SCHEDULE
Feb. 10, 2017:
9:30 – 9:45 Introductions and Welcome
9:45 – 11:15 Chair: Michael Friedman
Paula Findlen – Projecting Nature: Agostino Scilla’s Fossil Illustrations
Jessica Carter – The Role of Figures in Contemporary Mathematics
11:15-11:45 Break
11:45-1:15 Chair: John Mumma
Silvia De Toffoli – Thinking with Diagrams: The Case of Mathematics
Valeria Giardino – The Role of Cognitive Tools in the Sciences
1:15-2:45 Lunch
2:45 – 4:15 Chair: Londa Schiebinger
James Griesemer – Thoughts on the Role of Semi-Diagrams in Modern Biological Sciences
Greg Priest – Diagrams as Tools: The Case of Darwin’s “Tree of Life”
4:15 – 4:45 Break
4:45 – 5:30 Chair: Jemma Lorenat
Kenneth Manders – On Geometric Thought
6:30 – 8:30 Dinner for speakers and chairs (at Vero restaurant)
Feb. 11, 2017:
9:30 – 11:00 Chair: Beth Kessler
Melissa Lo – Descartes without Pictures
Jennifer Pegg – Audacious Psyche: Visual Representation and the Evolutionary Ideas of John Pringle Nichol
11:00 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 1:00 Chair: Reviel Netz
Karine Chemla – The Proof is in the Diagram
Eunsoo Lee – Toward a Critical Edition with Archetypal Diagrams
1:00 – 2:30 Lunch
2:30 – 3:15 Chair: Tom Ryckman
Norton Wise – On the Stories Told by Indicator Diagrams and Carnot Diagrams
3:15 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 5:00 Comment Session + Roundtable
(5-10 minutes per commentator, followed by general discussion)
John Bender (English)
Michael Marrinan (Art and Art History)
Marco Panza (Philosophy of Mathematics/History of Mathematics)
Rasmus Winther (Philosophy of Science)
Jessica Riskin (History of Science)
5:00 Workshop Close
6:30 – 8:30 Dinner for speakers and chairs (at Bangkok Cuisine)