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Free will has traditionally been a problem in philosophy. Recently, the battleground of free will has shifted to neuroscience. Now some claim that to solve the problem of...
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What is free will? Do we have free will? The ‘Big Questions in Free Will’ project tackles these issues in a multi-year study. In Part I, scientists and philosophers...
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Episode 10
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Sexual questions abound. What is “normal” sexual behavior vs. multiple variations? How to appreciate LGBTQ+ issues? What can be learned from sex in animal models that is...
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How can God’s perfect knowledge not eliminate free will? Since God-to-be-God can never be wrong and knows everything, including propositions about future events, how...
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How we think about free will affects how we live our lives and structure our societies. In Part II of our following the multi-year ‘Big Questions in Free Will’ project,...
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Race is obviously real—historically, socially, politically. What about biologically? What’s the relationship between color and race? Are human races subspecies of homo...
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Free will is a perennial conundrum. The ‘Big Questions in Free Will’ project brought together scientists, philosophers and theologians in a novel...
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How are the terms “function,” “fitness,” and “adaptation” used in the context of evolution? How does function relate to fitness and thus to reproductive success?...
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Assuming that whatever God knows cannot be wrong, if God knows today that I will do ‘X’ tomorrow or ‘Y’ in 10 years, how can I not do otherwise—and...
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Can biology—especially evolutionary biology—help explain ethics, and if so, can science influence ethics and help set new norms? If science can, should science do? Topics...
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Are evolution and theology explanatory enemies? Does the truth of evolution expose the falsity of theology? If humans descended from lower animals, must we conclude that God...
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