Archive forOctober, 2007

Realist Workshop

Just a reminder that tonight (Monday October 29, 2007, at 8pm
– though with ‘refreshment’ from 7:30pm) at the Cambridge
Realist Workshop (at CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane), there will be a
talk by:

Geoffrey Ingham

on

“Recent Debates on the the Nature of Money”.

All Welcome!

Blogged with Flock

Comments

Cambridge Realist Workshop

Next up at the Cambridge Realist Workshop on Monday October 22,  the speaker is:

Brian Pinkstone

giving a talk entitled:

“Some Applications of critical realism”

A background paper (it is just a background paper) is attached

Brian Pinkstone was the Foundation Head of the School of Economics and Finance at the University of Western Sydney, (Australia) from 2001 to 2007. Brian’s main discipline is economic history and he has written a major work in the field: Global Connections: A History of Exports and the Australian Economy, (AGPS 1992).   The philosophical approach to scientific method known as critical realism informs his work.


As usual (free) wine is available from 7:30pm onwards, and the talk starts at 8pm.


NB the programme for the term and directions to the seminar room in which we meet can be obtained from the following site:

http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/seminars/realist/workshop_programme.htm

Blogged with Flock

Comments

Cambridge Realist Workshop

Another year, and yet another programme for the Cambridge Realist Workshop.  The programme for the Michaelmas Term 2007 is attached, as is a background paper for the first talk (’Some problems of Modern Economics…..and a solution’  -  speaker: Tony Lawson) for this coming Monday Evening, October 08.

As usual the talks start at 8 pm, but with ‘refreshment’ available from 7:30. And as in previous years we will be meeting in the CRASSH seminar room, at 17 Mill lane.

A map showing directions (along with other info.) can be found on our website:

http://www.econ.cam.ac.uk/seminars/realist/workshop_programme.htm

Blogged with Flock

Comments