STANISŁAW KAMIŃSKI MEMORIAL LECTURES 2006/2007
THE JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHYProfessor Susan Haack
(University of Miami)
EVIDENCE AND METHOD IN THE SCIENCES:30 hour-course, 1 hour credit, 2 ECTS points
LOGICAL, SOCIAL, AND WORLDLY DIMENSIONS
May 14-19, 2007
MONDAY - SATURDAY, 9.30-12.30
room GG-212
Summary:
by the Old Deferentialists, nor the purely social
understanding offered by the New Cynics, will do.
The Critical Common-sensist account of evidence and method
in the sciences -- which combines logical
and social dimensions, and adds another: the world
-- is more adequate both to the successes
of the sciences, and to their failures.
Reading:
Susan Haack, Defending Science -- Within Reason:
Between Scientism and Cynicism
(Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2003), chapters 1-6.
James D. Watson, The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery
of the Structure of DNA. Originally published in 1967; edited by Gunther Stent,
with commentary, reviews, and Watson and Crick's original scientific papers
(New York: W.W. Norton, 1980).*
*This edition should be readily available:
it's cheap; and the additional material is very useful.
Open doctoral seminar:
The Integrity of Science:
What It Means,
Why It Matters
May 18 (Friday)
17.00, room GG-213
Summary:
This lecture will focus primarily on integrity in the sense
of "firm adherence to values," and how this concept applies to science qua institution.
The first step will be to identify and articulate the most relevant values
-- the epistemological values of evidence-sharing and respect for evidence
-- and show how they are rooted in the goals of the scientific enterprise;
the next, to explore the circumstances that presently threaten to erode commitment
to these core values; and the last, to articulate why this erosion should concern us.
Questions should be directed to:
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