Aquinas 101 - Does Science Explain Everything?

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Aquinas 101 - Does Science Explain Everything?

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Does Science Explain Everything?

11 lessonsHas modern science made faith in God impossible? The Catholic faith does not need to fear contemporary science. In fact, great believing minds have steered the scientific project until today, and still have much to say about the harmony of science and divine faith. In this course, we will begin to examine the relationship between faith, science, and the search for wisdom, answering common objections along the way.

What you will learn

Whether or not science can explain everything
The benefits and limits of the scientific method
Why science needs interpretation
Answers to common objections

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Course Content

Faith, Science, and the Search for Wisdom

Lesson 1: Faith, Science, and the Search for Wisdom

Does Science Explain Everything?

Lesson 2: Does Science Explain Everything?

Does the Scientific Method Have Limitations? A Contemporary Scientist Explains

Lesson 3: Does the Scientific Method Have Limitations? A Contemporary Scientist Explains

The Scientific Method: Common Objections to Faith

Lesson 4: The Scientific Method: Common Objections to Faith

What's Wrong With Physicalist Reductionism?

Lesson 5: What's Wrong With Physicalist Reductionism?

Substantial Form

Lesson 6: Substantial Form

Scientific Evidence Against Reductionism

Lesson 7: Scientific Evidence Against Reductionism

Science Needs Interpretation

Lesson 8: Science Needs Interpretation

Final Causality

Lesson 9: Final Causality

Does the Universe Have a Purpose?

Lesson 10: Does the Universe Have a Purpose?

Quantum Mechanics and the Principle of Non-Contradiction

Lesson 11: Quantum Mechanics and the Principle of Non-Contradiction

Instructors

Prof. Karin Öberg, Ph.D.

Prof. Karin Öberg, Ph.D.Professor of Astronomy and the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences, Harvard University

Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Fr. James Brent, O.P.Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dominican House of Studies

Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P.

Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P.Professor of Philosophy, Angelicum.

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