Tuesdays, 2–3pm (except for the workshop on Friday 9 May) in the Board Room
Organised by Hasok Chang (hc372), Richard Staley (raws1), and Neil Dewar (Faculty of Philosophy, nad42)
Easter Term 2025
9 May, 9am–1pm: Workshop on Duhem and Philosophy of Science
Details to follow
20 May, 2–3pm
Continued discussion of Olivier Darrigol, 'Geometry, mechanics, and experience: a historico-philosophical musing'. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 12, 60 (2022)
3 June, 2–3pm
Ernst Mach, 'Space and Geometry from the Point of View of Physical Inquiry'. In Space and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological and Physical Inquiry, edited by Thomas J. McCormack. Cambridge Library Collection – Physical Sciences, 94–144. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014 [1906].
Recommended background readings for the session on 3 June:
- Ernst Mach, 'On Physiological, as Distinguished from Geometrical, Space'. In Space and Geometry in the Light of Physiological, Psychological and Physical Inquiry, edited by Thomas J. McCormack. Cambridge Library Collection – Physical Sciences, 5–37. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014 [1906].
- Ernst Mach, 'On the Economical Nature of Physical Inquiry'. Translated by Thomas J. McCormack. In Popular Scientific Lectures, edited by Ernst Mach and Thomas J. McCormack. Cambridge Library Collection – Physical Sciences, 186–213. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014 [1882].
- The last chapter of Ernst Mach, Contributions to the Analysis of Sensations. La Salle: Open Court, 1897 (1886).