Science, Philosophy, and Belief

Chair: Kelly James Clark, Calvin College

Shang Xinjian, Peking University

Michael Murray, Franklin and Marshall College

Katherine Blundell, Oxford University

“Round Earth, Flat Universe, Squaring the Evidence”

Gerald Gabrielse, Harvard University

“Matter, Antimatter and Beyond”

Chair: Michael Murray, Franklin & Marshall College

Speaker: Jeff Schloss, Westmont College

Title: “Altruism and Evolutionary Biology”

Respondent: Ye Feng, Peking University

Chair: David Tien, National Univ. of Singapore

Speaker: Lydia Jaeger, Inst. Biblique de Nogent-sur-Marne

Title: “The Idea of Law in Science and Religion”

Respondent: Bai Tongdong, Renmin University

Chair: Eleonore Stump, St. Louis University

Speaker: Kelly James Clark, Calvin College

Title: “Evolution & Morality”

Respondent: Gong Qun, Renmin University

Chair: Chen Xia, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Speaker: Ard Louis, Oxford University

Title: “Tapestry arguments in physics and biology”

Respondent: Chinese scholar

Chair: Liu Zhe, Peking University

Speaker: Michael Murray, Franklin & Marshall College

Title: “The Adaptive Value of Supernatural Punishment”

Respondent: Zhu Jing, Zhongshan University

Chair: Zhao Yanyan, Peking University

Speaker: Cheng Lian, Peking University

Title: “Critique of the Fine-Tuning Argument”

Respondent: Jeff Koperski, Saginaw Valley State University

Chair: Cheng Lian, Peking University

Speaker: Del Ratzsch, Calvin College

Title: “The Evolutionary Psychology of Religion”

Respondent: Hu Hao, South China Normal University

Chair: Kelly James Clark, Calvin College

Speaker: C. Ang Tong, New York University

Title: “Pragmatic Justification and Intelligent Design”

Speaker: Liang Hao, Peking University and Calvin College

Title: “Two Functions of God in Descartes’ Physics”

Speaker: Emmalon Davis, Calvin College

Title: “A Fine-Tuned Universe?”

Speaker: Hong Hao, Peking University

Title: “Are There Warranted False Beliefs?”      

Chair: Ryan Nichols, California State University

Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame

“Science and Religion: Where the Conflict Really Lies”

Eleonore Stump, St. Louis University

“Modes of Knowing: Autism and the Knowledge of Persons”

Chair: Cheng Xinyu, Huazhong University

Speaker: Ryan Nichols, California State University

Title: “Early Confucian Moral Psychology”

Respondent: Chen Xia, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Chair: Anthony Anderson, University of California

Speaker: Bai Tongdong, Renmin University

Title: “The Rational and the Mystical”

Respondent: Gerald Gabrielse, Harvard University

Chair: Huang Qun, Zhongshan University

Speaker: David Tien, National Univ. of Singapore

Title: “Moral Psychology in Neo-Confucian Philosophy”

Respondent: Wen Haiming, Renmin University

Chair: Susan Bratton, Baylor University

Speaker: Hu Hao, South China Normal University

Title: “Paley’s Analogical Design Argument”

Respondent: Del Ratzsch, Calvin College

Chair: Su Xiangui, Peking University

Speaker: Jeffrey Koperski, Saginaw Valley State University

Title: “Science, Religion & Shaping Principles”

Respondent: Tian Song, Beijing Normal University

Chair: Lydia Jaeger, Inst. Biblique de Nogent-sur-Marne

Speaker: Xu Xiangdong, Peking University

Title: “Does Agent-Causation Theory Explain Free Agency?”

Respondent: Dean Zimmerman, Rutgers University

Chair: Xing Taotao, Peking University

Speaker: Steve Wykstra, Calvin College

Title: “Newton, God and Gravity”

Respondent: Su Xiangui, Peking University

Chair: Katherine Blundell, Oxford University

Speaker: Chen Gang, Huazhong University

Title: “Benjamin Libet and Free Will”

Respondent: Kevin Timpe, University of San Diego

Chair: Michael Murray, Franklin & Marshall College

William Phillips, National Institute of Standards and University of Maryland

“Ordinary Faith, Ordinary Science”

Susan Bratton, Baylor University

“The Book of Proverbs, the Precautionary Principle, and Prudence in Water Management”

Chair: Guo Qinxiang, Renmin University

Speaker: Ye Feng, Peking University

Title: “Plantinga’s Argument Against Naturalism”

Respondent: Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame

Chair: Wu Tianyue, Peking University

Speaker: Anthony Anderson, University of California

Title: “An Objection to the Principle of Sufficient Reason”

Respondent: Xing Taotao, Peking University

 Chair: Ye Feng, Peking University

Chair: Del Ratzsch, Calvin College

Speaker: Tian Song, Beijing Normal University

Title: ”The Parallel Analysis of Science and Religion”

Respondent: Steve Wykstra, Calvin College

Chair: Chen Gang, Huazhong University

Speaker: Kevin Timpe, University of San Diego

Title: “The New Atheists on Religious Belief”

Respondent: Zhang Jixuan, Minzu University

Chair: Jeff Koperski, Saginaw Valley State University

Speaker: Chen Xia, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Title: “A Daoist Reflection of Reason and Belief”

Respondent: Ryan Nichols, California State University

Chair: William Phillips, National Institute of Standards

Speaker: Wu Tianyue, Peking University

Title: “Augustine on Free Will”

Respondent: Eleonore Stump, St. Louis University

Chair: Jeff Schloss, Westmont College

Speaker: Yu Rusong, Shandong University

Title: “Human Cloning from the Taoist Viewpoint”

Respondent: David Tien, National University of Singapore

Chair: Del Ratzsch, Calvin College

Speaker: Liu Wei, Chinese University of Hong Kong 

Title: “Heraclitus’ Natural Theology: Scientific and Philosophical”

Speaker: Jonathan Vance, Cornell University

Title: “Evidence and Disagreement”

Speaker: Fei YuGuo, Wuhan University

Title: “An essay on “paradigm” in science and religion.”

Speaker: Elise Crull, University of Notre Dame

Title: “Christianity and Scientific Realism”

With musical guest Hanggai