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Topic |
Reading |
Suggested Leads |
Date |
Reporters |
| 1 |
Introduction |
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T. Davis, W. DeVries, E. Möbius |
1/22/08 |
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| 2 |
Overview on Physical Cosmology |
Davies, Chapter 1, 2; Primack,
Abrams, Intro & Ch2, 3; |
Eberhard Möbius |
1/29/08 | Andrew Middleton |
|
3 |
Life as we know and its evolution |
R. Dawkins "The selfish Gene", Ch. 2; E. Mayr
"One long Argument", Ch. 4, 5; |
Thomas Davis |
2/5/08 | Lex Joy |
| 4 |
Origins of the Mind | {Bi-Centennial of Darwin’s Birth} | Willem DeVries |
2/12/02 | Abigail Crocker |
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5 |
Theory of Everything – Is complete Unification Possible? + Limitations of Science | Davies, Chapter 5; Ferris, Ch. 8; Davies, Ch. 3; Barrow, Ch 2; "Physics & our view of the world", p. 38-60 |
Brad Larsen |
2/19/08 |
Alex DeJong |
| 6 |
Taking Science on Faith? – With: Problems in Debates between Science & Religion |
Davies: Taking Science on Faith,
NY Times, Nov 24, 2007; Rebuttals by other scientists; Clarification by
Paul Davies Ben-Ari “Just a Theory”, Ch. 8; Ferris “Whole Shebang”: “Contrarian Theologian Afterword” |
Jeff Tessein |
2/26/08 |
Adam Fitzpatrick |
|
7 |
What we see is only the “Icing on the Cake” II – The Dark Force |
Davies, Chapter 6; |
Alex Miklos |
3/4/08 |
Jeff Tessein |
|
8 |
Multiple Universes? – An answer for us being here? |
Davies, Chapter 7, 8; Primack,
Abrams, Ch9 Cosmic Las Vegas |
Jacob Day |
3/25/08 |
Luke Gregory |
| 9 |
Intelligent or Nor-So-Intelligent Design - A Scientific Debate or else? | Movie “Unlocking the Mystery of Life” |
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4/1/08 |
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10 |
Intelligent or Nor-So-Intelligent Design - A Scientific Debate or else? | Davies, Chapter 9; Ben-Ari “Just a Theory”, Ch. 2, 3, 4; Interview with Daniel Dennett (PDF File) |
Andrew Middleton |
4/8/08 |
Brad Larsen |
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11 |
Consciousness, the hard problem; In Search of the Self | Papineau&Selina: “Introducing
Consciousness”, pp. 1-135 Stannard, God for the 21st Century, Part 7; “Closer to Truth”, pp. 3 – 50 Nick Herbert: “Elemental Mind”; |
C. Rothschild |
4/15/08 |
Lee Petersen Brent Tardiff |
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12 |
Life in the Universe: Search for Life/Intelligence beyond Earth | Primack, Abrams, Ch8, Are we alone? Stannard, God for the 21st Century, Part 2, 4; Drake Equation; From: “Cosmic Connections” O. Botta: Astrobiology (on Blackboard) |
Brent Tardiff |
4/22/08 |
Austin Purves |
| 13 |
Is Information an Irreducible Entity in the World? | TBA |
Austin Purves |
4/29/08 |
Alex Miklos
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| 14 |
How come existence? - Just a Theory or is there something else? | Davies, Chapter 1, 10, Afterword; Primack, Abrams, Introduction & Ch1, Wrapping your mind around the universe. | Luke Gregory |
5/6/08 |
Jacob Day
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