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Department of History and Philosophy of Science

 

CamPoS (Cambridge Philosophy of Science) is a network of academics and students working in the philosophy of science in various parts of the University of Cambridge, including the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and the Faculty of Philosophy. The Wednesday afternoon seminar series features current research by CamPoS members as well as visitors to Cambridge and scholars based in nearby institutions. In the 2024–25 year, CamPoS is being organised by Miguel Ohnesorge (mo459).

Seminars are held on Wednesdays, 1.00–2.30pm in Seminar Room 2, unless otherwise stated.

Michaelmas Term 2024

16 October, 1–3pm

Jonathan Birch (LSE)
Book symposium: The Edge of Sentience
Comments by Tim Lewens, Marta Halina, Mona-Marie Wandrey

23 October

Shaul Katzir (Tel Aviv University)
Establishing a scientific fact from complex evidence: the earth's variable rotation

30 October

Ben Henke (Institute of Philosophy, London)
Examining the possibility of AI Affect in reinforcement learning systems

6 November

Paul Hoyningen-Huene (Leibniz University)
Is science 'Western' science?

Friday 22 November, 1–3pm

Leah McClimans (University of South Carolina)
Symposium (held jointly with the Measurement Reading Group): Patient-Centered Measurement (2024)
Comments by Anna Alexandrova, Stephen John, Femke Truijens

27 November

Harriet Fagerberg (HPS, University of Cambridge)
A domino theory of disease

4 December, 9am–12noon and 2–3pm

Paul Hoyningen-Huene, Hasok Chang, Alexander Bird, Brad Wray
Interpreting (Kuhn's) Structure