Human and Divine Providence
International Symposium
17-19 September 2018
Can the study of human providential action offer any insights into our knowledge of divine providence?
This international symposium, part of the research project Human and Divine Providence, seeks to offer an original answer to this question by examining human providential action as a source of metaphors that are suited specifically to the richness of personal action, and hence to the purported providential action of a personal God.
The event, which will be fully in English, will cover the most diverse topics including prudence, grace, contingency, free will, nature, and technology.
The symposium will have 10 presentations, gathering between 15 and 20 scholars, representing philosophy of religion, analytic theology, psychology and cognitive science.
See the confirmed speakers to-date.
Programme
Monday 17 September
Tuesday 18 September
10:00am | Neal Judisch (University of Oklahoma, US) Human Providence and Indeterminsm |
11:00am | Coffee break |
11:30am | Ignacio Silva (Universidad Austral, Argentina) Divine Providence and Natural Contingency |
12:30pm | LUNCH |
2:30pm | Emily Reed Burdett (University of Oxford – Coventry University, UK) Cognitive Science Approaches to Human Providence |
Wednesday 19 September
10:00am | Connie Svob (Columbia University, US) Perspectives from the Cognitive Psychology of Memory and Decision-Making in Human Providence |
11:00am | Coffee break |
11:30am | Tim Pawl (University of St Thomas, US) The Interaction Between Human and Divine Providence |