《科学与宗教:当前争论》

◆OCTOBER 26 (Monday)

Trip to the Great Wall

◆OCTOBER 27 (Tuesday)

【9:20-9:50】, Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Greetings from Prof. Wang Xiaochao / Prof. Xiao Wei / Prof. Lu Feng / Dr. Zhu Donghua

Brief Introduction by Prof. Mel Stewart

William B. Hurlbut:美国斯坦福大学医学中心生命伦理学教授、美国“总统生命伦理委员会”委员。

Alan Padgett:美国路德神学院历史神学部主任、教授。

Stephen Barr:美国特拉华大学天文物理系教授。

Peter van Inwagen:美国圣母大学哲学教授、美国艺术与科学院院士、美国哲学家协会中部分会主席。

Bruce Reichenbach:奥格斯堡学院哲学教授。

Mel Stewart:坦姆普莱顿高级访问教授。

【10:00-12:00】, Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

William Hurlbut #1, “Biotechnology and the Human Future”

【14:30-16:30】, Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Alan Padgett #1, “Science and Religion in Western History: Models and Relationships”

【16:10-17:10】, Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Peter van Inwagen #1, “A Kind of Darwinism”

【17:30-19:00】

Dinner, Tsinghua Dining Facility

【19:30-21:30】, Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Bruce Reichenbach #1, “Scientific Realism”

◆OCTOBER 28 (Wednesday)

【10:00-12:00】, Teaching Building # 4 (四教4302)

Stephen M. Barr #1, “The Laws of Physics and the Design of the Universe”

【14:00-16:00】, Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Bruce Reichenbach #2, “Religious Realism”

【16:10-17:10】 Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Peter van Inwagen #2, “Darwinism and Design”

【17:30-19:00】

Dinner, Tsinghua Dining Facility

【19:30-21:30】 Teaching Building # 6 (六教6A309)

William Hurlbut #2, “Embodied Being: Evolution and the Emergence of the Human Person”

◆OCTOBER 29 (Thursday)

【10:00-12:00】 Teaching Building # 6 (六教6A313)

Alan Padgett #2, “God and Time: Relative Timelessness Reconsidered”

【14:00-16:00】 Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Stephen M. Barr #2, “The Multiverse and the State of Fundamental Physics Today”

【16:10-17:10】 Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Peter van Inwagen #3, “Science and Scripture”

【17:30-19:00】

Dinner, Tsinghua Dining Facility

【19:30-21:30】 Teaching Building # 6 (六教6A315)

William Hurlbut #3, “Embryos, Ethics and Human Dignity”

◆OCTOBER 30 (Friday)

【10:00-12:00】 Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Stephen M. Barr #3, “Philosophical Materialism and the Many-Worlds Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics”

【14:00-16:00】 Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Bruce Reichenbach #3, “Experience and the Unobservable”

【16:15-18:15】 Xinzhai 335(人文学院—新斋335)

Alan Padgett #3, “Overcoming the Problem of Induction: Science and Religion as Ways of Knowing”

OCTOBER 30

【19:00-21:00】

FINAL CELEBRATIVE BANQUET

Lakeview Hotel (across from Tsinghua’s West Gate).

Faculty and students from universities in the Beijing area are welcome

In addition, there are to be Satellite Series this year at:

Renmin University of China, Beijing, October 26, 7-9 P.M.

Shandong University, Jinan, October 31

Express train in the A.M.

■Books from the Science & Religion Series

Chinese edition

Wuhan University Series, 2005

1.《科学与宗教的对话》,Science and Religion in Dialogue,

Changchi Hao, Melville Y. Stewart, editors, Peking University Press

Fudan University Series, 2006

2. 《科学与宗教:二十一 世纪时对话》,Science and Religion: 21st

Century Dialogue, Yingjin Xu, Melville Y. Stewart, editors,

Fudan University Press

Shandong University Series, 2007

3. 《科学与宗教:当前对话》,Science and Religion: Current Dialogue

Fu Youde, Melville Y. Stewart, editors, Peking University Press

Peking University Series, 2008

4. 《科学与宗教:二十一世纪问题》Science and Religion: 21st Century

Issues, Xing Taotao, Xiangdon Xu, Melville Y. Stewart, editors,

Peking University Press

Tsinghua University Series, 2009

5. 《科学与宗教:当前争论》Science and Religion: Current Debate,

Wang Xiaochao, Zhu Donghua, Melville Y. Stewart, editors,

Peking University Press

English edition

Volume One,Science and Religion in Dialogue

Volume Two,Science and Religion in Dialogue

Editor, Melville Y. Stewart

Publisher, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Oxford

Our thanks to:

Tsinghua University Department of Philosophy

Wang Xiaochao and Zhu Donghua, Co-Directors of the Series

To my T.A. and the students of Tsinghua University

Thanks to the following Foundations for making the Series possible:

Salem Foundation

Wooddale Foundation

Paul & Dawn Sjolund Foundation

The John Templeton Foundation