Thought this might of interest… is anyone teaching the “philosophy of computing?” Should they? Does computing (outside of AI) involve philosophy? Dag -- Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard Mountain View, CA 94043-1311 Tel: +1 650 810 1035 Fax: +1 650 810 1055 Twitter: @ComputerHistory Begin forwarded message: From: IHPST <ihpst.info@utoronto.ca<mailto:ihpst.info@utoronto.ca>> Subject: IHPST NEWSLETTER: November 28, 2014 Date: November 28, 2014 at 1:02:59 PM PST To: IHPST <ihpst.info@utoronto.ca<mailto:ihpst.info@utoronto.ca>> IHPST NEWSLETTER November 28, 2014 IHPST NEWS COLLOQUIUM Wednesday December 10, 4:00 p.m., Location – Victoria College, 2nd floor, Room 213 “Why did HPS Die?” Hakob Barseghyan, Assistant Professor, IHPST, University of Toronto When HPS was born in the 1960s, its main rationale was that we could study the actual workings of science in order to use that knowledge to answer some key philosophical questions concerning science, such as “what makes science rational?”, “what is the demarcation between science and non-science?”, “what makes one theory better than another?” and ultimately “what is the logic of scientific change?”. Kuhn and other founding fathers of HPS held that in order to get a better understanding of PS we must refer to HS. Lakatos’s famous dictum that “philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind” was not just his own view; it was the guiding principle that was in the foundation of the original HPS. Yet, what we observe nowadays is historians and philosophers pursuing their separate projects with essentially very little overlap. If we call things by their names, “HPS” has become a mere umbrella term these days. So why did the original HPS die and how can it be revived? If you have an accessibility or accommodation need for these events, please e-mail Denise Horsley directly at denise.horsley@utoronto.ca<mailto:denise.horsley@utoronto.ca> to make appropriate arrangements. * * * * * * * * ** OTHER NEWS Stay current with the U of T community: The Albert Memo: http://www.vic.utoronto.ca/News___Events/Albert.htm U of T News: http://www.news.utoronto.ca/ * * * * * * * * * * * ---