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'