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Who are we in the light of Science and Philosophy? The Journal “Nueva Revista” has published a review of the book “¿Quiénes somos? Cuestiones en torno al ser humano” (Who are we? Questions about the human being), edited by Miguel Pérez de Laborda, Claudia E. Vanney and Francisco José Soler Gil. Many members of our...
CAESPO Award 2018 for “Hero” On November 13, the Argentine Committee of Education for Population Health (CAESPO) and the International Union of Health Education, decided to award a prize in the CAESPO 2018 Competition, “Promotion and Education for Health” to the work: “HERO”: A...
¿Somos o no somos nuestro cerebro? Un ensayo filosófico A new volume of the collection “From science to philosophy” has been published. In this opportunity, Juan F. Franck helps us to think if we really are nothing more than the result of what happens in the labyrinth of our brain. According to a widely spread conception, we are...
(Español) Simposio Internacional sobre Providencia Humana y Divina Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.
“Perspectives of the person” Presentation of a didactic resource Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.
Visit of Justin Barrett During the second week of August 2018 we received the visit of Dr. Justin Barrett (Fuller Theological Seminar). Justin Barrett is regarded one of the founders of the field of cognitive science of religion, which studies the relationship between man and God with the help of cognitive sciences....
Chronicle of the Interdisciplinary Research Week “From the Self to the Person” The Interdisciplinary Research Week “From the Self to the Person” took place Austral University’s campus in Pilar from August 6 to 9. The Week began with a presentation by Dr. Claudia Vanney, Director of the Philosophy Institute. Academics and researchers from 7 countries...
The Penultimate Curiosity. How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions Book LAUNCH AT THE BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR APRIL 28, 2018, 6.00 PM, SALA VICTORIA OCAMPO, PABELLÓN BLANCO The Philosophy Institute at Universidad Austral, together with Agape Libros, invite to the book launch of Roger Wagner’s and Andrew Briggs’ La Curiosidad Penúltima....
“Contemporary challenges at the intersection between science, philosophy, and theology” – Workshop On December 5th, the Workshop “Contemporary challenges at the intersection between science, philosophy, and theology” was held at the Institute of Philosophy. With the attendance of academics from Argentina and other countries, the Workshop proposed a discussion about problems of...
Visit of Dr Nathaniel Barrett In the beginning of November we received the visit of Dr Nathaniel Barrett (Universidad de Navarra). Nathaniel Barrett specializes in philosophical and historical studies of the relationship between science and religion, with special attention to the concepts of nature that arise from...
XXVIII Conference on Epistemology and History of Science Juan F. Franck and Ignacio Aguinalde, members of the “The Brain and the Personal Self” project, participated in the XXVIII Conference on Epistemology and History of Science, held in La Falda (Córdoba) from 9 to 11 October. This seminar annually brings together researchers...
Claudia Vanney y Juan F. Franck won an Expanded Reason Award After receiving 367 works from 170 universities and over 30 countries, an international jury selected Claudia Vanney and Juan F. Franck’s book ¿Determinismo o indeterminismo? Grandes preguntas de las ciencias a la filosofía (Determinism or indeterminism? Big questions from the sciences to...