History and Philosophy of Science at Oregon State University

by Miranda Paton* It’s an exceptional history of science meeting indeed when discussion of a paper turns to the possibility of requesting someone’s FBI file.  No more can be said without blowing a fellow researcher’s cover. The occasion for this recommendation was the group discussion of a paper given at 30th annual meeting of the […]

by Rachel St. Clair* Looking out on a large crowd in La Selles Center, Lisa Sanders understood that she had an attentive audience.  Sanders, who is known for her work on the television show “House” as both a producer and inspiration, came to Oregon State to discuss the theory of diagnosis.  Her March 13 lecture, […]

by Mahdieh Tavakol* An interesting aspect of Karl Popper’s thought was the interconnection between his political philosophy and his philosophy of science. This aspect was presented by Malachi H. Hacohen, an intellectual historian of Duke University, in his talk entitled “Karl Popper and the Liberal Imagination in Science and Politics”, part of this year’s series […]