{"id":3586,"date":"2017-12-06T18:43:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T23:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/?page_id=3586"},"modified":"2020-03-23T14:28:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T18:28:35","slug":"1990-1991","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/1990-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"1990-1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"past-year\">Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science<br \/>\n31st Annual Program<\/h2>\n<p>Main Events directory, single talk events not included in anchor list. Full details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 18, 1990 | <a href=\"#anchor1\">What is Elementary Logic?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 2, 1991 | <a href=\"#anchor2\">In Memory of Hans Reichenbach<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 15-16, 1991 | <a href=\"#anchor3\">The Philosophy and History of Molecular Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"anchor1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">What is Elementary Logic? <em>An Inaugural Lecture<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>September 18, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jaakko Hintikka,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Charles Parsons <\/strong>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Abner Shimony <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[In Association with the Department of Philosophy]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Struik on Struik: Some Fundamental Problems of the History and Sociology of Mathematics<\/h3>\n<p>October 9, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Dirk Struik,\u00a0<\/strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<p>Commentators: <strong>Joan Richards <\/strong>Brown University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbara G. Rosencrantz, <\/strong>Harvard Univerisity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silvan S. Schweber, <\/strong>Brandeis University\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Robert S. Cohen <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">There are No Anti-Realists in the Laboratory<\/h3>\n<p>October 16, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Allan Franklin,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Colorado<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Jeffrey Coulter <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[In Association with the Department of Sociology]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Lacan et Heidegger<\/h3>\n<p>October 17, 1990<br \/>\nEast Balcony<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Elisabeth Roudinesco,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Paris<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Jeffrey Mehlman, <\/strong>Boston University<\/p>\n<p>[In Association with the Department of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Numeration and the Number in Pronto-Cuneiform Symbolic Systems: The Mesopotamian Evidence in Favor of a Constructivist Perspective on the Origin of Number<\/h3>\n<p>October 30, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Peter Damerow,\u00a0<\/strong>Max-Plank-Institut fur Bildungsforschung, Berlin<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Judson Webb, <\/strong>Boston University and <strong>Robert Davis, <\/strong>Rutgers University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Robert S. Cohen <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Is the Sociology of Knowledge Fundamentally Mistaken?<\/h3>\n<p>November 6, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Robert Nola,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Auckland and Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Kurt Wolff <\/strong>Brandeis University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Richard Sens <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Locality, Imaginary Numbers, Bell&#8217;s Inequality, and Relativistic Quantum Field Theory<\/h3>\n<p>November 27, 1990<br \/>\nEast Balcony<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Simon Saunders,\u00a0<\/strong>Harvard University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Abner Shimony <\/strong>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Kenneth Brecher <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Problem Doman, Taxonomy, and Comparativity in Histories of Science<\/h3>\n<p>December 4, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Dawie Fu,\u00a0<\/strong>National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Peter Buck <\/strong>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Thomas Glick <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Meaning of General Covariance: The Hole Story<\/h3>\n<p>January 22, 1991<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>John Stachel,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Stanley Deser <\/strong>Brandeis University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Charles Willis <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Scientific Explanation in the <em>Phaedo <\/em><\/h3>\n<p>January 29, 1991<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Christopher Rowe,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Bristol<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Martha Nussbaum <\/strong>Brown University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Aryeh L. Motzkin <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Evolutionary Implications of Epigenetic Inheritance<\/h3>\n<p>February 12, 1991<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Eva Jablonka,\u00a0<\/strong>Tel Aviv University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Ernst Mayr <\/strong>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Alfred Tauber <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Rethinking the Scientific Revolution<\/h3>\n<p>February 26, 1991<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Peter Barker,\u00a0<\/strong>Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Jurgen Renn <\/strong>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Owen Gingerich <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">On Writing Scientific Biographies<\/h3>\n<p>March 12, 1991<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Silvan S. Schweber,\u00a0<\/strong>Brandeis University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Roger Shattuck <\/strong>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Victor Kestenbaum <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Haldane, Fisher, Wright, and Evolutionary Biology<\/h3>\n<p>March 19, 1991<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Sahotra Sarkar,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Richard Lewontin <\/strong>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Robert Tamarin <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">In Memory of Hans Reichenbach: A Centenary Symposium<\/h3>\n<p>April 2, 1991<br \/>\n745 Commonwealth Ave, Boston University<br \/>\nEmerson Hall, Harvard University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Michael Friedman,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Illinois, Chicago Circle<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Adolf Grunbaum,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Wesley Salmon,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Abner Shimony,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Hilary Putnam,\u00a0<\/strong>Harvard University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Ruth Anna Putnam,\u00a0<\/strong>Wellesley College<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Guests of Honor: <strong>C.G. Hempel and Maria Reichenbach <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Robert S. Cohen <\/strong><br \/>\n[In association with the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University]<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">How Crucial is the Quest for Consensus?<\/h3>\n<p>April 9, 1991<br \/>\nRoom 525<br \/>\nSchool of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Nicholas Rescher,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>James Schmidt <\/strong>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Klaus Brinkmann <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Philosophy and History of Molecular Biology: New Perspectives<\/h3>\n<p>April 15-16, 1992<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">The Development and Spread of Molecular Genetics in the United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Robert Olby\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">The Transition from Biochemistry to Molecular Biology<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Richard Burian\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">Molecular Biology in the 1950&#8217;s: Recollections and Reflections<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Matthew Meselon\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">TBA<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Joshua Lederberg\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">Schools of Thought and Research Traditions in Molecular Biology<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Pnina Abir-Am\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">The Molecularization of Developmental Biology: A History<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Scott Gilbert\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">Representing, Interviewing, and Molecularizing<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Lily Kay\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">Reduction and Anti-Reduction in the History of Molecular Biology<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Sahotra Sarkar\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">Molecular Biology in France: Historical Case Studies<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Doris Zallen\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">TBA<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Kenneth Schaffner\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">Recombinant DNA and Social Concerns During the Seventies<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jonathan Beckwith\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">The Scientific Origins of the Human Genome Initiative<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Walter Gilbert\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science 31st Annual Program Main Events directory, single talk events not included in anchor list. 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