2000 HSS/PSA Program 1 - History of Science Society

Sunday, 5 November
HSS 2000 Program
Saturday, 4 November
6:00 p.m.7:00 p.m.
(Regency Centre)
HSS Distinguished Lecture
Saturday, 4 November
8:00 p.m.—10:30 p.m.
Banquet
(Regency West)
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Sunday, 5 November
9:00 a.m.—11:45 a.m.
*indicate session organizer(s)
Computer Simulations as Evidence, Experiment, and Argument:
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
(Seymour)
Evelyn␣ Fox Keller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Models and Simulations
*Naomi Oreskes, University of California, San Diego, Computer Models and
The Rise of Prediction in the Earth Sciences
Dale Jamieson, Carleton College, Managing Planet Earth: The Rise of Coupled
Models and Integrated Assessments
Daniel Haag, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Ecosystem Simulation:
Dynamical State Systems vs. Self-Modifying, Historical Systems
*Mary␣ S. Morgan, London School of Economics and University of Amsterdam,
Thought Experiments and the Generation of Economic ‘Evidence’
CHAIR: *Naomi Oreskes, University of California, San Diego
CO-CHAIR: Mary␣ S. Morgan, London School of Economics and University of Amsterdam
Psychology, Popularization, and the Public
Session cosponsored by the Forum for the History of Human Science
(Balmoral)
Benjamin Harris, University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Tabloid Psychology,
1920-1940: Did Superstition Win?
Leila Zenderland, California State University, Fullerton, Of Mice, Men, and
Mercy-Killing: Steinbeck’s Novel and the Euthanasia Debate
Hans Pols, University of New Hampshire, Teaching Adjustment:
Undergraduate Psychology Courses in Human Development, 1920-1960
Mark␣ A. Eddy, University of Oklahoma, Educating the Individual: Competing
Visions of the Self and Calls for Educational Reform
COMMENTATOR: Kathleen␣ W. Jones, Virginia Polytechnic
CHAIR: Katharine Pandora, University of Oklahoma
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