{"id":4134,"date":"2020-03-26T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/?page_id=4134"},"modified":"2020-03-31T15:53:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:53:11","slug":"1983-1984","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/1983-1984\/","title":{"rendered":"1983-1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"past-year\">Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science<br \/>\n24th Annual Program<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Physicist&#8217;s Toolbox<\/h3>\n<p>October 4th, 1983<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Martin H. Krieger,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Science, Technology, and Society<\/em>,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator:\u00a0<strong>S.S. Schweber,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Physics,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Bernard Chasan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Scientific Knowledge and the Act of Faith<\/h3>\n<p>October 12th, 1983<br \/>\nSchool of Nursing Auditorium<br \/>\n635 Commonwealth Avenue<\/p>\n<p>In association with the Boston University Institute of Philosophy and Religion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Wolfhart Pannenberg,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Theology<\/em>,\u00a0University of Munich<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator:\u00a0<strong>Harold H. Oliver,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Theology and Science,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Geoffrey Bannister<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Do Electrons Exist?<\/h3>\n<p>October 18th, 1983<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Asher Peres,<\/strong> <em>Physics,<\/em>\u00a0Technion, Haifa<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator:\u00a0<strong>John Statchel,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Physics,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University and the Einstein Project, Princeton<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Abner Shimony<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Psychological Machine: Computers and the Culture of Self-Reflection<\/h3>\n<p>November 1st, 1983<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Sherry Turkle,<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Sociology<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator:\u00a0<strong>Daniel Dennett,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Philosophy,\u00a0<\/em>Tufts University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Richard Sens<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Principle of Equivalence: Einstein&#8217;s Way Out<\/h3>\n<p>November 8th, 1983<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>John Norton,<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Physics<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0Boston University and the University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator:\u00a0<strong>John C. Graves,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Philosophy of Science,\u00a0<\/em>Boston<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Kenneth Brecher<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">General Relativity: A Theory Without Problems?<\/h3>\n<p>November 15th, 1983<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jean Eisenstaedt,<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Physics<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0Institut Henri Poincare, University of Paris<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <strong>Stanley Deser<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Physics,\u00a0<\/em>Brandeis University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>John Statchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Chinese Studies in the History of Science<\/h3>\n<p>November 22nd, 1983<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Li Peishan<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Xu Lingying<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0<em>History of Science<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0Institute for the History of Natural Science, Academia Sinica, Beijing<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentators: <strong>Nathan Sivin<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><em>History of Chinese Science,\u00a0<\/em>University of Pennsylvania;\u00a0<strong>William Haas<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>History of Science,\u00a0<\/em>Harvard University;\u00a0<strong>Robert S. Cohen,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Physics and Philosophy of Science,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University and Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>I.C. Ojha<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Free to go Mad<\/h3>\n<p>November 29th, 1983<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Nathaniel Laor, <\/strong><em>Psychiatry<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0Yale University and Tel Aviv University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <b>Murray Cohen,\u00a0<\/b><em>Psychology,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Robert Paul Wolff<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Science and Religion in an Advanced Scientific Culture<\/h3>\n<p>November 30th, 1983<br \/>\nSmall Ballroom, Second Floor<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<p>In association with the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Langdon Gilkey,<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Theology<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0University of Chicago<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <strong>Erwin Hiebert<\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong><em>History of Science,\u00a0<\/em>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Michael Mendillo<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Heuristics for Scientific and Literary Creativity<\/h3>\n<p>December 6th, 1983<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Eugene Lashchyk, <\/strong><em>Philosophy<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0La Salle University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <b>Marx W. Wartofsky,\u00a0<\/b><em>Philosphy,\u00a0<\/em>Baruch College, C.U.N.Y<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Richard Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Karl Popper, A Retrospect<\/h3>\n<p>December 13th, 1983<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Joseph Agassi, <\/strong><em>Philosophy<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0York University and Tel Aviv University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <b>Robert Ackermann,\u00a0<\/b><em>Philosophy,\u00a0<\/em>University of Massachusetts, Amherst<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Thomas McCarthy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Marxian Method of Critique: Normative Presuppositions<\/h3>\n<p>January 17th, 1984<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Seyla Ben Habib, <\/strong><em>Philosophy<\/em><em>,<\/em>\u00a0Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentators: <b>Joshua Cohen, <\/b><em>Linguistics,\u00a0<\/em><em>Philosophy, and Political Science, <\/em>Massachusetts Institute of Technology;\u00a0<strong>James Schmidt,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Philosophy and Political Science,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Robert Paul Wolff<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Sounding and Being: A New Acoustical Phonological Model of Musical Structure<\/h3>\n<p>January 31st, 1984<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Robert Cogan, <\/strong><em>Music<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>New England Conservatory of Music<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentators: <b>Vernon Howard, <\/b><em>Philosophy of Education<\/em><em>, <\/em>Harvard University;\u00a0<strong>Marx W. Wartofsky,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Philosophy,\u00a0<\/em>Baruch College, C.U.N.Y<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Anthony Leeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Einstein on Locality and Separability<\/h3>\n<p>February 14th, 1984<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Don Howard, <\/strong><em>Philosophy of Science<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>University of Kentucky<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <b>Jon P. Jarrett, <\/b><em>Philosophy of Science<\/em><em>, <\/em>University of Vermont<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Abner Shimony<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Computer Simulation of the Rise and Fall of Phlogiston Theory<\/h3>\n<p>February 21st, 1984<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jan Ziktow, <\/strong><em>Logic and Philosophy of Science,\u00a0<\/em>University of Warsaw and Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentators: <b>Donald Beaver, <\/b><em>History of Science<\/em><em>, <\/em>Williams College;\u00a0<strong>Erwin Hebert,\u00a0<\/strong><em>History of Science,\u00a0<\/em>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Robert Paul Wolff<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Saving the Scientific Text: Documents, Readers and the Way Of The World<\/h3>\n<p>Februrary 28th, 1984<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Robert Palter, <\/strong><em>History of Science<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Trinity College, Hartford<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <b>Moredecai Feingold, <\/b><em>History of Science<\/em><em>, <\/em>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Abner Shimony<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Is Psychology a United Science?<\/h3>\n<p>March 13th, 1984<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Sophie Hartounian, Psychology,<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>St. Xavier College, Chicago<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <strong>Paula Menyuk<\/strong><b>, <\/b><em>Linguistics<\/em><em>, <\/em>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Richard Sens<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">From Quarks to the Big Bang: The Synthesis of the 1970&#8217;s<\/h3>\n<p>March 27th, 1984<br \/>\nRoom 314<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Sheldon Glashow, <\/strong><em>Physics<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University and Harvard University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <b>Kenneth Brecher, <\/b><em>Astronomy and Physics<\/em><em>, <\/em>Boston University and NASA -Goddard Space Flight Center<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Abner Shimony<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Resonant Dynamics of Binocular Form Perception: Reconciling Features, Waves and Gestalts<\/h3>\n<p>April 10th, 1984<br \/>\nSchool of Theology, Room 19<br \/>\n745 Commonwealth Ave.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Stephen Grossberg, <\/strong><em>Mathematics<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <b>Judson Webb, <\/b><em>Philosophy<\/em><em>,\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>BostonUniversity<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>Michael Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Burden of Proof<\/h3>\n<p>April 11th, 1984<br \/>\nPlace to be announced<\/p>\n<p>In association with the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Anthony Flew, <\/strong><em>Philosophy<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>University of Reading and York University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <b>Hilary Putnam, <\/b><em>Philosophy,<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>Harvard University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>John H. Lavley,\u00a0<\/strong><em>Philosophy<\/em>, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">God and Coherence: On the Epistemological Foundations of Religious Belief<\/h3>\n<p>April 18th, 1984<br \/>\nSmall Ballroom, Second Floor<br \/>\nGeorge Sherman Union<\/p>\n<p>In association with the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Kai Nielson, <\/strong><em>Philosophy<\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>University of Calgary<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Commentator: <b>Erazim V. Kohak, <\/b><em>Philosophy<\/em><em>, <\/em>Boston University<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chair:\u00a0<strong>William C. Carroll<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science 24th Annual Program The Physicist&#8217;s Toolbox October 4th, 1983 Room 314 George Sherman Union Martin H. Krieger,\u00a0Science, Technology, and Society,\u00a0Massachusetts Institute of Technology Commentator:\u00a0S.S. Schweber,\u00a0Physics,\u00a0Boston University Chair:\u00a0Bernard Chasan Scientific Knowledge and the Act of Faith October 12th, 1983 School of Nursing Auditorium 635 Commonwealth Avenue In association with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6868,"featured_media":0,"parent":101,"menu_order":37,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6868"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4134"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4140,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4134\/revisions\/4140"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}