Cosmos & Logos. Physics, Phylosophy and Theology in an Age of Changes

All the papers collected in this Volume are written versions of the contributions presented by the respective Authors at two International Conferences, organized by the International Area on the Foundations of the Sciences (IRAFS) of the Lateran University, for celebrating significant dates in the history of modern cosmology.
The Papers 4., 8., 10., 11., 12., 13., 17., 18., 19., 20. are updated versions of speeches delivered by their Authors at the Lateran ’09 International Conference ‘1609-2009. “From Galilei’s Telescope to Evolutionary Cosmology”,
November 29th – December 2nd, 2009. This Conference was organized in collaboration with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, because the Conference was the concluding event of the celebrations by the Holy See of the “International Year of Astronomy, 2009”.
The Papers 2., 3., 5., 6., 7. 9., 14., 15., 16. are updated versions of speeches delivered by their Authors to the International Conference “One Century in the Space-Time. Physics, Philosophy, and Theology in a Time of
New Questions”, November 24-25, 2016. This Conference was organized in collaboration with the State University of Urbino, for celebrating the hundred years of the Theory of General Relativity (1915-2015).
The Authors are all specialists in their respective fields and the present volume combines four different sorts of works, according to four distinct fields of inquiry: Physics, Ontology, Epistemology, and, finally, Theology