June Public Lecture

Myksyk

The details of the next public meeting of the Irish Skeptics Society are as follows:


Philosophy & Science: Connection, disconnection, consequences

Professor Helena Sheehan, Dublin City University

Weds. June 6th at 8.00pm
Davenport hotel, Merrion Sq., Dublin 2.
Admission: €3 (Members / Concessions) €6 (Non-members)


In the beginning, they were one. As the social division of labour
accelerated and knowledge advanced, philosophy and science diverged
further and further from each other, bringing us to the situation today.
All disciplines proliferate into sub-disciplines of sub-disciplines. We
know more and more about less and less. Who sees the whole picture? The
lecture will sketch the historical trajectory of intellectual
specialisation, its advantages and its disadvantages. It will focus
particularly on the need of science for philosophy and the consequences
of lack of philosophical grounding for science.

Myksyk

Just a reminder that this is on this Wednesday.