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Evolution and God
Two prominent philosophers debate one of today’s most contentious issues.
A debate featuring Alex Rosenberg, R. Taylor Cole professor of philosophy at Duke University, and Peter van Inwagen, John Cardinal O’Hara professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2007
Time: 7 p.m.
New location: School of Business Auditorium, 1015 Floyd Ave.
Please note that tickets are NOT required for this event.
As a fitting finale for the series, we return to issues at the intersection of science and faith. In particular, we reconsider belief in God and the theory of evolution. Are belief in God and the theory of evolution in conflict? Does the theory of evolution make belief in God irrational or superfluous? Are there any reasons — philosophical or theological or empirical — for questioning the theory of evolution? Peter van Inwagen and Alexander Rosenberg — two leading and well-respected contemporary philosophers — will take up such questions in a debate that promises to be lively and informative.
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Meet Peter van Inwagen
Peter van Inwagen is the John Cardinal O’Hara professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is one of the foremost metaphysicians in the world today. His primary areas of interest are metaphysics and philosophical theology and he has authored the following books: “An Essay on Free Will” (1983), “Material Beings” (1990), “Metaphysics” (1993), “God, Knowledge and Mystery” (1995), “The Possibility of Resurrection and Other Essays in Christian Apologetics” (1997), “Ontology, Time and Modality” (2001), and “The Problem of Evil” (2006). Professor van Inwagen has delivered several prestigious lectures including the Wilde Lectures on Natural Religion at Oxford University in 2000, the Stewart Lectures at Princeton University in 2002 and the Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrews in 2003.
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Meet Alexander Rosenberg
Alexander Rosenberg is the R. Taylor Cole professor of philosophy and co-director of the Center for Philosophy of Biology at Duke University. His areas of interest are philosophy of science, philosophy of biology and philosophy of social science. In addition to more than 170 articles in journals and edited collections, he has authored/edited 11 books including “Darwinism in Philosophy, Social Science and Policy” (2000), “Philosophy of Science: A Contemporary Introduction” (2nd Edition 2005), and “Darwinian Reductionism, or How to Stop Worrying and Love Molecular Biology” (2006). In 1993 Rosenberg received the Lakatos Award in the philosophy of science and he has held fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
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