History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Graduate
Student Conference 2007
Conflict and Consensus in the
Construction of Knowledge
August 24, 2007
Conference
Program
(For last year's conference program press
here.)
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee and Registration
9:00 – 11:00 Panel 1: Technology
Chair: Jonathan Turner
09:00—09:30
Roger Stanev (University of British Columbia, Philosophy)
HIV/AIDS Activism and the Challenges In Designing and Monitoring Clinically Relevant Trials
09:30—10:00
Glenn Walker (McGill, History)
Refashioning Upper
Canadian Agriculture
10:00—10:30
Leslie Tomory (University of Toronto, IHPST)
Thomas Edison and the
Gaslight Industry
10:30—11:00
Ashley Shew (Virginia Tech, STS)
Beaver Dams, Spider
Webs, and the Sticky Wicket
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:15 Panel 2: Kuhn & Popper
Chair: Isaac Record
11:15—11:45
Boaz Miller (University of Toronto, IHPST)
Popperian Idealization:
A Fresh Look at Popper’s Rationality Principle
11:45—12:15 Nicholas Best (Indiana University, HPS)
An Epistemic Babel? Challenges to Understanding as a Hallmark of Science
12:15
– 13:15 IHPST Director’s Lunch (Alumni Hall, 1st Floor Victoria College)
13:15 – 14:15 Keynote Presentation
Professor Shelley
McKellar, University of Western Ontario, History:
‘We Can Rebuild You:’ Artificial Hearts and the
Changing
Characterization of Disease and the Body in the 20th Century America
14:15 – 14:25 Break
14:25 – 15:25 Panel 3: Pedagogy
Chair: Nirvana Geuvdjelian Herrera
14:25—14:55
Margaret Olszewski (University of Cambridge, HPS)
Lessons in Papier-Mache: The Construction of Knowledge Through the Teaching Models of Dr. Auzoux
14:55—15:25
Ella Kaye, (University of Toronto, IHPST)
Following Lakatos:
Bringing together the Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical
Education
15:25 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15 Panel 4 – Creating Consensus
Chair: Elizabeth Burns
15:45—16:15
Sebastian Gil-Riano (University of Toronto, IHPST)
Science in the Service
of Peace – UNESCO and the Concept of Race, 1945-1951
16:15—16:45
Ben Almassi (University of Washington, Philosophy)
Conflicting Expert Testimony and the Search for Gravity Waves
16:45—17:15
Katja Guenther (Harvard University, History of Science)
When Patients Talk Back
– Conflict and Consensus in Wilhelmine Psychiatry
18:00 Retire to the Bedford Academy, 36 Prince Arthur Ave.
N.B., Panel and Keynote presentations will take place in VIC 323.