2005 Summer Seminar
Union College in Schenectady, New York
July 9 - July 16, 2004

Philosophy, Physics and Common Sense

—Tibor Machan, Ph.D.

Course Description:

(This talk is part of the symposium on philosophy of science)

This talk explores the views of Thomas S. Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend, with additional mention of some of Richard Rorty's and Richard Posner's ideas, all pertaining to the nature of science.

Tibor Machan is R. C. Hoiles Professor of Business Ethics & Free Enterprise at the Argyros School of Business & Economics, Chapman University. He earned is PhD in philosophy at UCSB in 1971, has written 30 plus books and edited another 18. He recently wrote Objectivity, Recovering Determinate Reality in Philosophy, Science, and Everyday Life (Ashgate, 2004).


Schedule: Friday, 2:15-3:30 PM
Track: Philosophy