Sawyer Seminar on Rigor

Spring 2022 Sawyer Seminar Conference

Department activities under the Mellon-Sawyer seminar are continuing. We are investigating the theme of rigor in practices of inquiry from philosophical and historical perspectives, with this semester focusing on control and control practices.

We are pleased to announce a series of lectures and visits by distinguished scholars in the history and philosophy of science, as well as a conference, “Control Practices in Historical and Systematic Perspectives”. 

• Larry Principe, February 23rd to 25th
• Spring Conference, March 2nd to 5th (now online) 
• Hasok Chang, April 2nd to 6th
• Pamela Smith, April 20th to 22nd 

The conference will take place entirely on Zoom.
Participation is free, but please register by email at  rigor@indiana.edu 

For details and latest information please see the Sawyer Seminar Website. The schedule of distinguished speakers may be subject to modification or shifting online due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Conference Schedule  Sawyer Seminar Website

 

Fall 2021 Sawyer Seminar Conference

We are pleased to announce the program of the conference "Analysis and Synthesis in Historical and Systematic Perspectives," to be held September 29-October 2, 2021 at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine, Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana). The conference is part of a Sawyer Seminar, a year-long research institute funded by the USA-based Mellon Foundation. The overall topic for the year is “Rigor: Experimental Control, Analysis, and Synthesis in Historical and Systematic Perspectives”. The fall conference will deal specifically with the history of analysis and synthesis – material, philosophical, and mathematical - as methods of demonstration (in both the informal and strict senses).

The conference will take place entirely on Zoom.
Participation is free, but please register by email at  rigor@indiana.edu 

Conference Schedule Friedrich Steinle Lecture 

More information on the project and the conference:
Rigor: Experimental Control, Analysis, and Synthesis: Indiana University Bloomington