I was disappointed by the summary, which gave me the feeling that this course is only there to defame Young Earth Creationism. I, as European citizen, do not feel any relevance of Young Earth Creationism in my social, professional life at all. So why investing time in defending something that is only attacked by a minority mostly in the US? Why not looking at the positives how Philosophy, Science and Religion share the same view, how it works together in a symbiosis?

I was looking forward to an objective course in which the intersection of philosophy, science and religion was explained properly from an academic standpoint of view. However, when I saw that the John Templeton Foundation was involved in the production of the course, my expectations lowered exponentially.

They rocketed to the ground, however, when I saw how several lectures were biased towards treating scientific rigor as “fundamentalism” and when their religious ideas merged in an obscene and weird mixture with post modernism and critical theories to treat the scientific inquiry and knowledge with a relativistic approach. Only an ignorant religious fundamentalist would mistake the scientific inquiry with “naturalist fundamentalism” and misunderstand scientific discovery as an equal in a pseudo-intellectual war with religion, which the latter lost long time ago, rendering it obsolete.

I have no problem with considering the religious hypothesis and to examine them under the unbiased and objective glass of the scientific method. However once said hypothesis they are the subject of the scientific method they lose miserably, simply because they are based on faith and dogma.

This course is a shame. The only thing it misses for being an absolute joke is to have Ken Ham as a guest “scientist” guest. It is nothing more but a pathetic, uncovered attempt from creationist frauds to promote their ill-bred epistemologies.

This is a course about Christianity and Science, not religion and Science. The basis of all the evidence given for religion is from a christian point of view and conducted from a defensive angle against science. I would not recommend this as a course that is honest or transparent in its approach, and is instead a defence of christianity and to some degree abrahamic religions. It completely neglects and schools of though regarding Hinduism, Buddhism or the vast swath of pagan, local and tribal religions. I fact there is not mention of religions own challenge to "Creationism" for example. Extreamlly disappointing course, I would not recommend this to anyone seeking truth with an open mind.

I have always been appreciative of free courses that are provided by universities, but this course is clearly biased. The sophistry present in the final module is particularly dishonest. A university is meant to teach the whole story, and have a truthful account of facts. I am deeply disappointed that so much fallacious content could be distributed to individuals, on the pretext of unbiased learning. This course clearly has an agenda. I hope those who take it think critically about the subject matter and do their best to weed out what is reasonable and what is not.

The course misrepresents the scientific knowledge and makes religious proselytism.

Adorei o curso. Ele apresentou conceitos e categorias fundamentais para uma boa compreensão da problemática apresentada. Assistirei mais algumas vezes para absorver bem o conteúdo e poder realizar alguns artigos sobre o tema. Parabéns aos professores, parabéns à universidade de edimburgo, parabéns ao coursera.

Overal, I consider it a very good and interesting course.

To be fair, I didn't like the last module on Creationism (Week 5), neither the topic nor the teacher (Prof. David de Pomerai) which was far from the quality standards of all other Professors.

Final note should be 4.5/5

I highly recommend the " Philosophy, Science and Religion: Science and Philosophy" course offered by the University of Edinburgh. It offers a balanced and thorough approach to understanding complex issues, supported by expert instruction and a well-structured curriculum.

It helps me to deeply understand what is science and the relationship between science and philosophy and religion. We need a scientific view regarding science, the philosophy of science is more important than science itself. Science is the tool for us to find the truth.

material is well structured, easy to understand and progressively build the learners knowledge and understanding.

it presents arguments from all sides of the debate and prompts further study into the subject.

Professors cover timely and complex questions in a very accessible and lucid manner. The quizzes are thought provoking and engaging. Highly recommend this course!

This is an excellent course that updates our previous knowledge on the subject or introduces the fundamentals of the subject for those who did not already know it.

Interesting and insightful lectures and questions by knowledgeable professors who encouraged me to think, not just regurgitate information.

I think this was a great course, in which a lot of parts of the Science and philosophy debat where explained. It was super interesting!

This was an amazing course to have been part of and has helped me in my wider life as a Christian in my church life. Thank you.

Fue una magnífica experiencia, logrando grandes aprendizajes con excelentes maestros y maestras. Saludo desde Cali, Colombia.

Awesome course, indeed. Very well structured, and many different points of view from many disciplines. Higly recommended!!!

Very interesting course, I have learned a lot about philosophy of science, theology, evolution, I recomeded to everyone.

Хороший набор аргументов чтобы раз и навсегда разобраться в том какое место занимает религия а какое наука в нашем мире.

A great course ! I have learned a lot about free will, evolution and New Earth Creationism among the other things!

This courtyard made me develop savings, analysis and rational thinking skills. "I enjoyed every moment I learned.

Very Well package course. thanks for a lot of the knowledge and insight shared. I guess the learning continues.

A great course that make us to think about perceived reality, to think about science and religion importances.

I kept wanting to know more and to learn more about the subject. It's a very captivating course. Thank you.

Great course, excellent brief survey of a number of key issues in philosophy of science. Highly recommended.