{"id":3598,"date":"2017-12-08T17:03:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T22:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/?page_id=3598"},"modified":"2019-07-29T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T17:16:34","slug":"1989-1990","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/1989-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"1989-1990"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"past-year\">Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science<br \/>\n30th Annual Program<\/h2>\n<p>Main Events directory, single talk events not included in anchor list. Full details below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 6th, 1990 |<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/1989-1990\/#anchor1\">The Founders of Evolutionary Genetics: A Centenary Symposium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 3rd and 4th, 1990 |<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/1989-1990\/#anchor2\">Organism and the Origin of Self: A Symposium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 23rd &#8211; 24th, 1990 |<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/1989-1990\/#anchor3\">The Kekule Benzol Fest 100 Years Later<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF MEANING AND TRUTH<\/h3>\n<p>September 12, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jiang Tianji,\u00a0<\/strong>Wuhan University, People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:\u00a0<b>Robert S. Cohen, <\/b>Boston\u00a0University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Aryeh Motzkin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">WITTGENSTEIN ON THE LAWS OF THOUGHT\/THINKING<\/h3>\n<p>October 3, 1989<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Stuart Shanker,\u00a0<\/strong>York University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Steven Gerrard<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Jeffrey Coulter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE ANTHROPIC-COSMOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE<\/h3>\n<p>October 10, 1989<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Errol E. Harris,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University, Northwestern University (<em>Emeritus<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator:\u00a0<strong>Robert S. Cohen,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:\u00a0<b>Peter Buck<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">GIOVANNI VAILATI: PRAGMATISM AND THE ANALYSIS OF MEANING<\/h3>\n<p>October 12, 1989<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Robert Innis,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Lowell<\/p>\n<p>[In Association with the Program in Semiotic Studies]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE PLURALIST ONTOLOGY OF PHYSICAL THEORIES<\/h3>\n<p>October 17, 1989<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Fritz Rohrlich,\u00a0<\/strong>Syracuse University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Abner Shimony,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>John Statchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">WRITING AND PAINTING: THE OBJECT OF PERCEPTION IN PLATO AND KANT<\/h3>\n<p>November 14, 1989<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Stanley Rosen,\u00a0<\/strong>Pennsylvania State University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:\u00a0<b>Erazim Kohak,\u00a0<\/b>Boston 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\">DIALECTICAL DEMONSTRATION IN ARISTOTLE&#8217;S BIOLOGY<\/h3>\n<p>November 28, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>William Wians, <\/strong>Boston\u00a0University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Martha Nussbaum,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Brown University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:\u00a0<strong>Arthur Madigan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">TREATING MADNESS: HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS ON PSYCHOLOGY AND BASIC SCIENCE<\/h3>\n<p>December 5, 1989<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Otto Marx,\u00a0<\/strong>Brattleboro Retreat<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:\u00a0<b>Michael Sokal,\u00a0<\/b>Worcester Polytechnic Institute<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Richard Sens<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">TAUTOLOGY<\/h3>\n<p>December 12, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Burton Dreben,\u00a0<\/strong>HarvardUniversity<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>George Boolos,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Steven Gerrard<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">VISIONS AND REVISIONS: PRIOR AND POSTERIOR ELEMENTS IN SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE<\/h3>\n<p>January 30, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Abner Shimony,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Thomas Kuhn,<\/strong><strong><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">DIRECTED MUTATIONS AND NON-DARWINIAN EVOLUTION: WHERE WE STAND TODAY<\/h3>\n<p>February 13, 1990<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:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Stephen J. Gould,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<strong>Everett Mendelsohn<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">SPONTANEOUS BREAKDOWN OF SYMMETRY: REDISCOVERY AND INTEGRATION INTO QUANTUM FIELD THEORY<\/h3>\n<p>February 27, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Cao Tianyu,\u00a0<\/strong>Harvard<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Howard Schnitzer,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Brandeis University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Kenneth Brecher<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\"><\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE FOUNDERS OF EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS: A CENTENARY SYMPOSIUM<\/h3>\n<p>March 6, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<p><strong>Afternoon Session, 2pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fisher on the Design of Experiments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Teddy Seidenfeld,\u00a0<\/strong>Carnegie-Mellon University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Haldane&#8217;s Cost of Selection and Kimura&#8217;s Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0William Provine,\u00a0<\/strong>Cornell University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Model Building in the Localization of Genes of Chromosomes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 William Wimsat,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Chicago<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evening Session, 7:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fisher on Evolutionary Biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0John R. G. Turner,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Leeds<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Muller&#8217;s Rome in Evolutionary Biology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0James Crow,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Wisconson<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:\u00a0<b>Sahotra Sarkar<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">CONCEIVABILITY AND CHURCH&#8217;S THESIS<\/h3>\n<p>March 13, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Tamara Horowitz,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:\u00a0<b>Judson Webb,\u00a0<\/b>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Frederic Sommers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE SEMIOTICS OF HISTORY<\/h3>\n<p>March 27, 1990<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Boris Uspensky,\u00a0<\/strong>Moscow State University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:\u00a0<b>Thomas Winner,\u00a0<\/b>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Irene Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">ORGANISM AND THE ORIGIN OF SELF: A SYMPOSIUM<\/h3>\n<p>Aoril 3-4, 1990<br \/>\nLaw School Auditorium<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 3, 7:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">Definition of Self in Medicine and Immunology<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Alfred Tauber,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Herbert Benson,\u00a0<\/strong>Harvard Medical School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>April 4, 3pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">Embryo as Organisim<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Leo Buss,\u00a0<\/strong>Yale University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott Gilbert,<\/strong>\u00a0Swarthmore College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>April 4, 7:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"title\">Evolution of the Self<\/p>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Lynn Margulis<\/strong>, University of Massachusetts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elliott Sober<\/strong>, University of Wisconsin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">CHANGES IN THE TECHNOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE: THE TEMPORAL DIMENSION OF TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS<\/h3>\n<p>April 17, 1990<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Svante Lindquist,\u00a0<\/strong>Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm<\/p>\n<p>Commentator:\u00a0<b>Merritt Roe Smith,\u00a0<\/b>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: Yoram Neumann<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"anchor3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE KEKULE BENZOL\u00a0<em>FEST<\/em> 100 YEARS LATER<\/h3>\n<p>April 23 and 24, 1990<\/p>\n<p>Chairman:\u00a0<strong>John H. Wotiz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speakers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>G. Bergerhoff,\u00a0<\/strong>Bonn University<\/p>\n<p><strong>W.H.<\/strong> <strong>Brock<\/strong>, University of Leicester<\/p>\n<p><strong>J. Brooke<\/strong>, University of Lancaster<\/p>\n<p><strong>A. Bruylants<\/strong>, University of Louvain<\/p>\n<p><strong>K. Hafner<\/strong>, Darmstadt Technical University<\/p>\n<p><strong>R. Larsen<\/strong>, Texas Technical University<\/p>\n<p><strong>C. Meinel<\/strong>, Institute fur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften<\/p>\n<p><strong>O.B. Ramsey<\/strong>, Eastern Michigan University<\/p>\n<p><strong>A. Rock,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Case-Western Reserve University<\/p>\n<p><strong>A.<\/strong> <strong>Rothenberg,\u00a0<\/strong>Austen Riggs Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>S. Rudofsky<\/strong>, University of Chicago<\/p>\n<p><strong>C.A.<\/strong> <strong>Russell<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Open University<\/p>\n<p><strong>G. Schiemenz<\/strong>, Kiel University<\/p>\n<p><strong>W. Schwartz<\/strong>, Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n<p><strong>A.N. Shamin,\u00a0<\/strong>Academy of Sciences of USSR<\/p>\n<p><strong>M. Sutton<\/strong>, Newcastle Polytechnic<\/p>\n<p><strong>L. Tansjo,<\/strong>\u00a0Lund University<\/p>\n<p><strong>J. Traynham<\/strong>, Louisiana State University<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.H. Wotiz<\/strong>, Southern Illinois University<\/p>\n<p>[In association with the American Chemical Society].<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science 30th Annual Program Main Events directory, single talk events not included in anchor list. Full details below. 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