Astrobiology and implications for Christian thought with Dr Andrew Davison
Thu, Nov 23
|Corpus Christi-St. Mark's College
Dr Davison works at the intersection of theology, science and philosophy. His current work has turned from putative intelligent life elsewhere in the universe to the origins of life.
Time & Location
Nov 23, 2023, 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Corpus Christi-St. Mark's College, Room 102, 5935 Iona Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 2L4, Canada
About the event
Presented in collaboration with the The Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation (CSCA), the UBC Graduate & Faculty Christian Forum (GFCF) are co-sponsors and the Corpus Christi-St. Mark's Centre for Christian Engagement.
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Dr Davison works at the intersection of theology, science and philosophy. His recent work has addressed astrobiology, inter-species cooperation (or mutualism) in biology, and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis. His current work has turned from putative intelligent life elsewhere in the universe to the origins of life, alongside a series of papers bringing the tools of scholastic philosophy to bear on topics in artificial intelligence or machine learning. He is also know for his work on Thomism and Christian Platonism (not least in relation to natural science and the environment). His highly acclaimed monograph Participation in God: A Study in Christian Doctrine and Metaphysics (Cambridge University Press, 2019) explores the idea of participation – sharing in, or sharing from – as a structuring…