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Science
 Adventures
in Science
& the Human Spirit Series Exploring Our Maps of
Reality
Humanity has discovered a new
creation story – the science story of how we came to be. This
class will help you explore major scientific and spiritual
worldviews, understand the current conversations about faith
and reason, explore your own maps of reality, and consider
human meaning and humanity’s future in a vast and perplexing
universe.
Bring a sack lunch. Take the series and
save $7 per class.
www.orionobservatory.org
Email:
cherylgenet@msn.com
Instructor:
Cheryl Genet
Adventures in Science & the Human
Spirit Series
Includes all four
sessions listed below and you save
$28
2 Sat,
Apr 28 & May 5; 9:30am-4:30pm
Course# 504SC.207; Fee: $60
San Luis Obispo
Campus - Room
4760
This Class Has Been Cancelled
Part #1: Where Have We Been? (Historical Maps)
For most of
human history, the exploration of the natural world was
contextualized within cultural and religious worldviews and
the beginning of the universe and of human existence was
shrouded in myth and mystery. As our primate ancestors left
their African home and traveled into new lands, they also
evolved physically, mentally, and culturally. Spiritual
responses to the world around them and the development of
symbolic logic built foundational maps of reality for modern
humans (Homo sapiens). This class considers primal
worldviews, the Indo-European religions, and the outgrowth of
the monotheistic traditions, which were instrumental in the
development of Western, and scientific worldviews. You will be
invited to examine how this historical path has informed your
own world views.
Sat,
Apr 28; 9:30am-12:30pm
Course# 505SC.207; Fee: $22
San Luis Obispo
Campus - Room
4760
This Class Has Been Cancelled
Part #2: Where Are We Now? (Modern Maps)
There are
many factors that differentiated Eastern and Western world
views and the development and clash of scientific and
monotheistic maps of reality, particularly in America. Modern
science has become a discipline with purposes and methods
different from those of traditional philosophical and
theological inquiry. The scientific study of the world—even of
the entire cosmos—has increasingly provided us with
explanations for what was once considered entirely mystical
and sacred. Science has provoked the development of
technologies that have shifted human relational experience
from primarily tribal to significantly global and has given us
a new creation story which has had dramatic impact on
worldviews, our maps of reality. This class explores various
perspectives on the history and implications of the split
between faith and reason and the dynamics of the
science-religion dialogue. How do you personally reconcile
faith and reason and how have you been affected by your
personal and cultural experiences?
Sat,
Apr 28; 1:30-4:30pm
Course# 506SC.207; Fee: $22
San Luis Obispo
Campus - Room
4760
This Class Has Been Cancelled
Part #3: What Are the Possibilities? (Exploring Science &
Belief)
From the
intellectual achievements of the Greeks, to the rise of modern
science in the last four hundred years and the latest
cosmological and evolutionary discoveries, science has
continually challenged spiritual and mythical worldviews and
transformed our world with technological development. Our
domesticated animal partners and our tool and machine use have
brought us to planetary dominance, while our scientific
developments have changed the face of the earth. As
evolutionary and cosmological theories of origins have become
more widely accepted, spiritual adaptations have often taken
new and innovative paths to meet these challenges to
traditional beliefs. This class explores these new approaches
that honor both objective, quantitative knowledge and
subjective, intuitive thought, balancing these two diverse
aspects of our human experience. It invites you to consider
how you balance your own objective and subjective knowledge.
Sat,
May 5; 9:30am-12:30pm
Course# 507SC.207; Fee: $22
San Luis Obispo
Campus - Room
4760
This Class Has Been Cancelled
Part #4: Where Are We Gong? (Finding Meaning in a Vast
Universe)
Radio and
TV waves have been outbound into space for decades, and
science is now actively searching for life in the universe.
The space program has already given us new perspectives of our
world, while Star Trek had sparked our imagination about what
might be “out there.” Through humanity’s scientific and
spiritual explorations, the fourteen billion year-old universe
that birthed us, has come to know itself. A strange thought,
perhaps, yet only in the last minuscule fraction of the life
of the universe has there been any mind capable of considering
its history (beyond a possible infinite mind!). Many think
that we stand at a crossroads in which we may be able to learn
from our evolutionary path or spiritual intuitions and, at
last, take charge of our future. This class considers the
possibilities and challenges of affecting our own evolutionary
path and what the future may hold for a very young species on
a still young planet, in a solar system and a universe that
are only just now coming to maturity. Can humanity map its own
reality? The class also explores how our scientific and
spiritual worldviews might drastically shift should we confirm
the presence of life beyond earth. What if ET returns our
call?
Sat,
May 5; 1:30-4:30pm
Course# 508SC.207; Fee: $22
San Luis Obispo
Campus - Room
4760
This Class Has Been Cancelled
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Send your
Science questions/comments/suggestions to:
Karen
Linn
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