{"id":3886,"date":"2019-07-08T16:26:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T20:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/?page_id=3886"},"modified":"2019-07-22T11:59:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T15:59:37","slug":"1988-1989","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/1988-1989\/","title":{"rendered":"1988-1989"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"past-year\">Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science<br \/>\n29th 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 16th, 1989 |<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/1988-1989\/#anchor1\">In Memory of Richard M. Martin: A Symposium<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">REVOLUTIONS IN PHYSICS<\/h3>\n<p>October 18, 1988<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Murad Akhundov,\u00a0<\/strong>Institute of Philosophy, Soviet Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Commentator:\u00a0<b>Silvan Schweber, <\/b>Brandeis University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<strong>Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">CAN THE MIND DO MORE THAN THE BRAIN?<\/h3>\n<p>October 25, 1988<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Hao Wang,\u00a0<\/strong>Rockefeller University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Daniel Dennett,\u00a0<\/b>Tufts University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>Abner Shimony<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE QUESTION OF GENRE IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NATURAL PHILOSOPHY<\/h3>\n<p>November 8, 1988<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Lynn Sumida Joy,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Notre Dame<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Commentator: <b>Lorraine Daston,\u00a0<\/b>Brandeis University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair:\u00a0<strong>Stephen Weininger<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE\u00a0<em>A PRIORI<\/em>: PLATO&#8217;S TWO WORLDS<\/h3>\n<p>November 15, 1988<br \/>\nConference Auditorium, GSU<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>W.W. Tait,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Chicago<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<strong>George Boolos,\u00a0<\/strong>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chair:\u00a0<strong>Steven Gerrard<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">REPORTING EXPERIMENTS<\/h3>\n<p>November 22, 1988<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Robert Ackermann,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>R.V. Dusek,\u00a0<\/b>University of New Hampshire<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:\u00a0<strong>Robert Paul Wolff<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">PROBLEM SOLVING IN PHYSICS AS A PROCESS OF PRODUCTION<\/h3>\n<p>November 29, 1988<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Aristides Baltas, <\/strong>National Technical University, Athens<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>John Statchel,\u00a0<\/b>Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:\u00a0<strong>Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THEORY AND METHOD IN THE CULTURAL DISCIPLINES<\/h3>\n<p>December 6, 1988<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Joseph Margolis, <\/strong>Temple University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Erazim Kohak,\u00a0<\/b>Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman:\u00a0<strong>Richard Sens<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE MICHAELSON\/MORELY EXPERIMENT IN THE LIGHT OF ELECTRODYNAMICS CIRCA 1900<\/h3>\n<p>January 17, 1989<br \/>\nConference Auditorium<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jed Buchwald, <\/strong>University of Toronto<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Peter Harman,\u00a0<\/b>University of Lancaster, England<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Richard Sens<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">ECONOMISTS&#8217; UNDERSTANDING AND UNDERSTANDING ECONOMISTS: THE ROLES OF METABELIEFS<\/h3>\n<p>January 24, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>John Pomery,\u00a0<\/strong>Purdue University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Paul Streeten,\u00a0<\/b>Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Peter Doeringer<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">MAX WEBER AND THE GENERAL PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION<\/h3>\n<p>January 31, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Agnes Erdelyi,\u00a0<\/strong>Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Science<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Peter Buck,\u00a0<\/b>Harvard University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Robert Hullot-Kenter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">HYPOTHETICO-DEDUCTIVISM AND THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN ARGUMENT<\/h3>\n<p>February 7, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Peter Achinstein,\u00a0<\/strong>Johns Hopkins University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Catherine Elgin,\u00a0<\/b>Wellsley College<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">BETWEEN ANGLO-SAXON AND CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPICAL TRADITION: THE PROBLEM OF KNOWLEDGE<\/h3>\n<p>February 14, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Vilmos Sos,\u00a0<\/strong>Institute of Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Science<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Lawrence Cahoone,\u00a0<\/b>Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Robert Neville<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE 1923-24 DEBATE ON SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY IN CHINESE ACADEMIC CIRCLES<\/h3>\n<p>February 21, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Fan Dainian,\u00a0<\/strong>Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Peter Buck,\u00a0<\/b>Harvard University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Merle Goldman<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF SOVIET SCIENCE POLICY: LENIN, TROTSKY, BUKHARIN<\/h3>\n<p>February 28, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Mark Kuchment,\u00a0<\/strong>Harvard University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Loren Graham,\u00a0<\/b>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"anchor1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">IN MEMORY OF RICHARD M. MARTIN: A SYMPOSIUM<\/h3>\n<p>March 16, 1989<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<br \/>\n4p.m. and 8p.m.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Paul Weiss,\u00a0<\/strong>Catholic University of America<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Chair: Introduction<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard M. Martin and Traditional Philosophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hans Burkhardt,\u00a0<\/b><em>Philosophia Verlag<\/em>, Munich<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Probabilism and Logical Empiricism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Richard Jeffrey,\u00a0<\/strong>Princeton University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>States of Affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Frederic Sommers<\/strong>, Brandeis University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the Locally Standard Grammar of Propositional Attitudes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Albert Sweet,\u00a0<\/strong>Rutgers University<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Logic versus Logics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Horst Wessel<\/strong>, Humboldt University, Berlin, G.D.R<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL STATUS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS<\/h3>\n<p>March 21, 1989<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Morris Eagle,\u00a0<\/strong>York University and New School for Social Research<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<strong>Richard Sens, M.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Wolff, M.D.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Otto Marx, M.D.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">SPINOZA AND THE PLASTICITY OF MIND<\/h3>\n<p>March 21, 1989<br \/>\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Thomas Cook,\u00a0<\/strong>Rollins College<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Paul Hoffman,\u00a0<\/b>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Bernard Elevitch<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">FROM LEVIATHAN TO LILLIPUT: BEYOND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY<\/h3>\n<p>March 29, 1989<br \/>\nSchool of Education Auditorium, 605 Commonwealth Avenue<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Stephen Toulmin,\u00a0<\/strong>Northwestern University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Hermann Eilts,\u00a0<\/b>Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>John Statchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[In association with the Institute for Philosophy and Religion]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">HELMHOLTZ AND THE CIVILIZING POWER OF SCIENCE<\/h3>\n<p>April 4, 1989<br \/>\nTerrace Lounge<br \/>\nGSU<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>David Cahan,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Nebraska<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator:\u00a0<b>Richard Kremer,\u00a0<\/b>Dartmouth College<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Robert Schulmann<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">HOW CAN UNIVERSITIES LIVE WITH THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT? 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Full details below. March 16th, 1989 |\u00a0In Memory of Richard M. 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