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
Course Content
Lesson 1: Faith, Science, and the Search for Wisdom
Lesson 2: Does Science Explain Everything?
Lesson 3: Does the Scientific Method Have Limitations? A Contemporary Scientist Explains
Lesson 4: The Scientific Method: Common Objections to Faith
Lesson 5: What's Wrong With Physicalist Reductionism?
Lesson 6: Substantial Form
Lesson 7: Scientific Evidence Against Reductionism
Lesson 8: Science Needs Interpretation
Lesson 9: Final Causality
Lesson 10: Does the Universe Have a Purpose?
Lesson 11: Quantum Mechanics and the Principle of Non-Contradiction
Instructors
Prof. Karin Öberg, Ph.D.Professor of Astronomy and the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Natural Sciences, Harvard University
Fr. James Brent, O.P.Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Dominican House of Studies
Fr. Thomas Davenport, O.P.Professor of Philosophy, Angelicum.
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