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Holberg Prize symposium 2009: Ian Hacking

Holberg Prize symposium 2009Date: 24 november
Time: 09:00-12:30
Location: Store auditorium, Studentsenteret, Universitetet i Bergen, Parkveien 1, Bergen

0900-0915 Introduction to the Symposium
Professor Ragnar Fjelland, University of Bergen

0915-0945: Social Construction of the Objective World
Professor Dagfinn Føllesdal, University of Stanford/Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo

0945-1015: From the Taming of Chance to the Rhetoric of Uncertainty
Bruna De Marchi, ISIG Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia (Gorizia, Italy)

1015-1045:Science and Society in the 21st Century: Ian Hacking as a Public Intellectual
Professor Merle Jacob, University of Oslo/Lund University

1045-1105:Coffee Break

1105-1135:Comments
Professor Ian Hacking, Holberg Prize laureate 2009, University of Toronto, College de France

1135-1215 Discussion

Stikkord:

Holberg International Memorial Prize is awarded annually for outstanding scholarly work in the fields of the arts and humanities, social sciences, law and theology. The prize amount is NOK 4.5 million (Appr. EUR550,000/ USD760,000)

Nils Klim Prize is awarded to young Nordic researchers under 35 years within the academic fields of the Holberg Prize.

Holberg Prize School Project is a research competition for pupils in the upper secondary school.

Holberg Prize was established by the Norwegian Parliament in 2003.