[Sci-tech-public] Thomas Kuhn Symposium (REMINDER)

Randyn A. Miller randyn at MIT.EDU
Mon Dec 3 08:44:51 EST 2012


Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Program in Science, Technology, and Society and Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
With
Harvard's Department of History of Science
present

THOMAS KUHN'S STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS, FIFTY YEARS LATER:
A Symposium on the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science

FRIDAY | 7 DECEMBER 2012 | 1 PM
MIT CAMPUS | BARTOS THEATRE | E14-070 | 20 AMES STREET | CAMBRIDGE, MA

SCHEDULE OF PROCEEDINGS:

1 PM
Welcome and Introduction

1:05 PM | Session I
Legacies of 'Structure' in Sociology of Science

"What Do Scientists and Engineers Do All Day? On Structure of Normal Science"
Cyrus Mody | Rice

"Kuhn's Structure: A Moment in Modern Naturalism"
Steven Shapin | Harvard

2:25 PM | Session II
Legacies of 'Structure' in Philosophy of Science

"Rules and Rationality"
Sherrilyn Roush | Berkeley

"Incommensurability: Measurement not Meaning"
Helen Longino | Stanford

3:45 PM | Session III
Legacies of 'Structure' in History of Science

"Games, Rules, and Theoretical Frameworks: Kuhn and the Postwar Human Sciences"
Paul Erickson | Wesleyan

"Kuhn, the Quotidian, and the Question of God's Death"
David Hollinger | Berkeley

5 PM  | Discussion

Moderator:
Peter Galison | Harvard
Panel:
David Hollinger | Berkeley
Evelyn Fox Keller | MIT
Helen Longino | Stanford
Steve Shapin | Harvard

5:30
Reception



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