There are accompanying images to the paper on the De luce which are available on Youtube. They are quite mesmeric, and form something of the basis for the 3D Visualisation, which is to come this year (and we are looking forward to that very much indeed). On that score Nick Holliman from the University of York isContinue reading “Images to watch the universe by….”
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Do we live in a universe at all: some thoughts from Mark Robson
The Durham Grosseteste Project involves looking at the works of Bishop Grosseteste and trying to understand his ideas in the light of the conceptual background of an ordered universe. Grosseteste understood himself to be playing a role in a divinely ordered hierarchy of creatures. He was within a Grand Plan, a teleologically ordered whole whoseContinue reading “Do we live in a universe at all: some thoughts from Mark Robson”
The week, or so, after Christmas: Hannah at Cambridge
Hannah is talking this afternoon, 9th January, at 4.30 to the Cambridge Philosophical Society, part of a day devoted to Colour in all of its diversity of meaning, aspects and applications. Hannah’s talk will be on the De iride mapping she has been leading: ‘Colours of the rainbow: A three-dimensional colour space from the thirteenth century’ TheContinue reading “The week, or so, after Christmas: Hannah at Cambridge”
Colour, Rainbows, Crombie and the Ordered Universe
Hannah and I enjoyed the hospitality of the Society for the History of Medieval Technology and Science at the weekend, in Oxford and very much enjoyed presenting the Ordered Universe project to their members and other attendees. It was lovely to meet Geoffrey Hindley, involved with the Society from its inception, and all the moreContinue reading “Colour, Rainbows, Crombie and the Ordered Universe”
How history of science informs individual development of scientific reasoning and supports a reflective perspective thereon
Per Kind, at our October workshop, put forward the idea that informative parallels can be drawn between the development of science-knowledge across chronological time, i.e. the history of science, and the development of scientific reasoning within the individual, across developmental time. This opens up an indirect way of how studying Grosseteste and his time canContinue reading “How history of science informs individual development of scientific reasoning and supports a reflective perspective thereon”
Cool for School: A Grossetestian framework for teaching scientific knowledge and how science works
Nowadays teachers are expected to have clearly defined learning objectives for every lesson, but more fundamentally it must be definedwhat the overall aims of education should be. These seem to cluter around the acquisition of firstly a broad and in-depth knowledge base across the disciplines, and secondly of procedural skills that enable students to criticallyContinue reading “Cool for School: A Grossetestian framework for teaching scientific knowledge and how science works”
Creation from Nothing: Mark Robson’s ‘Ontology and Providence in Creation’
Mark Robson’s new book provides a critical perspective on philosophical attitudes to the notion of creation from nothing. Mark is one of the teachers within the Durham Grosseteste Project, based at St Robert of Newminster school. Creation from nothing , ex nihilo, underpins Grosseteste’s fundamental understanding of the created world, and this discussion demonstrates theContinue reading “Creation from Nothing: Mark Robson’s ‘Ontology and Providence in Creation’”
Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum: Part 3c ADVANCED SECONDARY
Our third and final group, took what appeared to be a slightly different approach to the other two, but one that ended up with a great deal of continuity with the others. Led by Per, the group involved Andrew Powney from Ampleforth College, Steven Burdon from St Bede’s Lanchester, and Mark Robson from St RobertContinue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum: Part 3c ADVANCED SECONDARY”
Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 2
One of the bedrock principles of the Durham Grosseteste Project is the activity of collaborative reading. It sounds simple, and it many respects it is, but sitting together, to read through a text, slowly and thoughtfully, creates the environment in which exciting and imaginative ideas for research take shape and evolve. All present are ableContinue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 2”
Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 1
At the beginning of this week we welcomed members old and new to Durham to explore the second element within our network project based on Grosseteste’s scientific works, namely whether and how the ideas, concepts and problems he discusses can be used in the modern classroom. How to bring Grosseteste’s world to life and how toContinue reading “Workshop 2: Medieval Science and the Modern Curriculum – Part 1”