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SUMMARY:Beacon Salon # 18 Immanuel Kant: The Critique of Pure Reason (by a
  NatSci\, for NatScis)  - Eric Rees\, Department of Chemical Engineering a
 nd Biotechnology
DTSTART:20190816T143000Z
DTEND:20190816T153000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Eric Rees
DESCRIPTION:This informal seminar series presents topics of broad academic
  interest at an accessible level. The seminars are open to all\, and resea
 rch students at CEB and MedImmune are especially invited to attend. The ta
 lks will be about 30-45 minutes long\, and questions are encouraged which 
 open up new avenues for discussion. Tea and biscuits will be  provided.\n\
 nIn engineering and biotechnology research\, we often deal with the questi
 on “how can we learn from our experiments and studies in a scientific wa
 y?” But this is a special case of the general question “how can we lea
 rn [at all]” and the various attempts to answer to this general question
  – usually done as part of a complete system of philosophy – are actua
 lly quite important to scientists. Immanuel Kant’s transcendental philos
 ophy\, introduced in his legendary Critique of Pure Reason\, offers influe
 ntial insight into the nature of knowledge… It’s also a very hard book
  to read\, and so in this talk I will try to introduce some of the concept
 s I think are most important for engineers and scientists to know about. I
 ’ll also give a short biography of Kant\, who actually lectured physics 
 for much of his career\, and explain how (in my view) his remarkably good 
 understanding of physics and geometry helped him to write the most importa
 nt work in modern philosophy. I will also particularly discuss Kant’s vi
 ew on the nature of geometry and algebra.  
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 3\, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotec
 hnology\, West Cambridge Site
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