Philosophy of Science Colloquium, January

P h i l o s o p h y o f S c i e n c e C o l l o q u i u m Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest Room 6.54 (6th floor) Monday 4:00 PM Pazmany P. setany 1/A Budapest, Hungary Phone/Fax: (36-1) 372 2924 http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium P r o g r a m - January 2005 10 January 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 (Language: Hungarian) P e t e r H r a s k o Theoretical Physics, Janus Pannonius University, Pecs A forgas kulonos tulajdonsagai az altalanos relativitaselmeletben (Newton, Berkeley, Mach, Einstein) (Peculiarities of gyration in general relativity - Newton, Berkeley, Mach, Einstein) Abstract:http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/January/#1 17 January 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 (Language: Hungarian) G y o r g y S z o n d y Amateur physicist* _________ * The senior electrical engineer, working for a computer company in Budapest, György Szondy calls himself "amateur physicist". He is doing research on specific problems of relativistic and quantum gravity. (L. E. Szabó) Az altalanos relativitaselmelet es a muholdas navigacio (GPS) kapcsolata (General relativity and the problem of Global Positioning System) Abstract:http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/January/#2 24 January 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 (Language: English) H o w a r d R o b i n s o n Philosophy, Central European University, Budapest Concept of matter and concept of power Abstract:http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/January/#3 31 January No seminar session! (Reason: MAKOG 2005, Debrecen, see http://cogsci.bme.hu/~ikovacs/MAKOG.html) ___________________________________ The 60-minute lecture is followed by a 10-minute break. Then we hold a 30-60-minute discussion. The participants may comment on the talks and are encouraged to initiate discussion through the Internet. The comments should be written in the language of the presentation. The organizer of the colloquium: Laszlo E. Szabo (email: leszabo(a)hps.elte.hu) -- L a s z l o E. S z a b o Theoretical Physics Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Department of History and Philosophy of Science Eotvos University, Budapest http://hps.elte.hu/leszabo