Dear All,

Under the auspices of the Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science the 
following workshop will be held on 8 November 2013.

Themes in early modern mathematics and medicine

Date: 8 November 2013

Venue: Kevin Lee Room, level 6,  Main Quad, Camperdown Campus

Program:

9.30 Charles Wolfe (Ghent): 'Early modern medical empiricism'  (60 mins paper & 
discussion inclusive)

10.30  Alan Salter (Sydney): 'Richard Lower's model heart. The diagram as 
object of inquiry in early modern anatomy'

11.30  Coffee

12.00 Anik Waldow (Sydney): 'Experience and its explanatory role'

1.00 Lunch (provided) in Main Quad N293

2.30 Peter Anstey (Sydney): 'Mathematical principles as models'

3.30 Laura Kotevska (Sydney): 'Geometry at Port-Royal: some remarks on 
Arnauld's Nouveaux éléments de géométrie' (45 mins paper & discussion)

4.15 Roundtable discussion

5.00 Wind up

Space is limited. To register contact Professor Peter Anstey 
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by 6 November 
2013.

All the best


Debbie Castle
Administration Officer
Unit for History and Philosophy of Science
Room 441, Carslaw Building F07| THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   NSW  2006
T: + 61 2  9351 4226 E: [email protected]
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www.sydney.edu.au/science/hps

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