Teaching & PhD

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Alina Volynskaya (2024)

Courses

Anthropology of belief

HUM-382

This course is an introduction to the question of conspiracy theories especially in the field of science

Darwin, religion and science

HUM-365

This course takes the long history of opponents of Darwin and Darwinism (creationists, neo-creationists, supporters of intelligent design) to try to understand their strategies and arguments.

Sciences and religions I

HUM-436

The aim of this course is to explore the complex relationships between science and religion (conflict, concordism, complementarity)

Sciences and religions II

HUM-448

Can one be a scientist and a believer at the same time? Is science the enemy of faith? Should a scientist always be an atheist or an agnostic? These are some of the questions dealt with in this seminar. Its purpose is to present the various forms of the debate between science and religion.

Sciences, raison et foi

HUM-318

The purpose of this course is to examine the various relationships that exist between science and religion.