Subject: [Depfis] Para agendar: Conferencia de Hasok Chang

From: "Sebastian \"el fune\" Fortin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 12:34:00 -0300

El Grupo de Filosofía de las Ciencias de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y
Naturales de la UBA tiene el agrado de invitar a la conferencia que dictará
el Prof. Hasok Chang, titulada “A Case for Pluralism in Science”.

El Prof. Chang es uno de los más prestigiosos filósofos de la ciencia de la
actualidad. Actualmente es Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy
of Science de la Universidad de Cambridge, y ha recibido el Premio Lakatos
por su libro Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress
(2004).

http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/people/chang/

El encuentro se realizará el *lunes 5 de Agosto a las 11 hs*, en el Aula 6
(Subsuelo) del Pabellón 2 de Ciudad Universitaria.

Abstract:

I present a defence of pluralism in science, with reference to examples
taken primarily from chemistry and physics. I argue that it is beneficial
to maintain multiple systems of practice in each field of study. There are
two types of benefits of plurality. Benefits of toleration arise from
simply allowing multiple systems simultaneously, which provides insurance
against unpredictability, compensation for the limitations of each system,
and multiple satisfaction of any given aim. Benefits of interaction arise
from the integration of different systems for specific purposes, the
co-optation of beneficial elements across systems, and the productive
competition between systems. Pluralism should not be confused with an
abdication of judgment: each pluralist has the freedom and responsibility
to evaluate the quality and value of scientific work. Pluralism does not
need to result in a paralyzing relativism or an uncontrolled dissipation of
resources. The pluralist recommendation to proliferate valuable systems of
knowledge has concrete implications for scientific practice and science
education, and also gives new purpose and approach to the history and
philosophy of science, in line with my vision of history and philosophy of
science as “complementary science”.

Los esperamos

Olimpia Lombardi - Sebastian Fortin