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UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2010/newsitem/3335/23-
 April-2010-A-Post-Kuhnian-Approach-to-History-and-
 Philosophy-of-Science-Michael-Friedman
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SUMMARY:A Post-Kuhnian Approach to History and Phi
 losophy of Science, Michael Friedman
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Michael Friedman
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20100423T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20100423T160000
LOCATION:C1.17 OMHP gebouw
DESCRIPTION:What I call the dynamics of reason is 
 an essentially historical response to the challeng
 e to the rationality and objectivity of science ar
 ising in the wake of Kuhn's theory of scientific r
 evolutions. I concentrate on developments in the m
 athematical exact sciences from Newton to Einstein
  together with parallel developments in scientific
  philosophy from Kant to logical empiricism, and I
  aim to show that Kant's original conception of sc
 ientific objectivity and rationality can be relati
 vized and historicized in such a way that a trans-
 historical version of such objectivity and rationa
 lity is nonetheless preserved. I now want to look 
 in more detail at historical developments leading 
 up to the Kantian synthesis so as to bring both th
 eological issues (culminating in Newton's metaphys
 ics of space and Kant's reaction to it) and cultur
 al and institutional events (involving the Church'
 s very complex relationship to the new astronomy) 
 into my historical narrative. Far from compromisin
 g the 'purely intellectual' integrity of the scien
 tific and philosophical developments taking place 
 in this wider context, my expanded narrative rathe
 r underscores their central importance.   For more
  information, please contact d.grossi at uva.nl
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   What I call the dynamics of reason is an essenti
 ally\n        historical response to the challenge
  to the rationality and\n        objectivity of sc
 ience arising in the wake of Kuhn's theory of\n   
      scientific revolutions. I concentrate on deve
 lopments in the\n        mathematical exact scienc
 es from Newton to Einstein together\n        with 
 parallel developments in scientific philosophy fro
 m Kant\n        to logical empiricism, and I aim t
 o show that Kant's original\n        conception of
  scientific objectivity and rationality can be\n  
       relativized and historicized in such a way t
 hat a\n        trans-historical version of such ob
 jectivity and rationality\n        is nonetheless 
 preserved. I now want to look in more detail at\n 
        historical developments leading up to the K
 antian synthesis so\n        as to bring both theo
 logical issues (culminating in Newton's\n        m
 etaphysics of space and Kant's reaction to it) and
  cultural\n        and institutional events (invol
 ving the Church's very complex\n        relationsh
 ip to the new astronomy) into my historical\n     
    narrative. Far from compromising the 'purely\n 
        intellectual' integrity of the scientific a
 nd\n        philosophical developments taking plac
 e in this wider context,\n        my expanded narr
 ative rather underscores their central\n        im
 portance.</p>\n    \n      <p>\n        For more i
 nformation, please contact <a class="email">d.gros
 si <span class="at">at</span> uva.nl</a>\n      </
 p>\n    
URL:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2010/newsitem/3335/23-
 April-2010-A-Post-Kuhnian-Approach-to-History-and-
 Philosophy-of-Science-Michael-Friedman
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