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SUMMARY:CEFISES Seminar: Olivier Darrigol\, "Relativity: a line that can be traced through centuries?"
DESCRIPTION:Livestream  https://www.youtube.com/@CEFISES \nSeries: MEPHISTO (MEtaphysics and PHIlosophy of Science: Transcendental Orientations) \nSpeaker: Olivier Darrigol (CNRS/Université Denis Diderot) \nTitle: “Relativity: a line that can be traced through centuries?” \nAbstract \nIt is generally thought that the principle of relativity had long served mechanics when\, around 1900\, Poincaré and Einstein seized upon it to reformulate the electrodynamics of bodies in motion and to develop what we now call the theory of relativity. In reality\, most physicists before Relativity did not regard Galilean relativity as a principle but rather as an empirical law (Galileo) or as a theorem (Newton and most of his successors). Yet it is true that in the seventeenth century Christian Huygens inaugurated a lasting tradition of deriving mechanical laws from constructive principles of relativity. The plural is necessary here\, because since Newton two types of relativity were considered: on the one hand Galilean invariance\, asserted by Galileo\, and on the other a more general invariance with respect to a global acceleration of the system of bodies (somewhat like in Einstein’s equivalence principle). We will see how the principles of relativity flourished in the hands of Euler\, d’Alembert\, and Laplace\, then became the basis for a popular derivation of Newton’s law of acceleration in nineteenth‑century French physics textbooks. It turns out that both Poincaré and Einstein were aware of this tradition\, and that Poincaré drew from it the name principle of relative motion\, later altered to principle of relativity. By giving this principle a major architectonic role\, both authors were distant heirs of the great Huygens.
URL:https://cefises.be/en/event/cefises-seminar-10-apr/
LOCATION:Salle Ladrière\, Place du Cardinal Mercier 14 (bâtiment Socrate\, a.124)\, Louvain-la-Neuve\, 1348\, Belgium
ORGANIZER;CN="Danielle Pizzocaro":MAILTO:daniele.pizzocaro@uclouvain.be
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Heather Douglas\, "Philosophy and Epistemology of Economics"
DESCRIPTION:Course: “Philosophy and Epistemology of Economics” with Heather Douglas as part of the Hoover Chair seminar “Responsibility in Science and Politicisation of Science”\, by Professor Pierre-Etienne Vandamme\, open to researchers\, teachers\, and students in philosophy and economics. \nVenue: Leclerc 85 – Andrée de Jongh Learning Centre\, Place Montesquieu. \nAbstract \nUnderstandings of societal responsibility in science have shifted dramatically over the past century. While the 20th century’s social contract for science held that those pursuing basic research had no societal responsibilities other than pursuing the truth to the best of their abilities (because of the downstream benefits of scientific findings)\, concerns about dual-use and dangerous research and the growing power of science to impact society have made such a view untenable in the 21st century. Calls for broad societal responsibility among scientists are pervasive\, but generally vague. What should it mean for scientists to be societally responsible? This is a particularly thorny question when we consider that the 20th century understanding of a (lack of) societal responsibility\, while untenable\, did shield scientists from political power\, conceptualizing them as truth finding entities outside of the political system. Rethinking societal responsibility in science requires thinking both about how scientists’ societal responsibilities should be understood and how to protect them from illegitimate abuses of political power. This talk will argue that thinking both in terms of responsibility floors and ideals and in terms of responsibility and accountability allows us to see how to have a societally responsible science without a politicized science. \nMore information and other events related to the 2026 DHC’s awarded to Heather Douglas and Olivette Otele: https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/news/doctorats-honoris-causa-2026.
URL:https://cefises.be/en/event/douglas-epistemology-economics-en/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260415T140000
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Heather Douglas\, "Trust in Science"
DESCRIPTION:Seminar: “Trust in Science” (lecture followed by a discussion) by Heather Douglas. Open to researchers\, doctoral students and Master’s students in philosophy (related courses: LISP3300 and LFILO2930). \nLocation: Erasme 72 – Pl. Blaise Pascal 1. \nRegistration required: form. \nMore information and other events related to the 2026 DHC’s awarded to Heather Douglas and Olivette Otele: https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/news/doctorats-honoris-causa-2026.
URL:https://cefises.be/en/event/douglas-trust-in-science-en/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20260416T151500
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SUMMARY:"Philosophy\, sciences\, and policy"\, a dialogue with Heather Douglas\, moderated by Peter Verdée
DESCRIPTION:“Philosophy\, sciences\, and policy”\, a dialogue with Heather Douglas\, moderated by Peter Verdée. \nVenue: Foyer du Lac at the Aula Magna – Pl. Raymond Lemaire 1. \nRegistration required: form. \nMore information and other events related to the 2026 DHC’s awarded to Heather Douglas and Olivette Otele: https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/news/doctorats-honoris-causa-2026. \n 
URL:https://cefises.be/en/event/philosophy-sciences-and-policy/
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SUMMARY:Honorary Doctorate Ceremony for Heather Douglas and Olivette Otele
DESCRIPTION:With Heather Douglas (Michigan State University)\, philosopher\, specialist in the role of values in science and the interactions between science and politics. \nWith Olivette Otele (SOAS\, University of London)\, historian\, specialist in the links between history\, memory and geopolitics in relation to the French and British colonial pasts. \nRegistration through this form (until 3 April 2026). \nMore information and other events related to the 2026 DHC’s awarded to Heather Douglas and Olivette Otele: https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/news/doctorats-honoris-causa-2026.
URL:https://cefises.be/en/event/dhc-douglas-otele/
LOCATION:Foyer du Lac de l’Aula Magna\, Pl. Raymond Lemaire 1\, Louvain-la-Neuve\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:Workshop "Values and Science" with Heather Douglas
DESCRIPTION:Organized on the occasion of Heather Douglas’ visit to UCLouvain for the awarding of her honorary doctorate\, this workshop is devoted to examining the role of values in science and their relationship with society. It proposes to address these issues from multiple philosophical perspectives\, with an emphasis on dialogue with contemporary scientific practices and issues. \nProgramme (details TBC) \n– 14:00–14:45: Max Bautista Perpinyà\n– 14:50–15:35 : Charles H. Pence\n– 15:35–15:50 : Coffee Break\n– 15:50–16:50 : Heather Douglas \nMore information and other events related to 2026 DHC’s awarded to Heather Douglas and Olivette Otele: https://www.uclouvain.be/fr/facultes/fial/news/doctorats-honoris-causa-2026.
URL:https://cefises.be/en/event/workshop-values-and-science-en/
LOCATION:Salle Ladrière\, Place du Cardinal Mercier 14 (bâtiment Socrate\, a.124)\, Louvain-la-Neuve\, 1348\, Belgium
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