Ziman in Coll Bud

Kedves Kollegak, a CB megkert, hogy tovabbitsam. Ime. udv kgy JOHN ZIMAN Postacademic Science: Constructing knowledge with networks and norms Introduced by: Helga Nowotny Friday, October 20, 1995 14:00 p.m. Collegium Budapest 1014 Budapest Szentharomsag u. 2. ABSTRACT Science is entering a new phase. "Postindustrial" cultural forms, such as multidisciplinary teamwork, electronic networking, temporary employment, intellectual property rights, problem- oriented projects, etc. are transforming traditional academic practicies and norms. But the philosophy of science is bound up with its institutional arrangements. Does the change to a radically new mode of research affect the quality, the scope and the direction of scientific knowledge? "Postacademic" science will be "postmodern" in repudiating reductionism, celebrating pluralism and focusing pragmatically on local realities. But if confined to contexts of application it could lose the prime virtue of objectivity. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: John Ziman is Emeritus Professor of Physics of the University of Bristol. He was brought up in New Zealand, studied at Oxford, and lectured at Cambridge, before becoming Professor of Theoretical Physics at Bristol in 1964. His researches on the theory of the electrical and magnetic properties of solid and liquid metals earned his election to the Royal Society in 1967. Voluntary early retirement from Bristol in 1982 was followed by a period as Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London, and from 1986 to 1991 as founding Director of the Science Policy Support Group. He was Chairman of the Council and Society from 1976 to 1990, and has written extensively on various aspects of the social relations of science and technology. Next lecture in the topic: John Heilbron: The Civics of Science 7th November