INCO 796: Cosmology and Our View of the World
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Summaries of Spring Semester 2014
in Chronological Order:

1. Session 1: Introduction, Open Questions, and "Unicates"
   Lead: Thomas Davis, Willem deVries, Eberhard Möbius (1/22/2014)
   Summary #1. By Greg Hilston

2. Session 2: Overview on Physical Cosmology
   Lead: Eberhard Möbius (1/29/2014)
   Summary #2. By Daniel Martin

3. Session 3: Life as We Know it and its Evolution
   Lead: Thomas Davis (2/12/2014)
   Summary #3. By Christopher Carroll

4. Session 4: Mind and its Place in Nature
   Lead: Willem deVries (2/19/2014)
   Summary #4a. By Evelyn Barclay
   Summary #4b. By Marissa Anderson

5. Session 5: Origin of Universe(s) - Finetuning
   Lead: Ethan Cline & James Kilpeck (2/26/2014)
   Summary #5a. By Jonathan Wurtz
   Summary #5b. By Mary Awad

6. Session 6: Nature of Science
   Lead: Ben Brown & Connor Dieter-Leeds (3/5/2014)
   Summary #6a. By James Kilpeck
   Summary #6b. By Maureen Raubach

7. Session 7: When, Where, How did Life Start?
   Lead: Mary Awad & Greg Hilston (3/19/2014)
   Summary #7a. By Ben Brown
   Summary #7b. By Matt Kimball

8. Session 8: Are we alone?
   Lead: Jonathan Wurtz & Jeffrey Duchesne (3/26/2014)
   Summary #8a. By Connor Dieter-Leeds
   Summary #8b. By Dan Fournier

9. Session 9: Weak Forces, Chaos, and Evolution
   Lead: Tom Laue (4/2/2014)
   Summary #9. By Ethan Cline

10.  Session 10: Can Evolution of Life and Consciousness be Completely Explained Scientifically?
    Lead: Chris Carroll & Daniel Martin (4/9/2014)
    Summary #10. By Eric Beaudoin
    
    
11.   Session 11: Is there Life after death? - What Happens to Consciousness?
      Lead: Marissa Andersen, Jessica Kowalski & Rich Messeder (4/16/2014)
      Summary #11: By Jeff Duchesne
    
    
12.  Session 12: Is there Fate or Purpose for individuals?
     Lead: Evelynn Barclay, Scott Herterich & Matt Kimball (4/23/2014)
      Summary #12: By Jessica Kowalski
    
    
13.  Session 13: Ethics of Science
      Lead: Eric Beaudoin, Dan Fournier & Maureen Raubach (4/30/2014)
       Summary #13a: By Scott Herterich
       Summary #13b: By Rich Messeder