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Friday, September 29th 2006
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium
in 131 Physics
Speaker: Paul Hoyningen-Huene, Center for Philosophy and Ethics of Science, University of Hannover. Cosponsored by the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science
Subject: Systematicity: On the Nature of Science
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
The paper addresses the question of what the nature of science is. I will first make a few preliminary historical and systematic remarks. Next, in answering the main question, I shall propose the following thesis: Scientific knowledge is primarily distinguished from other forms of knowledge, especially from everyday knowledge, by being more systematic. This thesis has to be qualified, clarified, developed and justified. Finally, I will compare my answer with alternative answers.
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