{"id":4539,"date":"2023-01-24T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T21:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/?page_id=4539"},"modified":"2023-01-24T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T21:07:11","slug":"1969-1970","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/colloquium\/1969-1970\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives 1969-1970"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"past-year\">Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science<br \/>\n10th Annual Program<\/h2>\n<p><!--Download the 44th Annual Program--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>October 16, 1969 | <a href=\"#anchor1\">Human Powers<\/a><\/li>\n<li>October 28, 1969 | <a href=\"#anchor2\">Perception and Philosophy of Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li>November 4, 1969 | <a href=\"#anchor3\">Clinical Judgement and &#8216;Basic Science&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>November 13, 1969 | <a href=\"#anchor4\">Individual, Community and Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li>November 25, 1969 | <a href=\"#anchor5\">Verification of Statistical Predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>December 11, 1969 | <a href=\"#anchor6\">University Centennial Symposium<\/a><\/li>\n<li>December 27-29\u00a0| <a href=\"#anchor7\">Philosophical Foundations of Science\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 15, 1970 | <a href=\"#anchor8\">Two Types of Continuity<\/a><\/li>\n<li>January 27, 1970 | <a href=\"#anchor9\">The Formal Presentation of Physical Quantities<\/a><\/li>\n<li>February 10, 1970 | <a href=\"#anchor10\">Scientific Rationality and the Politics of Revolution<\/a><\/li>\n<li>March 10, 1970 | <a href=\"#anchor11\">Methodology or Heuristics, Strategy or Tactics<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TBD, 1970 | <a href=\"#anchor12\">On Human Reason<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 14, 1970 | <a href=\"#anchor13\">Hidden Variables and Quantum Logic<\/a><\/li>\n<li>April 27-29, 1970 | <a href=\"#anchor14\">Frege&#8217;s Theory of Meaning: Three Lectures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"anchor1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Human Powers<\/h3>\n<p>October 16, 1969<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Rom Harre<\/strong>, <em>Philosophy<\/em>, Oxford University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Charles Taylor<\/strong>, <em>Philosophy<\/em>, University of Montreal<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Perception and Philosophy of Science<\/h3>\n<p>October 28, 1969<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Huseyin Yilmaz<\/strong>, <em>Physics<\/em>, Communications Machines, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Edmond M. Dewan<\/strong>, <em>Physics<\/em>, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor3\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Clinical Judgement and &#8216;Basic Science&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>November 4, 1969<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Alvin Feinstein<\/strong>, M.D., Department of Medicine and Epidemiology; Yale University School of\u00a0 Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Commentators: <strong>Richard Wolff<\/strong>, M.D., Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital; <strong>Joseph Agassi<\/strong>, <em>Philosophy<\/em>, Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Individual, Community and Change: Two Lectures<\/h3>\n<p>November 13, 1969<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">I. Community Pathology and Personal Effectiveness<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Kenneth B. Clark<\/strong>, <em>Psychology<\/em>, Metropolitan Applied Research Center, N.Y.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"title\">II. Social Perception and Social Change<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>I. C. Jarvie<\/strong>, <em>Anthropology<\/em>, York University, Toronto<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Verification of Statistical Predictions<\/h3>\n<p>November 25, 1969<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Mark Kac<\/strong>, <em>Mathematics<\/em>, Rockefeller University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Henry Kyburg<\/strong>, <em>Logic<\/em>, University of Rochester<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">University Centennial Symposium: The Logic of Scientific Discovery<\/h3>\n<p>December 11, 1969<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Karl Popper<\/strong>, <em>Philosophy<\/em>, London School of Economics and Brandeis University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a name=\"anchor7\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"subtitle\">Philosophical Foundations of Science<\/h1>\n<p class=\"title\"><strong>Symposia Sponsored Jointly by the Boston Colloquium and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS Annual Meeting)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>War Memorial Room 103<br \/>\nDecember 27, 28, 29, 1969<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Physics and the Explanation of Life<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Eugene P. Wigner<\/strong>, Princeton University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>J. Bronowski<\/strong>, The Salk Institute<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Isaac Asimov<\/strong>, Boston University Medical School<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>George Wald<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Present Status of the Unity of Science Thesis<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Peter Achinstein<\/strong>, John Hopkins University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Herbert Bohnert<\/strong>, Michigan State University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Kenneth Schaffner<\/strong>, University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Comments: <strong>Gerald Holton<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Robert S. Cohen<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Ernest Nagel<\/strong>, Columbia University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Brain and Language<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Noam Chomsky<\/strong>, M.I.T.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Norman Geschwind<\/strong>, Harvard Medical School<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Eric Lenneberg<\/strong>, Cornell University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Comments: <strong>Stephen Toulmin<\/strong>, Michigan State University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Marx Wartofsky<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Objectivity in Anthropology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Judith Agassi<\/strong>, Radcliffe Institute<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Ian Jarvie<\/strong>, York University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jacob Gruber<\/strong>, Temple University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Paul Collins<\/strong>, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Anthony Leeds<\/strong>, University of Texas<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>John M. Roberts<\/strong>, Cornell University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Current Problems of Cosmology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Peter Bergmann<\/strong>, Syracuse University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>E. R. Harrison<\/strong>, University of Massachusetts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Philip Morrison<\/strong>, M.I.T.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>John Wheeler<\/strong>, Princeton University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>David Layzer<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>John Stachel<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Comparative History and Sociology of Science<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Benjamin Schwartz<\/strong>, Harvard University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Benjamin Nelson<\/strong>, The New School<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Robert S. Cohen<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Stephen Toulmin<\/strong>, Michigan State University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Karl H. Niebyl<\/strong>, Temple University and University of Connecticut<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Comments: <strong>Ernan McMullin<\/strong>, University of Notre Dame<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\">Chairman: <strong>Joseph Agassi<\/strong>, Boston University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor8\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Two Types of Continuity<\/h3>\n<p>January 15, 1970<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Milic Capek<\/strong>, <em>Philosophy<\/em>, Boston University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>R.S. Cohen<\/strong>, <em>Physics<\/em>,\u00a0Boston University<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor9\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">The Formal Presentation of Physical Quantities<\/h3>\n<p>January 27, 1970<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Bas Van Fraasen<\/strong>, <em>Philosophy<\/em>, University of Toronto<\/p>\n<p>Commentators: <strong>John Stachel<\/strong>, <em>Physics<\/em>, Boston University; <strong>E. J. Post<\/strong>, <em>Physics<\/em>, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor10\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Scientific Rationality and the Politics of Revolution<\/h3>\n<p>February 10, 1970<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Margarete Buber-Neumann<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Marx Wartofsky<\/strong>, <em>Philosophy<\/em>, Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor11\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Methodology or Heuristics, Strategy or Tactics<\/h3>\n<p>March 10, 1970<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>George Polya<\/strong>, <em>Mathematics<\/em>, Stanford University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <b>Marvin Minsky<\/b>, <em>Mathematics<\/em>, M.I.T.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor12\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">On Human Reason<\/h3>\n<p>TBD, 1970<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Michael Polanyi<\/strong>, <em>Philosophy<\/em> and <em>Chemistry<\/em>, Oxford University<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor13\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Hidden Variables and Quantum Logic<\/h3>\n<p>April 14, 1970<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Jeffrey Bub<\/strong>, <em>Philosophy<\/em>, Yale University<\/p>\n<p>Commentator: <strong>Abner Shimony<\/strong>, <em>Physics<\/em> and <em>Philosophy<\/em>, Boston University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"anchor14\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\">Frege&#8217;s Theory of Meaning: Three Lectures<\/h3>\n<p>April 27, 28, 29, 1970<\/p>\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<div class=\"indent\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"speaker-location\"><strong>Alonzo Church<\/strong>, <em>Logic<\/em>, University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science 10th Annual Program October 16, 1969 | Human Powers October 28, 1969 | Perception and Philosophy of Science November 4, 1969 | Clinical Judgement and &#8216;Basic Science&#8217; November 13, 1969 | Individual, Community and Change November 25, 1969 | Verification of Statistical Predictions December 11, 1969 | University Centennial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6868,"featured_media":0,"parent":101,"menu_order":51,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4539"}],"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=4539"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4568,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cphs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4539\/revisions\/4568"}],"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=4539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}