Science, Faith, and Superstition
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-Fall seminar-

Lecture I - Ljiljana Radenović

September 19, 2023.

Science, Faith, and Superstition: An introduction
Lecture II – Steve Fuller  
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September 29, 2023.

The Scientific Revolution as Augustinian Modernism
​Lecture III – David Lloyd Dusenbury 

October 05, 2023.

The Limits of Punishment: Plato, Galen, and Reincarnation in Nemesius of Emesa’s On Human Nature

Lecture IV – Jonathan Greig

November 21, 2023.

Reason, Revelation, and Epistemic Authority in Byzantium: From the Early Christians to the Twilight Years
Lecture V – Jane Cooper

November 27, 2023.

Baptising Epicurus in the Early Enlightenment: Christian Atomism and the Royal Society
Lecture VI – Marcela Andokova
 
December 5, 2023.
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Cum caput tibi dolet, euangelium ad caput pone. Did Augustine tolerate superstitious practices in his community?

Lecture VII – David Ellis
 
December 12, 2023.
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Hume and Wittgenstein on Faith and Reason in Religious Belief
 
Lecture VIII – Steve Fuller
 
February 2, 2024.
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1277 And All That: The Legacy Of Cancel Culture, Thirteenth Century Style  ​
​Lecture IX – Steffen Hope
 
February 20, 2024.
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Science, faith and superstition in Utopia – continuity from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period

Lecture X - Dejan Dželebdžić

March 05, 2024.

The Greek concept of superstition from its beginnings until Late Antiquity
Lecture XI - Rastko Jevtić

March 21, 2024.

Teleology in Descartes’ Philosophy: Knowledge or Superstition?
Lecture XII - Miloš Vuletić

April 25, 2024.

“Many a good, old honest woman hath been condemned innocently”: Cavendish on Witchcraft and Spirits
Lecture XIII - Il Akkad

May 9, 2024.

Elements of Popular Beliefs in John Moschus - What are the Criteria?
​Lecture XIV - Milan M. Ćirković

May 22, 2024.

Epicurean cosmology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Lecture XV - Pavle Stojanović

May 27, 2024.

Can a Skeptic Be Pious and Should He Be: Lessons from Ancient Pyrrhonism
Lecture XVI - Andrej Jeftić

June 19, 2024.

The Birth of the 'Creatio Ex Nihilo' Doctrine: Mapping the Territories of Science and Religion in Late Antiquity