Simplicity: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel

Seminar

Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 3:30 pm – 5:10 pm

Speaker

PETER ACHINSTEIN (Johns Hopkins University)

Newton and Einstein both claim that the world is simple and therefore the simplicity of a theory is a sign of its truth. This idea has wide currency in science and philosophy. It shouldn't have.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 1:30PM - Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 3:10PM Add to Calendar 2017-10-24 13:30:00 2017-10-24 15:10:00 Simplicity: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel Newton and Einstein both claim that the world is simple and therefore the simplicity of a theory is a sign of its truth. This idea has wide currency in science and philosophy. It shouldn't have. PETER ACHINSTEIN (Johns Hopkins University) UTC public

Tuesday

October

2017

3:30PM

Budapest Site

Nador u. 15

Host

Department of Philosophy

Audience

Public

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