Certainty, Doubt, Error
The production of knowledge
and its impediments
in the practice of pre-
and early-modern science
International Symposium
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
November 17-18, 2001
The conference will take place at
the
Museum
für angewandte Kunst
Schaumainkai
17
60594 Frankfurt
am Main
in the FAZ-Leseraum
| 14h00 | Opening and Laudatio |
| 14h30 | Jan P. Hogendijk - The Burning Mirrors of Diocles: Reflections on Methodology and Purpose of the History of Pre-Modern Science |
| Gerhard Endreß - The Language of Demonstration | |
| 17h00 | Charles Burnett - The Certainty of Astrology in the Works of Abu Ma`shar and al-Qabisi |
| Jim Bennett - Virtue, Error and Expertise: The Attributes of Instruments and the Morality of Operators |
| 10h00 | Tzvi Langermann - Criticism of Authority in the Writings of Maimonides and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi |
| 11h00 | Commentary by Dimitry Gutas |
| 12h30 | Round-table discussion: |
| David A. King - Astronomy in the Service of Religion in Mamluk Egypt and Syria and Rasulid Yemen | |
| Bernard Goldstein - Science as a 'Neutral Zone' for Interreligious Cooperation: The Case of Astronomy | |
| Stephen McCluskey - The Question of Easter: Changing Contexts and Criteria for the Justification of Received Knowledge | |
| Anne Tihon - Byzantine Astronomical Documents: Survey and Perspectives | |
| Julio Samsó - Is a Social History of Andalusi Exact Sciences Possible? | |
| Moderator: Gerd Grasshoff |
The realisation of the conference was made possible thanks to the financial support of
the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Vereinigung von Freunden und Förderern der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität e.V., the Department of Physics of Frankfurt University, the Physikalischer Verein, and Arbor Scientiarum e.V.Die Durchführung der Konferenz wurde durch die finanzielle Hilfe der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft, der Vereinigung von Freunden und Förderern der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität e.V., des Fachbereiches Physik, des Physikalischen Vereins, and des Vereins Arbor Scientiarum e.V. ermöglicht.
Practical
Information for the Participants
For more information please contact
us by email
Organizers: Sonja Brentjes, Benno van Dalen, François Charette
Institut für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften
Postfach 111932 (FB 13)
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
60054 Frankfurt am Main