Medicine, theology and empiricism Workshop 30th May, 2008
The workshop has been made possible through the award of a SOPHI Special Development Fund grant.
| Participants |
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| Peter Anstey – Peter.Anstey@otago.ac.nz |
| John Gascoigne – j.gascoigne@unsw.edu.au |
| Stephen Gaukroger – Stephen.gaukroger@usyd.edu.au |
| Margaret Osler - mjosler@ucalgary.ca |
| Anik Waldow - anik.waldow@arts.usyd.edu.au |
| Schedule |
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9.00-10.15 am. Peter Anstey (University of Otago). The matter of medicine: new medical matter theories in mid-seventeenth-century England. |
| 10.15-10.30 am. Morning tea |
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10.30-11.45 am. Anik Waldow (University of Sydney). The function of skeptical arguments within the advancement of knowledge: Bacon, Gassendi, Hume. |
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11.45-1.00 pm. John Gascoigne (UNSW) |
| 1.00-2.00 pm. Lunch. |
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2.00-3.30 pm. Margaret Osler (University of Calgary) What does religion have to do with the Scientific Revolution? (abstract) |
| 3.30-3.45 pm. Afternoon tea |
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3.45-5.00 pm. Stephen Gaukroger (University of Sydney) Physico-theology and the construction of a new world picture, 1680-1700. |