The Limits of Science

Bryan Roberts (London School of Economics), Bryan W. Roberts

The academic staff in Philosophy@LSE (comprising the Forum for European Philosophy, the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences as well as cognate faculty in various departments) will present aspects of their research that are of interest to a general audience. Students, alumni and the public at large are invited to these public talks and to participate in the discussion.

The Limits of Science
 
Tuesday 7 October, 6.30 – 8pm
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
 
Bryan Roberts, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE and Forum for European Philosophy Fellow    

Chair: Juliana Cardinale, Associate Director of the Forum for European Philosophy  

Science has become so good at understanding limits that, incredibly, we can even use science to grasp the limits of science itself. Many of these limits are famous, such as the speed of light, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, and Gödel’s incompleteness theorems. But there are many others that are not so famous. This public lecture will discuss how such scientific limits constrain what we can know, in everything from astronomy, to particle physics, to our day-to-day activities.   

Suggested hashtag for this event for Twitter users: #LSEscience    


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