Universidad Pontificia Comillas

Sophia Iberia in Europe - Academic Conference

Christine Heller, Fernando de Cuadra, José Ramón Busto, Javier Leach

Videos recorded on Thursday, 6 September 2007, morning

Welcome to Comillas University (in Spanish)
José Ramón Busto Saiz, Rector of U.P. Comillas

Presentation of Cátedra Ciencia, Tecnología y Religión
Javier Leach, Director of Cátedra CTR

Presentation of Sophia-Iberia in Europe
Christine Heller, Director of Sophia-Iberia in Europe Project

William Stoeger

Paul Gabor

Main Speaker: William Stoeger,
Vatican Observatory and University of Arizona
Introduction of Speaker by Chair, Agustín Udías
Life within a Cosmic Context, William Stoeger

Discussant: Paul Gabor,
Inst. d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France
Introduction of Discussant by Chair, Agustín Udías
Paul Gabor's Presentation

Debate and Conclusions

Big-Bang and Redundancy
Q: Kuruvilla Pandikattu - A: William Stoeger
Actuality of the Anthropic Principle in Physics
Q: Niels Gregersen - A: William Stoeger
String Theory - Before or after the Big Bang?
Q: Javier Monserrat - A: William Stoeger
The oldest thing we know phenomenologically
Q: Manuel García Doncel - A: William Stoeger
Time factor - Was there enough time?
Q: Job Kozhamthadam - A: William Stoeger
Fine Tuned Initial Conditions & Quantum Mechanics
Q: Khalil Chamcham - A: William Stoeger
Relationship between Physics and Spirituality
Q: Khalil Chamcham - A: Paul Gabor
Anthropic Principle in its strong sense
Q: Miguel Lorente - A: William Stoeger
The idea of intentionality is problematic
Q: Adolfo Castilla - A: William Stoeger
Proofs of God - Predictions confirmed are fallacies
Q: Alfredo Dinis - A: William Stoeger & Paul Gabor
Linearity, modularity, redundancy and locality
Q: Carlos Alonso Bedate - A: William Stoeger
Extraterrestrial Life, Spirituality and Religion
Q: Iulian Rusu - A: Paul Gabor
The theory of other universes
Q: Agustín Udías - A: William Stoeger