CiS - Faraday lectures
This termly lecture series on science and religion is a continuation of the earlier CiS - St Edmund's College lecture series, re-named due to the fact that the series is now being funded as part of the activities of the Faraday Institute. The Dinner-Discussions held after each lecture will continue to be held at St Edmund's College as previously.
Naturalism and Evolutionary Theory
5.30 pm Thursday May 24, 2012
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College
Can conclusions about God – for example, that he does not exist, or that he lacks this or that property if he does exist -- be deduced from well-established scientific theories? For example, do established results in biology concerning mutation show that God never guides mutations? I answer this question by explaining what biologists mean (or should mean) when they say that mutations are unguided. I make use of the fact that evolutionary theory is a probabilistic theory; its truth does not entail that it is causally complete.
The Evolution of Cooperation
5.30 pm Monday May 28, 2012
Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College
Scientism: how much faith should we put in science?
5.30 pm Monday October 15, 2012
McCrum Theatre, Corpus Christie College
