Videos Archive - The Society of Catholic Scientists

I congreso de la Sociedad de Científicos Católicos de España (2022)

El primer congreso de la Sociedad Científicos Católicos de España se celebró en el Instituto Cultura y Sociedad, en Pamplona, España, del 15 al 18 de 2022. Hubo conferencias (en español) sobre una amplia variedad de Temas en la intersección de la ciencia y la fe, incluida la cosmología, la inteligencia artificial, la neurociencia y el libre albedrío, el transhumanismo y la evolución.

2018 Conference: The Human Mind and Physicalism

The main theme of the 2018 Conference of the Society of Catholic Scientists was "The Human Mind and Physicalism," and specifically whether a purely materialist view can account for the mental and spiritual capacities of human beings There were talks on free will, quantum mechanics, human rationality, and other topics.

2019 Conference: What Does It Mean to Be Human?

The theme of the conference was “What does it mean to be human?” This included such questions as What is “human nature”? When did it appear? Did Neanderthals and other archaic species of Homo have it? When does an individual human life begin? Can human nature be changed by genetic engineering? In what ways are humans unique on earth? Are we unique in the cosmos? These questions were explored from the point of view of biology, paleoanthropology, philosophy, theology, and other disciplines.

2022 Conference: Earth and Environmental Stewardship

The main theme of the conference was Earth and Environmental Stewardship. There were talks on the Church’s teaching on the subject from ancient times to the present as well as scientific talks on a wide range of environmental topics, including pollution, water, soil, resource management, ecosystem restoration, climate, and biodiversity.

2023 Conference of Polish Chapter of SCS “Faith and Science: two paths towards truth” (All talks in English)

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.