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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...
Congreso Latino Americano de Filosofía de las Ciencias Naturales y Cognitivas Con el objetivo de estimular el diálogo entre la filosofía, las ciencias naturales y cognitivas, y el pensamiento religioso y teológico entre académicos de habla española, el Instituto de Filosofía de la Universidad Austral convoca a tesistas de posgrado y postdocs de toda la región a...
Knowledge and the physical world in Leonardo Polo In 2020, Dr. Juan José Sanguineti published the book “Conocimiento y mundo físico en Leonardo Polo” [Knowledge and the physical world in Leonardo Polo]. This book presents in its unit the philosophy of knowledge and of cosmos of Leonardo Polo. Starting from the limit of our...
I Conference on Fundamentals of Physics and Chemistry We are pleased to announce that the third week of December there will be two meetings in which topics of fundamentals and philosophy of chemistry and physics will be presented and discussed. The first will be held on December 15, 2020 and to participate it is necessary to register...
Divine and Human Providence Ignacio Silva, research fellow at the Philosophy Institute, has edited, together with Simon Kopf, Visiting Lecturer at the International Theological Institute in Trumau, Austria, the volume Divine and Human Providence: Philosophical, Psychological and Theological Approaches (Routledge...
II Conference on History, Philosophy, and Didactics of Chemistry We announce that the II Conference on History, Philosophy and Didactics of Chemistry of the Southern Cone (JHFDQCS 2020), was held from November 26 to 28. The goal of these conferences is to bring together experts in the area in a space favorable to discussion and to exchange of...
Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence On November 18 a virtual colloquium on Artificial Intelligence was held within the framework of our Philosophy postgraduate program. The main speaker was Leonardo Rufiner, professor of “Artificial Intelligence” and director of the Research Institute for Signals, Systems and...
‘Hero’ in the media The virtual intervention program ‘Hero’ was widely covered in the media from July 26 to 29. It featured 11 times (4 in the radio and 7 in online media outlets) and reached an audience of over 1,8 million readers and listeners. The notes and interviews described the positive impact of...
Start of the new PhD and MA programmes Monday 20 July saw the start of the new MA and PhD blended programmes on Philosophy of Natural and Cognitive Sciences at the PHilosophy Institute, Austral University. After a long selection process in which the Institute received more than 60 applications from all over Latin America, 25 new...
‘Hero’ Implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic On March 19, 2020, the Argentine Government decreed mandatory preventive isolation as a necessary measure to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Argentina. The decree established that all Argentine inhabitants must remain in their homes and established the prohibition of...
“Experimental psychology and the notion of personhood” – Call for Papers We share this Scientia et Fides call for papers for the special issue “Experimental psychology and the notion of personhood”, edited by Juan F. Franck (U. Austral), Scott Harrower (Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia) and Ryan Peterson (Biola University, Los Angeles, CA)....

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