[PHILOS-L] Oct. 15: Friedrich Steinle @ UTN's Early Modern Lab Research Seminar

[Rodolfo Garau]

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 Dear all,

on October 15, the Research Seminar of UTN's Early Modern Lab features a talk by Friedrich Steinle (TU Berlin) on:

“Analysizing concept dynamics. Newton and the concept of light rays”

Abstract: In studying the historical dynamics of scientific knowledge, concepts constitute central objects. Their study, however, poses difficulties and challenges that have to do with their specific character as basic components of scientific thought. Much as in everyday life, they are constantly used but scarcely addressed as such. While we speak about chairs, cats and cauliflower, or about temperature, bacteria, and oxygen, we rarely put those concepts themselves in question. At the same time, processes of concept formation and development are shaped by a bewildering variety of historical factors, including wider cultural aspects. Historical studies help us understanding both the complexity of scientific concept formation and its implications, i.e. the historical baggage of scientific concepts, and widen our understanding of knowledge dynamics. In my talk, I shall exemplify my approach with the case of Newton’s optical theory and its central concept of light rays.

This meeting of the Early Modern Lab's Research Seminar will take place at the University of Technology, Nuremberg, and online (zoom link below) on Wednesday, October 15. at 5 pm CET. More info on the Seminar can be found here: https://www.utn.de/en/departments/department-liberal-arts-and-social-sciences/early-modern-lab/the-research-seminar-of-the-early-modern-lab/

Zoom link:

https://utn-de.zoom.us/j/63489126627?pwd=yDamnnbZTu0lfNauqurO3OEalHIKO1.1
Meeting-ID: 634 8912 6627
Kenncode: 6520524599

Best wishes,

Rodolfo Garau

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