“Faith and Science in Catholic Tradition, from the Early Church to St. John Paul II”
Stephen M. Barr {Ph.D. Theoretical Particle Physics, Princeton University)
The inaugural conference of the Polish Regional Chapter of SCS (Stowarzyszenie Naukowców Katolickich) was held in Kraków on 1-2 July, 2023, at the Dominican Friary. Talks covered a wide variety of topics pertaining to the relation of science and faith. The longer talks are given here. All the talks can be found at the website of the Polish Chapter.
“Reflections on John Paul II and Science A Response to Stephen Barr”
George Weigel (Distingished Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center; Official Biographer of Pope St. John Paul II)
“Catholicism and the Sciences in the Premodern Period”
Lawrence M. Principe (Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Indiana University; Ph.D. History of Science, Johns Hopkins University)
“The Paradox of Human Uniqueness and Darwinian Continuity”
Simon Conway Morris, FRS (Ph.D. Palaeontology, University of Cambridge)
“Evolution and Goal Directedness – How Darwin Reinvented Teleology”
Mariusz Tabaczek, O.P. (Ph.D., Systematic and Philosophical Theology, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley)
“Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species – Contributions by Catholic Scientists”
Berta M. Moritz (Ph.D. Zoology/Biochemistry, University of Graz)
“Where is Heaven? A physicist’s conundrum”
Leszek Roszkowski (Ph.D. Theoretical Particle Physics, University of California at Davis)
“Some formal aspects of faith and science”
Mariusz Stopa, O.P. (Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, Jagiellonian University)