Fictions: how will we explain the world to ourselves? Science, ideology and beliefs
Friday, 28 October 2022
16:30 h
One of the first things that this new century has shown is that science, ideologies and beliefs are not enough to understand the world. Events such as the attack on the Twin Towers in New York, the financial crisis of 2008/9, the covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have shown that human beings need answers to situate themselves in an environment that changes too quickly. How do you position yourself in a world where these events affect everyone? Four speakers, scientists, philosophers and theologians try to propose interpretations not only to place us in this world, but also to respond to its events in a productive way, that is, beyond the fictions to which we are accustomed.
SPEAKERS
- Carmelo Dotolo, Full Professor of Theology of Religions at the Pontificia Università Urbaniana, president of the Italian Society for Theological Research (SIRT).
- Ana Carrasco-Conde, Professor of Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid, author of Say Evil.
- Javier Sampedro, scientist and journalist, was a researcher at the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center Madrid and the Molecular Biology Laboratory of the Medical Research Council in Cambridge.
- Santiago Zabala, ICREA Research Professor of Philosophy at Pompeu Fabra University.
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