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SUMMARY:Evolution by Design? Re-Evaluating the Darwin-Gray Exchange on the
  Compatibility of Purpose and Evolution - Dr Rope Kojonen\, The Faraday In
 stitute for Science and Religion
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CONTACT:Rupert Shortt
DESCRIPTION:Our Lent research seminar series\, 2023 will be hosted online 
 and in-person – please register for free attendance. A sandwich lunch wi
 ll be provided from 12:30. The location is Healey Room\, Westminster Colle
 ge\, Madingley Road\, Cambridge.\n\nOn 21st February Dr Rope Kojonen will 
 be giving a research seminar on Re-Evaluating the Darwin-Gray Exchange on 
 the Compatibility of Purpose and Evolution.  Please note that he will be p
 resenting online\, though we will be hosting an in-person audience in Camb
 ridge.\n\nLunch will be provided from 12:30 in the Healey Room\, Westminst
 er College\, Cambridge.\n\nAbstract\n\nBefore Darwin\, the apparently purp
 oseful (“teleological”) features of biological organisms were widely b
 elieved to be explained by divine design and purpose. Many believe that th
 e Darwinian revolution changed this picture\, making design unnecessary fo
 r understanding biology – at least unless one rejects evolutionary biolo
 gy. However\, already early on\, some – such as Darwin’s friend\, the 
 American botanist Asa Gray – saw evolution and biological design argumen
 ts as compatible. The advances in understanding conjunctive explanations\,
  as well as advances in biological understanding\, create the possibility 
 for re-evaluating the debate between Darwin and Gray\, and the question of
  the compatibility of evolution and design arguments. In this talk\, I ana
 lyse the traditional anti-evolutionist and Darwinian case against compatib
 ility\, and then proceed to the details of the Darwin-Gray exchange. Final
 ly\, I evaluate this exchange in light of present day ideas\, and conclude
  by presenting a case for how design and evolution might be understood as 
 complementary\, rather than contradictory explanations.\n\nhttps://faraday
 institute.online/Kojonen
LOCATION:Healey Room\, Westminster College
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