Conference schedule

15. October

11:30 – Registration

12:00 – Welcome Address and Opening

12:30-13:30 – SESSION 1 (in English):

Vanessa Williams (Fordham University, USA)

The Peaceful Coexistence of Genesis 1 and Science

Juuso Loikkanen (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)

The Design Argument Salvaged? Assessing the Contemporary Argument from Improbability

13:30-14:00 – coffee break

14:00-15:30 – SESSION 2 (in English):

Sergey Astapov (Southern Federal University, Russia)

A Miracle: Science vs Religion or a Conversation on Different Phenomena?

Wessel Bentley (University of South Africa, Republic of South Africa)

“If God is everywhere, is God in a Black Hole?”: A theology-science discussion on omnipresence

Mateusz Jarmużewski (Catholic University Leuven, Belgium)

Science and Moral Theology of Free Will

15:30-16:00 – coffee break

16:00-17:30 – SESSION 3 (in English):

Sybille C. Fritsch-Oppermann (Technical University Clausthal, Germany)

Signs, Metaphors and Symbols: Metaphorical Language/s in Religion, Art and Sciences

Jan Hrkut (Department of Philosophy, Catholic University in Ružomberok, Slovakia)

Is There Any (Philosophical Type) Definition of Holiness in “Gaudete et Exsultate”?

Wojciech Grygiel (Faculty of Philosophy, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Poland)

Evolutionary theology – a new stage of the relations between science and theology

18:00 – dinner

16. October

09:30-11:00 – SESSION 4 (in Polish):

Zbigniew Pietrzak (Institute of Philosophy, University of Wrocław, Poland)

O różnorodności zasad leżących u podstaw nowożytnego przyrodoznawstwa – metafizyka, empiria, matematyka

Janina Buczkowska (Institute of Philosophy, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Poland)

Realizm naukowy wobec zmiany teorii w nauce

Bartłomiej K. Krzych (Institute of Philosophy, University of Rzeszów, Poland)

Irracjonalne residua jako przedmiot poznania teologicznego?

11:00-11:30 – coffee break

11:30-13:00 – SESSION 5 (in English):

Finley Lawson (Canterbury Christ Church University, Great Britain)

Christ, the Cosmos and Critical realism

Fabio Squeo (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)

The Transhuman: Barriers for an Ethics of Dignity

Taylor J. Ott (Fordham University, USA)

Destruction and Chaos: From Ecological Systems to Theological Ethics

13:00-14:00 – lunch

14:00-15:30 – SESSION 6 (in Polish):

Piotr P. Stępień (Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Warsaw University, Poland)

Czy DNA ma duszę?

Rajmund Porada (Faculty of Theology, University of Opole, Poland)

Inżynieria genetyczna w służbie eschatologicznego nowego stworzenia? Chrześcijańska eschatologia wobec osiągnięć biotechnologii

Janusz Mączka (Faculty of Philosophy, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Poland)

Wybrane elementy teologii nauki

15:30-16:00 – coffee break

16:00-17:30 – SESSION 7 (in Polish):

Dariusz Kucharski (Institute of Philosophy, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Poland)

Inspiracje neoplatońskie w nowożytnej filozofii naturalnej. Henry More o działaniu Boga w przyrodzie

Andrzej Kobyliński (Institute of Philosophy, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Poland)

Czy sacrum mieszka w świecie natury? Filozoficzna interpretacja poezji Friedricha Hölderlina w ujęciu Romano Guardiniego

Anna Lemańska (Institute of Philosophy, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Poland)

Nauki przyrodnicze wobec istnienia Boga

Closing of the Conference