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Department of History and Philosophy of Science

 

We meet on Wednesdays at 11am in Seminar Room 1. Organised by Monte Cairns.

Lent Term 2026

28 January

Wilholt, T. (2009). 'Bias and Values in Scientific Research'. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 40(1), 92–101.

4 February

Miller, B. (2021). 'When is Scientific Dissent Epistemically Inappropriate?'. Philosophy of Science, 88(5), 918–928.

11 February

John, S. (2015). 'Inductive Risk and the Contexts of Communication'. Synthese, 192, 79–96.

18 February

Holman, B, & Geislar, S. (2018). 'Sex Drugs and Corporate Ventriloquism: How to Evaluate Science Policies Intended to Manage Industry-Funded Bias'. Philosophy of Science, 85(5), 869–881.

25 February

Wilholt, T. (2022). 'Epistemic Interests and the Objectivity of Inquiry'. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 91, 86–93.

4 March

Junghans, T. (2022). 'The Limits of "The Limits of the Numerical": Rare Diseases and the Seductions of Qualification'. In The Limits of the Numerical: The Abuses and Uses of Quantification, C. Newfield, A. Alexandrova, and S. John (Eds.), 93–115.

11 March

Draft from Ahmad Elabbar or Monte Cairns

18 March

Draft from Ahmad Elabbar or Monte Cairns