Wed 9/8

Introduction

Wed 9/15

History of Science and Religion I: 17^th century

Barbour, Religion and Science, ch. 1

Brooke, Science and Religion, chs. 2-4

Themes and Resources for this week

Wed 9/22

History of Science and Religion II: 18^th century

Barbour, Religion and Science, ch. 2

Brooke, Science and Religion, chs. 5-6

Brooke in Richardson and Wildman, Religion and Science, 7-28

Wed 9/29

History of Science and Religion III: 19^th century

Barbour, Religion and Science, ch. 3

Brooke, Science and Religion, chs. 7-8

Welch in Richardson and Wildman, Religion and Science, 29-40

Wed 10/6

Method in Science and Religion I: Similarities and Differences

Barbour, Religion and Science, ch. 5-6

Dupré, “Metaphysical Disorder and Scientific Disunity”

Fine, “The Natural Ontological Attitude”

Peacocke, “The theological and scientific enterprises”

Richardson and Wildman, Religion and Science, Part II

Wed 10/13

Method in Science and Religion II: Integrative Methods

Lakatos, “Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes”

Murphy, Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning

Clayton, Philip. Explanation from Physics to Theology

Also: Method in Science and Religion III: Schemas of Relations

Handouts on schemas of science-religion relations in:

Barbour, Religion and Science, ch. 4

Wed 10/20

Disciplinary Approaches I: Feminist Perspectives

Keller and Longino, eds. Feminism and Science, Introduction, chapters 7, 9, 10, 15.

Laslett, Barbara, ed. Gender and Scientific Authority, 1-18, 75-99, 364-90.

Also consult:

Kuhn, “Objectivity, Value Judgment, and Theory Choice”

Longino, “Objectivity and Values”

Wed 10/27

Disciplinary Approaches II: Language Perspectives

Gerhart and Russell, Metaphoric Process.

Lakoff and Johnson, Philosophy in the Flesh.

MacCormac, Metaphor and Myth in Science and Religion.

Rothbart, Explaining the Growth of Scientific Knowledge.

Wed 11/3

Disciplinary Approaches III: Buddhist Thought

Wallace, Choosing Reality, chs. 1-6, 7-10, 11-13, 23-25.

Also consult:

Garfield, The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way, textual and commentary material on Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, chapters 5, 7, 11, 18, 21, 22, 24-27. To supplement Garfield, refer to the material on the same chapters in N­āgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, tr. Kalupahana.

Wed 11/10

Disciplinary Approaches IV: Christian Theology

Peacocke, Theology for a Scientific Age, skim section 1 and read sections 2 and 3.

Wed 11/17

Special Topic I: Methodological Controversies in Spirituality and Health Research

See readings under this heading in the bibliography, above.

Wed 11/24

No Class: Thanksgiving Break

Wed 12/1

Special Topic II: Intelligent Design Controversies

See readings under this heading in the bibliography, above.

Wed 12/8

Special Topic III: Emergence and Human Nature

See readings under this heading in the bibliography, above.