While, I say, there are three divisions, natural philosophy, which is one of
the, three, "deals with motion and is not abstract," that is, it is concerned
with things in motion and not abstracted from matter. This he proves by
examples, as is evident in his treatise. When, however, he says: "Form
takes on the movement of the particular thing to which it is annexed," his
words should be understood as follows: that what is composite of matter and
form, inasmuch as it is due the nature of a thing of this kind, has motion; or,
in other words, a form existing in matter is the principle of motion. Therefore
the consideration of things that are material and of things that are in motion
is the same.
• Cum, inquam, sint tres partes, naturalis, quae est una earum, est in motu, inabstracta, id
est versatur eius consideratio circa res mobiles a materia non abstractas, quod probat per
exempla, ut patet in littera. Quod autem dicit: habetque motum forma materiae coniuncta,
sic intelligendum est: ipsum compositum ex materia et forma, in quantum huiusmodi,
habet motum sibi debitum, vel ipsa forma in materia exsistens est principium motus; et
ideo eadem est consideratio de rebus secundum quod sunt materiales et secundum quod
sunt mobiles.
Commento a Boezio De Trinitate, p. 265)
http://www.logicmuseum.com/authors/aquinas/superboethiumq5.htm#pars3q5a1
18. Thomas Aquinas: mathematics
• He then indicates the subject matter of mathematics, saying: "Mathematics
does not deal with motion"; that is, it involves no consideration of motion or
of movable things, and on this point it differs from natural philosophy.
Mathematics, moreover, is said to be "not abstract"; that is, it considers
forms which according to their existence are not abstract from matter, and in
this respect it is in agreement with natural philosophy. He then explains. how
this is: Mathematics considers forms which are without matter and hence
without motion, because wherever there is matter there is motion, as is
proved in X Metaph.
• Deinde exponit de quibus sit mathematica: mathematica est sine motu, id
est sine motus et mobilium consideratione, in quo differt a naturali,
inabstracta, id est considerat formas quae secundum esse suum non sunt a
materia abstractae, in quo convenit cum naturali; quod quomodo sit exponit.
Haec enim, scilicet mathematica, speculatur formas sine materia ac per hoc
sine motu, quia ubicumque est motus, est materia, ut probatur in IX
metaphysicae, eo modo quo est ibi motus, et sic ipsa speculatio
mathematici est sine materia et motu.
(Commento a Boezio De Trinitate, p. 265)
http://www.logicmuseum.com/authors/aquinas/superboethiumq5.htm#pars3q5a1
19. Aquinas: Theology = scilicet divina
• Then he indicates the objects of divine science, calling it,
‘theology," that is, the third division of speculative science, which
is termed divine, or metaphysics, or first philosophy; and it deals
with objects apart from motion, in which it agrees with
mathematics and differs from natural philosophy. It also is
"abstract," namely, from matter, and "inseparable"; and because
of these two facts it differs from mathematics. For the objects of
divine science are of themselves abstract from matter and
motion, but those of mathematics are not thus naturally abstract,
but separable in thought.
• Deinde ostendit de quibus sit tertia, scilicet divina: theologia, id est tertia
pars speculativae, quae dicitur divina vel metaphysica vel philosophia prima,
est sine motu, in quo convenit cum mathematica et differt a naturali,
abstracta, scilicet a materia, atque inseparabilis, per quae duo differt a
mathematica. Res enim divinae sunt secundum esse abstractae a materia
et motu, sed mathematicae inabstractae, sunt autem consideratione
separabiles; sed res divinae inseparabiles, quia nihil est separabile nisi
quod est coniunctum
• In physics, then, we are bound to use scientific concepts, in
mathematics systematic concepts, in theology intellectual concepts."
20. Some crucial concepts
1. God created earth and heaves.
1a. Nonsense: it was Big Bang that started everything
2. God formed (plasmated) Adam from clay
2a. Nonsense: Man evoluted from monkey
3. God mixed languages (Babele tower)
3a. No: Languages evelved independently
22. Creare un mondo?
1.Il Sole
2. La Terra
3. Un’albero
4. Una casa
5. L’Uomo
6. Una nuvola
23. In principio Dio creò il cielo e la terra.
Il mondo era vuoto e deserto,
le tenebre coprivano gli abissi
e un vento impetuoso soffiava
su tutte le acque.
Dio disse:
„Vi sia la luce!”
Dio vide che la luce era bella
e separò la luce dalle tenebre.
„Un racconto semplificato”
24. creò il cielo e la terra, (?)
tenebre sugli abissi, (?)
vento impetuoso sulle acque (?)
„Un racconto semplificato” (0)
26. „Un racconto semplificato” (2)
Dio fece una grande
volta e separò
le acque di sotto
dalle acque di sopra
27. „Un racconto semplificato” (3)
Dio disse:
„Siano raccolte in un
luogo le acque che sono
sotto il cielo e appaia
asciuto. Dio chiamò
Terra e chiamò le acque
mare.
E Dio vide che era bello.
28. „Un racconto semplificato” (4)
Dio disse:
„Via siano luci nella
volta del cielo per
distinguere il giorno
dalla notte. […]
E Dio vide che era bello.
32. „Exact” story
Discovery of strange quark
Danysz i Pniewski, 1956
Discovery of quark bottom, FermiLab, Chicago
33. Proton, neutron…
Isospin=1/2
Mass m=939.56563 ±0.00028 MeV (a bit more than proton)
Electric momentum D< 12x10-26 ecm
Magnetic momentum m= -1,91304275±0,000000456 μB
Electric charge q=(-0,4±1,1)x10-21 e (read: zero!)
Lifetime t=888,65 ± 3,5 s (= academic quarter!)
Isospin=1/2
Mass m=938.27231 ±0.00028 MeV (=1836 electron masses)
Electric momentum D= (-3,7±6,3)x10-23 e cm
Magnetic momentum m= 2,792847386 ± 0,000000066 μB
Lifetime t=1,6x1025 yr (>>age of the Universe =14,5x109 yr)
Proton & neutron (GK)
Proton i& neutron are not elementary – they consist
of light particles, called quarks
35. Components of matter
In the simplest explanataion, the matter consists of:
- electrons (light, negatively charged, elementary particles orbiting
atomic nucleus)
- protons (positevely charged, particles, 1837 times [we do not know
why] heavier than electrons, localised in nucleus
- neutrons (similar to protons, but with zero electric charge, forming
nucleus together with protons [why some of them are more stable –
we do not know]
Atoms have dimensions of 10-10
m and nuclei 10-15
m
We should add also photons (quanta of light) which has zero mass [if
in rest, but then they do not exist]
But this is only in the simplest approach, as possible „elementary” and
highly unstable particles is a whole „zoo” – first, strange quarks
discovers by Danysz and Pniewski.
36. Does it exist any other „substance”?
• „In the beginning God created earth and heaves”
Genesis
• In this sense „earth” means „matter: atoms, light, energy,
and other exotic particles
• So: apart matter there is smth that matter is not (If
remaining parts of the Bible trigger our confidence).
• In the very physics, there is quite a lot of an invisible
matter: billions of neutrinos from Sun flying through Earth
(and our body), pan-present photons from eth Big Bang
wandering though universe as the background radiation,
not saying about dark matter and dark energy, that
constitute 96% of the material world.
→There are two types on non-material substances – the
first belong to metaphysics („good”, „truth”, second to
theology („grace”, „sacrament” etc.)
39. Radioastronomy
Penzias & Wilson (1964); „strange noise”
= Microwave relict background radiation
(„Big Bang” + 300 tys. lat)
Radioastronomy observatory
in Toruń
40. Sun = recycled star
Universe: 13,78 bln yrs
Solar system: 4,567 bln
41. planets ?
14 Dio disse: 'Vi siano luci nella volta del
cielo per distinguere il giorno dalla notte:
saranno segni per le feste, i giorni e gli
anni. 15 Risplendano nel cielo per far luce
sulla terra. E così avvenne.Monreale, Sicily
NASA
42. „Big Bang”
“If World started form a single atom, the concepts of space
and time had no sense; they acquired sense only when the
primordial atom divided into a sufficient number of quanta. If
this reasoning is correct, the universe started just a moment
before the emergence of space and time.
Georges Lemaître
”This is the most beatiful
explanation of Creation of the
universe that I have ever heard.”
Albert Einstein
il principio
43. Physics: resuming
0. (3 min) formation of matter
Moment „zero”
1. (300,000 yrs) separation of light
-1. concepts of „time” and „space” have no sense
4. (9 bln yrs =4/6) formation of Sun
2. (300 mln yrs) stars
44. So, the sequence of the universe
emerging…
• was quite complicated:
- In first few seconds (some 13,78 bln yrs ago) – the matter
emerged, but in very strange forms (heavy quarks decaying
into lighter in microseconds, and in first three minutes
synthesis of protons and neutrons, an in following helium
nuclei; only later electrons are attached to nuclei, to form
atoms (and ions)
- 380,000 years later the EM radiation separates from the
matter: atoms cooled down enough to stop emitting and
absorbing light: the EM radiation separates form matter and
wanders in coolong universe, down to microwave background
- 380 mln yrs later formation of first stars from hydrogen (and
helium) -we know it from February 2018
- And only 4,567 bln years ago – formation of Sun and Earth
45. Dark matter, dark energy…
The universe is mostly composed of dark energy
and dark matter, both of which are poorly
understood at present. Only ≈4% of the universe is
ordinary matter, a relatively small perturbation.
46. But there are even more problems…
• Universe, in last 13,78 bln light yrs inflated by 1000-times, i.e.
starting from some 13,78 mln light years
- Cosmologist say that it was pumped-up by a factor of 1026
in
10-26
sec. (or less): i.e. from the dimensions of a spill to the
diameter 100 times bigger than our Galaxy.
- Non of existing laws of Physics allow this!
- In other words, or laws of Physics were invalid, or there was no
Physics at all: so, what/ Who governed the space and time in
the universe?
- It is also unknown, where does the whole energy (or mass,
according to E=mc2
comes from)
- Physcis (i.e. laws of conservation of energy, momentum,
angular momentum) do not allow that mass, energy, spin,
number of leptons etc. come from nothing
- And what was before Big Bang (i.e. when there was no space
and no time)? St. Augustine said that in that time, God …
- More questions than answers…
47. Gli soffiò nelle narici un alito vitale e
l’uomo diventò una creatura vivente
Allora Dio, il Signore, fece scendere un sonno profondo sull’uomo…
48. No! Man comes from a monkey!
Not exactly! We come, that’s true, from the common trunk.
But in last 8 mln yrs gorilla did not learn read, nor write , nor
play baseball
49. DNA mitocondrial
Clock for the evolution of Homo sapiens
All people differ in maximum by 11- 12 mutations
51. Fig. 1. Schematic representation of the worldwide phylogeny of human mtDNA.
A Olivieri et al. Science 2006;314:1767-1770
Published by AAAS
Studies of similiarities between mitochondrial DNA are striking::
like we have resulted from the same mother
53. Fig. 2 Y-chromosome phylogeny inferred from genomic sequencing.This tree recapitulates
the previously known topology of the Y-chromosome phylogeny; however, branch lengths
are now free of ascertainment bias.
G D Poznik et al. Science 2013;341:562-565
Published by AAAS
Also the same „Adam”? Genetics say: YES!
55. Genetic similarities?
• Homo ↔ chimpanzee: complex cognitive functions, bipedal,
complex language operating on abstractions
• Example: chromosome 22º of chimpanzee: 33,3 milions of
bases nucleic bases vs. human chromosome no. 21
• 1,44% of this chromosome contains 68,000 „paste or cut”: this
number is sufficient to change coding of majority of proteins
• Out of 231 sequences, 83%, including genes of essential
functional importance shows difference in sequences of
aminoacids
• Some families fo retrotransposition shows a differences in
evolution between humans and chimpanzee
• „Changes of genoma after the separation of the two specie are
much greater, and their consequences are more important, than
it was earlier considered.”Watanabe, H. et al. DNA sequence and comparative analysis of chimpanzee
Chromosome 22, Nature 429 (2004) 382-438
Quoted by: Michele. Gazzaniga, Human, p. 50
58. Blombos cave: sztuka bardzo daleko,
bardzo, bardzo dawno
• In 2002 the recovery of two finely engraved ochre pieces – both
deriving from the Still Bay units (M1 phase) – was reported in
Science Magazine.[10] The surfaces of both pieces were
intentionally modified by scraping and grinding, and the engraved
pattern formed a distinct cross-hatched design in combination with
parallel incised lines.
• In 2009, six additional pieces of engraved ochre – this time
recovered from entire Middle Stone Age sequence dated to
between 70,000 and 100,000 years old – were announced.[9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blombos_Cave
59. In other words,
• Homo sapiens sapiens, in spite of his long pre-history and many
kinds of ancestors (who travelled on two legs from some 2 mln
yrs on different continents, from 1 mln yrs uses the fire, from
300,000 yrs hunted with spires) emerges instantanously and in
one place 120,000 yrs ago and in one place – the paradise of the
central-east Africa
• Emerges as a genetic identity, like it were born from a single
mother and a single father.
• Homo emerges instantanously and identical in all parts of the
world, in his whole cultural complexity (faith in aethernal life,
burial ceremonies, painting body etc. )
• From last 120,000 yrs, Homo systematically builds up the culture
(towns, writing, mathematic, astronomy, music, philosophy etc. )
• This would indicate some „breathing”…
60. Babele tower? Invention of theology?
>Forse è una benedizione perché permette di evitare un'altra maledizione cioè l'imperialismo universale e
anche la sovrappopolazione, cioè la volontà di mantenere tutta la popolazione in una sola regione e obbligarla
a partecipare a una “sola impresa”, cioè la costruzione di un solo impero, partecipare a un solo progetto
politico.
>C’è anche il pensiero d’un peccato sociale per incuria nei riguardi della sicurezza del lavoro, per le “morti
bianche”, ossia per decessi di lavoratori nello svolgimento di proprie mansioni.
>Se nell’intento degli scribi imperiali si tratta di propaganda regale e di glorificazione del potere assoluto
del re, nel racconto biblico non potrebbe trattarsi di una dura critica all’imperialismo mesopotamico?
62. „Pauli’s” exclusion „principle”
The whole chemistry (and as a result also the biology) is possible only
thanks to a strange law:
two electrons can not occupy the same quantum state.
We call it „Pauli’s exclusion principle”. [divieto di Pauli]
…
How good is that Pauli: thanks to him wa have life…
63. Physics or metaphysics?
• Three „laws” of dynamics by Newton (where does the mass come from?)
• „Law” of gravitation (what brings the gravity force?)
• General gravity theory (what are the remaining 9994 components of the
space-time?)
• The finite velocity of light (why such a strong epistemic constraint?0
• Quantum mechanic: further limitation on our predictions in microworld.
• Divieto of Pauli in chemistry (why spin determines the statistics?)
• Thermodynamic self-organization? [Ilya Prigogine]
• What first – protein cor DNA?
• Where in brain is the mind?
Stanley Yaki: everywhere and nowhere.
• Who „fixed” physical constraints in a way the world is established to exist?
65. De revolutionibus orbium [?] coelestium
p.18http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/302d/Fall_2011/Full%20text%20-%20Nicholas%20Copernicus,%20_
De%20Revolutionibus%20%28On%20the%20Revolutions%29,_%201.pdf
66. Universe „ends” at distance
of 13.8 bln light yrs.
• Copernicus: Earth, independently how big sphere it were, nothing
is if compared to the entire universe, dimensions of which we do
not know, or evene to know we can not.
Flammarion,
c.a 1880
Einstein (1905): velocity of light is maximum possible for sending information
68. Physics → Metaphysics → Theology
Modern Science brings a lof of detailes knowledge, but we still
need explanations from outside this science
Exampe „Space”
• Aristotle: distance between material objects
• Galileo (& Descartes): a system of reference (the space is
empty)
• Kant: methaphysical cathegories
• Einstein: space-time is modified by the matter G=(8πG/c4
)T
• De Sitter: a non-expanding space is empty
• Lemaitre: the space does not exist without matter
• There was no space before universe?
• Can anything (non-material) exist outside space-time?
• Does anything/ Anybody exist outside space-time?
69. Physics → Metaphysics → Theology
Example: Chemistry
„Ora, la causa della diversità delle cose non deriva dalla materia.
Si è detto infatti che la materia non è presupposta all’azione
divina mediante la quale Dio produce nell’essere le cose. […]
Ora, la causa della diversità delle cose non deriva dalla materia
se non in quanto la materia è presupposta alla produzione
delle cose [self- emergence??]
Le forme dunque non sono diverse perché sono diverse la
materie, ma piuttosto le materie sono costituite diversamente
per essere adeguate alle diverse forme
[= divieto di Pauli].”
Tommaso, S. 1995. Compendio di teologia, art.. 121
70. On continous moving of frontiers between
Physics, Metaphysics and Theology
Zone di ombra (notte) e di luce (giorno) si spostano in continuazione sulla superficie di
Terra; in fatti da tempi di Copernico sappiamo che questa è Terra che ruota.
In un simile modo, le parti del conoscere umano diventano dominio di scienza,
filosofia o teologia – in continuo intercambio.
71. Conclusions
• Aristotle’s and Aquinas’ text are known (and
commented) from centuries: nihil novae
• But the „gap” between Physics and Philosophy
needs to be overcome
• Not only Philosophy should go towards this
meeting (retract?) but also Physics
• For sure, not the whole worlds is material
(poetics is not material)
• What is new in this lecture, that this is a
testimony of a (proved) experimental physicists.
Thank you for your attention!
Editor's Notes
Schematic representation of the worldwide phylogeny of human mtDNA. African haplogroups are in green and those of other geographical regions are in other colors.
Y-chromosome phylogeny inferred from genomic sequencing.This tree recapitulates the previously known topology of the Y-chromosome phylogeny; however, branch lengths are now free of ascertainment bias. Branches are drawn proportional to the number of derived SNVs. Internal branches are labeled with defining ISOGG variants inferred to have arisen on the branch. Leaves are colored by major haplogroup cluster and labeled with the most derived mutation observed and the population from which the individual was drawn. Previously uncharacterized structure within African hgB2 is indicated in orange. (Inset) Resolution of a polytomy was possible through the identification of a variant for which hgG retains the ancestral allele, whereas hgH and hgIJK share the derived allele.
Pieter Brueghel o Velho (1526/1530–1569)
Consensus phylogenetic tree of Eurasiatic superfamily (A) superimposed on Eurasia and (B) rooted tree with estimated dates of origin of families and of superfamily. (A) Unrooted consensus tree with branch lengths (solid lines) shown to scale and illustrating the correspondence between the tree and the contemporary north-south and east-west geographical positions of these language families. Abbreviations: P (proto) followed by initials of language family: PD, proto-Dravidian; PK, proto-Kartvelian; PU, proto-Uralic; PIE, proto–Indo-European; PA, proto-Altaic; PCK, proto–Chukchi-Kamchatkan; PIY, proto–Inuit-Yupik. The dotted line to PIY extends the inferred branch length into the area in which Inuit-Yupik languages are currently spoken: it is not a measure of divergence. The cross-hatched line to PK indicates that branch has been shortened (compare with B). The branch to proto-Dravidian ends in an area that Dravidian populations are thought to have occupied before the arrival of Indo-Europeans (see main text). (B) Consensus tree rooted using proto-Dravidian as the outgroup. The age at the root is 14.45 ± 1.75 kya (95% CI = 11.72–18.38 kya) or a slightly older 15.61 ± 2.29 kya (95% CI = 11.72–20.40 kya) if the tree is rooted with proto-Kartvelian. The age assumes midpoint rooting along the branch leading to proto-Dravidian (rooting closer to PD would produce an older root, and vice versa), and takes into account uncertainty around proto–Indo-European date of 8,700 ± 544 (SD) y following ref. 35 and the PCK date of 692 ± 67 (SD) y ago (SI Text).