Reality as an Aesthetic Object<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 David Frisby,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Glasgow<\/p>\n\n- The World as Human Creation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Michael Kaern,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston University<\/p>\n\n- Simmel’s Process Philosophy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Birgitta Nedelmann,\u00a0<\/strong>European University Institute, Florence<\/p>\n\n- Simmel on the Ratio of Subjective Values to Objective Cultural Possibilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 O.K. Moore,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n\n- Chair:\u00a0Kurt Wolff<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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INVENTING CONVENTIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL METHODOLOGY, 1885-1935<\/h3>\n
December 1, 1987
\nTerrace Lounge
\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Stephen Turner,\u00a0<\/strong>University of South Florida and Boston University<\/p>\nCommentator: Lorraine Daston<\/strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Brandeis University<\/li>\n- \n
Chair:\u00a0Susan Eckstein<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n
REDISCOVERING THE CONTEXT OF DISCOVERY: UNDERSTANDING THE MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM PHENOMENON<\/h3>\n
January 19, 1988
\nTerrace Lounge
\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Kostas Gavroglu, <\/strong>National Technical University, Athens<\/p>\nCommentator:\u00a0<\/span>Eugene Gross,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Brandeis University<\/span><\/li>\n- \n
Chair:\u00a0Eugene Stanley<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n
NOT ON DARWIN’S SHOULDERS: A CRITIQUE OF EVOLUTIONARY EPISTEMOLOGY<\/h3>\n
January 26, 1988
\nSchool of Nursing Auditorium<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Massimo Piatelli-Palmerini, <\/strong>Harvard University<\/p>\nCommentator:\u00a0<\/span>Stephen Jay Gould,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Harvard University<\/span><\/li>\n- \n
Chair:\u00a0Abner Shimony<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nHOW CAN WE BUILD A BETTER WORLD? FROM KNOWLEDGE TO WISDOM<\/h3>\n
February 2, 1988
\nConference Auditorium<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Nicholas Maxwell,\u00a0<\/strong>University College, London<\/p>\nCommentator:\u00a0Peter Buck<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Harvard<\/span>\u00a0University<\/li>\n- \n
Chair:\u00a0Victor Kestenbaum<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n
THREE VIEWS OF THE END OF PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOSOPHY’S REFUSAL TO END; OR, IS THERE PHILOSOPHY AFTER SCIENCE?<\/h3>\n
February 16, 1988
\nTerrace Lounge
\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Pantelis Nicolacopoulos,\u00a0<\/strong>National Technical University, Athens<\/p>\nCommentator:\u00a0Erazim Kohak<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Boston\u00a0<\/span>University<\/li>\n- \n
Chair:\u00a0Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTHE SENSE OF BUHLER’S LANGUAGE THEORY<\/h3>\n
February 18, 1988
\nRoom 525, School of Theology<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Robert Innis,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Lowell<\/p>\n[In association with the Program in Semiotic Studies]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
AUTONOMY OF SCIENCE AS A PROBLEM IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE<\/h3>\n
February 23, 1988
\nConference Auditorium
\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Ewa Chmielecka,\u00a0<\/strong>Central School of Planning and Statistics, Warsaw, and Boston University<\/p>\nCommentator:\u00a0Everett Mendelsohn,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Harvard\u00a0<\/span>University<\/li>\n- \n
Chair:\u00a0Robert Paul Wolff<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT WITH OTTO NEURATH<\/h3>\n
March 1, 1988
\nTerrace Lounge
\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Paul Neurath,\u00a0<\/strong>Institute for Sociology, Vienna, and Queens College, CUNY<\/p>\nCommentator:\u00a0Jeffrey Coulter,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Harvard\u00a0<\/span>University<\/li>\n- \n
Chair:\u00a0Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTHREE STAGES OF CONSTITUTION: HISTORICAL CHANGES IN THE ONTOLOGICAL STATUS OF THE SCIENTIFIC OBJECT<\/h3>\n
March 15, 1988
\nTerrace Lounge
\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n
\n- \n
Max Wartofsky,\u00a0<\/strong>Baruch College, CUNY<\/p>\nCommentator:\u00a0Hilary Putnam,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Harvard\u00a0<\/span>University<\/li>\n- \n
Chair:\u00a0Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\nIN MEMORY OF DAVID ZILBERMAN: A SYMPOSIUM<\/h3>\n
March 22, 1988
\nRoom 525, School of Theology
\n2pm and 8pm<\/p>\n
\n- Zilberman and the Environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 David Allan,\u00a0<\/strong>Cambridge, Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n- Zilberman and the Philosophy of Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Christopher Youngdahl,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Manitoba<\/p>\n\n- Modal Methodology and Classic Marxism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Michael Vitkin,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Manitoba<\/p>\n\n- The Religious Status of the Communist Party<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Thomas Blakely,\u00a0<\/strong>Boston College<\/p>\n\n- Zimberman’s Idea of Philosophy as an Object of Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Alexander Piatigorsky, <\/strong> University of London<\/p>\n