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James D. Proctor, professor of geography at UC Santa Barbara, director of
the Science, Religion, and the Human Experience lecture series, and editor of
Geography and Ethics: Journeys in a Moral Terrain(1999).
Hilary Putnam, professor emeritus of philosophy, Harvard University, and
author ofReason, Truth, and History(1981) andRealism with a Human Face
(1990).
Michael Ruse, philosopher of science, Florida State University, and author
ofMystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction?(1999) andCan a
Darwinian Be a Christian? The Relationship between Science and Religion(2000).
Jeffrey Burton Russell, professor emeritus of history at UC Santa Barbara,
and author of seventeen books, includingThe Devil: Perceptions of Evil from
Antiquity to Primitive Christianity(1987) andA History of Heaven(1998).
Evan Thompson, philosopher of mind, York University, and author ofThe
Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience(1993) andColour
Vision: A Study in Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Perception(1995).
B. Alan Wallace, former professor of religious studies at UC Santa Barbara
and author ofChoosing Reality: A Buddhist View of Physics and the Mind(1996)
andThe Taboo of Subjectivity: Toward a New Science of Consciousness(Oxford
University Press, 2001).