Ways of Knowing

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.

Unless otherwise noted, lectures were not recorded, no videos available.

Fall 1994

• “How we finally wiped the smile of reason from our faces” by John Lienhard
• “The dawn of the age of discovery and the age of the scientific revolution” by Patricia Seed
• “Maintaining objectivity: can we repair the crumbling philosophical foundations of academic inquiry?” by Richard Grandy
• “The human cognitive niche: evolutionary perspectives” by Kathleen R. Gibson

Spring 1995

• “The teaching of science in a university curriculum.” Videos available here.
• “Ways of knowing how to see: notes towards a new history of the visual in art and science” by Martin John Kemp
• “The study of memory: an example of science losing its mind” by Michael Watkins
• “Post-modern and modern science” by Pauline Rosenau