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Philosophy, Science and Religion

Philosophy, Science and Religion mark three of the most fundamental modes of thinking about the world and our place in it. Are these modes incompatible? Put another way: is the intellectually responsible thing to do to ‘pick sides’ and identify with one of these approaches at the exclusion of others? Or, are they complementary or mutually supportive? As is typical of questions of such magnitude, the devil is in the details. For example, it is important to work out what is really distinctive about each of these ways of inquiring about the world. In order to gain some clarity here, we’ll be investigating what some of the current leading thinkers in philosophy, science and religion are actually doing. This course, entitled ‘Science and Philosophy’, is the first of three related courses in our Philosophy, Science and Religion Online series. The first launch is now closed to enrolments. We will launch a new version of the course in July 2018. The course will address four themes each presented by guest lecturers: 1. Are Science and Religion in conflict? (Professor Michael Murray, Franklin & Marshall) 2. Neuroscience and Free Will (Professor Al Mele, Florida State) 3. Creationism and Evolutionary Biology--Science or Pseudo-science? (Dr. Mark Harris and Dr. David de Pomerai, University of Edinburgh) 4. Do Scientific claims constitute absolute truths? (Professor Martin Kusch, University of Vienna) The second and third courses in the Philosophy, Science and Religion series are ‘Philosophy and Religion’ and ‘Religion and Science’. They may be taken in any order and completing all three courses will give you a broader understanding of this fascinating topic. Look for: • Philosophy, Science and Religion II: Philosophy and Religion • Philosophy, Science and Religion III: Religion and Science Check out our trailer to hear more: https://youtu.be/OifqTI5VKek You can also follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/EdiPhilOnline and you can follow the hashtag #psrmooc

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Rating 4.0 based on 142 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Effort 4 weeks of study
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From The University of Edinburgh via Coursera
Instructors Dr J Adam Carter, Dr Orestis Palermos, Dr Mark Harris, Professor Duncan Pritchard, Professor Mark Harris
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Language English
Subjects Art & Design Humanities Engineering Science
Tags Arts And Humanities Physical Science And Engineering Physics And Astronomy Philosophy

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science and religion

This was a truly fantastic course, taught by engaging professors and investigations fascinating questions about the relationship between science and religion while reference a host of interesting material for further investigation.

In most of Middle-Eastern countries which i live in one of them , talking about the relationship between science and religion is a kind of a taboo.

I took this course and was looking forward to see how science and religion can co-exist, however in the fourth week there is a clear misinterpretation of science, and most of the content in this week was about "evolutionists vs creationists" rather than "Evolution vs creationism".

A very interesting course and it has given a great knowleddge to me about the concept of science and religion .

I can get basic knowledge related to science and religion, and furthermore, I could learn about the perspective related to soical science First I want to thank all of you for your hard work and expertise in preparing and presenting this class.

I was looking forward to an objective course in which the intersection of philosophy, science and religion was explained properly from an academic standpoint of view.

This was a mega course and I'm looking for the next two on science and religion.

“Philosophy, Science and Religion: Science and Philosophy” is an extremely interesting course, well taught and easy to follow.

I was a little confused because for having a focus on "Science and Philosophy", it seemed to me to mostly talk about science and religion through a philosophical lens.

Very good introduction to the popular debate on science and religion.

A great course that make us to think about perceived reality, to think about science and religion importances.

I thoroughly enjoyed the three part course on "Philosophy, Science and Religion" by the University of Edinburgh.

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very interesting

A very interesting and well presented introduction to a controversial area of debate.

You learn very interesting things, and furthermore, it is very helpful to practice English language skills.

Very interesting!

I do think it was very interesting and informative.

Very interesting course.

Other than that, very interesting, well-presented material.

Week 1 of the course seemed very interesting.

Very interesting course!!!!

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philosophy of science

It gives you a good introduction into philosophy of science and its main challenges.

We need a scientific view regarding science, the philosophy of science is more important than science itself.

Also appreciated the fact that the concepts are illustrated by means of several examples allowing to acquire an adequate perspective in terms of historical evolution of the different trends in Philosophy of Science.

Great course, excellent brief survey of a number of key issues in philosophy of science.

The course strengthens my positive opinions of Feynman's view of the philosophy of science.

I think this is an excellent introductory course to the philosophy of science.

Great course showing modern branches of philosophy of science.

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very good

Very good course This is an incredibly terrible course, that only serves as propaganda for Christian creationism.

Very good.

Very good course.

I recommend every course of the University of Edinburgh, I think they are of a very good quality.

The instructor during the last week was in general not very good, he always strayed from the point making it difficult to keep up.

great course, great presenters Very good, very interesting!

Very clear content and very good teachers.

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great course

great course with amazing information New knowledge, new optic, new field of thinking.

Great course, really enjoyed it ... Great course!

Interesting though not always easy to consume This course is a great course!

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relationship between

Anyone interested in better understanding the historic relationship between these two domains or self-examining their own beliefs will be very pleased with this course!

It helps me to deeply understand what is science and the relationship between science and philosophy and religion.

In this series, the designers wonderfully weaved the relationship between the three apparently diverse disciplines in a cohesive narrative, making ones understanding richer!

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templeton foundation

I noticed, during the credits, that this was funded by a group called the Templeton Foundation.

However, when I saw that the John Templeton Foundation was involved in the production of the course, my expectations lowered exponentially.They rocketed to the ground, however, when I saw how several lectures were biased towards treating scientific rigor as “fundamentalism” and when their religious ideas merged in an obscene and weird mixture with post modernism and critical theories to treat the scientific inquiry and knowledge with a relativistic approach.

This course is being funded by Templeton Foundation, an organization that promotes religious apologetics.

As far as I can see this remains a problem within Christianity between young earth fundamentalists and those, such as the Templeton Foundation who financed the courses, who want Christianity to be acceptable and relevant in modern society.

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so much

Thank you so much.

This course has so much potential, but students should be aware that it is largely funded by a religious studies foundation and this bias is evident in the course material.

Thank you so much for providing such an interesting and quality content for free!

Thank you so much!!!

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Careers

An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile.

Professor of Philosophy Fellow $20k

Lecturer, Philosophy $44k

Professor of Philosophy 2 $54k

Graduate Instructor of Philosophy $55k

Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy $59k

Philosophy $64k

Professor of Theology/Philosophy $86k

Senior Professor of Philosophy $90k

Professor of Philosophy Consultant $116k

Assitant Professor of Philosophy $121k

Associate Instructor of Philosophy $151k

President Professor of Philosophy $264k

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Rating 4.0 based on 142 ratings
Length 6 weeks
Effort 4 weeks of study
Starts Jun 26 (44 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From The University of Edinburgh via Coursera
Instructors Dr J Adam Carter, Dr Orestis Palermos, Dr Mark Harris, Professor Duncan Pritchard, Professor Mark Harris
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Art & Design Humanities Engineering Science
Tags Arts And Humanities Physical Science And Engineering Physics And Astronomy Philosophy

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