{"id":4437,"date":"2022-12-08T16:57:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T21:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/?page_id=4437"},"modified":"2022-12-08T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:04:10","slug":"archives-1974-1975","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/archives-1974-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives 1974-1975"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"past-year\">Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science<br \/>\n15th Annual Program<\/h2>\n<p><!--Download the 44th Annual Program--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 24, 1974 | <a href=\"#anchor1\">Conventionalism Revived, Poincare Vindicated<\/a><\/li>\n<li>October 8, 1974 | <a href=\"#anchor2\">The Peculiar Evolutionary Strategy of Man<\/a><\/li>\n<li>October 15, 1974 | <a href=\"#anchor3\">Is There Something Underlying Language Which is Deeper Than Logical Representation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>October 22, 1974 | <a href=\"#anchor4\">Concepts of Ontology and Time in Anthropology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>November 12, 1974 | <a href=\"#anchor5\">Logic and Dynamics in a Fuzzy World<\/a><\/li>\n<li>November 19, 1974 | <a href=\"#anchor6\">Causal Versus Teleological Explanation of Human Action<\/a><\/li>\n<li>December 3, 1974 | <a href=\"#anchor7\">Cosmological Implications of Anomalous Redshifts<\/a><\/li>\n<li>December 10, 1974 | <a href=\"#anchor8\">The Compton Effect: Historical-Philosophical Remarks<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 21, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor9\">Explanations of Atomicity Before and After Quantum Mechanics: 1905-1932<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 28, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor10\">Godel&#8217;s Theorems and Church&#8217;s Thesis: A Prologue to Mechanism\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 11, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor11\">On Historical Development of the Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 18, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor12\">Methodological Reflections On the Theory of Socialist Society<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 25, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor13\">The Concept of Revolution and the Newtonian Natural Philosophy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 11, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor14\">Teleology in Machine and Beast: A Reductionist Account of Purposive Behavior<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 18, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor15\">Historical Narrative: The Rhetorical Structure of Hegel&#8217;s Logic<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 25, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor16\">Philosophy of Science 2001<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 1, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor17\">The Intentions of Intentionality<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 8, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor18\">Objectivity in Social Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 22, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor19\">Truth, Fallibility and the Growth of Knowledge<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 29, 1975 | <a href=\"#anchor20\">Philosophical Interpretations of the Principle of Relativity<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 6, 1975\u00a0| <a href=\"#anchor21\">Philosophy of Science as History of Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"anchor1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Conventionalism Revived, Poincare Vindicated<\/h3>\n<p>September 24, 1974<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Hans Ekstein,<\/strong> CNRS, Centre de Physique Th\u00e9orique<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Peter Havas<\/strong>, Temple University<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Peculiar Evolutionary Strategy of Man<\/h3>\n<p>October 8, 1974<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Lawrence B. Slobodkin<\/strong>, SUNY, Stony Brook<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Stephen J. Gould<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Is There Something Underlying Language Which is Deeper Than Logical Representation?<\/h3>\n<p>October 15, 1976<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Wallace L. Chafe<\/strong>, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n<p>Commentators: <strong>Jerrold J. Katz<\/strong>, M.I.T. and CUNY, City College; <strong>Mathilda S. Holzman<\/strong>, Tufts University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Concepts of Ontology and Time in Anthropology<\/h3>\n<p>October 22, 1974<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Anthony Leeds<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Annemarie Shimony<\/strong>, Wellesley College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Logic and Dynamics in a Fuzzy World<\/h3>\n<p>November 12, 1974<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Michael A. Arbib<\/strong>, UMASS, Amherst; <strong>Ernest Manes<\/strong>, UMASS, Amherst<\/p>\n<p>Commentators: <strong>Daniel C. Dennett<\/strong>, Tufts University; <strong>Joseph Weizenbaum<\/strong>, M.I.T.<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Causal Versus Teleological Explanation of Human Action<\/h3>\n<p>November 19, 1974<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Raimo Tuomela<\/strong>, University of Helsinki and Princeton University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Roderick M. Chisholm<\/strong>, Brown University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor7\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Cosmological Implications of Anomalous Redshifts<\/h3>\n<p>December 3, 1974<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jean Pierre Vigier<\/strong>, Institut Henri Poincar\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>John Stachel<\/strong>, Boston University<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor8\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Compton Effect: Historical-Philosophical Remarks<\/h3>\n<p>December 10, 1974<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Roger H. Stuewer<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Aage Peterson<\/strong>, Yeshiva University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor9\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Explanations of Atomicity Before and After Quantum Mechanics: 1905-1932<\/h3>\n<p>January 21, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Joan Bromberg<\/strong>, BU Center for Philosophy and History of Science<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Patrick A. Heelan<\/strong>, SUNY, Stony Brook<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor10\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Godel&#8217;s Theorems and Church&#8217;s Thesis: A Prologue to Mechanism<\/h3>\n<p>January 28, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Judson Webb<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Hilary Putnam<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor11\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">On Historical Development of the Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics<\/h3>\n<p>February 11, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Max Jammer<\/strong>, Bar-Ilan University and CUNY, Queens College<\/p>\n<p>Commentators: <strong>Arthur Fine<\/strong>, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle; <strong>Eugene Wigner<\/strong>, Princeton University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor12\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Methodological Reflections on the Theory of Socialist Society<\/h3>\n<p>February 18, 1975<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jerzy Wiatr<\/strong>, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator: <b>Erazim Kohak<\/b>, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor13\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Concept of Revolution and The Newtonian Natural Philosophy<\/h3>\n<p>February 25, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>I. Bernard Cohen<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Dudley Shapere<\/strong>, University of Illinois, Urbana<strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor14\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Teleology in Machine and Beast: A Reductionist Account of Purposive Behavior<\/h3>\n<p>March 11, 1975<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Robert J. Faber<\/strong>, Lake Forest College<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Commentator: <strong>William Pohle<\/strong>, CUNY, Lehman College<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor15\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Historical Narrative: The Rhetorical Structure of Hegel&#8217;s Logic<\/h3>\n<p>March 18, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Hayden White<\/strong>, Wesleyan University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <b>Andrew Arato<\/b>, Cooper Union<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor16\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Philosophy of Science 2001<\/h3>\n<p>March 25, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Paul Feyerabend<\/strong>, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor17\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Intentions of Intentionality<\/h3>\n<p>April 1, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jaakko Hintikka<\/strong>, Academy of Finland, Helsinki and Stanford University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor18\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Objectivity in Social Science<\/h3>\n<p>April 8, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Paul Diesing<\/strong>, SUNY, Buffalo<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Alasdair Macintyre<\/strong>, Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor19\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Truth, Fallibility and the Growth of Knowledge<\/h3>\n<p>April 22, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Isaac Levy<\/strong>, Columbia University<\/p>\n<p>Commentators: <b>Avishai Margolit<\/b>, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University;<strong> Israel Scheffler<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor20\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Philosophical Interpretations of the Principle of Relativity<\/h3>\n<p>April 29, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>M. A. Tonnelat<\/strong>,\u00a0 Institut Henri Poincar\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <b>Garald Holton,<\/b> Harvard University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"anchor21\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Philosophy of Science as History of Science<\/h3>\n<p>May 6, 1975<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Marx W. Wartofsky<\/strong>,\u00a0 Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <b>Robert S. 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