In Memoriam: Kuhn and the Problem of Scientific Knowledge

Unless otherwise noted, all Colloquia will be held at 4:00 p.m. in the Kyle Morrow Room, Fondren Library. A wine and cheese reception will follow each event.

Lectures not recorded, no videos available.

Fall 1997 Lecture Schedule

Tuesday, September 16, 1997

Richard Grandy
Professor of Philosophy, Rice University
"The Structure of the Kuhnian Revolution"
Bibliography to above talk

Thursday, September 25, 1997 - Bochner Lecture

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Duncan Hall Auditorium
Steven Weinberg
Josey Regental Professor of Science, University of Texas at Austin
"Revisiting Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolution"

Tuesday, October 14, 1997

Helen Longino
Professor of Women's Studies, University of Minnesota
"Complexity, Plurality, and Context: Philosophy of Science after Kuhn"

See also Kalb Lecture, same day, 8-10pm, "Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives," Farnsworth Pavilion, reception to follow in Brown Garden.

Tuesday, November 4, 1997

Peter Galison
Mallinckrodt Professor of the History of Science and of Physics, Harvard
"Image and Logic: a Material Culture of Microphysics"

Tuesday, December 9, 1997

Hannu Miettinen
Professor of Physics, Rice University
"The Discovery of the Top Quark"

Spring 1998 Lecture Schedule

Tuesday, January 20, 1998

John Zammito
Associate Professor of History, Rice University
"How Kuhn Became a Sociologist (and Why He Didn't Like It)"

Tuesday, 17 February 1998

Robert W. Smith
Chair, Department of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Adjunct Professor, Department of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
"Little Science, Normal Science, Big Science: Kuhn, Price, and Rethinking the Nature of the Scientific Enterprise"