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Epistemology of Religion Seminar Within the framework of the «LATAM Bridges in the Epistemology of Religion» project,of the University of Houston, a seminar on the Epistemology of Religion was held between July 17 and 31, 2022. This project, directed by Luis Oliveira, seeks to build a network between North American and...
United Kingdom visit From July 11 to 16, 2022, Dr. Ignacio Silva, Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, participated in the following conferences in the United Kingdom: 2022 IRC Conference in Honour of Alister McGrath, Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford 3rd Annual...
Expanded Reason Conference – ‘The human being in contemporary science’ On May 23 and 24, 2022, the 5th Expanded Reason Conference ‘The human being in contemporary science’ took place at the Francisco de Vitoria University (Madrid, Spain). At the opening of the Conference, María Lacalle, director of the Instituto Razón Abierta, expressed the need in...
New edition of the seminar “Identity and mission of the university” Due to the high demand, we have decided to open a new edition of the seminar “Identity and mission of the University”, of the Humanistic Studies Program. In this opportunity, a section will be opened every 15 days. Here you can find all the information: Identity...
Call for Applications – Epistemology of Religion Seminar The Institute of Philosophy, together with the LATAM Bridges in Epistemology of Religion project of the University of Houston, will organize a Seminar on Epistemology of Religion from July 18 to 29, at the Pilar Campus. For two weeks, 20 academics from Latin America will participate in...
“Contemporary Ethical Debates” – Seminar On March 25, the first meeting of the on campus version of the seminar “Contemporary Ethical Debates” took place, coordinated by Professor Soledad Paladino, within the Humanistic Studies Program. This same seminar will be offered virtually asynchronously starting in April, for all...
“Science, Religion and Nationalism. A historiographical proposal” – Seminar On Tuesday, May 3, we had the visit of Jaume Navarro (Ikerbasque Research Professor, University of the Basque Country) who gave the seminar “Science, Religion and Nationalism. A historiographic proposal”, in the Institute of Philosophy. The seminar was on campus (it was not be...
In Person Weeks – MA and PhD Programmes in Philosophy of the Natural and Cognitive Sciences From 29 November until 10 December 2021, the graduate students taking the MA and PhD programmes in Philosophy of the Natural and Cognitive Sciences at the Philosophy Institute came together for the first time at the University Campus in Pilar (Argentina). During these two weeks they got...
Latin American Conference on Philosophy of the Natural and Cognitive Sciences The Philosophy Institute at Universidad Austral hosted on 29-30 November the First Latin American Conference on Philosophy of the Natural and Cognitive Sciences, with the goal of promoting dialogue between philosophy, the natural and cognitive sciences, and religious and theological thought...
Honorary Doctorate – Prof Eleonore Stump On 21 October, within the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of Universidad Austral, Professors Carlos Ignacio Massini-Correas (Universidad de Mendoza, Argentina) and Eleonore Stump (St Louis University, US) were awarded Honorary Doctorates. This degree is the highest distinction that a...
Providence and Science – New book by Ignacio Silva Providence and Science in a World of Contingency offers a novel assessment of the contemporary debate over divine providential action and the natural sciences, suggesting a re-consideration of Thomas Aquinas’ metaphysical doctrine of providence coupled with his account of natural...
Special Issue of Scientia et Fides The journal Scientia et Fides (Toruń, Polonia) has just published a special issue dedicated to the notion of personhood and experimental psychology, edited by Juan F. Franck (Universidad Austral), Scott Harrower (Ridley College, Melbourne) and Ryan Peterson (Biola University, Los...