Philosophical Borderlands of Science and Religion

An interdisciplinary course concerning the "Demarcation Question", where do the borders of science end and religion begin? Both critical reasoning and historical analysis of those areas that have been perceived on the fringes of science, including Alchemy, Astrology, Atlantis, Galileo and the Church, Mesmerism, Spiritualism, Theosophy, ESP, Near-Death Experiences, UFO's and Alien Abductions, Eugenics, the New Age Movements, and the Tao of Physics.