Dear All Please be advised that today's (10 March 2025) HPS Research Seminar has been POSTPONED.
We will readvertise the seminar when a new schedule is set. Kind Regards Cynthia Cynthia Kiu | Executive Officer (HPS) (Mon - Wed) / Education Support Officer (M&S) (Thur - Fri) The University of Sydney Faculty of Science, School of History and Philosophy of Science and School of Mathematics and Statistics Room 521, Carslaw Building (F07) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. From: Yuria Urami On Behalf Of HPS Admin Sent: Monday, 3 March 2025 1:27 PM To: ([email protected]) <[email protected]> Subject: HPS Research Seminar, Monday 10 March 2025 at 5.30pm School of History and Philosophy of Science RESEARCH SEMINAR [The University of Sydney] [https://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20250302/af/96/96/26/45f22d9f22506abd28053146_1276x850.jpg] The Origins of Scientific Naturalism Peter Harrison (University of Notre Dame, Australia) Dates: Monday, 10/03/2025 Time: 5:30pm Venue: F09.331. Madsen Building. Madsen Seminar Room 331 How to register: Free, no registration required Abstract: The expression 'scientific naturalism' dates from the late nineteenth century when Thomas Henry Huxley first used it to characterize what was distinctive about the approach of the natural sciences. As part of his strategy to cement the connection between naturalism and science, Huxley constructed a history for naturalism, now commonplace, according to which it began with the pre-Socratic philosophers, fell into neglect with the inception of Christianity, and was revived during the scientific revolution. According to Huxley, the history of civilization was characterized by a perennial struggle between naturalism and supernaturalism, with progress consisting in the slow but inevitable triumph of the former over the latter. This paper considers the relevant history and suggests that Huxley's widely accepted account gets almost everything backwards. It shows how for most of history 'supernatural' assumptions have been fundamental to scientific endeavour. Bio: Peter Harrison is Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy at the University of Queensland and a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, Australia. Previously he was the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. His twelve books include The Territories of Science and Religion (Chicago, 2015) and, most recently, Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age (Cambridge, 2024). [https://images.e2ma.net/0/images/templates/spacer.gif] [The University of Sydney] Keep in touch [Facebook]<https://t.e2ma.net/click/s3apmx/090r5ucb/48up40e> [Twitter]<https://t.e2ma.net/click/s3apmx/090r5ucb/k1vp40e> [Instagram]<https://t.e2ma.net/click/s3apmx/090r5ucb/0twp40e> [LinkedIn]<https://t.e2ma.net/click/s3apmx/090r5ucb/gmxp40e> [YouTube]<https://t.e2ma.net/click/s3apmx/090r5ucb/weyp40e> Copyright (c) 2025 The University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia Phone +61 2 9351 2222 ABN 15 211 513 464 CRICOS Number: 00026A Please add [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> to your address book or senders safe list to make sure you continue to see our emails in the future. Manage<https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/1976084/1957350/1411578342/83979948518/?s=iQxg8-OGh-97Gn5wlwpaSYZQEdGbs_0pqwaUtXnRg5o> your preferences | Opt out<https://t.e2ma.net/optout/s3apmx/090r5ucb?s=tUr5qTUioDReUNMKcKOqh97bdm0gr7P12X0JMMqrF1w> using TrueRemove(r) Got this as a forward? Sign up<https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/1976084/1957350.1411578342/> to receive our future emails. View this email online<https://t.e2ma.net/message/s3apmx/090r5ucb>. Disclaimer<https://t.e2ma.net/click/s3apmx/090r5ucb/c7yp40e> | Privacy statement<https://t.e2ma.net/click/s3apmx/090r5ucb/szzp40e> | University of Sydney<https://t.e2ma.net/click/s3apmx/090r5ucb/8r0p40e>
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