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Il 6 novembre alle ore 16 webinar sul sito e sul canale YouTube di Scienza in rete: Silvia Bencivelli dialoga con Paolo Mazzarello, docente di Storia della Medicina all’Università di Pavia, sulla figura di Battista Grassi, primo a comprendere il ciclo evolutivo dei parassiti malarici, che ha poi fornito un modello interpretativo per le altre malattie trasmesse da vettori.
The demonstration of God's existence on scientific and mathematical grounds is a topic that, after captivating thinkers like Anselm and Gödel, reappears in the recent book by Bolloré and Bonnassies. However, the book makes a completely inadequate use of science and falls into the logical error common to all arguments in support of so-called "intelligent design."
In the image: detail from *The Creation of Adam* by Michelangelo. Credits: Wikimedia Commons. License: public domain
The demonstration of God's existence on rational grounds is a subject tackled by intellectual giants, from Anselm of Canterbury to Gödel, including Thomas Aquinas, Descartes, Leibniz, and Kant. However, as is well known, these arguments are not conclusive. It is not surprising, then, that this old problem, evidently poorly posed, periodically resurfaces.
