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"True Science: Leo Tolstoy & Popular Science"

VM
November 9, 2023
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
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Heyman Center

Lecture by Valeriia Mutc
Chaired by Gareth Williams


This talk examines Leo Tolstoy’s philosophy of science in his non-fiction essays and literary works. Tolstoy methodically rejected an exclusively positivist worldview, arguing that it was detrimental to Russia’s social development. Instead, the writer formulated an idea of socially functional science—a “true” science—whose goal was to promote ethical and moral values for popular audiences.

Thursday, November 9, 2023, 12:15 pm EST | In person at the Heyman Center and online via Zoom.

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