In his talk, Andrea Rota suggests drawing on the philosophical analysis of social ontology and collective intentionality to revive empirical work on collective forms of religiosity.

The current paradigm for theory construction assumes that there are few coincidences among physical observables. Yet, a number of observed coincidences seem particularly meaningful for life. For some of them, we might soon find an explanation within physics. Some other "explanations" are currently beyond (established).

4th seminar of the cycle of meetings ‘Medicine and Environment’, organised in collaboration with the Centre for Religious Sciences of the Bruno Kessler Foundation of Trento and the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento for the year 2025.