INCO 796: Cosmology and Our View of the World
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Summaries of Spring Semester 2011
in Chronological Order:

1. Session 1: Introductory Class (Overview on Physical Cosmology)
   Lead: Eberhard Möbius (1/31/2011)
   Summary #1a. By William Altenburg
   Summary #1b. By Susan Dolan

2. Session 2: Life as We Know it and its Evolution
   Lead: Thomas Davis (2/7/2011)
   Summary #2a. By Elora Demers
   Summary #2b. By Emily Pacetti

3. Session 3: Mind and its Place in Nature
   Lead: Willem deVries (2/14/2011)
   Summary #3a. By Gina Chaput
   Summary #3b. By Chiara Dimou

4. Session 4: Spirit, Mind, Body Connection & Spiritual Healing
   Lead: Christine Driessen (2/21/2011)
   Summary #4. By Claire McCahan & Christine Warden

5. Session 5: The Dream of “Oneness of this world” - Plan for a search or dead-end street?
   Lead: Lukas Gessner & Sarah Nelson (2/28/2011)
   Summary #5a. By Ryan Keenan
   Summary #5b. By Eddie LaVilla

6. Session 6: Asymmetry of Time I
   Lead: Eddie LaVilla & Eric McDonald (3/7/2011)
   Summary #6a. By Brianna Jean
   Summary #6b. By Sam Woodward

7. Session 7: Buddhist metaphysics and its view of quantum mechanics
   Lead: Claire McCahan & Sam Woodward (3/21/2011)
   Summary #7a. By Tyler Kellerher
   Summary #7b. By Allison Wirshing

8. Session 8: Asymmetry of Time II
   Lead: Brianna Jean & Christine Warden (3/28/2011)
   Summary #8a. By Joseph Lavoie
   Summary #8b. By Eric McDonald

9.  Session 9: Life from non-Life? How, when, where, …
   Lead: Elora Demers & Ciara Dimou (4/4/2011)
   Summary #9. By Sarah vanHorn
   
10.   Session 10: The Asymmetry of Existence (Is there a purpose? Significance of extraterrestrial life?)
      Lead: Susan Dolan & Rob Eaton (4/11/2011)
      Summary #10: By Anna Lornitzo
    
11.  Session 11: Cognition vs. consciousness: Is there a difference between physical and phenomenal knowledge?
     Lead: William Altenburg & Ryan Keenan (4/18/2011)
      Summary #11: By Sarah Nelson
    
12.   Session 12: Is there a reasonable form of monism?
      Lead: Anna Lornitzo, Emily Pacetti & Sarah vanHorn (4/25/2011)
      Summary #12: By Rob Eaton
    
13.  Session 13: How did free will evolve?
      Lead: Matthew Gerding, Tyler Kellerher & Allison Wirshing (5/2/2011)
      Summary #13: By Lukas Gessner
    
14.  Session 14: Are there limitations to science or is there a place for all-encompassing Scientism?
     Lead: Gina Chaput & Joseph Lavoie (5/9/2011)
      Summary #14: By Matthew Gerding