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<\/a><\/p>\n October 10, 1978<\/p>\n Catherin Elgin,<\/strong> Simmons College<\/p>\n Commentator: Michael R. Matthews<\/strong>, University of New South Wales <\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n October 17, 1978<\/p>\n Mihailo Markovic<\/strong>, Serbian Academy of Science, Belorade<\/p>\n Commentator: Paul Breines<\/strong>, Boston College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n October 31, 1978<\/p>\n Mikulas Teich<\/strong>, Robinson College, University of Cambridge<\/p>\n Commentators: Norman Lichtin<\/strong>, Boston University; Joseph Agassi<\/strong>, Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n November 14, 1978<\/p>\n Hyman Hartman<\/strong>, The Children’s Hospital Medical Center<\/p>\n Commentator: Lynn Margulis<\/strong>, Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n November 21, 1978<\/p>\n J. W. N. Watkins<\/strong>, The London School of Economics<\/p>\n Commentator: Sylvain Bromberger<\/strong>, M. I. T. <\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n November 28, 1978<\/p>\n Max Jammer<\/strong>, Bar-Ilan University<\/p>\n Commentator: John J. Stachel<\/strong>, Boston University and Princeton University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n December 5, 1978<\/p>\n Ralph Miliband<\/strong>, Brandeis University<\/p>\n Commentator: Elizabeth Rapaport<\/strong>, Boston University <\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n December 12, 1978<\/p>\n A. I. Sabra<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/p>\n Commentator: George Saliba<\/strong>, New York University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n January 16, 1979<\/p>\n Nancy Cartwright<\/strong>, Stanford University and Princeton University<\/p>\n Commentators: Donald J. Hockney<\/strong>, Polytechnic Institute of New York; Hilary Putnam<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n January 23, 1979<\/p>\n Agnes Heller<\/strong>, La Trobe University<\/p>\n Commentator: Marx W. Wartofsky<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n February 6, 1979<\/p>\n Peter Skagestad<\/strong>, University of Oslo<\/p>\n Commentators: Ingrid Stadler<\/strong>, Wellesley College; Richard M. Martin<\/strong>, Northwestern University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n February 13, 1979<\/p>\n Hillel Levine<\/strong>, Yale University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Commentator: Marx W. Wartofsy<\/b>, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n February 24, 1979<\/p>\n John J. Stachel<\/strong>, Boston University and Princeton University<\/p>\n Commentator: Robert S. Cohen<\/strong>, Boston University<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n March 13, 1979<\/p>\n Stanley L. Jaki<\/strong>, Setton Hall University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Commentator: Sheldon Krimsky<\/strong>, Tufts University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n March 20, 1979<\/p>\n Stephen Grossberg<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n Commentator: Judson Webb<\/b>, Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n April 3, 1979<\/p>\n Paul M. Quay<\/strong>, St. Louis University<\/p>\n Commentator: Silvan S. Schweber<\/b>, Brandeis University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n April 10, 1979<\/p>\n Steven Weinberg<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/p>\n Commentator: A<\/strong>bner Shimony<\/b>, Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nTheory Reduction: A Question of Fact or a Question of Value<\/h3>\n
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Scientific Prediction and Visions of the Future<\/h3>\n
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Three Revolutions: Scientific, Industrial and Scientific-Technical<\/h3>\n
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Philosophy of Science and the Origin of Life<\/h3>\n
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Science and Skepticism<\/h3>\n
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Conceptual History of Special Relativity<\/h3>\n
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Determinism and Contingency: A Marxist Problem<\/h3>\n
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Testing, Reform and Reaction: Three Endeavors of Arabic Astronomy<\/h3>\n
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Eliminating Position Probabilities in the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics<\/h3>\n
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Can True and False Needs be Posited?<\/h3>\n
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Pierce and Pearson: Pragmatism vs. Instrumentalism<\/h3>\n
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Paradise Not Surrendered: Jewish Reactions to Copernicus and the Growth of Modern Science<\/h3>\n
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Marx’s Critical Concept of Science<\/h3>\n
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Damned with Faint Praise: Or the Fate of Pierre Duhem<\/h3>\n
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How Does a Brain Build a Cognitive Code?<\/h3>\n
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Temporality and the Structure of Physics as Human Endeavor<\/h3>\n
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Symmetries and Infinities<\/h3>\n
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