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  • From: "Laszlo E. Szabo" <leszabo AT hps.elte.hu>
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  • Subject: [Fizinfo] PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR, December
  • Date: Wed Nov 21 02:53:01 2001
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University
Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR
(http://hps.elte.hu/seminar)
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Program, December


3 December4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
(Language: English)

G u n t h e r F l e c k
Psychology Service of the Austrian Armed Forces, Vienna
Philosophy of Science and Social Studies of Science, University of
Vienna

Reality Testing and Knowledge Production: A Psychological View of the
Realism-Antirealism Controversy

There are two basic positions in regard to knowledge about the world and
reality which can be traced as far back as the times of the philosophers
of ancient Greece. On the one hand, there is the position of those who
believe that there exists a way of knowing allowing an objective access
to the structures of the world and reality beyond observation. On the
other hand, there is the position of those who argue that no such way of
ontological knowing exists. The former is known as (scientific) realism,
the latter as antirealism. Both positions provide a lot of good reasons
for their stance and against the contrary one. From a philosophical
point of view the disputation seems to be held on a pure rational level.
However, empirical evidence shows that in (scientific) reasoning
emotional factors are always involved and that pure rationalism is
nothing but a big myth. Starting with a psychological analysis of human
reality testing ability as an important adaptation principle in every
day life, an attempt is made to identify the implicit emotional factors
underlying scientific reasoning and co-determining the preferences for
epistemological positions.


10 December4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
(Language: Hungarian)

J u d i t B a r t h o l y
Department of Meteorology, Eotvos University, Budapest

FOKOZODO EMBERI JELENLET A FOLDON, EGHAJLATVALTOZAS, MEGUJULO
ENERGIAFORRASOK
(Extending human presence on the earth, changes of climate, renewable
energy)

Ha az emberiseg energiafelhasznalasanak mennyisegi valtozasait nezzuk,
szembetunik, hogy nemcsak a Fold lakoinak szama no robbanasszeruen,
hanem az egy fore juto felhasznalt energia mennyisege is nagy utemben
emelkedik. A sok kibocsatott szennyezoanyag kovetkezteben valtozik a
foldi legkor osszetetele, valtoznak az uveghazhatas komponensei. Kerdes:
kepesek vagyunk-e a foldi eghajlatot befolyasolni, megvaltoztatni, vagy
bizhatunk a Fold "onregeneralo" kepessegeben? Elindult-e a globalis
melegedes folyamata? Tortent-e valtozas az extremumok gyakorisagaban
(termeszeti katasztrofak, arvizek, foldcsuszamlasok, aszalyok, stb.)?
Vannak-e nyertesei egy esetleges klimavaltozasnak? A hagyomanyos
energiakeszletek csokkenesevel szukseges-e atternunk a
"kifogyhatatlanul" rendelkezesre allo un. megujulo energiaforrasok
felhasznalasara? Adhatok-e korrekt valaszok a fenti kerdesekre mai
tudasunk alapjan?

17 December4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
(Language: Hungarian)

P e t e r É r d i
Department of Biophysics, Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear
Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest

A fegyverkezesi versenyek, haboruk, forradalmak es a kollektiv biztonsag
dinamikaja
(Dynamics of armaments race, wars, revolutions and collective security)

Az eloadas azt illusztralja, hogy a nemlinearis dinamika modszerei
segitseget adnakbonyolult tarsadalmi folyamatok mechanizmusainak
megertesehez.
1. HARCDINAMIKAI MODELLEK
2. FEGYVERKEZES es KOLLEKTÍV BIZTONSAG
3. FORRADALMAK MINT JARVANYOK
Az eloadas anyaga fokent innen szarmazik:
Joshua M. Epstein: Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, and Social
Science SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, 1997

___________________
The organizer of the seminar: László E. Szabó

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Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Home: (36-1) 200-7318
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo






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