Gunther Fleck eloadasa

Meghivo Az ELTE Tudomanytortenet es Tudomanyfilozofia Tanszeke szervezeseben kerul sor a kovetkezo eloadasra: "Varieties of Relatedness between Science and its Research Objects: A Psychological Analysis" Gunther Fleck Military Psychology Service Department of Philosophy of Science Sub-dept of Aviation Psychology University of Vienna Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria Az eloadas idopontja: aprilis 28, kedd, 18 ora helye: Budapest, Rakoczi u. 5. II. em. 229. terem Abstract: Every scientific investigation is based on a particular epistemological stance (mindset) determining the kind of relationship between the researcher and his or her object. It is argued that the acquisition and taking up of a particular epistemological stance towards an object does not represent a pure rational choice, rather affective processes do play an important role. Normally, the affective part of an epistemological stance is not conscious. To make it conscious active self-reflection of the scientist is necessary. Via the demonstration of two dominating scientific world views, the positivistic-mechanistic-reductionistic on the one hand, the organismic-systemic one on the other hand, an attempt is going on to be made to work out the underlying implicit affective parts. Especially, it will be shown that both the ability of an individual (scientist) to create boundaries towards the world and the ability to transcend these boundaries, thereby coping with appearing anxieties, are essential. Minden erdeklodot szeretettel varunk. udv kgy ===================================================================== George Kampis, Associate Professor, Chairman, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, ELTE University, Budapest, H-1088 Rakoczi u. 5., Hungary Phone/FAX: (36) 1 266 4954 email: gk(a)hps.elte.hu http://hps.elte.hu ftp://hps.elte.hu =====================================================================