The Abraham Kuyper Center for Science and Religion at VU University \;Amsterdam hosts a Summer Seminar on Science and the Big Questions. \;Well known experts will give lectures and debate each other in the \;following areas:
\nConfirmed speakers are:
\nPatricia Churchland\, David Lahti\, Rodney Holder\, Jesse Bering\, Johan
Braeckman\, Herman Philipse\, Gijsbert van den Brink\, Michiel van Elk\, Leon
de Bruin and Tim O&rsquo\;Connor.
The seminar is intended for two groups:
(1) (PhD-)students/post-docs within the field of natural sciences who have \;an interest in positively and intelligently relating some of the topics \;they cover in their fields of study to philosophical questions and (2) (PhD-)students/post-docs in the fields of philosophy and theology who have an \;interest in speaking knowledgeably about the intersection between science \;and religion.
The goal of the seminar is to create a learning environment for (PhD-)students/post-docs in which they interact with highly qualified scholars on \;science/religion issues so as to move beyond the easy warfare rhetoric.
Costs: \;The fee for the seminar is 100 euros for (PHD-)students and 200 \;euros for others.
This fee includes lunches and dinners and some surprise social activities \;in the beautiful old city of Amsterdam. \;Application: The seminar can at most have 60 participants. A short letter \;of application must be send to \;m.zeldenrijk@vu.nl \;by June 1\, 2013.
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