Williams College Lecture Will Examine Philosophy of Science
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williams College Faculty Lecture Series continues this week with Bojana Mladenovic, associate professor of philosophy, who will discuss "Epistemology 'From Below': American Pragmatism in Kuhn's Philosophy of Science."The free lecture will be held Thursday, March 11, at 4 p.m. in Wege Auditorium in the Science Center. The series is designed to cover a broad range of academic topics delivered in an accessible and engaging format.
Mladenovic will speak about Thomas Kuhn's book "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions," which influenced not only the contemporary philosophy of science, but also social sciences and literary studies.
Mladenovic's courses at Williams include Pragmatism in Contemporary Epistemology, Textual Meaning and Interpretation, and Philosophy of Science. Her writings include the journal article "Muckraking in History: The Role of the History of Science in Thomas Kuhn’s Philosophy and Medicine as the Paradigm of Science." She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Belgrade in 1984 and her doctoral degree from the University of California at Berkeley in 1995.
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