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  • Watch and Listen – Philosophy of Science
Watch and Listen – Philosophy of Science 17 February 2017 Ewan Rodgers
  • Margherita Harris (LSE): “Model Robustness: Schupbach’s Explanatory Account of Robustness Analysis to the Rescue?”

Margherita Harris (LSE): “Model Robustness: Schupbach’s Explanatory Account of Robustness Analysis to the Rescue?”

  • 21 March 2022
  • Dennis Dieks (Utrecht): “Identical quantum particles as distinguishable objects”

Dennis Dieks (Utrecht): “Identical quantum particles as distinguishable objects”

  • 22 November 2021
  • Giacomo Giannini (LSE): “Relational Troubles: Structuralist Worries for an epistemology of powers-based modality.”

Giacomo Giannini (LSE): “Relational Troubles: Structuralist Worries for an epistemology of powers-based modality.”

  • 9 November 2021
  • The Modern Mind (Forum)

The Modern Mind (Forum)

  • 16 June 2021
  • Who’s a Good Boy? (Forum)

Who’s a Good Boy? (Forum)

  • 27 May 2021
  • James Wills (LSE): “Classical Particle Indistinguishability, Precisely.”

James Wills (LSE): “Classical Particle Indistinguishability, Precisely.”

  • 24 May 2021
  • Alexander Bird (Cambridge): “Against Empiricism”

Alexander Bird (Cambridge): “Against Empiricism”

  • 30 March 2021
  • John Dougherty (LMU): “I ain’t afraid of no ghost”

John Dougherty (LMU): “I ain’t afraid of no ghost”

  • 29 March 2021
  • Emily Adlam (Cambridge): “Generalized Probabilistic Theories as Structural Realism”

Emily Adlam (Cambridge): “Generalized Probabilistic Theories as Structural Realism”

  • 8 March 2021
  • Ulrich Meyer (Colgate): “Topology and Action at a Distance”

Ulrich Meyer (Colgate): “Topology and Action at a Distance”

  • 16 February 2021
  • Misinformation (Forum for Philosophy)

Misinformation (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 4 February 2021
  • Miklós Rédei (LSE): “On the Tension Between Physics and Mathematics”

Miklós Rédei (LSE): “On the Tension Between Physics and Mathematics”

  • 1 February 2021
  • Neil Dewar (Munich): “On Absolute Units”

Neil Dewar (Munich): “On Absolute Units”

  • 7 December 2020
  • Chrysovalantis Stergiou (The American College of Greece): “On Empirical Underdetermination of Physical Theories in C*Algebraic Setting”

Chrysovalantis Stergiou (The American College of Greece): “On Empirical Underdetermination of Physical Theories in C*Algebraic Setting”

  • 30 November 2020
  • Jonathan Birch (LSE): “Science and policy in extremis: the UK’s initial response to COVID-19”

Jonathan Birch (LSE): “Science and policy in extremis: the UK’s initial response to COVID-19”

  • 11 November 2020
  • The Musical Mind (Forum for Philosophy)

The Musical Mind (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 4 November 2020
  • Anti-vaxxers & Other Sceptics (Forum for Philosophy)

Anti-vaxxers & Other Sceptics (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 28 October 2020
  • Marius Backmann (LSE): “Time for Freedom”

Marius Backmann (LSE): “Time for Freedom”

  • 27 October 2020
  • Henrique Gomes & Jeremy Butterfield (Cambridge): “Geometrodynamics as Functionalism about Time”

Henrique Gomes & Jeremy Butterfield (Cambridge): “Geometrodynamics as Functionalism about Time”

  • 19 October 2020
  • Ali Boyle (Cambridge): “Don’t Ask: Classification in Comparative Cognitive Science”

Ali Boyle (Cambridge): “Don’t Ask: Classification in Comparative Cognitive Science”

  • 12 May 2020
  • Nature/Nurture (Forum for Philosophy)

Nature/Nurture (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 7 March 2020
  • Carina Prunkl (Oxford): “How Anthropocentric is Thermodynamics?”

Carina Prunkl (Oxford): “How Anthropocentric is Thermodynamics?”

  • 9 December 2019
  • Peter Achinstein (Johns Hopkins): “Epistemic Simplicity: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel”

Peter Achinstein (Johns Hopkins): “Epistemic Simplicity: The Last Refuge of a Scoundrel”

  • 26 November 2019
  • 2019 Lakatos Award Lecture with Henk W. de Regt

2019 Lakatos Award Lecture with Henk W. de Regt

  • 22 November 2019
  • 2019 Lakatos Award Expert Workshop with Henk W. de Regt

2019 Lakatos Award Expert Workshop with Henk W. de Regt

  • 21 November 2019
  • Fernand Gobet (LSE): “Automatic generation of scientific theories using genetic programming”

Fernand Gobet (LSE): “Automatic generation of scientific theories using genetic programming”

  • 29 October 2019
  • Stephen John (Cambridge HPS): “Epistemic risk paternalism”

Stephen John (Cambridge HPS): “Epistemic risk paternalism”

  • 15 October 2019
  • Deborah Mayo (Virginia Tech): “Severe Testing: A Conjecture Passes a Severe Test Only if a Refutation Would Probably Have Occurred if it’s False”

Deborah Mayo (Virginia Tech): “Severe Testing: A Conjecture Passes a Severe Test Only if a Refutation Would Probably Have Occurred if it’s False”

  • 3 June 2019
  • Replication Crisis? (Forum for Philosophy)

Replication Crisis? (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 28 May 2019
  • Marius Backmann (Konstanz): “Necessarily the Old Riddle – Necessary Connections, Laws of Nature, and the Problem of Induction”

Marius Backmann (Konstanz): “Necessarily the Old Riddle – Necessary Connections, Laws of Nature, and the Problem of Induction”

  • 20 May 2019
  • Jonathan Livengood (University of Illinois): “Back to the Rubbish Bin: Experimental Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Causation”

Jonathan Livengood (University of Illinois): “Back to the Rubbish Bin: Experimental Philosophy and the Metaphysics of Causation”

  • 12 March 2019
  • Liam Kofi Bright (LSE): “The Scientists Qua Scientist Makes No Assertion”

Liam Kofi Bright (LSE): “The Scientists Qua Scientist Makes No Assertion”

  • 15 January 2019
  • Sabina Leonelli (Exeter): “Understanding Science from the Data Up”

Sabina Leonelli (Exeter): “Understanding Science from the Data Up”

  • 26 October 2018
  • Craig Callender (UC, San Diego): “The Flow of Time: Stitching the World Together”

Craig Callender (UC, San Diego): “The Flow of Time: Stitching the World Together”

  • 26 October 2018
  • Imagination in Science (Forum for Philosophy)

Imagination in Science (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 24 October 2018
  • John Worrall (LSE): “Evidence-Based Everything (but let’s do the basing properly)” (Exaugural Lecture)

John Worrall (LSE): “Evidence-Based Everything (but let’s do the basing properly)” (Exaugural Lecture)

  • 19 October 2018
  • Matt Farr (Cambridge): “The C Theory of Time”

Matt Farr (Cambridge): “The C Theory of Time”

  • 30 April 2018
  • John D. Norton (Pittsburgh): “The Infinite Lottery”

John D. Norton (Pittsburgh): “The Infinite Lottery”

  • 24 April 2018
  • Tudor M Baetu (Bristol): “Pain in Psychology, Biology and Medicine. Implications for Eliminativist and Physicalist Accounts” (BSPS Lecture)

Tudor M Baetu (Bristol): “Pain in Psychology, Biology and Medicine. Implications for Eliminativist and Physicalist Accounts” (BSPS Lecture)

  • 12 March 2018
  • The Evolution of Altruism (Forum for Philosophy)

The Evolution of Altruism (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 24 February 2018
  • Anna Alexandrova (Cambridge): “Defining Mental Health”

Anna Alexandrova (Cambridge): “Defining Mental Health”

  • 20 February 2018
  • What Is It Really Like to Be a Bat? (Forum for Philosophy)

What Is It Really Like to Be a Bat? (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 14 February 2018
  • 2015 and 2016 Lakatos Award Lectures

2015 and 2016 Lakatos Award Lectures

  • 9 November 2017
  • Prof Daniel M. Hausman (Madison): “Is Social Science Possible?”

Prof Daniel M. Hausman (Madison): “Is Social Science Possible?”

  • 4 October 2017
  • David Papineau (King’s College London): “Thinking about Animal Consciousness”

David Papineau (King’s College London): “Thinking about Animal Consciousness”

  • 7 June 2017
  • Chris Frith (University College London): “What’s the Use of Consciousness?”

Chris Frith (University College London): “What’s the Use of Consciousness?”

  • 7 June 2017
  • Eva Jablonka (Tel Aviv University): “Learning & Minimal Consciousness: An Evolutionary Connection?”

Eva Jablonka (Tel Aviv University): “Learning & Minimal Consciousness: An Evolutionary Connection?”

  • 7 June 2017
  • Robert Elwood (Queen’s University Belfast): “Do Invertebrate Responses to Noxious Stimuli Offer Insights into Pain and Sentience?”

Robert Elwood (Queen’s University Belfast): “Do Invertebrate Responses to Noxious Stimuli Offer Insights into Pain and Sentience?”

  • 7 June 2017
  • Lars Chittka (Queen Mary, University of London): “Invertebrate Unconsciousness?”

Lars Chittka (Queen Mary, University of London): “Invertebrate Unconsciousness?”

  • 7 June 2017
  • Bjoern Brembs (University of Regensburg): “The Neurogenetics of Creative Problem Solving”

Bjoern Brembs (University of Regensburg): “The Neurogenetics of Creative Problem Solving”

  • 7 June 2017
  • Hasok Chang (Cambridge): “If you can spray phlogiston, is it real? A pragmatist conception of reality”

Hasok Chang (Cambridge): “If you can spray phlogiston, is it real? A pragmatist conception of reality”

  • 17 May 2017
  • Nora Boyd (Pittsburgh): “Daedal Data: The Problem of Empirical Adequacy”

Nora Boyd (Pittsburgh): “Daedal Data: The Problem of Empirical Adequacy”

  • 20 March 2017
  • Karim Thébault (Bristol): “Cosmic Singularity Resolution via Quantum Evolution”

Karim Thébault (Bristol): “Cosmic Singularity Resolution via Quantum Evolution”

  • 13 March 2017
  • Stephan Leuenberger (Glasgow): “Scrutability and the Problem of Cross-Family Quantification”

Stephan Leuenberger (Glasgow): “Scrutability and the Problem of Cross-Family Quantification”

  • 7 March 2017
  • The Minds of Whales (Forum for Philosophy)

The Minds of Whales (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 2 March 2017
  • John Worrall: “The ‘Universe’ Starring Man?”

John Worrall: “The ‘Universe’ Starring Man?”

  • 22 February 2017
  • Jo E. Wolff (KCL): “Absolutism about Quantity – Decision by case study?”

Jo E. Wolff (KCL): “Absolutism about Quantity – Decision by case study?”

  • 13 February 2017
  • The Social Lives of Microbes (Forum for Philosophy)

The Social Lives of Microbes (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 24 January 2017
  • Ruth Byrne (University of Dublin): “Counterfactual Thought”

Ruth Byrne (University of Dublin): “Counterfactual Thought”

  • 28 October 2016
  • Catharine Abell (University of Manchester): “Epistemic Problems with Eliciting Imaginings”

Catharine Abell (University of Manchester): “Epistemic Problems with Eliciting Imaginings”

  • 28 October 2016
  • Fiora Salis (LSE): “Capturing the Scientific Imagination”

Fiora Salis (LSE): “Capturing the Scientific Imagination”

  • 28 October 2016
  • Timothy Williamson (University of Oxford): “Counterfactuals and Thought experiments”

Timothy Williamson (University of Oxford): “Counterfactuals and Thought experiments”

  • 28 October 2016
  • Sir Paul Nurse: “How Philosophy Drives Discovery: A scientist’s view of Popper”

Sir Paul Nurse: “How Philosophy Drives Discovery: A scientist’s view of Popper”

  • 28 September 2016
  • James Owen Weatherall (Irvine): “On Stuff: The Field Concept in Classical Physics”

James Owen Weatherall (Irvine): “On Stuff: The Field Concept in Classical Physics”

  • 26 September 2016
  • Carlo Rovelli (Marseille): “Why Physics Needs Philosophy” (video)

Carlo Rovelli (Marseille): “Why Physics Needs Philosophy” (video)

  • 17 July 2016
  • Carlo Rovelli (Marseille): “Why Physics Needs Philosophy” (podcast)

Carlo Rovelli (Marseille): “Why Physics Needs Philosophy” (podcast)

  • 17 July 2016
  • James Weatherall (UC Irvine): “Some Philosophical Prehistory of the Earman-Norton Hole Argument”

James Weatherall (UC Irvine): “Some Philosophical Prehistory of the Earman-Norton Hole Argument”

  • 15 July 2016
  • Bryan W. Roberts (LSE): “Some curious examples of mathematical representation”

Bryan W. Roberts (LSE): “Some curious examples of mathematical representation”

  • 15 July 2016
  • Samuel C. Fletcher (Minnesota & MCMP): “Elvis has left the building”

Samuel C. Fletcher (Minnesota & MCMP): “Elvis has left the building”

  • 15 July 2016
  • Oliver Pooley (Oxford): “Why we don’t need any more talks on the hole argument”

Oliver Pooley (Oxford): “Why we don’t need any more talks on the hole argument”

  • 15 July 2016
  • James Ladyman (Bristol): “The Hole Argument and Homotopy Type Theory”

James Ladyman (Bristol): “The Hole Argument and Homotopy Type Theory”

  • 15 July 2016
  • Darwinism and the Social Sciences (Forum for Philosophy)

Darwinism and the Social Sciences (Forum for Philosophy)

  • 29 February 2016
  • Jeremy Taylor: “Your Body By Darwin”

Jeremy Taylor: “Your Body By Darwin”

  • 19 January 2016
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