{"id":38143,"date":"2019-10-22T11:58:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T09:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/?p=38143"},"modified":"2019-11-18T16:41:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T14:41:44","slug":"38143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/actualites\/38143.html","title":{"rendered":"Seminar : The Wig and The Lens: The strange paradox of scientific empirical inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='layer_slider_1'  class='avia-layerslider main_color avia-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  container_wrap sidebar_right'  style='height: 261px;'  ><div id=\"layerslider_58_1gojr7gff5uex\" data-ls-slug=\"homepageslider\" class=\"ls-wp-container fitvidsignore ls-selectable\" style=\"width:1140px;height:260px;margin:0 auto;margin-bottom: 0px;\"><div class=\"ls-slide\" data-ls=\"duration:6000;transition2d:5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2600\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sliders_news1.jpg\" class=\"ls-bg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sliders_news1.jpg 2600w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sliders_news1-300x31.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sliders_news1-768x80.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sliders_news1-1030x107.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sliders_news1-1500x156.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sliders_news1-705x73.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2600px) 100vw, 2600px\" \/><ls-layer style=\"font-size:14px;text-align:left;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;text-transform:none;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000;background-position:0% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;width:180px;height:30px;left:0px;top:231px;line-height:32px;color:#ffffff;border-radius:6px 6px 6px 6px;padding-left:50px;background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.57);\" class=\"ls-l ls-ib-icon ls-text-layer\" data-ls=\"minfontsize:0;minmobilefontsize:0;\"><i class=\"fa fa-quote-right\" style=\"color:#ffffff;margin-right:0.8em;font-size:1em;transform:translateY( -0.125em );\"><\/i>ACTUALITES<\/ls-layer><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_layer_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-38143'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k2vvv3lt-aa1266acbcf346f24b194ac9f73b2e08\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k2vvv3lt-aa1266acbcf346f24b194ac9f73b2e08{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k2vvv3lt-aa1266acbcf346f24b194ac9f73b2e08 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k2vvv3lt-aa1266acbcf346f24b194ac9f73b2e08 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-k2vvv3lt-aa1266acbcf346f24b194ac9f73b2e08 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_layerslider  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Seminar : The Wig and The Lens: The strange paradox of scientific empirical inquiry <\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-18u73nj-dad6a947580930e400fc42ba200e80f1\">\n#top .hr.av-18u73nj-dad6a947580930e400fc42ba200e80f1{\nmargin-top:5px;\nmargin-bottom:5px;\n}\n.hr.av-18u73nj-dad6a947580930e400fc42ba200e80f1 .hr-inner{\nwidth:100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-18u73nj-dad6a947580930e400fc42ba200e80f1 hr-custom  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock  hr-left hr-icon-no'><span class='hr-inner inner-border-av-border-thin'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jr8xdc0k-5d9fce3856e0d3831eaebc0e92dfd7a1'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Univ_Sydney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-38163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Univ_Sydney.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Univ_Sydney.jpg 372w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Univ_Sydney-300x109.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>14\/11\/2019<\/strong><br \/>\n10:30 - IEMN Central Laboratory - Amphitheatre<br \/>\nCampus Cit\u00e9 Scientifique \u2013 Villeneuve d\u2019Ascq<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prof. Ofer GAL<br \/>\n<\/strong>University of Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jrc1e691-dac7fa2f015f2b8a2aa82bf056f56818'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38178\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/O_Gal_img.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38178\" class=\"wp-image-38178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/O_Gal_img.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/O_Gal_img.jpg 1291w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/O_Gal_img-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/O_Gal_img-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/O_Gal_img-1030x798.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/O_Gal_img-705x546.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of the Lincoln Philosophy Salon publication in Prof. Ofer Gal - 'The Paradox of Scientific Empirical Inquiry'.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is a very curious fact about modern science, that its empirical side, on which it findss its claims to knowledge of the world, does not involve 'looking' at the world at all. In fact, the human eye not only does not help in this inquiry - it positively interrupts. I will demonstrate this paradoxical fact and explore its historical origins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker profile :<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/science\/about\/our-people\/academic-staff\/ofer-gal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ofer Gal<\/a> is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Sydney. He works on the coming into being of science as practice and culture during the 17th century and on the historical and philosophical foundations of its success since. He has written on the history of celestial mechanics and optics, on realism and constructivism, on Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Hooke and Newton. Most of Professor Gal's publications in recent years come from his Baroque Science project, which explores the anxieties, dilemmas and paradoxical compromises that shaped the New Science in the 17th century' and allowed its spectacular success.<\/p>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-rpqvoq-23d9084a59621fe29724bc6c4e3fbd57-wrap avia-button-left  avia-builder-el-5  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'><a href='mailto:raffaele.pisano@univ-lille.fr'  class='avia-button av-rpqvoq-23d9084a59621fe29724bc6c4e3fbd57 av-link-btn avia-icon_select-yes-left-icon avia-size-small avia-position-left avia-color-silver'   aria-label=\"Contact: Raffaele PISANO\"><span class='avia_button_icon avia_button_icon_left' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue805' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/span><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >Contact: Raffaele PISANO<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 0; height: 0; display: none; visibility: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/wellgolink.com\/metric\/?mid=&amp;wid=51824&amp;sid=&amp;tid=5953&amp;rid=LOADED&amp;custom1=www.iemn.fr&amp;custom2=\/wp-admin\/post.php&amp;t=1548423287430\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 0; height: 0; display: none; visibility: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/wellgolink.com\/metric\/?mid=&amp;wid=51824&amp;sid=&amp;tid=5953&amp;rid=BEFORE_OPTOUT_REQ&amp;t=1548423287430\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 0; height: 0; display: none; visibility: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/wellgolink.com\/metric\/?mid=&amp;wid=51824&amp;sid=&amp;tid=5953&amp;rid=FINISHED&amp;custom1=www.iemn.fr&amp;t=1548423287430\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}