Apropos recent debates. Anyone considering attending?
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From: "R. Gadagkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 28 May 2008 1:20:49 PM GMT+05:30
To: "CCS Course" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Contemporary Studies: Lecture by Prof. Sundar Sarukkai,
"Science and Language", Thursday, 5th June 2008
CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY STUDIES
URL: http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/ragh/ccs/Welcome.html
Presents a Talk on
"Science and Language"
by
Prof. Sundar Sarukkai
Professor and Dean, School of Humanities
Head, Centre for Philosophy,
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore-560012
Date: Thursday, 5th June 2008
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Venue : New Centre for Contemporary Studies(CCS) Premises,
(Formerly TIFR Mathematics Building)
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012
All are cordially invited
Tea/Coffee will be served at 3:30 p.m.
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Abstract
Science has an intriguing relationship with language. If the primary
task
of science is to describe the world as it really is then it needs
language
to do the job. However, the very idea of a real objective world is
that it
is believed to be independent of language. This paradox lies at the
heart
of how science engages with language. It influences how science
chooses a
special form of writing. It explains why science is suspicious of
natural
languages (like English) and why mathematics is so essential to
science.
However, the irony is this: science is one activity that most
creatively
engages with language to the extent that writing itself becomes part
of
scientific methodology. This talk will illustrate this creative
engagement
between science and language.
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