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Friday, September 9th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
The colloquium will not be held this week.
Thursday, September 15th 2005
3:30 pm:
Special History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 110 Pillsbury Hall
Speaker: Naomi Oreskes, Program in Science Studies, University of California, San Diego
Subject: Consensus in Science: How Do We Know We're Not Wrong?"
Cosponsored by Department of Geology and Geophysics and Institute of Technology
Friday, September 16th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: Naomi Oreskes, Program in Science Studies, University of California, San Diego
Subject: From Hydrophones and Hydrogen Bombs to Hydrothermal Vents
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m., Cosponsored by Department of Geology and Geophysics and Institute of Technology
Friday, September 23rd 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: Byron Newberry, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Baylor University
Subject: Efficiency as a Design Value in Engineering
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
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Friday, September 30th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 1-132 Carlson School of Management
Speaker: Tamler Sommers, Division of Humanities, University of Minnesota-Morris
Subject: The Illusion of Freedom Evolves: How Darwinism Supports an Error Theory of Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Refreshments outside CSM 1-132 at 3:15 p.m.; Cosponsored by Studies of Science & Tech., The Ctr for Philosophy of Sci., Dept. of Philosophy, & Consortium on Law & Values; Note Room Change
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Thursday, October 6th 2005
12:00 pm:
Special History of Science and Technology Colloquium in Carlson School of Management, room 1-113
Speaker: Marcel Weber, Science Studies Program, University of Basel
Subject: How Strong is the Case for Social Relativism in Science?
Note change of room & time; Refreshments served outside CSM 1-113 at 3:15 p.m.; Cosponsored by Studies of Science & Tech., Ctr for Philosophy of Sci., Dept. of Philosophy, & Consortium of Law & Values
Friday, October 7th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: James Evans, Department of Physics, University of Puget Sound
Subject: Explaining Gravity in Newton's Shadow: Le Sage's Theory of Gravitation and Its Reception
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
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Friday, October 14th 2005
12:00 pm:
Special History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 1-142 Carlson School of Management
Speaker: Gary Hatfield, Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania
Subject: What Can the Mind Tell Us About the Brain?
Note change of room & time; Cosponsored by Studies of Sci. and Technology, The Ctr for Philosophy of Science, Dept of Philosophy, & Consortium on Law & Values in Health, Environment & the Life Science
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: Roger Hahn, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley
Subject: Laplace and the Superfluous God
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
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Friday, October 21st 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: Carol Cleland, Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder
Subject: The Methodology and Epistemology of Historical Science
Refreshments in 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m., Sponsored by Studies of Sci. and Tech., The Ctr for Philosophy of Sci, Dept of Philosophy, & Consortium on Law & Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sci
Friday, October 28th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: Stefan Poser, History of Technology, Association of German Engineers (VDI), Berlin-Brandenbury
Subject: Playful Celebrations of Technology? Technology in Amusement Parks and in the Children's Playroom at the Turn of the 20th Century
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m.
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Wednesday, November 2nd 2005
7:30 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in HH Humphrey Center, Cowles Auditorium
Speaker: Mitchell Ash, Institute of History, University of Vienna
Subject: The Sciences in Germany and Austria during the Nazi Era: Can There Be "Good" Science in an Evil Regime?"
Cosponsored by the Center for Austrian Studies, note change of day, time and place for seminar
Friday, November 11th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: Robert Rynasiewicz, Department of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University
Subject: The Road to Relativity: 1895 - 1905
Refreshments served in Room 216 Physics at 3:15 p.m., Cosponsored by the Department of Astronomy.
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Friday, November 18th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: Melanie Frappier, Department of Philosophy, Mankato State University
Subject: The Changing Roles of Heisneberg's Microscope Experiment
Refreshments in Rm 216 Physics, 3:15 p.m., Cosponsored by Studies of Sci & Tech, The Ctr for Philosophy of Sci, Dept of Philosophy, & Consortium on Law & Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sci
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Friday, November 25th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
The colloquium will not be held this week.
Friday, December 2nd 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: Alan Shapiro, Program in History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota
Subject: From the Heavens to the Earth: Newton’s Optical Investigations
Refreshments in room 216 at 3:15 p.m.. Cosponsored by the Department of Astronomy.
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Friday, December 9th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
Speaker: Terence Horgan, Department of Philosophy, University of Arizona
Subject: Causal Compatibilism and the Phenomenology of Agency
Refreshments in Rm 216 Physics, 3:15 p.m., Cosponsored by Studies of Sci & Tech, The Ctr for Philosophy of Sci, Dept of Philosophy, & Consortium on Law & Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sci
Friday, December 16th 2005
3:35 pm:
History of Science and Technology Colloquium in 131 Physics
The colloquium will not be held this week.

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