Jul 14 – 16, 2025
SISSA
Europe/Rome timezone

Means and ends in the history of science

Jul 15, 2025, 9:55 AM
25m
Main Hall (SISSA)

Main Hall

SISSA

Via Beirut, 2–4. I–34151, Grignano, Trieste (TS)

Speaker

Peter McLaughlin

Description

Twentieth-century historiography of science was often characterized by a conflict between internalism and externalism. Comparing two fundamental historical alternatives, I will examine the role of the means of research in mediating the external determination of the internal ends of science.

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