Papst Benedikt XVI. über „Schöpfung und Evolution“
Kardinal Dr. Christoph Schönborn
The Reflections of Joseph Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI on Evolution
Christoph Card. Schönborn
Session I - Insights into the Evolution of the Universe
From a Simple Big Bang to Our Complex Cosmos
Martin J. Rees
Scientific Quest into Evolution of Life in the Universe
Govind Swarup
The Origin of the Universe
Stephen Hawking
What We Know, and What We Don’t Know, About the Universe
Vera C. Rubin
Galaxy Evolution
José G. Funes
Rigorous Logic in the Theory of Evolution
Antonino Zichichi
Session II – Insights into the Evolution of Life
The Search for the Chemistry of Life’s Origin
Albert Eschenmoser
The Birth of Oxygen
John Abelson
The Genetic Code and Evolution
Marshall W. Nirenberg
The Role of Chance in Evolution
Giorgio Bernardi
Bacterial Evolution: Random or Selective?
Rafael Vicuña
From Microbial Genetics to Molecular Darwinism and Beyond
Werner Arber
Session III – Insights into Human Evolution
Why it is Useful to Know the Modern Theory of Evolution
Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza and Francesco Cavalli-Sforza
The Future of Life
Christian de Duve
The Evolutionary Origin and Process of the Central Nervous System: Comparative Genomics Approach
Takashi Gojobori
Genetic and Epigenetic Shaping of Cognition – Prerequisites of Cultural Evolution
Wolf J. Singer
The Language of God
Francis S. Collins
The Bunch of Prehumans and the Emergence of the Genus Homo
Yves Coppens
Culture in Hominization and its Implications in an Evolutionary View
Fiorenzo Facchini
Cognition, Consciousness, and Culture: Understanding Human Cognition and its Grounding in a Primate Brain
Stanislas Dehaene
Session IV – Theological, Philosophical and Societal Aspects
Evolution and Creation: How to Terminate with a False Opposition Between Chance and Creation an Epistemological Note
Jean-Michel Maldamé
The Human Being – God’s Plan or Just Sheer Chance?
Ulrich Lüke
The Catholic Church and Evolutionary Theory: A Conflict Model
Gereon Wolters
La doctrine philosophique et théologique de la Création chez Thomas D’Aquin
Georges Card. Cottier
Naturalness and Directing Human Evolution a Philosophical Note
Jürgen Mittelstraß
Session V – Impact of Human Activities: Evolution, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and Public Perception
Evolution as Science and Ideology
Stanley L. Jaki
Plant Breeding as an Example of ‘Engineered’ Evolution
Ingo Potrykus
Digital Intelligence: The Evolution of a New Human Capacity
Antonio M. Battro
The Teaching of Evolution
Pierre J. Léna
The Latest Challenge to Evolution: Intelligent Design
Maxine F. Singer
