Dear Colleagues and Friends, As many of you might know, the Faculty of Science of Eotvos Lorand University plans to fire the whole Department of History and Philosophy of Science. (For further details see http://hps.elte.hu) The Philosophy of Science Colloquium is, however, still working - till the final dissolution of the Department. Best regards, Laszlo E. Szabo __________________________________________________ Philosophy of Science Colloquium 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://hps.elte.hu Program - April 4 April 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: English Leon Horsten Institute of Philosophy, Catholic University of Leuven Computational Structuralism Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/April/#1 11 April 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: English, except if all participants speak Hungarian Attila Csordás* MA (biology, Szeged) and MA (philosophy, Eötvös) _______________ * Recently, A. Csordás is a PhD student in the medical school of Semmelweis University, Budapest. (L. E. Sz.) Regenerative medicine and weak immortalization - technology and philosophy Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/April/#2 18 April 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: Hungarian Janos Tanacs Department of Philosophy and History of Science Budapest University of Technology and Economics Fogalomeltereles? A Bolyai Janos-fele Eszrevetelek mint a Bolyai- es Lobacsevszkij-fele fogalmi-terminologiai rendszerek osszetalalkozasat orzo dokumentum (Non-Euclidean Geometry or Geometries? Is the conceptual-terminological system of Bolyai and Lobatchewsky the same? Bolyai's Remarks onLobatchewsky's 'Geometrische Untersuchungen') Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/April/#3 25 April 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54 Language: Hungarian Jozsef Topal Comparative Ethology Research Group of HAS Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest A kutya kizarason alapulo kovetkeztetesi kepessegei: Ahogyan azt az etologus latja (Dog's exclusionary inference capacity: from the ethologist's point of view) Abstract: http://philosophy.elte.hu/colloquium/2005/April/#4 ___________________________________ The colloquium is open to everyone, including students, visitors, and faculty members from all departments! 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