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Science and Experience/
Science and Experience/ Science of Experience: Gestalt Psychology and the Anti-Metaphysical Project of the Aufbau Uljana Feest Technische Universität Berlin This paper investigates the way in which Rudolf Carnap drew on Gestalt psychological notions when deªning the basic elements of his constitutional system. I argue that while Carnap’s conceptualization of basic experience was compatible with ideas articulated by members of the Berlin/Frankfurt school of Gestalt
Theoretical Practice: IL
Theoretical Practice: the Bohm-Pines Quartet R.I.G. Hughes University of South Carolina Quite rightly, philosophers of physics examine the theories of physics, theories like Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory, the Special and General Theories of Relativity, and Statistical Mechanics. Far fewer, Tuttavia, exam- ine how these theories are put to use; that is to say, little attention is paid to the practices of theoretical physicists. In
Form and Function in
Form and Function in the Early Enlightenment Noga Arikha Bard College, NY Many physicians, anatomists and natural philosophers engaged in attempts to map the seat of the soul during the so-called Scientiªc Revolution of the European seventeenth century. The history of these efforts needs to be told in light of the puzzlement bred by today’s strides in the neurological sciences. The accounts discussed here, most
The Rise and Fall of
The Rise and Fall of Chagas Disease Marilia Coutinho University of Florida João Carlos Pinto Dias Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou American Trypanosomiasis, known as Chagas disease, was discovered in 1909 under peculiar circumstances: its discoverer, Carlos Chagas, was sent to a small village of Central Brazil to carry out an anti-malaria campaign when he came across a blood sucking insect—the vector for the parasite
Interdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinarity “In the Making”: Modeling Infectious Diseases Erika Mattila University of Helsinki The main contribution of this paper to current philosophical and sociological studies on modeling is to analyze modeling as an object-oriented interdisci- plinary activity and thus to bring new insights into the wide, heterogeneous discourse on tools, forms and organization of interdisciplinary research. A detailed analysis of interdisciplinarity in the making of models
Science as Labor
Science as Labor Wolfgang Lefèvre Max Planck Institute for the History of Science The article takes the term “technoscience” literally and investigates a concep- tion of science that takes it not only as practice, but as production in the sense of a material labor process. It will explore in particular the material connec- tion between science and ordinary production. It will furthermore examine how the
The Legacy of Margaret
The Legacy of Margaret Cavendish1 Eric Lewis Virginia Tech By all accounts Margaret Cavendish occupies a unique but difªcult to deªne position as a critic of early modern experimental philosophy. As a woman of prominence by both birth and marriage, she obtained a certain degree of access to the leading intellects of her day; and consequently, she has been often portrayed as an intellectual insider.
RACHEL ROSENTHAL
RACHEL ROSENTHAL 45″ Am, heA”Paris, Rachel Rosenthal was born in Paris. In the early fifties in New York, she was an assistant to Erwin Piscator at his Dramatic Workshop, later danced with the Merce Cun- and ningham Dance Company. After moving to California, she founded Instant Theatre (1956-69), and during the seventies worked as a sculptor and co-chairwoman of Woman- spazio. Rosenthal began presenting solo
Queering the Bauhaus
Queering the Bauhaus Johannes Birringer Book Reviewed: Elizabeth Otto, Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2019. Widening our lenses on the Bauhaus (1919–1933), arguably the twenti- eth century’s most influential art institution, means introducing new narratives and subjecting to pressure the existing historical reception of its utopian energies. The school’s legacy has largely been associated
AUDACITY
AUDACITY Claire MacDonald BOOK REVIEWED: William Furlong, Speaking of Art: Four Decades of Art in Conversation. London and New York: Phaidon, 2010. In 2010 it seems that almost every art institution, library, and university is recording, circulating, and archiving the voice of the artist. The audio/video conversation is now a means of extend- ing the information available in a gallery show, and of preserving the
PuPPetry &
PuPPetry & Performance l D o w n o a d e d f r o m h t t p : / / d i r e c t . m i t . e d u p a / j j / l a r t i c e – p d f / / 4 5 1 ( 1 3 3 )
A Moment in Time
A Moment in Time Bonnie Marranca W e go to press with this spring issue in the hope that the policies of our new President can lift American society on economic, social, cultural, and political levels, to move past the worst devastations of Covid-19 toward new beginnings. For PAJ, it is also a special marker, the start of our forty-fifth year of publication, which commenced
Words and Deeds
Words and Deeds Bonnie Marranca At this extraordinary post-election period of heartbreak and disruption, in the midst of a pandemic’s mounting death, and with all its repercussions for a debilitated economy, social upheaval, and a large angry segment of the population living in the alternate world of the dastardly Trump presidency, we are faced with problems so complex that even months on in this state
20/20 Visions
20/20 Visions Bonnie Marranca T his is not the first time that we have been in the midst of preparing an issue of PAJ when a momentous event has occurred. Over four decades there have been many, encompassing Poland’s Solidarity movement, the Iraq War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11, Occupy Wall Street. And now, the year 2020 has brought one of the most
Writing at the Edge of Time
Writing at the Edge of Time Bonnie Marranca Writing an editorial at this juncture of American life is a daunting task. Simply to rant about the degradation of culture, political cor- ruption, spiritual bankruptcy, and the rise of far-fight nationalism is to duplicate the already prolific commentary on these themes. I would rather write about the quality of human spirit that the life and death
The Artist in the World
The Artist in the World Bonnie Marranca In a moving retelling of her trip to Stockholm to perform at the 2016 Nobel Prize ceremony (The New Yorker, Dicembre 14), Patti Smith details preparations for her appearance on the morning of the event. Rehearsal with the orchestra. Tea and warm soup in her dressing room. She thought of her mother who first bought her a Bob
Present Tense
Present Tense Bonnie Marranca 1976. It was a very good year. The world that PAJ entered upon its founding forty years ago was made by artists and audiences and critics and editors, artistic directors and founders of organizations, spazi, publications, and all the cafés and bookstores and galler- ies. Everyone who lived and worked downtown understood that the performance culture was something they helped to
Performance Ideas
Performance Ideas Bonnie Marranca The start of 2014 marks the inaugural volume of Performance Ideas, a new series that highlights the long-standing editorial commitment of PAJ Publications to bring together the histories of performance in theatre and in visual arts for a more expansive vision of artistic practice. Performance Ideas opens up a distinctive niche in arts publishing in our plan to produce books of