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UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS 

History & Philosophy of Science Seminars 

Semester 1,  2008-9

 Venue:  Department of Philosophy, Woodhouse Lane, Baines Wing Room G36
 
http://www.hps.leeds.ac.uk/Find/find.htm

Seminars commence at 3.15pm. Tea is available from 3 pm in the same room.


15th October   Alice Bell  (Imperial College)
The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm: Considering the Childlike Scientist


29th October    Miklos Redei  (London School of Economics)
John von Neumann's life and work in light of his letters


12th November   Jacob Busch  (St Andrews)   
Why the Indispensability Argument for Mathematical Platonism does Not Work


26th November   Julie Anderson  (Manchester)
The Science of Examination: Blindness and Inspection in Ireland 1920-1948


10th December   Alan Baker  (Swarthmore/Oxford)   
Angles and Insects: Geometrical Explanation in Science


ALL WELCOME!            

For further information please contact Graeme Gooday, [log in to unmask]  
 


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 Graeme Gooday,
Professor of the History of Science and Technology & National Teaching Fellow
Department of Philosophy
Woodhouse Lane
University of Leeds
LEEDS
LS2 9JT
United Kingdom

E-mail: [log in to unmask]

Phone: 0113 343 3274
FAX: 0113 343 3265