Tarner Lectures
The Tarner lectures are a series of public lectures in the philosophy of science given at Trinity College, Cambridge since 1916. Named after Mr Edward Tarner, the lecture addresses 'the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Relations or Want of Relations between the different Departments of Knowledge.' The inaugural lecture was given by Alfred North Whitehead in the autumn of 1919 and are published as his "The concept of nature."
Past Lectures
Full list of Past Tarner Lectures [1]
| Year | Speaker | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Dr Alfred North Whitehead | The Concept of Nature |
| 1923 | Dr C. D. Broad | The border-line between physics and psychology |
| 1926 | Hon. Bertrand Russell | The analysis of matter |
| 1929 | Professor G.E. Moore | Knowledge direct and indirect[2] |
| 1931 | Revd F. R. Tennant | The relations between the different departments of knowledge |
| 1935 | Mr A.D. Ritchie | The natural history of mind |
| 1938 | Sir Arthur Eddington | The philosophy of physical science |
| 1941 | Dr Cecil Alec Mace | Causality and mind |
| 1946 | Professor R. B. Braithwaite | Laws of nature, probability, and scientific explanation |
| 1947 | Sir Edmund Whittaker | The concepts of physics |
| 1949 | Professor Joseph Henry Woodger | Biology and language |
| 1953 | Professor Gilbert Ryle | Cross purposes between theories |
| 1956 | Professor Erwin Schrödinger (read by Professor J. Wisdom)[3] | The physical basis of consciousness |
| 1960 | Professor Carl Pantin | The A sciences and the B sciences |
| 1962 | Mr H.A.C. Dobbs | The concept of time |
| 1965 | Professor Hermann Bondi | Assumption and myth in physical theory |
| 1967 | Professor Georg Henrik von Wright | Time, Change and Contradiction |
| 1970 | Dr Gerd Buchdahl | Science and rational structures[4] |
| 1975 | Professor William Kneale | Grammar, logic, and arithmetic |
| 1978 | Professor Max Black[5] | Models of rationality |
| 1982 | Professor E. O. Wilson | Socio-biology and comparative social theory |
| 1985 | Professor Freeman Dyson | Origins of life |
| 1988 | Sir Andrew Huxley | Matter, life, evolution |
| 1991 | Professor Ian Hacking | Kinds of people and kinds of things |
| 1994 | Professor Michael Redhead | From physics to metaphysics |
| 1996 | Professor Martin J. S. Rudwick | Constructing geohistory in the age of revolution |
| 2000 | Professor Simon Conway Morris | Footsteps to eternity: the implications of evolution |
| 2006 | Professor Peter Galison | Images, Objects, and the Scientific Self |
| 2010 | Professor Simon Schaffer | When the stars threw down their spears: Histories of Astronomy and Empire |
| 2012 | Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd | The ideals of inquiry: an ancient history |
| 2019 | Professor Elliott Sober | Solving Problems in the Philosophy of Science by using (some simple ideas about) Probability |
See also
References
- ^ "Past Tarner Lectures". Trinity College Cambridge. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Cann, Kathleen (1995). Roser, A.; Börnke, F. (eds.). "The papers of George Edward Moore (1873–1958) Cambridge University Library". Wittgenstein Studien. 2: 13/41.
- ^ Moore, Walter (1994). A Life of Erwin Schrödinger. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 330. ISBN 0-521-46934-1.
- ^ "Gerd Buchdahl Collection". Whipple Library. Box 25 # 48d. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ Garver, Newton. "Black, Max (1909–1988)". Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 28 September 2019 – via Encyclopedia.com.
Bibliography/Further Reading
- Whitehead, Alfred North (November 1919). The Concept of Nature. Retrieved 28 September 2019 – via Project Gutenberg.
- Broad, C. D. (1925). Mind and its place in nature. Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc. – via Internet Archive.
- Russell, Bertrand (1927). The Analysis Of Matter – via Internet Archive.
- Tennant, Frederick Robert (1932). Philosophy of the sciences : or the relations between the departments of knowledge. University Press. hdl:2027/uc1.$b121150. OCLC 3947993.
- Ritchie, Arthur David (1936). The natural history of mind. Longmans, Green and co. hdl:2027/uc1.b4087816.
- Eddington, Arthur Stanley (1939). The philosophy of physical science. New York. hdl:2027/mdp.39015015937769.
- Farrell, B. A.; Braithwaite, Margaret; Mace, C. A. (1949). "Symposium: Causal Laws in Psychology". Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes. 23: 31–68. doi:10.1093/aristoteliansupp/23.1.31. ISSN 0309-7013. JSTOR 4106505.
- Braithwaite, Richard Bevan (1953). Scientific Explanation: A Study of the Function of Theory, Probability and Law in Science. CUP Archive. p. 9.
- Whittaker, Edmund Taylor (1979). From Euclid to Eddington: A Study of Conceptions of the External World. CUP Archive.
- Woodger, Joseph Henry (1952). Biology and Language: An Introduction to the Methodology of the Biological Sciences, Including Medicine. University Press.
- Ryle, Gilbert (15 October 2015). Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures 1953. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-11362-6.
- Schrodinger, Erwin; Penrose, Roger (2012). "The Physical Basis of Consciousness". What is Life?. pp. 93–102. doi:10.1017/CBO9781107295629.012. ISBN 978-1-107-29562-9.
- Pantin, C. F. A. (2010). Relations Between Sciences. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-14815-3.
- Dobbs, H. A. C. (1951). "The Relation Between the Time of Psychology and the Time of Physics Part I". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 2 (6): 122–141. doi:10.1093/bjps/II.6.122.
- Dobbs, H. A. C. (1951). "The Relation Between the Time of Psychology and the Time of Physics Part II". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 2 (7): 177–192. doi:10.1093/bjps/II.7.177.
- Bondi, Hermann (1967). Assumption and Myth in Physical Theory. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-04282-6.
- Wright, Georg Henrik von (1968). Time, Change and Contradiction: Delivered at Cambridge Univ. 1. Nov. 1968. Cambridge University Press.
- Buchdahl, Gerd (1969). Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science: The Classical Origins: Descartes to Kant. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-631-11720-9.
- Kneale, William Calvert; Kneale, Martha (1962). The Development of Logic. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-824773-9.
- Black, Max (1975). Caveats and Critiques: Philosophical Essays in Language, Logic, and Art. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-0958-5.
- Wilson, Edward O. (1999). Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge. Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-679-76867-8.
- Dyson, Freeman (1999). Origins of Life. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-42576-6.
- Huxley, Andrew (1985). "How Far Will Darwin Take Us?". In Bendall, D. S. (ed.). Evolution From Molecules to Men. CUP Archive. pp. 3–19. ISBN 978-0-521-28933-7.
- Hacking, Ian (2006). "Making Up People". London Review of Books. 28 (16): 23–26. ISSN 0260-9592.
- Redhead, Michael (1995). From Physics to Metaphysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511622847. ISBN 978-0-511-62284-7.
- Rudwick, Martin J. S. (2005). Bursting the Limits of Time: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Revolution. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-73111-7.
- Morris, Simon Conway (2003). Life's Solution: Inevitable Humans in a Lonely Universe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-44080-6.
- Daston, Lorraine; Galison, Peter (2007). Objectivity. Zone Books. ISBN 978-1-890951-78-8.
- Schaffer, Simon. "Video & Audio: Tarner Lectures (2010)". sms.cam.ac.uk.
- Lloyd, Geoffrey. "Video & Audio: Trinity College Tarner Lectures (2012)". sms.cam.ac.uk.
- Sober, Elliott. "Video & Audio: Tarner Lecture Series 2019". sms.cam.ac.uk.
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