2006

Predictability in Science: Accuracy and Limitations of Predictions based on Scientific Knowledge

In its last two business meetings the PAS Council discussed several alternative topics that had been proposed for the next Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in ... Read all

The Signs of Death

During the four hundred years of its existence, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences has carried on its statutory goals by employing various approaches. In the words of its 1976 ... Read all

What Is Our Real Knowledge About the Human Being?

The Working Group on What is our Real Knowledge about the Human Being? will reconsider this perennial question, which was formulated by King David when he asked: ‘Yahweh, what is ... Read all