Event


Early Modern Science and the Industrial Revolution / Specialist course of the doctoral school

Organised by

The Centre for Critical Philosophy
In cooperation with the Centre for History of Science


Invited speakers

Prof. Dist. Margaret Jacob
(University of California, Los Angeles)
Prof. Dr. Eric Schliesser
(Ghent University)
Dr. Charles Wolfe
(Ghent University)


from 6 March 2012 to 9 March 2012

Location

Faculty Room,
Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
Blandijnberg 2
B - 9000 Ghent

Admission information

Free admission but registration obligatory.

Programme

6 March 2012
9:00-12:00 : M. Jacob, Early Modern Science and the Industrial Revolution I
14:00-17:00 : Ch. Wolfe, Science and the Radical Enlightenment


7 March 2012
9:00-12:00 : M. Jacob, Early Modern Science and the Industrial Revolution II
14:00-17:00 : E. Schliesser, Two Controversies in the Reception of I. Newton


9 March 2012
9:00-12:00 : M. Jacob, Short presentation by the participants of their doctoral research projects (in German or English) and evaluation