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This seminar will allow students to explore and engage the work of two of the most significant figures in European Protestant theology – Huldrych Zwingli and Karl Barth. Texts: Karl Barth, The Knowledge of God and the Service of God According to the Teaching of the Reformation [1938], translated by J. L....

Christ’s College is delighted to announce that this year’s Divinity Opening Lecture will be delivered by our new Teaching Fellow, Dr Katie Cross. The title of the lecture is 'The theologian and the “atheist church.” Exploring theological themes through the lens of a secular congregation.' This will take place on Friday 7th...

Join us this Friday as we meet to discuss a draft of Professor Tom Gregg’s new book A Dogmatic Ecclesiology Volume 1: Participating in the Priestly Catholicity of the Church. If you would like to come and have not yet registered your interest, please email Professor Greggs (t.greggs@abdn.ac.uk) to request...

Intuitive Understanding: Spinoza, Kant, Goethe Symposium at the 51cg, 22 June 2018. Venue: New King's, NK14 There is a renewed interest in the notions of intuitive understanding and intellectual intuition, especially as conceived by Spinoza, Kant, and the German Idealists. This symposium explores the similarities and differences between Spinoza’s, Kant’s,...

51cg, Scotland

Centre for Knowledge and Society 51cg, Scotland

During this term the group will meet to discuss Hans-Georg Gadamer’s classic work, Truth and Method. All interested in joining the conversation are welcome. The group will meet for five sessions on select Wednesday afternoons from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Reading: Chapter 5, ‘Language and Hermeneutics’

Explorans Supram-Disciplinam (Exploring the Meta-Discipline)

Matthew McGrath (Missouri) Title: “Explaining Epistemic Differences in Paradigm Perceptual Cases: Three Accounts Compared” Abstract: Two people with normal eyesight and cognitive abilities might both see avocados in a market. Both might be able to distinguish them from other different-looking fruits and vegetables. Yet, one might know they are avocados while the...

Surely science should avoid metaphors?! Not so, according to new historical and philosophical research. As part of the May Festival, Dr Ulrich Stegmann will discuss how the ‘genetic code’ metaphor helped scientists like Francis Crick to think about a biological mechanism that nobody had encountered before. Learn how interdisciplinary humanities...