Fil 217 From Big Bang to Big Mystery: the cosmovision of P. Pasolini
From Big Bang to Big Mystery: the cosmovision of P. Pasolini
Ore di lezione frontale: 21
ECTS: 3
LM-OT – Specializations in Philosophy and in Theology
Year: 1st–2nd
Term: 3rd
Course held in Italian
The evolution of the cosmos is explored from the perspective of science and epistemology inspired by the thought of Piero Pasolini. The course will offer a Christian theo-cosmo-anthpological approach to the Theory of Evolution inspired by the life and thought of Piero Pasolini. The following topics will be discussed:
- The person of Piero Pasolini and the charism of unity
- Darwinism and the thought of Teilhard De Chardin
- Cybernetics and Godel’s theorem
- The theological vision
- Methodological considrations
Bibliographical references:
- PASOLINI P., L’unità del Cosmo
- DELL’EVA A., Il senso dell’uomo nell’universo
- TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, Inno dell’universo e Il Pretre

Professor: Paul O’Hara
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