[Ssnet_list] Halifax June 21-24: International conference brings big science thinkers together

[Suzanne E. Long]

From: Situsci <situsci at dal.ca>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 13, 2012

WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL ABOUT SCIENCE
International conference brings big science thinkers together

(Halifax, NS) – Debates about "proof" and "evidence", “good” and “exact”
sciences linger among academics just as they do among the general public.

Three experts in the field of Science and Technology Studies, or the
humanities and social studies of science, will be featured at the 9th
biennial meeting of the International Society for the History of Philosophy
and Science at the University of King’s College, 6350 Coburg Rd. in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, June 21-24, 2012.

Distinguished philosopher, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and
Companion of the Order of Canada, Ian Hacking will explore rhetoric,
especially paradigms, in scientific discourse on June 22. This will follow
a lecture on the previous night by prominent professor in the Institute for
Advanced Studies at Princeton University, Heinrich von Staden, about
shifting notions of “proof” and “evidence” in experimental science.
Kathleen Okruhlik, a professor at the University of Western Ontario
and President of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of
Science, caps the conference with her investigation of the roles of desire
and will in notions of “good science” on June 23. The free keynotes start
at 5:30pm.

A special Plenary Symposium on the nature of “exact” science is also open
to the public June 23rd at 2:15pm. All public events will occur in Alumni
Hall.

“It’s not very often that leading thinkers like these are brought together
in this way in Canada,” says Emily Tector, Project Coordinator of one of
the event’s keynote supporters, the Situating Science Strategic Knowledge
Cluster in Canada (www.situsci.ca) “the free events are a great chance to
involve the public in key underlying science issues that continue to engage
us. These are big questions requiring big thinking.”

The International Society for the History of Philosophy and Science
conference program and information can be found at: www.hopos.org

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For more information, please contact:
Emily Tector, Project Coordinator
Situating Science Strategic Knowledge Cluster  |  www.situsci.ca  |
situsci at dal.ca  |  902 422-1270 x 200

or
Cheryl Bell
University of King's College Advancement Office - Communications |
902.422.1271
ext 136  |  Cell 902 266 9403

ABOUT HOPOS  (WWW.HOPOS.ORG)
The International Society for the History of Philosophy and Science is
devoted to promoting serious, scholarly research on the history of the
philosophy of science, across related disciplines and in all historical
periods.  They aim to promote historical work in a variety of ways, but
especially through encouraging exchange among scholars through meetings,
publications, and electronic media. HOPOS is a member organization of FISP
(Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie). For
more information, please visit: WWW.HOPOS.ORG

ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF KING’S COLLEGE (WWW.UKINGS.CA)
Established in 1789, King's College is Canada's oldest chartered
university. A small and extraordinarily lively academic community located
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, King's is known nationally and internationally for
its highly acclaimed interdisciplinary programs in the humanities and
journalism. For more information, please go to WWW.UKINGS.CA

ABOUT SITUATING SCIENCE (WWW.SITUSCI.CA)
The Situating Science Strategic Knowledge Cluster is a 7-year networking
project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada. Situating Science represents the first coordinated effort in
targeted knowledge exchange and partnership creation in the humanities and
social studies of science and technology in Canada. Our mandate is to bring
philosophers, historians, sociologists, and anthropologists together with
scientists, journalists, museologists, and others, to study the influences
that have shaped the field of science, and the influence that science has
on our lives. For more information on our themes, podcasts, videos, events
and network, please visit: WWW.SITUSCI.CA


Emily Tector
Project Coordinator
Situating Science Strategic Knowledge Cluster
University of King's College
6350 Coburg Rd
Halifax  NS  B3H 2A1
Phone: (902) 422-1271, ext. 200
Cell (Emergency Phone): (902) 789-8392
Fax: (902)423-3357
www.situsci.ca
7 Years. 6 Nodes. 4 Themes.

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Emily Tector
Project Coordinator
Situating Science Strategic Knowledge Cluster
University of King's College
6350 Coburg Rd
Halifax  NS  B3H 2A1
Phone: (902) 422-1271, ext. 200
Cell (Emergency Phone): (902) 789-8392
Fax: (902)423-3357
www.situsci.ca
7 Years. 6 Nodes. 4 Themes.

Follow our Situating Science Facebook Page and Twitter feeds (@situsci)
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