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Geo-Logic |
Frodeman argues that "geology" needs to incorporate all four aspects of our relation to the Earth: geoscience, geopoetry, geopolitics, and ecotheology. |
| 7:30 p.m., March 28, 2002 EESAT 130 |
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What is the role of public science agencies in negotiating the boundaries between science and society? How does the scientist, and especially the public scientist, negotiate the twin dangers of irrelevance and bias? |
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| 3:00 p.m., March 29, 2002 EESAT 130 |
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lectures are free and open to the public. For special accommodation, contact us at 565-2266 or philosophy@unt.edu. |
Frodeman specializes in environmental philosophy and philosophy of science policy. He has held positions at the University of Texas and the University of Tennessee, and has consulted for the U.S. Geological Survey for the last eight years. He is currently the 2001-2002 Hennebach Professor of the Humanities at the Colorado School of Mines. Frodeman is Principal Director of the New Directions Initiative , editor of Earth Matters: the Earth Sciences, Philosophy, and the Claims of Community (Prentice Hall, 2000), and author of Geo-Logic (SUNY, 2002). He is also Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded Global Climate Change and Society Program, where students explore the nature of scientific knowledge and the contribution that social scientific and humanistic perspectives play in public policy debates. |
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