Cohn 25 Celebration

The Cohn Institute at 25 - Celebration Colloquium
May 11-13, 2008 - Tel Aviv University

כנס לציון 25 שנות פעילות של מכון כהן
מאי 11-13, 2008 - אוניברסיטת תל-אביב
בניין גילמן - חדר 496

Program
Printable Version (in Hebrew)

Sunday - May 11 Monday - May 12 Tuesday - May 13

9:00-10:30, Science, Society, Law (in Hebrew)
Chair: José Brunner

1. Adam Hofri: "Religious Instances in the Land of Israel and in the State of Israel: from Decline to Reemergence?" [Abstract]

2. Tal Golan: "Concerto for Causality in Two Voices: Science, Law, and the Kishon Case" 9:00-10:30, Medicine and Society (in Hebrew)
Chair: Moshe Zuckermann

1. Miran Epstein: "Mental Capacity Revisited" [Abstract]

2. Danny Filc: "Evidence-Based Medicine. A Critical Approach"

10:30-11:00, Coffee Break 10:30-11:00, Coffee Break

11:00-12:30, Early Modernity - I
Chair: Rivka Feldhay

1. Raz Chen: "The Quality of Nothing, or Kepler's Shakespearean Investigations" [Abstract]

2. Ofer Gal: "The Disappearance of the Baroque Observer" [Abstract] 11:00-12:30, Medicine, Life Sciences, History (in Hebrew)
Chair: Eva Jablonka

1. Asaf Goldschmidt: "Mandate of Health: Medical Theories, Practices, and Politics during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)"

2. Nurit Kirsch: "A Lab of Her Own: Elisheva Goldschmidt - Pioneer of Genetic Research in Israel"

13:30 - 14:00, Greetings
Professor Zvi Galil, President, TAU; Professor Leo Corry, Head, The Cohn Institute 12:30-14:15, Lunch Break 12:30-14:15, Lunch Break

14:00-15:30, Ancient Science
Chair: Ido Yavetz

1. Michael Fried: "Euclid's Book on the Regular Solids: Its Place in the Elements and Its Educational Value" [Abstract]

2. Orna Harari: "The Emergence of the Problem of Mathematical Explanation in Late Antiquity" [Abstract] 14:15-16:30, Early Modernity - II (In Hebrew)
Chair: Yossef Schwartz

1. Hanan Yoran: "Maquiavelli and Florence Republicanism: Discovering the Dark Side of Modernity" [Abstract]

2. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin: "Tradition and the Beginning of Modernity: Printing Shulhan Arukh"

3. Yitzhak Melamed: "Spinoza's Deification of Existence"

14:15-16:30, Topics in History and Philosophy of Science
Chair: Snait Gissis

1. Iris Fry: "Is a Metaphysical Vacuum Possible? Comments on Science-Religion Relationships" [Abstract]

2. Noah Efron: "The State of Nature in an Age of Biotechnology"

3. Meir Hemmo: "What do we Know about the Structure of the Universe"

15:30-16:00, Coffee Break 16:30-17:00, Coffee Break 16:30-17:00, Coffee Break

16:00-17:30, Representation-Interpretation (in Hebrew)
Chair: Gideon Freundenthal

1. Ariella Azoulay: "Photography as a Source (of Information)"

2. Ishay Rozen-Zvi: "Why Always Sex? The Birth of Sexuality and Talmud Bavli Research" 17:00 - 19:00, Funkenstein Prize Ceremony

Yossi Mali: On Amos Funkenstein ז"ל.

Talks by prize recipient

Roy Wagner: Mathematical Signs

17:00 - 19:00, Round Table Discussion: On the Current State and Future of the Humanities (in Hebrew)

Discussants: Shulamit Volkov, Rivka Feldhay, Adi Ophir.

17:30-18:00, Coffee Break

18:00 - 19:30, Keynote Lecture
Chair: Sabetai Unguru

Yehuda Elkana: "The Role of Historical Epistemology in Planning the University of the 21st Century"

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Sunday - May 11	Monday - May 12	Tuesday - May 13
	9:00-10:30, Science, Society, Law (in Hebrew) Chair: José Brunner 1. Adam Hofri: "Religious Instances in the Land of Israel and in the State of Israel: from Decline to Reemergence?" [Abstract] 2. Tal Golan: "Concerto for Causality in Two Voices: Science, Law, and the Kishon Case"	9:00-10:30, Medicine and Society (in Hebrew) Chair: Moshe Zuckermann 1. Miran Epstein: "Mental Capacity Revisited" [Abstract] 2. Danny Filc: "Evidence-Based Medicine. A Critical Approach"
	10:30-11:00, Coffee Break	10:30-11:00, Coffee Break
	11:00-12:30, Early Modernity - I Chair: Rivka Feldhay 1. Raz Chen: "The Quality of Nothing, or Kepler's Shakespearean Investigations" [Abstract] 2. Ofer Gal: "The Disappearance of the Baroque Observer" [Abstract]	11:00-12:30, Medicine, Life Sciences, History (in Hebrew) Chair: Eva Jablonka 1. Asaf Goldschmidt: "Mandate of Health: Medical Theories, Practices, and Politics during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)" 2. Nurit Kirsch: "A Lab of Her Own: Elisheva Goldschmidt - Pioneer of Genetic Research in Israel"
13:30 - 14:00, Greetings Professor Zvi Galil, President, TAU; Professor Leo Corry, Head, The Cohn Institute	12:30-14:15, Lunch Break	12:30-14:15, Lunch Break
14:00-15:30, Ancient Science Chair: Ido Yavetz 1. Michael Fried: "Euclid's Book on the Regular Solids: Its Place in the Elements and Its Educational Value" [Abstract] 2. Orna Harari: "The Emergence of the Problem of Mathematical Explanation in Late Antiquity" [Abstract]	14:15-16:30, Early Modernity - II (In Hebrew) Chair: Yossef Schwartz 1. Hanan Yoran: "Maquiavelli and Florence Republicanism: Discovering the Dark Side of Modernity" [Abstract] 2. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin: "Tradition and the Beginning of Modernity: Printing Shulhan Arukh" 3. Yitzhak Melamed: "Spinoza's Deification of Existence"	14:15-16:30, Topics in History and Philosophy of Science Chair: Snait Gissis 1. Iris Fry: "Is a Metaphysical Vacuum Possible? Comments on Science-Religion Relationships" [Abstract] 2. Noah Efron: "The State of Nature in an Age of Biotechnology" 3. Meir Hemmo: "What do we Know about the Structure of the Universe"
15:30-16:00, Coffee Break	16:30-17:00, Coffee Break	16:30-17:00, Coffee Break
16:00-17:30, Representation-Interpretation (in Hebrew) Chair: Gideon Freundenthal 1. Ariella Azoulay: "Photography as a Source (of Information)" 2. Ishay Rozen-Zvi: "Why Always Sex? The Birth of Sexuality and Talmud Bavli Research"	17:00 - 19:00, Funkenstein Prize Ceremony Yossi Mali: On Amos Funkenstein ז"ל. Talks by prize recipient Roy Wagner: Mathematical Signs	17:00 - 19:00, Round Table Discussion: On the Current State and Future of the Humanities (in Hebrew) Discussants: Shulamit Volkov, Rivka Feldhay, Adi Ophir.
17:30-18:00, Coffee Break
18:00 - 19:30, Keynote Lecture Chair: Sabetai Unguru Yehuda Elkana: "The Role of Historical Epistemology in Planning the University of the 21st Century"