The John J. Reilly Center

Program in History and Philosophy of Science

1999

Spring Lecture Series



Michael Heidelberger

Humboldt University, Berlin
and
Visiting Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

"Probabilistic Causality in neo-Kantianism:
Johannes von Kries (1853-1928)"

4:15 PM, Thursday, February 4, 1999

119 DeBartolo



The Alfred C. De Crane Lecture Series in Science and Ethics

Helen Nissenbaum

Center for Human Values, Princeton University

"Computer Ethics"

5:00 PM, Thursday, February 11, 1999

101 DeBartolo

AND

"Computers and the Problems of Privacy in Public"

3:30 PM, Friday, February 12, 1999

311 DeBartolo

Co-sponsored by the Colleges of Business Aministration and Engineering, the Departments of
Philosophy, Biological Science, Computer Science and Engineering, and Mathematics,
and the Computer Applications Program



David Lindberg

Department of History of Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"The Medieval Church Confronts Pagan Science:
St. Augustine and Roger Bacon"

4:15 PM, Thursday, February 18, 1999

119 DeBartolo



John Haught

Department of Theology and Center for
Science and Religion, Georgetown University

"Evolutionary Science and the Question of Cosmic Purpose"

7:30 PM, Tuesday, March 16, 1999

102 DeBartolo

Co-sponsored by the Program of Liberal Studies and the Department of Theology



Jean Gayon

University of Paris-7 Denis Diderot
and
Visiting Professor, Deprtment of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame

"Gene Concepts"

4:15 PM, Thursday, March 25, 1999

119 DeBartolo



The Alfred C. De Crane Lecture Series in Science and Ethics

John Aherne

Director, Sigma Xi Center, Duke University and
Former Director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington

"Nuclear Weapons Clean-up"

4:15 PM, Tuesday, April 6, 1999

155 DeBartolo

Co-sponsored by the Science, Technology, and Values Program,
the Department of Physics, and the Radiation Laboratory