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The Revelatory Imagination:
Thought Experiments and the Pluralist Turn
Speaker:
Prof. Yiftach Fehige
University of Toronto
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Time: 15:00 – 14:30
Venue: Room 201, 2/F, May Hall, HKU
Register: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3VFAHlIc2uYW9ro
The Revelatory Imagination:
Thought Experiments and the Pluralist Turn
Speaker:
Prof. Yiftach Fehige
University of Toronto
Date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Time: 15:00 – 14:30
Venue: Room 201, 2/F, May Hall, HKU
Register: https://hku.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3VFAHlIc2uYW9ro
Title:
The Revelatory Imagination:
Thought Experiments and the Pluralist Turn
Speaker:
Prof. Yiftach Fehige
University of Toronto
Date/Time:
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 15:00 – 16:30
Venue:
Room 201, 2/F, May Hall, The University of Hong Kong (Map)
Language:
English
Enquiry:
Title:
The Revelatory Imagination:
Thought Experiments and the Pluralist Turn
Speaker:
Prof. Yiftach Fehige
University of Toronto
Date/Time:
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 15:00 – 16:30
Venue:
Room 201, 2/F, May Hall, The University of Hong Kong (Map)
Language:
English
Enquiry:
This talk explores the imagination as a mode of divine revelation and argues that thought experiments – commonly associated with the natural sciences – possess deep theological significance. Prof. Fehige proposes that revelation does not merely accommodate the imagination but advances through it. This claim forms part of a broader response to the pluralist turn in the history and philosophy of science, which calls on theology to reconsider its own epistemic frameworks. By re-framing thought experiments in pluralist terms, a constructive theology of revelation is offered that embraces epistemic diversity and affirms the cognitive significance of the imagination. This approach not only bridges disciplinary boundaries but also invites a renewed understanding of how theology might respond more faithfully to the complexities of a pluralist world.
Professor Yiftach Fehige holds Ph.D. degrees in both philosophy (2004) and theology (2011), and holds a B.Sc. In physics (1998). He has been a core faculty member at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at the University of Toronto since 2007. His work primarily explores the evolving landscape of science and religion, particularly at the intersection of Eastern and Western perspectives, a featured in his edited volume Science and Religion: East and West (2016) and his latest monograph Thought Experiments, Science, and Theology (2023).
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