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International Society for Science and Religion - 4 views

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boundary crossing science religion

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  • jean-marie nau on 09 Dec 10
     
    Phillip Clayton, California-based philosopher and theologian: "What we are hoping for is a cross-fertilization between two of the greatest forces of the human spirit - science and religion."
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  • Cecile Dupire on 10 Jan 11
     
    Thank you Jean-Marie for sharing this website. It is very interesting to see that more and more science and religion are "buriing the hatchet" even if we are far away to have a peaceful discussion between the two. Often, I have seen religious people (and I might say extremists) rejecting sciences as a whole (for example the war between creationism and evolution). But often I have seen and heard scientists rejecting religion 'en bloc' sans essayer de comprendre quel est le rôle de la religion dans nos vies. Trying to link science and religion is in my opinion crossing the boundaries. Being educated in a non-religious family and having often meet people who rejected religion, I try nowadays, and thanks to you, to be more open minded to this and try to understand the interest that people could have in religion, as well as the role and impact it has on the world. Because even if sciences is nowaways the "norm" in answering questions such as the birth of universe or how Moise managed to "walk on water", I believe that scientists should keep their eyes and ears open to it... faith might be getting stronger than truth...!
  • Lucas Eaton on 18 Jan 11
     
    yeah thanks for this one Jean-Marie. While I don't consider myself particularly religious, I was more or less raised in a church. I was always taught by my mother especially that there should not be any conflict between science and religion. Religion is interestingly one of the most fundamentally human characteristics and is found in virtually every society, so it shouldn't always be viewed as archaic or in contrast to modern discoveries. (ok...there is one, the Piraha people in Brazil who have no creation stories, but that's a whole different subject). Although , I do think that science has its place in our education system and I do believe religion should be separate. I am very against (was it Kansas??) that decided that creationism should be taught alongside evolution in schools. Then where do you stop? What becomes scientific fact in school anymore?
  • Bereti Dóra on 19 Jan 11
     
    This presentation was my contribution to the Telecollaboration course, but the topic matches perfectly. So for those of you who were not participating in the course and haven't seen it yet: http://voicethread.com/share/972645/ Please feel free to comment on it!
  • jean-marie nau on 19 Jan 11
     
    thank you guys. May I briefly comment on what Lucas said that science has its place and that religion should be separate. I would go as far as to say that religion needs to be looked at with a scientific mind and that today there can be no more room for superstition when our vision should be world-embracing. May I suggest as a basis an evolvinc conceptual framework for social action.(you can find it here: http://jmnau.wordpress.com/) What people do in private is different from what should be taught to every child the world over!
  • Cecile Dupire on 27 Jan 11
     
    just wanted to clear my last thought, because it might be confusing... what I wanted to say is that, what I have heard is happening in the USA, sciences has become to 'complicated' to understand for some people, whereas religion (extremism) talk to them with easier words and concepts. that is why many people of the US society is now 'turning their back to science'. However, scientists don't even realize what is happening and call crazy everyone who does not believe is scientific truth. What i wanted to say is that scientists should open their eyes instead of being stubborn and neglect religion as a whole.
  • anola brace on 30 Jan 11
     
    It´s always very interesting for me to see all the discussions about religion. Actually, it´s the first time in my life that I listening so many discussions about religion´s issues. Coming from country that is very open and tolerant toward religion and grown up in environment when we celebrate all the religion ritual without problem. ( We have 4 religion in Albania + different sects). What is happening now in all the world about religion conflicts, starts to influence a little bit, but hope to not change in Albania. Anyway that´s another issue. I wanted to say that is very interesting to have these different approaches toward the religion and also to discover this aspect of fanaticism that I never thought before. That´s I think the religion and science need to be open toward each other to minimize the fanaticism or the superiority feeling (sometime that that exist in both side, as the result of believe they own the truth ) both have.
  • evgenia gouvedari on 04 Mar 11
     
    The exploration of the relation between science and religion is indeed a "crossing-boundary" case par excellence. We have moved from modernity where the two were totally incompatible, through postmodernity where there was questioning of every absolute truth in both. What comes to my mind as a possible meeting point of dialogue between the two is the transmodernity paradigm that professor Ateljeviç presented to us: crossing boundaries between fields of research that favour a realtional consciousness of biosphere politics, love ethics and transcendence of old dichotomies. Indeed I feel that crossing the boundaries of old dichotomies in general is very challenging and Jean-Marie's posting provides a good stimulus for reflection towards this direction.
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Creating and Crossing Boundaries: How Scientists View the Relationship between Religion... - 1 views

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religion science boundary crossing

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  • jean-marie nau on 19 Jan 11
     
    "Here we present findings from the "Religion among Academic Scientists" study, a survey (N=1,646) and initial in-depth interviews (N=150) with natural and social scientists at twenty-one elite US research universities. We examine the attitudes academic scientists at these universities have about the perceived conflict between religion and science and their personal cultural construction of the boundaries between science and religion. Using survey data, results show that field-specific differences, being in the natural or social sciences, are not significant predictors of adopting the conflict paradigm, refuting previous research. Attention to in-depth interviews reveals three mechanisms of boundary-crossing, where boundaries between religion and science are transgressed: institutional pull, boundary pioneering, and environmental push. These results contribute key mechanisms of boundary change and boundary crossing between the specific knowledge domains of science and religion to the growing sociology of culture literature on boundaries."
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  • jean-marie nau on 19 Jan 11
     
    what do you think?
  • Bereti Dóra on 19 Jan 11
     
    Werner Heisenberg. Der Teil und das Ganze: Gespräche im Umkreis der Atomphysik. (Piper, 2001) This book is written by one of the foundator and leading scientist of quantum mechanics and physics and is a very light-speaking, anecdoting story telling about Heisenberg's life, education, personal life and development. When he mentiones his awakening interest in physicsm he talks a lot about Platon and it is very interesting to read about his attitude towards religion and the principal questions of religion. It is also him we attribute the famous sentence: The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.
  • jean-marie nau on 19 Jan 11
     
    merci Dora, let us look at religion & science as two sources of knowledge. In my case, I would be most familiar with the Bahai Faith (www.bahai.org) and I do believe that this Faith has a new contribution in the task of transforming society.
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New societal challenges for the European Union - European Commission - 0 views

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  • jean-marie nau on 25 Jan 11
     
    "New societal challenges for the European Union New challenges for social sciences and the humanities : thinking across boundaries : modernising European research Our modern world cannot live on fragmented knowledge and policies, and "business as usual" in research in social sciences and the humanities won't help. The European Commission is going a step further in addressing today's and tomorrow's major societal challenges that affect our citizens, the countries we cooperate with, and of course future generations of European citizens. The European Commission is launching large research cooperative projects of several million euros in social sciences and the humanities (at least EUR 6 500 000 for 2010) to address these societal challenges. This booklet explains how major changes will be required in the way researchers manage their projects, steer their interdisciplinary research and valorise their results in society at large. "
  • jean-marie nau on 25 Jan 11
     
    from the european union...
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Dreaming boosts learning and creativity › News in Science (ABC Science) - 1 views

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learning boosts dreaming

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  • jean-marie nau on 20 Dec 10
     
    "US researchers have discovered taking a nap while studying works even better if you dream about what you are trying to learn."
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  • jean-marie nau on 20 Dec 10
     
    we should have a course on this.... if not, we can always practice in one of the classes...
  • Cecile Dupire on 10 Jan 11
     
    Students have now a valid excuse when it comes to napping in class :) I also woule say that we should ask for a room with beds at the Uni, as it would help students to learn better !! Blague à part, c'est souvent le cas quand je travaille longuement sur un papier juste avant d'aller me coucher, que je continue de rêver de cela, ce qui aide dans l'avancée de mon papier. Certaines personnes ont également relevé le fait qu'elles peuvent se réveiller en sursaut au milieu de la nuit car elles viennent en rêvant de découvrir la réponse aux questions qu'ils se posent dans leur travail.. comme quoi, il ne fallait plus que des chercheurs pour confirmer ce que l'on savait déjà!
  • Diana Alves on 11 Jan 11
     
    Je suis d'accord Cécile, mais c'est quand même très intéressant de voir qu'il ya des rechercheurs qui affirment qu'on doit dormir plus... :) car moi, j'utilize l'argument, mais personne me croit. :)
  • Lucas Eaton on 18 Jan 11
     
    interesting one. I have never crammed all night for an exam I think. I always try to get enough sleep and it certainly pays off. If I don't feel ready before I go to bed, I don't care, I value the sleep more. Interesting about the dreaming part, but I also know that when those things are floating around in your head, well that prevents me from sleeping. I wish I could dream about it.
  • Sarah Moser on 03 Feb 12
     
    I defenitely agree with Lucas. According to me, many of us are not aware of how important getting enough sleep is for our learning and creativity. I know many people,who are saying that they are 'night-people' and prefer to study until late rather than getting up an hour early in the morning to finish work. My personal experience showed me that I am not only more creative but also faster in learning after sleeping. In a world, in which everything goes faster and faster we might need to give our brains even more time to rest than some hundred years ago. I can imagine that dreaming about the task while taking a nap helps to improve the learning after waking up. However, being able to switch off completely without 'thinking' about the task within the dream might help to even better relax.
  • Bonnie Chung on 06 Feb 12
     
    I have never experienced dreaming about what I am trying to learn while taking a nap. If it can really boost learning and creativity, I would really like to try it. But, it is something beyond my control. In spite of that, power napping is always good. I would like to share a link which shows ten benefits of power napping. Some benefits are, for example, improving memory and learning, boosting creativity and increasing cognitive functioning, etc. http://ririanproject.com/2007/09/05/10-benefits-of-power-napping-and-how-to-do-it/
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Current Research Projects // Science of Generosity // University of Notre Dame - 0 views

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multi-learn-tra research science generosity

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  • jean-marie nau on 02 Dec 10
     
    if you are interested in virtues
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Denzin Lincoln and Giardina.pdf (Objet application/pdf) - 0 views

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lincoln denzin social justice action research

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  • jean-marie nau on 12 Dec 10
     
    Qualitative research exists in a time of global uncertainty. Around the world, governments are attempting to regulate scientific inquiry by defining what counts as 'good' science. These regula- tory activities raise fundamental, philosophical epistemological, political and pedagogical issues for scholarship and freedom of speech in the academy. This essay contests this methodological funda- mentalism, and interrogates the politics of re-emergent scientism, the place of qualitative research in mixed-methods experimentalism, and the pragmatic criticisms of anti-foundationalism. Further- more, it outlines three models of scientifically based research (SBR), and discusses how each is operative within the current historical conjuncture. In the process, it advocates for a qualitative research paradigm that is committed to social justice and the promise of radical, progressive democracy.
  • jean-marie nau on 12 Dec 10
     
    another article that advocates for a 'qualitative research paradigm that is committed to social justice' (abstract)
Sarah Moser

The spirit catches you and you fall down (Anne Fadiman) - 0 views

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religion boundary science

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  • Sarah Moser on 03 Feb 12
     
    Award-winning reporter Anne Fadiman presents a delectable "fish soup" of a book about the encounter between a Hmong family and the American medical community. This poignant study of the clash of cultural beliefs and practices touches some fundamental issues surrounding scientific progress and humanity. I read this book for my bachelor thesis, looking at it from a more linguistic perspective. It is, however, a very good example of how difficult it can be when two different cultures collide and nobody is really aware of the other culture's customs and traditions. Not being aware of the 'others' worldview makes it difficult if not impossible to crossan existing boundary. If you're interested,I think it is a really nice book to be read.
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Education for Sustainable Development, ESD, Sustainability Design and Online Courses - ... - 1 views

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education sustainable development holistic

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  • jean-marie nau on 20 Jan 11
     
    "Gaia Education promotes a holistic approach to education for sustainable development by developing curricula for sustainable community design. While drawing upon best practices within ecovillages worldwide, Gaia Education works in partnership with universities, ecovillages, government and non-government agencies and the United Nations. "
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  • jean-marie nau on 20 Jan 11
     
    another boundary crossing project, systemically organised, combining various elements worldwide.
  • Bereti Dóra on 21 Jan 11
     
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis I suggest you J-M to read the critics part, where we can see a "nice" example of tension between religion and science (just to connect to some previous topic) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_ecology this is also very interesting to read when it comes to the principles of sustainable development
  • jean-marie nau on 21 Jan 11
     
    thank you for the link to deep ecology, "a contemporary ecological philosophy that claims to recognize the inherent worth of other beings aside from their utility. The philosophy emphasizes the interdependent nature of human and non-human life as well as the importance of the ecosystem and natural processes. It provides a foundation for the environmental, ecology and green movements and has fostered a new system of environmental ethics."
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Journal of Globalization for the Common Good - 0 views

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globalization religion science journal

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  • jean-marie nau on 18 Jan 11
     
    "Journal of Globalization for the Common Good (JGCG) is envisioned to enhance the well-being (both physical and spiritual) and prosperity of human kind by serving and promoting the common good through communication and cooperation. This will be based on the following principles:"
  • jean-marie nau on 18 Jan 11
     
    re: boundary crossing through dialogue
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