On natural science in the Age of Enlightenment
Félag um átjándu aldar fræði (the Icelandic Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) is holding a symposium under the title
On natural science in the Age of Enlightenment
in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, in the lecture hall on the 2nd floor,
on Saturday 11 February 2017.
The symposium begins at 13:30 and ends no later than 16:15.
There will be four talks, as follows:
Natural science and metaphysics: the Enlightenment and Christian Wolff
Henry A. Henrysson, philosopher
Phlogiston and 18th-century chemistry
Huginn Freyr Þorsteinsson, philosopher of science
COFFEE BREAK
“His fire still burns”: on Linnaeus’s influence on Icelandic scholarship
Ágúst H. Bjarnason, botanist
The sources of ordinary Icelanders on the astronomical world view, 1750–1850
Einar H. Guðmundsson, astrophysicist
Chair: Kristín Bjarnadóttir, mathematician
Each talk takes about 20 minutes.
About 10 minutes are set aside for questions and discussion after each talk.
During the break the society offers coffee and refreshments.
Abstracts of the talks will be available at the symposium. They will later
be published on the society’s website, http://fraedi.is/18.oldin/