In All Things Podcast

LOCATING Human Uniqueness with Mary Vanden Berg (ep. 42)

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On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Dr. Mary Vanden Berg about her book Aquinas, Science, and Human Uniqueness: An Integrated Approach to What Makes Us Human. The conversation considers what makes humans unique in the face of a scientific culture (that tends to treat humans as mere animals) and technological advancement (that appears to reproduce intelligence artificially). Among the questions we discuss:

  • Are humans nothing more than advanced animals?
  • Is human intelligence of the same sort as the artificial intelligence we find in computers?
  • Can we base human uniqueness in "intellect" without diminishing those cognitive disabilities?
  • What does it mean to say that humans are a "body-soul complex"? Can we speak about a "soul" without diminishing the body?
  • What is the practical or pastoral significance of discussing human uniqueness?

    • Get the book: https://wipfandstock.com/9781725267770/aquinas-science-and-human-uniqueness/

    Included music on this episode is "Strange Machines" from the Ruralists album Trying. Find lyrics and more here: https://www.fullyruralized.com/ 

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