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 March-2012-Spinoza-lectures-Michael-Friedman
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SUMMARY:Spinoza lectures, Michael Friedman
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Michael Friedman
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20120329T201500
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LOCATION:Oude Lutherse Kerk, Amsterdam
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:  My Dynamics of Reason (2001
 ) responds to Thomas Kuhn’s theory of scientific r
 evolutions by developing a new-Kantian conception 
 of dynamical and historically relative a priori co
 nstitutive principles and applies this conception 
 to Kuhn’s central example of the transition from N
 ewtonian physics to Einstein’s theory of relativit
 y. It argues for the trans-historical rationality 
 of this revolutionary scientific change by appeali
 ng to the contemporaneous developments in scientif
 ic philosophy throughout the late nineteenth and e
 arly twentieth centuries, involving such figures a
 s Hermann von Helmholtz, Ernst Mach, and Henri Poi
 ncaré. The First Lecture briefly summarizes this a
 rgument and then extends it in two interrelated wa
 ys – by, on the one hand, exploring the scientific
 , philosophical, and theological background to Kan
 t’s original conception of a non-dynamical, timele
 ss conception of the synthetic a priori, and, on t
 he other, relating these developments to the wider
  cultural context. I thus make a beginning in conn
 ecting the purely intellectual historical narrativ
 e on which I have concentrated so far with cultura
 l and political history, thus making contact with 
 work in history of science and science studies.  F
 or more information, contact Y.T.M.Verbeek at uva.
 nl.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n        <p>Abstract
 :<br/>\n        My Dynamics of Reason (2001) respo
 nds to Thomas Kuhn&rsquo;s\n        theory of scie
 ntific revolutions by developing a new-Kantian\n  
       conception of dynamical and historically rel
 ative a priori\n        constitutive principles an
 d applies this conception to\n        Kuhn&rsquo;s
  central example of the transition from Newtonian\
 n        physics to Einstein&rsquo;s theory of rel
 ativity.  It argues\n        for the trans-histori
 cal rationality of this revolutionary\n        sci
 entific change by appealing to the contemporaneous
 \n        developments in scientific philosophy th
 roughout the late\n        nineteenth and early tw
 entieth centuries, involving such\n        figures
  as Hermann von Helmholtz, Ernst Mach, and Henri\n
         Poincar&eacute;. The First Lecture briefly
  summarizes this\n        argument and then extend
 s it in two interrelated ways &ndash;\n        by,
  on the one hand, exploring the scientific, philos
 ophical,\n        and theological background to Ka
 nt&rsquo;s original conception\n        of a non-d
 ynamical, timeless conception of the synthetic a\n
         priori, and, on the other, relating these 
 developments to the\n        wider cultural contex
 t.  I thus make a beginning in connecting\n       
  the purely intellectual historical narrative on w
 hich I have\n        concentrated so far with cult
 ural and political history, thus\n        making c
 ontact with work in history of science and science
 \n        studies.</p>\n    \n        <p>For more 
 information, contact <a class="email">Y.T.M.Verbee
 k <span class="at">at</span> uva.nl</a>.</p>\n    
URL:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2012/newsitem/4408/29-
 March-2012-Spinoza-lectures-Michael-Friedman
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