202506 VO Detailed Aspects of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion: Pascal's Wager argument; alternatives to classical theism

summer semester 2023 | Last update: 23.06.2023 Place course on memo list
202506
VO Detailed Aspects of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion: Pascal's Wager argument; alternatives to classical theism
VO 2
5
weekly
every 2nd year
English

Students have advanced knowledge of selected subtopics in contemporary philosophy of religion and are able to relate it to relevant other philosophical fields (such as logic, ontology, philosophy of mind) and are able to explaiin/communicate these relationships to both experts and interested laypersons.

Presentation and critical analysis of modern approaches to Blaise Pascal’s “Wager argument” and of alternatives to classical theism.

Live-stream lecture with the possibility of discussion. The lecture will also be recorded. 

Oral examination.

General information on exams, dates and sign-on at the department: https://www.uibk.ac.at/philtheol/pruefungen/.

W.J. Wainwright (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion (2005); T. Schärtl et al. (Hg.), Rethinking the Concept of a personal God: Classical Theism, Personal Theism, and Alternative Concepts of God (2016).

None.

The course is an Aurora Alliance (https://www.uibk.ac.at/en//international/aurora/) event.

Students of all Aurora universities (incl. Master/Bachelor students of the University of Innsbruck) are invited to apply for participation in this course from 09. January till 22 January 23 at the following link: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/international/aurora/aurora-course-offerings/universitat-innsbruck/

This course will be offered on-site next summer semester.

08.03.2023
Group 0
Date Time Location
Wed 2023-03-08
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-03-15
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-03-22
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-03-29
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-04-19
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-04-26
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-05-03
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-05-10
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-05-17
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-05-24
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-05-31
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-06-07
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-06-14
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-06-21
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online
Wed 2023-06-28
15.00 - 16.30 eLecture - online eLecture - online