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Department of History and Philosophy of Science

 

This reading group explores philosophical topics related to scientific experimentation. We meet on Thursdays from 11am to 12noon in the Board Room unless otherwise stated. All welcome!

Organised by Niall Roe (nrr32) and Marta Halina (mh801).

Easter Term 2025

This term, we will read selected chapters from The Philosophy of Scientific Experimentation (2003), edited by Hans Radder.

8 May

Rom Harré, 'The Materiality of Instruments in a Metaphysics for Experiments'

15 May

Davis Baird, 'Thing Knowledge: Outline of a Materialist Theory of Knowledge'

22 May (Seminar Room 1)

Jim Woodward, 'Experimentation, Causal Inference, and Instrumental Realism'

29 May

Hans Radder, 'Technology and Theory in Experimental Science'

5 June

Evelyn Fox Keller, 'Models, Simulation, and "Computer Experiments"'

12 June

Mary S. Morgan, 'Experiments without Material Intervention: Model Experiments, Virtual Experiments, and Virtually Experiments'

19 June

David Gooding, 'Varying the Cognitive Span: Experimentation, Visualization, and Computation'