Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent

University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne

What Philosophers Can Learn from Chemistry

Chemistry deserves more philosophical attention not so much to do justice to a long-neglected science but to undermine a number of taken-for-granted assumptions about scientific rationality and more importantly to diversify our metaphysical views of nature and reality. Because over the course of many centuries chemists have developed a special access to nature and a special way of investigating and dealing with material substances, they have confronted a number of epistemological and ontological issues that are worth discussing. 

Please note, the lecture begins at 18:15.

The event will be held online, access in the following link:

https://tau-ac-il.zoom.us/j/83068986060?pwd=a1FLV2dTKzkvYUFNS0Q1a1k0eXpYQT09

Chair: Shaul Katzir