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Photograph of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.

A New Scientific Society Brings Faith and Reason Together

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Astronomy, Cosmology, Evolution, Philosophy, Physics, Reason, Religion, Science
May 30, 2017
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Is There Such a Thing as ‘Human Nature’?

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Behavior, Evolution, Morality, Philosophy
May 11, 2017
Detail of a painting of St. Albert the Great on the ceiling of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rome. St. Albert, a Dominican friar and bishop who taught St. Thomas Aquinas, is the patron saint of scientists.

What Does It Mean to Be a ‘Catholic Scientist’?

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Philosophy, Religion, Science
May 9, 2017
atomic lab experiment

What Role Do Values Play in Scientific Inquiry?

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Morality, Philosophy, Science
February 13, 2017
Loser Letters (cropped)

Why Do Atheists Believe What They Do?

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Morality, Philosophy, Religion
February 10, 2017
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Would We Want to Live Forever, If We Could?

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Philosophy, Religion
February 8, 2017
An image comparing human and other primate skeletons, taken from German biologist Ernst Haeckel's 1897 book The Evolution of Man and attributed to English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley.

Does Evolution Have a Direction?

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Evolution, Philosophy, Religion, Science
January 26, 2017
Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates (1787). Though famous for leading a virtuous life, Socrates was condemned to death by the Athenian government.

Is Morality Rational?

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Behavior, Morality, Philosophy, Reason
November 8, 2016
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Can Machines Become Moral?

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Artificial Intelligence, Behavior, Morality, Philosophy, Reason
October 23, 2016
Reading Literature (cropped)

Can Reading Literature Make Us Moral?

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Behavior, Morality, Philosophy
October 11, 2016