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| FAll 2009 Calendar of Events |
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| Tuesday, October 27 , 2009 |
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
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Alexander Library
Teleconference Lecture Hall (4th Floor)
169 College Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ
Free and open to the university community
and the public
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| Evidence and Explanation in the Arts and Sciences |
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Franco Moretti (Stanford)
Stephen Stich (Rutgers) |
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| Experiments in the Humanities features two world-renowned humanists interested in bringing empirical methods to bear on longstanding questions in their disciplines: Stephen Stich, Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers will discuss how research in cognitive science can advance and transform traditional philosophical debates, especially in moral theory. Franco Moretti, Professor of English at Stanford, will discuss how quantitative analysis can illuminate our understanding of the novel, especially questions of plot. |
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Center for Cultural Analysis |
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