Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University
Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR
(http://hps.elte.hu/seminar)
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Dear All!
I would like to remind you that there will be NO seminar on 30 April.
Peter Gnadig's lecture, previously scheduled on this date, is moved to
14 May. The next seminar will be held on 7 May (Katalin Farkas).
Have a nice holiday,
Laszlo E. Szabo
--
Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Home: (36-1) 200-7318
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
Budapesti baratai neveben szomoru szivvel tovabbitom a hirt, hogy
aprilis 22-en WESLEY C. SALMON egy tragikus autobalesetben eletet
vesztette.
Wesley Salmon 1981-tol volt a University of Pittsburgh filozofia
professzora. Ezt megelozoen a vilag szamos nagyhiru egyetemen tanitott.
Palyafutasa soran elnoke volt tobb amerikai tudomanyos tarsasagnak,
Philosophy of Science Association, American Philosophical Association
(Pacific Division), History and Philosophy of Science Section of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Az utobbi evekben
az International Union of History and Philosophy of Science elnoki
tisztseget toltotte be.
Filozofiai erdeklodesenek kozeppontjaban a kauzalitas es a tudomanyos
magyarazat, a valoszinusegelmelet es a tudomanyos elmeletek
konfirmaciojanak kerdese, az indukcio-problema, es nem utolsosorban,
a fizikaval kapcsolatos, mindenekelott a relativitaselmelettel
osszefüggo
filozofiai kerdesek alltak.
Fobb muvei a kovetkezok:
Logic (1963)
Foundations of Scientific Inference (1967)
Statistical Explanation and Statistical Relevance (1971)
Space, Time and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction (1975)
Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World (1984)
Four Decades of Scientific Explanation (1989)
Szerkesztoje volt olyan sokat idezett cikkgyujtemenyeknek, mint a Zeno's
Paradoxes (1970), vagy a Hans Reichenbach: Logical Empiricist (1979).
2001. aprilis 23.
E. Szabo Laszlo
--
Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Home: (36-1) 200-7318
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
Lehet, hogy csak vaklarma, de mintha a koglistra ment volna ki
egy level Muranyi Istvan nevevel femjelezve. Nagyobb merevlemezt
iger, es a levelhez egy futtathato fajl van csatolva. Eleg
virusgyanus, en nem nyitnam meg.
Udv,
Krajcsi Attila
Tisztelt Erdeklodok,
szeretettel varunk mindenkit Wittgenstein halalanak 50. evforduloja
alkalmabol megrendezesre kerulo konferenciankon, (2001. aprilis 26.
csutortok) az MTA Filozofiai Kutatointezeteben (1054 Budapest, Szemere u. 10.)
A mellekletben talalhato a konferencia programja.
Honlap: http://www.phil-inst.hu/events/wkonf.htm
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University
Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR
(http://hps.elte.hu/seminar)
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23 April 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
(Language: English)
H o w a r d R o b i n s o n
CEU, Budapest, Philosophy Program
University of Liverpool
Various kinds of reductionism
Reductionism in the philosophy of science is associated with the
logical positivists' attempt to produce a unified science. In their
eyes, as they disliked ontology, this unity was essentially a matter of
the relation of theories one to another. For those who fear ontology
less, it can be conceived in a more realist fashion. The different
sciences, and many things we say in ordinary, non-scientific language,
are all true of the same physical world. What constraints are there on
theories for it to be possible for them to be different ways of
conceptualising the same reality? Reductionism can be seen as the
principle attempt explain these constraints.
I shall look at the different accounts of reduction that have been
given. First, I shall give a typology of the various accounts that have
been given of the relations between the ontologies of different
theories, stretching from the most reductive to those that are
explicitly emergentist. Second I shall focus on the 'weak reductionism'
defended by
Jerry Fodor in 'Special sciences: the disunity of science as a working
hypothesis', (Synthese, 1974: variously reprinted, including in The
Philosophy of Science, eds Boyd, Gasper and Trout). I shall question
whether this kind of weak reduction is adequate for a naturalist, on the
grounds that it presupposes that the science-producing subject is
external to the world about which he is producing his theories.
The organizer of the seminar: László E. Szabó
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Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Home: (36-1) 200-7318
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
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From: amela <uclyaca(a)ucl.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 11:47:13 +0000
Subject: Nis summer school
Please circulate this announcement
The 8th Central European Summer School in Generative Linguistics (CESSGL)
Nis 01
23 July - 03 August
http://egg.auf.net/
Announcing the 8th free summerschool: as every year: we are organising
a summerschool in Generative Grammar in Central/Eastern Europe, which
has both excellent researchers as teachers and is entirely free (no
enrollement fees). This summer, the accomodation (hostel) is even free
for everybody.
Additionally, there are grants available to cover the travel costs of
Eastern European students.
To register, simply fill in the form at:
http://egg.auf.net/register.html
The deadline for registration is the 15th May.
The school will be held in Nis (Yugoslavia), during two weeks (23 July
to 3 August), and is separated into two parallel teaching tracks:
* one introduction track for people with little background in
(generative) linguistics
* one medium/advanced track for people who already know the basics and
want to get into research topics.
The school offers two weeks of intensive intellectual work in syntax,
semantics and phonology (this summer has a strong morpho-phonological
component), with the following teacher lineup:
<Haike Jacobs, Jonathan Kaye, Tobias Scheer, Olga Tomic, Michal Starke.
Klaus Abels, Arhonto Terzi, Ellie Boyadzeva, Luisa Marti, Orin Percus>
Finally, an important aspect of this school is that it tries hard to
keep a balance between intellectual life and fun, providing not only
hard-working classes, but also hard-partying parties.
People who register will be automatically subscribed to a discussion
list about the school, where all further information will be
sent. This allows you to keep up with the latest development in the
region (e.g. security issues), with the potential changes in the
programme, and to ask any question you might have.
To learn more about the school, visit < http://egg.auf.net/ > or
contact the organisers: Tobias.Scheer(a)unice.fr and
Michal.Starke(a)lettres.unige.ch.
Hope to see you soon!
Non-member submission from ["Gyvrgy Szondy" <gyorgy_szondy(a)hotmail.com>]
From: "Gyvrgy Szondy" <gyorgy_szondy(a)hotmail.com>
To: fizinfo(a)sunserv.kfki.hu, koglist(a)cogpsyphy.hu
Subject: Re: Ki lehetett volna talalni
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:55:46 +0200
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Tisztelt Fizinfo olvasok!
Gnadig Ur altal boncolgatott kerdes igencsak erdekes,
sot mondhatni aktualis.
Ma ugyanis hasonlo a helyzet a GUT-tal: valoszinuleg
10 even belul hasono eloadasban taglaljuk majd, hogy
a GUT megalkotasahoz mar az 1970-es evekben minden
informacio a kezunkben volt, megis csak XXI.szazad
elejen...
Ime egy kis izelito a kozismert Landau-Lifsic 6.
kiadasabol 1972-bol. A gravitacios hullamokrol
ezeket irja:
"A kolcsonhatasok terjedesenek veges sebessege ...
a gravitacio reletivisztikus elmeleteben is lehetove
teszi ... a gravitacios hullamok letezeset."
"A gravitacios hullam tehat eppugy, mint az elektro-
magneses hullam, vakuumban fenysebesseggel terjed."
"A gravitacios hullamok transzverzalis hullamok,..."
Aztan kielemzi, milyen tulajdonsagokat hordoznak a
gravitacios hullamok, majd megallapitja: "Az energiat
tartalmazo gravitacios eroter maga is jarulekos
gravitacios ter forrasa." ... "Nagyfrekvencias
gravitacios hullamok eseteben azonban ez a hatas
lenyegesen felerosodik: ... lambda^-2 becsulheto
szorzotenyezot hoz t(ik)-ba." (Ez kb. annyit jelent,
hogy a frekvenciaval aranyos az energiaja.)
"Ha a 'hatteret' teljesen maguk a hullamok hozzak
letre, akkor..." (Szoval ilyen is felvetodott.)
Mar csak egy aprosag hianyzik, pl. hogy valaki
felvesse: a gravitacios hullamok esetleg azonosit-
hatoak az elektromagneses hullamokkal. Ez persze
meg mindig keves, komolyan meg is kellene vizsgalni
a dolgot. Es ez mindannyiunk ugye es felelossege.
Tisztelettel:
Szondy Gyvrgy
> P e t e r G n a d i g
> Atomic Physics, Eotvos University, Budapest
>
>Ki lehetett volna ,,talalni'' a specialis relativitaselmeletet 50 evvel
>Einstein elott?
>(Could special relativity have been "figured out" 50 years before
>Einstein?)
>
> Kozismert, hogy az elektrodinamika torvenyei teljes osszhangban
>allnak a specialis relativitaselmelettel, sot, Einstein eppen a ,,mozgo
>testek elektrodinamikajabol'' jott ra a ter es ido ujszeru viszonyara.
>Meglepo azonban, hogy ezt a kapcsolatot mar az elektrosztatika
>(Coulomb-torveny) es az egyenaramok (pl. egy hosszu, egyenes vezeto)
>Ampere-fele magneses tere magaban rejti, s ez a kapcsolat elemi
>lepesekkel (az eltolasi aramra, vagy az elektromagneses hullamokra valo
>hivatkozas nelkul, s felsobb matematikai apparatust mellozve) felszinre
>hozhato.
> Megfelelo tolteselrendezest valasztva nehany egyszeru lepes utan
>eljuthatunk a Lorentz-kontrakciot, az idodilataciot, az egyidejuseg
>relativitasat, az altalanos Lorentz-transzformaciot es az
>elektromagneses tererossegek transzformacios kepleteit megado
>formulakhoz.
> Erdekes tudomanyfilozofiai kerdes, hogy ha mindez ennyire keszen allt
>
>mar az 1800-as evek kozepen, akkor mi volt az a mozzanat, ami egy fel
>evszazadon keresztul meg hianyzott a relativitaselmelet
>megfogalmazasahoz. Az eloado velemenye szerint, a toltesek
>,darabossaganak'' felismeresere, az atomi reszecskek felfedezesere
>kellett varni.
>
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