Archives: 1997-1998
Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science
38th Annual Program
- September 22, 1997 | In Memoriam: Mark Wartofsky
- Semptember 25, 1997 | The Fate of Melancholy in the Age of Depression
- September 29, 1997 | Implications of Human Cloning: A Boston University Workshop
- October 9, 1997 | Fun and Games: Windows into the Mind
- November 5, 1997 | Philosophy of Chemistry: An Emerging Discipline
- November 20, 1997 | Thomas Kuhn Beyond his Domain: Influences in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- December 2, 1997 | Making Medical Decisions at the Bedside: Critical Questions
- December 8, 1997 | Can Science Explain Intentionality?
- January 21, 1998 | Theories of Meaning
- February 5 – April 21, 1998 | The Robert S. Cohen Forum: Contemporary Issues in Science Studies
- April 23, 1998 | Origins of Analytic Philosophy
- May 5, 1998 | When Einstein Got the Wrong Result: The Case of the Einstein/Besso Manuscript
In Memoriam: Marx Wartofsky
September 22, 1997
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Morning Session, 9 a.m. – Noon
- Moderator: Joseph Polak Hillel Foundation, Boston University
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Embodied Politics
Carol Gould Stevens Institute of Technology
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Art as a Reflective Praxis
Gregg M. Horowitz Vanderbilt University
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Towards a Cultural Historical Epistemology of Dreaming
Gary Smith Einstein Forum, Potsdam
Afternoon Session, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
- Moderator: Robert S. Cohen Boston University, Emeritus
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“Representations” in the Natural Sciences
Stephen Toulmin University of Southern California
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Critical Realism
John Stachel Boston University, Emeritus
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Naturalizing and Historicizing Normativity
Alasdair MacIntyre Duke University
The Fate of Melancholy in the Age of Depression
September 25, 1997
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Moderator: Robert S. Cohen Boston University, Emeritus
Depression and Disappointment: A Melancholy View of Love
Michael Vincent Miller Boston Gestalt Institute
The Cruelty of Depression: On Melancholy
Jacques Hassoun Cercle Freudien, Paris
Melancholy and Depression: To Treat or Not to Treat
Marianne Kardos Harvard Medical School
Implications of Human Cloning: A Boston University Workshop
September 29, 1997
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Conference Auditorium, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Cosponsored with the Health Law Department, Boston University School of Public Health
Moderator: Michael Grodin School of Public Health, Department of Philosophy
George Annas School of Public Health and School of Law
Charles Delisi College of Engineering
Ruth Hubbard Department of Molecular Biology, Harvard University
David Roochnik Department of Philosophy
Roger Shattuck The University Professors, Emeritus
Alan Speight Department of Philosophy and Core Curriculum
Fun and Games: Windows Into The Mind
October 9, 1997
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
What’s Luck Got To Do with It?: Games and Gambling in Medieval Spain
Dwayne Carpenter Boston College
Joycean Mind at Play
John Kidd Boston University
Philosophy of Chemistry: An Emerging Discipline
November 5, 1997
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Morning Session, 10 a.m. – Noon
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The Emergence of the Philosophy of Chemistry
Lee McIntrye Colgate University
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The Self-Image of the Chemist as Philosopher-Historian
Erwin Hiebert Harvard University, Emeritus
Afternoon Session, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
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Chemistry and Sellars’s Manifest Image
Japp Van Brakel University of Leuven
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Butlerov’s Edict: The Timeless, the Transient and Representation of Chemical Structure
Steve Weininger Worchester Polytechnic
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Realism, Essentialism and Intrinsic Properties: The Case of Molecular Shape
Jeffry Ramsey Oregon State University
Thomas Kuhn Beyond His Domain: Influences in The Humanities and Social Sciences
November 20, 1997
Conference Auditorium, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Moderator: Alfred I. Tauber Boston University
Morning Session, 9 a.m. – Noon
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Incommensurable Cultures and Their “Ethnosciences”
Meera Nanda Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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A French Resistance?
Jeffrey Mehlman Boston University
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Paradigms Lost: The Artworld and Kuhn
Caroline Jones Boston University
Afternoon Session, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
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Progress and Its Discontents: Conformity and Change in Economic Science
Glenn Loury Boston College
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Kuhn’s Impact on the Practice of Science
Stephen Jay Gould Harvard University
Making Medical Decisions at The Bedside: Critical Questions
December 2, 1997
Keefer Auditorium
BU School of Medicine
80 East Concord St.
Morning Session, 9 a.m. – Noon
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How Do Physicians View Their Decisions?
Jerome Kassirer New England Journal of Medicine
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Do Algorithms and Guidelines Limit Thinking?
Carmi Margolis Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Does Medical Ethics Affect Individual Decision Making?
Shimon Glick Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Afternoon Session, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
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Is Decision Analysis Relevant at the Bedside?
Stephen Pauker New England Medical Center
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How to Use the Bedside to Teach Clinical Decision Making
Richard Kopelman New England Medical Center
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Has Decision-Making Psychology Impacted Bedside Choices by Patients and Physicians?
Arthur Elstein Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, University of Illinois
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How Should the Patient be Involved in Clinical Decision Making?
Susan Pauker Harvard Medical School
Can Science Explain Intentionality?
December 8, 1997
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Morning Session, 9 a.m. – Noon
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Consciousness, Experience and Intentionality
Karl Pribram Stanford University, Emeritus
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Chaos and Poincaré’s Intentionality: A Physicist’s Perspective
Michel Baranger Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Merleau-Ponty’s Critique of Mental Representation
Hubert L. Dreyfus University of California at Berkeley
Afternoon Session, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
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The Biology of Consciousness and Intentionality
Walter Freeman University of California at Berkeley
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Representation and Reconstruction in Sensory Perception
Mriganka Sur Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Can Science Explain Intentionality?
Tien Yu Cao Boston University
Theories of Meaning
January 21, 1998
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Moderator: W.V. Quine, Harvard University, Emeritus
Jaakko Hintikka Boston University
Donald Davidson The University of California at Berkeley, Emeritus
The Robert S. Cohen Forum: Contemporary Issues in Science Studies
Comparative Historiography in the Life Sciences
February 5–April 21, 1998
3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Thursday, February 5th, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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On the Coexistence of Different Time Frames in Historical Accounts of Scientific Practices
Alberto Cambrosio McGill University
Tuesday, February 10th, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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Method and Knowledge in Natural History
Eileen Crist Virginia Polytechnic
Thursday, February 12th, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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Contextualizing Scientific Ideas: The Comparative Method
Thomas Glick Boston University
Thursday, February 19, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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Constructing Disease in the Historiography of Medicine
Allan Brandt Harvard University
Thursday, February 26th, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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A Book of Life? How DNA became a Language
Lily Kay Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thursday, March 5th, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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Reconstituting Resistance: The Ecological View from Theobold Smith (1859–1934) to René Dubos (1901–1982)
Barbara Rosenkrantz Harvard University, Emeritus
Tuesday, March 24th, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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Tracking the Investigative Trail: Where It Can Lead
Larry Holmes Yale University
Thursday, March 26th, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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Consequences in Historical Epistemology for the History and Sociology of the Biomedical Sciences
Peter Keating Montreal University
Thursday, April 9th, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Conference Auditorium, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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High Culture and Fish Culture: Thoughts on the Cultural Foundations of American Biology
Philip Pauly Rutgers University
Thursday, April 16th, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Conference Auditorium, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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Experimental Systems and Models in Twentieth-century Biomedicine
Angela N. Creager Princeton University
Tuesday, April 21st, 1998 | 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Conference Auditorium, George Sherman Union (GSU)
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Historiography after Kuhn: From Metaphysical Musings to Laboratory Practices
Alfred I. Tauber Boston University
Origins of Analytic Philosophy
April 23, 1998
Conference Auditorium, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Moderator: Burton Dreben Boston University
Morning Session, 9 a.m. – Noon
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David Pears University of Oxford
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Frege and the Early Wittgenstein
P.M.S. Hacker University of Oxford
Afternoon Session, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
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On the Theory of Symbolism, 1879–1930
Juliet Floyd Boston University
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Frege and Russell
Peter Hylton University of Illinois at Chicago
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To be announced
Cora Diamond University of Virginia
When Einstein Got The Wrong Result: The Case of The Einstein/Besso Manuscript
May 5, 1998
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Terrace Lounge, George Sherman Union (GSU)
Boston University
775 Commonwealth Avenue
Michel Janssen Boston University