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Visiting Speakers

See Also: Spring 2008

History and Philosophy of Science and Technology are please to host the follow speakers:

Fall 2008

Keynote speakers for the interdisciplinary symposium, Academic Evloution and Hybridization: The Sciences and the Arts

Monday, November 24

Peter Godfrey-SmithPeter Godfrey-Smith
Professor of Philosophy
Harvard University
“Models and Fictions in Science.”

 

Arthur ZajoncArthur Zajonc
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Physics
Amherst College
“Toward an integrative understanding of science.”

 

Tuesday, November 25

Brian BoydBrian Boyd
Distinguished Professor of English
University of Auckland, New Zealand
“Telling Advantages: Storytelling as Adaptation.”

 

Pierre LaszloPierre Laszlo
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
University of Liège, Belgium, and the École Polytechnique in Paris
“The Circulation of Concepts.”