Filozofski fakultetSveuciliste u Splitu

U cetvrtak, ... u : na Filozofskom fakultetu, Poljana kraljice Jelene /III (Peristil) francuski �zicar i�lozof znanosti Jean-Marc Levy-Leblond , profesor emeritus Sveucilista u Nici, odrzat ce predavanje za znanstve-nike, nastavnike i studente splitskog sveucilista kao i za akademsku javnost pod naslovom�emote and the beam:on the problematic relationship between social and natural sciences. Predavanje ce se odrzati na engleskom jeziku.

Themote and the beam: on the problematic relationship betweensocial and natural sciences

Jean-Marc Levy-LeblondProfesseur emerite de l’universite de Nice

Themote and the beam: on theproblematic relationship betweensocial and natural sciences

Jean-MarcLevy-Leblond

Physicists, biologists, etc., from o�en charge their colleagues from so�ersciences to misuse of concepts borrowed from the hard sciences (thiswas the focal point of the famous ‘Sokal hoax’). But it may be arguedthat philosophers and sociologists are not alone in their sometimesquestionable understanding of physical and mathematical notions. Asa matter of fact, physicists themselves have o�en led the way towardsthese abuses, as will be shown by a detailed study of the so-called ‘Un-certainty Principle’ and other examples taken from modern physics.Further, the lack of philosophical and humanistic culture on the partof scientists from the hard disciplines, make them prone to pass asarrogant as poorly informed judgements on the endeavours of socialand human sciences. In fact, the present socio-political conditions ofscience production lead scienti�c knowledge to a permanent state ofimmaturity, inhibiting its epistemological recasting and favouring acareless relation with language. Science needs to recognise the fecundambiguities of ordinary parlance, and cannot shun away from metap-horical expression. More generally, no criticism coming from the hardsciences and addressed to the so�er ones can be valid if it is not �rst ofall an autocriticism.

Jean-Marc Levy-Leblond (r. .)eminentni je francuski �zicar, �lozofznanosti i urednik znanstvenih edicija,profesor emeritus Sveucilita u Nici, autorbrojnih znanstvenih radova kao i�lozofskoznanstvenih knjiga u kojimarazmatra osnovne pojmove i metode �zike s�lozofskog stajalista, ispituje ulogu znanostiu kulturi i obrazovanju te odnos znanosti iumjetnosti.Medu njegovim brojnim knjigamaobjavljenih na francuskom, njemackom,talijanskom i spanjolskom jeziku izdvajamonekoliko novijih naslova: La Vitesse deL’Ombre: Aux Limites de La Science () ,Von der Materie: relativistisch,quantentheoretisch,wechselwirkungstheoretisch (), Lascience (n’)e(s)t (pas) l’art : Breves rencontres(), Scienza e cultura (), Le grandecart (), La Science explique a mespetits-enfants ().