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<\/a><\/p>\n October 6th, 1981<\/p>\n Albrecht Wellmer,<\/strong> Philosophy, <\/em>University of Konstanz<\/p>\n Commentator: Thomas McCarthy<\/strong>,\u00a0Philosophy, <\/em>Boston University<\/li>\n Chair: James W. Schmidt<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n October 13th, 1981<\/p>\n Sergio Moravia<\/strong>, Philosophy<\/em>, University of Florence<\/p>\n Commentator: Marx W. Wartofsky,<\/strong>\u00a0Philosophy,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University<\/li>\n Chair: Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n October 20, 1981<\/p>\n John Passmore, <\/strong>History of Ideas<\/em>, The Australian National University, Canberra<\/p>\n Commentator: Joseph Agassi,<\/strong>\u00a0Philosophy,\u00a0<\/em>Boston University and Tel-Aviv University<\/li>\n Chair: Richard M. Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n D.P. Walker<\/strong>, The Warburg Institute<\/em>, London<\/p>\n [In association with the University Professors Program]<\/p>\n October 27, 1981 Commentator: Laurence Breiner,<\/strong>\u00a0English, <\/em>Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Chair: Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n October 29, 1981 Commentator: Diana Long Hall,<\/strong> History of Biology, <\/em>Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Chair: Anthony Leeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n November 12, 1981 Commentator: Joseph Agassi,<\/strong> Philosophy, <\/em>Boston University and Tel Aviv University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Chair: Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n November 19, 1981 Commentator: Katherine Park,<\/strong> History of Renaissance\u00a0Science and Philosophy, <\/em>Wellesley College<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Chair: Rodolfo Cardona<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/a><\/p>\n November 3, 1981<\/p>\n Bob Brier, <\/strong>Philosophy<\/em>, HC.W. Post Center of Long Island University<\/p>\n Commentator: Michael Martin<\/strong>, Philosophy<\/em>, Boston University<\/li>\n Chair: Kenneth Brecher<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n November 10, 1981<\/p>\n John Wettersten, <\/strong>Philosophy<\/em>, Hochschule Siegen<\/p>\n Commentator: Martha Herbert<\/strong>, Philosophy and Psychology<\/em>, Boston University Center<\/li>\n Chair: Joseph Agassi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n November 17, 1981<\/p>\n Joseph Boskin, <\/strong>History<\/em>, Boston University<\/p>\n Commentator: Marx W. Wartofsky<\/strong>, Philosophy<\/em>, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Chair: Richard Sens<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n November 24, 1981<\/p>\n C. F. V. Weizsacker, <\/strong>Physics and Philosophy<\/em>, Max-Planck-Institut f\u00fcr Sozial-wissenschaften, Starnberg<\/p>\n Commentator: John Stachel<\/strong>, Physics<\/em>, Boston University and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton<\/li>\n Chair: Marx W. Wartofsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n December 1, 1981<\/p>\n Kristin Shrader-Frechette<\/strong>, Philosophy<\/em>, University of Louisville<\/p>\n Commentator: Sheldon Krimsky<\/strong>, Urban and Environmental Policy<\/em>, Tufts University<\/li>\n Chair: Robert S. Cohen<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nRationality and Social Theory: Beyond Objectivism and Relativism<\/h3>\n
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Universals, Nature, and Culture: Some Remarks on the Epistemology of the Human Sciences<\/h3>\n
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Relevance of History to the Philosophy of Science<\/h3>\n
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Medical Spirits: 4 Lectures<\/h1>\n
I. Spirits and Magic<\/h3>\n
\nTerrace Lounge<\/p>\n\n
II. Spirits in Procreation and Embryology<\/h3>\n
\nGSU 315<\/p>\n\n
III. Spirits in Francis Bacon<\/h3>\n
\nTerrace Lounge<\/p>\n\n
IV. Spirits and God and the Soul<\/h3>\n
\nTerrace Lounge<\/p>\n\n
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Psychologism and the Methodology of Science<\/h3>\n
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Humor on a Winter’s Eve: Oppression and Liberation<\/h3>\n
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The Unity of Physics<\/h3>\n
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Risks of Risk Assessment<\/h3>\n
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