[PHILOS-L] 'Irrational' past talk: Fuller

[Jakusic, Dino]

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Dear colleagues,

 

Apologies for cross-posting.

 

You are warmly invited to attend a talk by Prof Steve Fuller (Warwick - Sociology) entitled The Role of Historical Revisionism in the Advancement of Science. Please see below for details:

 

Speaker: Steve Fuller, University of Warwick, Sociology

Time & Date: 17:30-19:0 GMT, 06 Feb 2025, Thursday (Week 5, Term 2).

Location: C0.02 (IAS Seminar Room), Zeeman Building, University of Warwick

 

The event is hybrid. If you’d like to attend online, please register here to receive the meeting link: Registration link

 

Abstract

One of Thomas Kuhn's most striking claims in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is that the version of the history of science that science students are taught -- and the public consumes — is 'Orwellian', by which he meant that it is regularly rewritten so that the past is presented as eventuating in whatever turns out to be current research frontier. Although I have been mainly a strong critic of Kuhn's work, I have always found this to be his most profound insight. In this talk, I will explore several dimensions of this insight about how science relates to its history.

 

Presentation context

The fifth talk in the seminar series Our ‘Irrational’ Past: Theological, Religious, and Superseded Heritage of Academic Disciplines. For the annual seminar schedule please click here.

 

The series is organised by Dr Dino Jakusic (University of Warwick - Institute of Advanced Study) as a part of his Pathways to Knowledge Fellowship project entitled Investigating Theological Bias and Theological Heritage in the Academic Disciplines (more details here).

 

 

 

Dr Dino Jakušić, AFHEA

Assistant Professor (Research Focused) | Pathways to Knowledge Fellow | Institute of Advanced Study | Zeeman Building | University of Warwick | Coventry | CV4 7AL | T: (+44)(0) 24 761 50565

 

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