Contemporary Engagement

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With the shared lexicon developed in the first year, and harnessing the tools of knowledge mastered in the second year, major philosophical challenges that arise from the materialist metaphysics of modernity will be addressed.
  1. New Atheism: Materialism & Metaphysics
    1. “What is the nature of human spiritual psychology?” ,“What is the nature of the physical and metaphysical worlds and how do we know?”, “Is there a divine reality and if so, how is it related to the cosmos?”
  2. Neuroscience, Consciousness, and Advanced Brain Imaging
    1. “Is the mind wholly material?”, “Do advances in brain imaging indicate determinism?”, “Is the existence or non-existence of the soul rationally or empirically provable?”
  3. Comparative Theism and Theology
    1. “Is there a divine reality, and how is it related to the cosmos?