Jonathan Wells wrote:
> CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT:
>
> Title: THE NATURE OF NATURE : AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON THE ROLE
> OF NATURALISM IN SCIENCE
> Date: April 12-15, 2000
> Place: Baylor University, Waco, TX (USA)
>
> Is the universe self-contained or does it require something beyond
> itself to explain its existence and internal function? Philosophical
> naturalism takes the universe to be self-contained, and it is widely
> presupposed throughout science. Even so, the idea that nature points beyond
> itself has recently been reformulated with respect to a number of issues.
> Consciousness, the origin of life, the unreasonable effectiveness of
> mathematics at modeling the physical world, and the fine-tuning of
> universal constants are just a few of the problems that critics have
> claimed are incapable of purely naturalistic explanation. Do such
> assertions constitute arguments from incredulity -- an unwarranted appeal
> to ignorance? If not, is the explanation of such phenomena beyond the pale
> of science? Is it, perhaps, possible to offer cogent philosophical and even
> scientific arguments that nature does point beyond itself? The aim of this
> conference is to examine such questions.
>
> Confirmed participants in plenary sessions include: Michael Behe, Simon
> Blackburn, William Lane Craig, Howard Ducharme, Geoffrey Hellman, Robert
> Koons, Everett Mendelsohn, Stephen Meyer, Nancey Murphy, Ronald Numbers,
> Alvin Plantinga, Sahotra Sarkar, Henry Schaeffer, John Searle, William
> Talbott, Michael Tooley, Howard Van Till, Dallas Willard, Michael Williams,
> and Edward Zalta.
>
> For more information, please contact:
>
> Bruce L. Gordon, Ph.D.
> Associate Director, Michael Polanyi Center
> Assistant Research Professor, Institute for Faith and Learning
> Baylor University
>
> Address: Bruce L. Gordon
> The Michael Polanyi Center
> P.O. Box 97130
> Baylor University
> Waco, TX 76798-7130
>
> Phone: (254) 710-4175
> Fax: (254) 710-3600
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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