by Dr. Robert Kurland | Aug 7, 2019 | God & Modern Physics, Latest, Science, Reason & Faith
“‘It looks full of hard words and signs and numbers, not very entertaining or understandable looking, and I wonder whether it will make people wiser or better.’ So wrote a cousin of Josiah Willard Gibbs when she happened onto a copy of his most famous paper on...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Aug 2, 2019 | God & Modern Physics, Latest, Philosophy, Science, Reason & Faith
“But today it is very hard for a scientific man to say where the supernatural ends and the natural begins, or what name should be given to either.” -G. K. Chesterton, “The New Jerusalem” Chesterton wrote this line at the beginning of the 20th century, shortly after...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Jul 24, 2019 | Astronomy, Science, Reason & Faith
Last month, the Thomistic Institute hosted a symposium, Novelty in Nature, at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. Philosophers, scientists, and students gathered to discuss the nature of substance, matter and form, and how new things come to be from both...
by Dr. Michael Ferguson | Jul 12, 2019 | Guest Blogs, Latest, Science, Reason & Faith, Soul
As a neuroscientist conducting research at an Ivy League-affiliated hospital, some might assume that I have an irredeemably hostile regard for historical paradigms on human nature. After all, there is an unfortunate tendency for contemporary scientists to disregard,...
by Maggie Ciskanik, M.S. | Jul 7, 2019 | Faithful Scientists, God & Modern Physics, Latest, Science, Reason & Faith
Is atheism inconsistent with the scientific method? A prize winning physicist’s answer may surprise you. This year’s winner of the Templeton Prize is Marcelo Gleiser, theoretical physicist and cosmologist at Dartmouth College. The Templeton Prize is awarded each year...
by Dr. Robert Kurland | Jun 26, 2019 | God & Modern Physics, Science, Reason & Faith
The following is an excerpt from an essay by Dr. Robert Kurland, PhD, a regular contributor to the Magis blog, and creator of the website catholicscientist.com and Reflections of a Catholic Scientist. He worked in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance for over 40...
