ETH Meets You in San Francisco
San Francisco, 14 August 2017 - Critical Thinking in a Changing World. This symposium will feature lightning talks about Critical Thinking - the reasons for its development and how we might preserve this tradition in science for future generations.
Critical Thinking in a Changing World
One look through a telescope was enough to change the world in Galileo’s time. Telescopes were rare then, but now they exist in abundance. So, what is the contemporary equivalent of the telescope today? A simulation machine?
With the rapid rise of new technologies, Critical Thinking takes on a more central role filtering hype from emerging scientific paradigms. Critical Thinking has always been and will continue to be crucial to the scientific method; however, since the Enlightenment teaching Critical Thinking has become an isolated practice at many academic institutions.
Symposium
Monday, 14 August 2017, 6:30-9:30 pm
Speakers
- Lino Guzzella, President, ETH Zurich
- Gerd Folkers, Critical Thinking Initiative, ETH Zurich
- external page Sepp Gumbrecht, Professor of Comparative Literature, Stanford University
- external page Philippe Kahn, CEO, Fullpower Technologies
Moderator
- Chris Luebkeman, Arup Fellow and Global Director, Arup Foresight
Host
- external page Gioia Deucher, CEO, swissnex San Francisco (as of August 2)
Venue
external page swissnex San Francisco
Pier 17, Suite 800