1988 Recordings
A short preliminary selection of some of the material recorded in 1988
CONTINUING SEMINAR SERIES
Continuing periodic (frequent and regular) recordings of following Seminar Series
Oxford University SubFaculty of Philosophy Seminars
Department of History and Philosophy of Science Cambridge Seminars
CPNSS (Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences) Seminars (London)
BSPS (British Society for the Philosophy of Science) Programme Events
Sigma-Club Seminars on Foundational Topics in The Philosophy of Mathematics and Physics : in Oxford, Cambridge, London and Leeds
Full records of the above Seminar Series and details of other occasional Seminars recorded in 1988 in various locations to be added
Many other individual seminars recorded at various locations.
CONTINUING LECTURE COURSES :
Details of Courses recorded in 1988 to be added
Special Events. interviews and discussions.
Details of recordings or contemporaneous notes/aides-memoires of these to be added
CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA/COLLOQUIA/Summer and Winter Schools etc
May 1988 : Osgood Hill Conference Centre Massachusetts USA : Einstein and the History of General Relativity :
First International Conference in the History of General Relativity 22 recordings.
Details of Speakers and Titles etc to be added. Conference proceedings subsequently published under the Title
Einstein and the History of General Relativity : Studies in the History of General Relativity Volume 1 (publ. by Birkhauser) Original recordings contain much material (including full discussions following Talks) which did not appear in the published volume.
June 1988 : Special Invited Lectures by John Earman and Workshop on Foundational Issues in Studies of Spacetime Structure. Location : Cambridge HPS and at Jesus College Cambridge under the auspices of the Sigma Club ( Lectures and Workshop sponsored and supported by the Archive ) 31 recordings
Edited version of the Lectures subsequently published as the Book “World Enough and Spacetime”
Recordings contain much material not included in the Book plus entire proceedings of the Workshop.
September 6 – 9 1988 : CIRM (International Centre of Mathematical research, Luminy Nr. Marseilles, France
Second International Conference on the History of General Relativity : with Contributions by Julian Barbour, D.L Gagean and Manuel Da Costa Leite, HFM Goenner, AJM Kox, JM Sanchiez-Ron, JN Goldberg. Andre Lichnerowicz, Jean Eisenstaedt, A. Mercier, Don Howard. Joszef Illy, Ludwig Kostro, John Norton, Arthur Miller, Gunnar Berg, Michael Janssen, Peter G. Bergmann, Thibault Damour, John Stachel and Others
Total : 25 Recordings
Proceedings of the Conference published as the Volume : Studies in the History of General Relativity Volume 3 Edited by Jean EISENSTAEDT and AJ KOX
Original recordings contain much material (including full discussions following Talks) which did not appear in the published volume.
WORLD CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY BRIGHTON August 5th – 14th 1988
Including Talks and/or Symposium Conntributions by Sir Karl POPPER, WVO QUINE, Michael DUMMETT, Sir Peter STRAWSON, Donald DAVIDSON, David LEWIS, Hilary PUTNAM, Richard RORTY, John RAWLS and many other leading Philosophers
41 Recordings
December 1988 : THE PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS OF STRINGS
A Two Day Discussion Meeting held at The Royal Society, London. Chaired by Sir Michael Atiyah. With Talks by E. Witten, JH Schwarz, M. Green and others.
Details to follow 11 recordings
December 27th – 30th 1988 : APA Eastern Division Meeting Washington DC
27 Recordings. Details to folllow.
Details of all these recordings plus other Conferences/Colloquia/Symposia recorded in 1988 to be added in full version of catalogue