"T. S. Kuhn's THE STRUCTURE OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS: Impact, Relevance and Open Issues," University of Athens, August 21-23, 2008.

Thursday 21 August 2008

Morning Session 10:00 - 11:15 Aristidis Baltas (National Technical University of Athens): "The Logic of Paradigm Shift" 11:15 -- 11:45 Coffee Break 11:45 -- 13:00 Hasok Chang (University College London):"Incommensurability: Revisiting the Chemical Revolution" Evening Session 18:00 -- 19:15 Rupert Read (University of East Anglia): "How far canscience determine our environmental values? An answer, courtesy of Kuhn and Winch" 19:15 -- 19:30 Coffee Break 19:30 -- 20:45 James Conant (University of Chicago): "Kuhn and Nonsense"

Friday 22 August 2008

Morning Session 10:00 - 11:15 Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen (Durham University): "Evolutionary development of science and scientific progress: Can evolution lead to the truth?" 11:15 -- 11:45 Coffee Break 11:45 -- 13:00 James A. Marcum (Baylor University, USA): "Systems Biology: a Kuhnian Scientific Revolution?" Evening Session 18:00 -- 19:15 Theodore Arabatzis (University of Athens): "Truth and Historical Interpretation: Kuhn versus the Analytic Philosophical Tradition" 19:15 -- 19:30 Coffee Break 19:30 -- 20:45 Alan Richardson (University of British Columbia):"Thomas Kuhn in the History of Philosophy of Science"

Saturday 23 August 2008

Morning Session 10:00 - 11:15 Vasso Kindi (University of Athens): "Rules and Novelty: Kuhn's impact outside science" 11:15 -- 11:45 Coffee Break 11:45 -- 13:00 Guröl Irzik (Bogasiçi University, Turkey) & Sibel Irzik (Sabanci University, Turkey): "Kuhn's impact on literary theory and criticism" To register, please contact Vasso Kindi: vkindi@phs.uoa.gr.