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Colloquia
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
2010-11
50 Years of the Center for Philosophy & History of Science
October 22, 2010
Barristers Hall, BU School of Law
Program of the session:
- “From Vienna Circle to Harvard Square and to Boston University”
Gerald Holton, Dept of Physics and Dept of History of Science, Harvard University
- “Founding the Center and Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science”
Robert Cohen, Dept of Philosophy and Dept of Physics, Boston University
- “You Must Remember This: Highlights from the Last 50 Years”
John Stachel, Center for Einstein Studies and Dept of Physics, Boston University
PowerPoint presentation - Handout (pdf)
- “Reminiscences”
Abner Shimony, Dept of Philosophy and Dept of Physics, Boston University
Paper of the talk (pdf) - PowerPoint Presentation
- “American Philosophers of Science At Work in the 1950s: Philipp Frank, Ernest Nagel, and the Prospects for an Empirical History of Philosophy of Science in America”
Alan Richardson, Dept of Philosophy, University of British Columbia
- “Creating the Disciplinary Space of Philosophy of Science: A History of the PSA before 1970”
Heather Douglas, Dept of Philosophy, University of Tennessee
PowerPoint Presentation
- “Philosophy of Science Breaks Out: Some Milestones”
Ernan McMullin, Dept of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame
Handout (pdf)
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