*Conference*
T. S. Kuhn's /The Structure of Scientific Revolutions/: Impact, 
Relevance and Open Issues

*Organized by*:
Department of Philosophy & History of Science, University of Athens
Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago
 
*Venue*: University of Athens, Panepistemiou 30, Athens, Greece.
 
Participation is free. To register, please contact Vasso Kindi: 
vkindi@phs.uoa.gr

*Program*:
Thursday 21 August 2008
Morning Session
10:00 - 11:15 Aristidis Baltas (National Technical University of 
Athens): "The Logic of Paradigm Shift"
11:15 -- 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 -- 13:00  Hasok Chang (University College London): 
"Incommensurability: Revisiting the Chemical Revolution".
            Evening Session
18:00 -- 19:15 Rupert Read (University of East Anglia, UK): "How far can 
science determine our environmental values? An answer, courtesy of Kuhn 
and Winch".
19:15 -- 19:30 Coffee Break
19:30 -- 20:45 James Conant (University of Chicago): "Kuhn and Nonsense"
 
Friday 22 August 2008
Morning Session
10:00 - 11:15 Jouni-Matti Kuukkanen (Durham University, UK):: 
"Evolutionary development of science and scientific progress. Can 
evolution lead to the truth?"
11:15 -- 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 -- 13:00 James A. Marcum (Baylor University, USA): "Systems 
Biology: A Kuhnian Scientific Revolution?"
             Evening Session       
18:00 -- 19:15 Theodore Arabatzis (University of Athens): "Truth and 
Historical Interpretation: Kuhn versus the Analytic Philosophical 
Tradition"
19:15 -- 19:30 Coffee Break
19:30 -- 20:45 Alan Richardson (University of British Columbia, Canada): 
"Thomas Kuhn in the History of Philosophy of Science"
 
Saturday 23 August 2008
Morning Session
10:00 - 11:15 Vasso Kindi (University of Athens): "Rules and Novelty. 
Kuhn's impact outside science"
11:15 -- 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 -- 13:00  Guröl Irzik (Bogasiçi University, Turkey) & Sibel Irzik 
(Sabanci University, Turkey): "Kuhn's impact on literary theory and 
criticism"

The conference is made possible by funding provided by:
The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation
Eugenides Foundation**

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