EMBODIED EMPIRICISM WORKSHOP 2009
Unit for History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney
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February 20-22, 2009. Organisation by Charles Wolfe
Embodied Empiricism Workshop 2009 Statement
Download the schedule here. (to be updated)
Read the Abstracts online here, or download them here.
Details about accommodation and getting around can be found here.
| Evening Meeting. Thur 19th. |
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| 7.00pm. Meet for pizza at the Rose Hotel, Chippendale. |
| Day 1. Fri 20th. The Chancellor’s Room in the Holme Building, University of Sydney. |
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| 9:00am. Meet for Coffee. |
| 9:30am. Introduction. Audio |
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10:00am. First paper by Harold Cook, Victories for Empiricism, Failures for Theory: Medicine and Science in the 17th Century. Commentator: Ofer Gal, Audio |
| 10:50 am. Morning Tea. |
| 11:20 am. Second paper by Cynthia Klestinec, Practical Experience In Anatomy. Commentator: Alan Salter, Audio |
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12:10 pm. Third paper by Antonio Clericuzio, The Organical Motions of Body Fluids’. Mechanical and Iatrochemical Theories in 17th-Century Physiology. Commentator: Justin Smith, Audio |
| 1:00 pm. Break for Lunch. |
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2:00 pm. Fourth paper by Guido Giglioni, Mastering the Appetites of Matter. Francis Bacon’s Sylva Sylvarum. Commentator: John Sutton, Audio |
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2:50 pm. Fifth paper by Ofer Gal & Raz Chen, Empiricism without the senses: How the Instrument Replaced the Eye. Commentator: Guido Giglioni, Audio |
| 3:40 pm. Break for Afternoon Tea. |
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4:00 pm. Sixth paper by Alan Salter, Early Modern Empiricism and the Discourse of the Senses. Commentator: Cynthia Klestinec, Audio |
| 7:00 pm. Dinner at Twelve on King Street. |
| Day 2. Sat 21st. The Chancellor’s Room in the Holme Building, University of Sydney. |
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| 9:00am. Meet for Coffee. |
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9:15 am. First paper by Justin E.H. Smith, ‘Cranklings and Turnings About': The Relation of Physiology to Theory of Action in Willis, Spinoza, Tyson, and Locke. Commentator: Dominic Murphy, Audio |
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10:05 am. Second paper by Richard Yeo, Memory and Empiricism: Hartlib, Beale and Boyle. Commentator: Peter Anstey, Audio |
| 10:55 am. Morning Tea. |
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11:15 am. Third paper by John Sutton, Carelessness and Inattention: chance and the physiology of habit between Locke and Hume. Commentator: Lisa Shapiro, Audio |
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12:05 pm. Fourth paper by Anik Waldow, Empiricism and its Roots in the Ancient Medical Tradition. Commentator: Richard Yeo, Audio |
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Colonial Empiricism Tour: 1:00 pm. Lunch at the Macleay Museum. 1:45 pm. Bus to Queen Victoria Building. 2:00pm. Visit to the Antique Print Room; walk to and through Botanical Gardens. 4:00 pm. Tour of the Sydney Observatory. 5:00 pm. Free evening. |
| Day 3. Sun 22nd. The Science Meeting Room, Level 4, Carslaw Building (map co-ord L19) |
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| 9:00 am. Meet for Coffee. |
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9:15 am. First paper by Peter Anstey, Locke and Helmontian medicine. Commentator: Antonio Clericuzio, Audio |
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10:05 am. Second paper by Lisa Shapiro, Immersed Experience: Passionate Perception and Human Understanding. Commentator: Gideon Manning, Audio |
| 10:55 am. Morning Tea. |
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11:15 am. Third paper by Tobias Cheung, Embodied Stimuli: Bonnet’s Statue of a Sensitive Agent. Commentator: Charles Wolfe, Audio |
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12:05 pm. Fourth paper by Snait Gissis, Feelings embodied. From ‘worms’ to humans: the case of Lamarck. Commentator: Tobias Cheung, Audio |
| 1:00 pm. Lunch. |
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2:00 pm. Fifth paper by Charles T. Wolfe, Empiricist heresies: the polemic against experiment in early modern medical thought Commentator: Harold Cook, Audio |
| 2:55 pm. Break for Afternoon Tea. |
| 3:25 pm. Concluding comments by Snait Gissis and open discussion. Audio. |
| 4:15 pm. Break. |
| 7:30 pm. Dinner at Darbar on Glebe Point Road. |