Program

Giorgio Vallortigara (Trento, Italy)
In search for the animacy detector in the brain: Biological predispositions to detect animated entities and its implication for believing.

Hans-Ferdinand Angel (Graz, Austria)
The question of believing: The underestimated relevance of theological tradition for neuroscientific approaches.

Rüdiger Seitz (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Processes of believing: A systems psychological hypothesis

Niels Spurway (Glasgow, UK)
What can evolved minds know of God?

General discussion - 1
(Attendees may prepare short, 5-minute presentations to stimulate discussions: these must relate to topis of the four talks.)