Diálogos: Sharing the Table
Hosted byThe Octet Collaborative
What is the importance of academic collaboration across disciplines and lines of difference? How might the academic vocation be served - and better serve the common good - by the restoration of literal and figurative “common tables”? Join Dr. Alan Love and the Octet Collaborative for an evening of stimulating conversation and intellectual hospitality around a table of our own! RSVP by December 11
Schedule
5 pm: Drinks & Hors d'oeuvres
5:45 pm: Dinner
6:15 pm: Musical Performance
6:30 pm: Introduction to Alan Love & Presentation
7:10 pm: Q&A
7:40 pm: Roundtable Discussion
8:20 pm: Musical Farewell
About Alan Love
Alan C. Love is a professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. He also serves as director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. Love’s research focuses on conceptual issues in biology and has concentrated on evolutionary developmental biology (Evo-devo), developmental biology, molecular biology, and paleontology, among others. Love uses a combination of approaches to investigate a variety of philosophical questions concerning conceptual change, explanatory pluralism, knowledge structure, reductionism, the nature of historical science, and interdisciplinary epistemology. Other areas of interest include the role of history in philosophical research and the nature of intuitions generated by thought experiments in philosophical inquiry.
Parking Information
We recommend parking at the E62 Garage (100 Main St. Cambridge) where parking should be $11. If parking is more than $11, email us at admin@octetcollaborative.org for reimbursement of the difference.