God and the Laws of Nature 2004

WHERE

WHEN

Starts 11 Oct 2004
Ends
International Conference

God and the Laws of Nature
Villa Monastero, Varenna (Italy)
October 11 – 13, 2004

ORGANIZED BY

  • Piero Caldirola” International Centre for the Promotion of Science and International School of Plasma Physics
  • John Templeton Foundation
Topics
  • What is a physical Law ?
  • How do we understand the history and the contest of our use of the concept of “Law” of physics?
  • Does the existence of physical Laws require an explanation, or not ?
  • Mutability in the Laws of Nature
  • God and the Laws of Nature (the ontology of freedom and personhood)
  • The “Laws of Physics and the cosmological argument for the existence of God
  • The interpretation of order in nature: science, philosophy and theology in dialogue
  • The human nature: freedom and law
  • What is the relationship between "physical law" and "chance"?
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Programme
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Organizing Segretariat
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