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Conference
To what Extent can Biology Provide an Explanation for Human Action?
Proposal for a Pluralist Naturalism
Mario De Caro, John Dupré, David Macarthur. : Telmo Pievani
In what sense are human beings “special” in comparison to other animals? How many types of comprehension of human nature are there? What are they? How can science help us to understand who we are? These questions stimulate a very important intellectual debate that often takes on a highly focused aspect.. On one hand, we find the anti-scientific front, which doesn't have any faith in scientific potential and is often related to an out of date approach of religious fundamentalism. On the other hand, there are those who think that the human entity can be explained entirely by the natural sciences.
However, there is also a third theory, the so-called “pluralistic naturalism”. This vision of the world recognizes the fruitful character of the new acquisitions of science, thus firmly refusing any attempt to restore obsolete supernatural approaches; in contrast, it has the tendency to believe that the human world presents such a range of different aspects that it can only be analysed from multifarious points of view.
from 15 years old
Palazzo Ducale, Sala del Maggior Consiglio
P.zza Matteotti
Scheduled 03.11 15:00-18:00
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