Philosophy Research Seminar on Evolutionary Arguments and Religion presented by Professor Louis Caruana, Pontifical Gregorian University.

Event Details

Date:

Friday, 28 August 2015

Time:

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Room:

Room E302 Forgan Smith Building

UQ Location:

Forgan Smith Building (St Lucia)

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Full Description:: In this paper, I examine three major anti-religious arguments that are often proposed in various forms by cognitive and evolutionary scientists, and indicate possible responses to them. A fundamental problem with the entire debate arises because the term “religion” is too vague. I therefore reformulate the debate in terms of a less vague central concept: faith. The results show that some aspects of the concept of faith are in principle beyond the range of evolutionary explanation and some other aspects are not. Nevertheless, an evolutionary account merges smoothly with faith’s theological dimensions.