Dear all Due to inevitable teething problems, Adrian Currie’s talk will now be done via Zoom, at the same time (1-2:30pm). The invitation information follows the end of this email.
All the best Matt Dr Matt Farr • Research & Teaching Associate in Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge • Department of History & Philosophy of Science Free School Lane | Cambridge | CB2 3RH w mattfarr.co.uk <http://www.mattfarr.co.uk/> | e [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | t 01223334559 HPS Dept is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: CamPoS Zoom Meeting Time: Oct 21, 2020 01:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96808345381?pwd=b0VLZWFROFlEdzZTYzR4SnZJajVwQT09 Meeting ID: 968 0834 5381 Passcode: 587024 One tap mobile +19292056099,,96808345381#,,,,,,0#,,587024# US (New York) +12532158782,,96808345381#,,,,,,0#,,587024# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 968 0834 5381 Passcode: 587024 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aDI8qrFg8 > On 20 Oct 2020, at 3:45 pm, Dr Matt Farr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all > > The first CamPoS seminar of term will be given tomorrow by Adrian Currie > <sites.google.com/site/adrianmitchellcurrie/ > <https://sites.google.com/site/adrianmitchellcurrie/>>, Senior Lecturer in > the Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of > Exeter. Details as follows: > > Time: Wednesday 21 October, 1-2:30pm > > Place: Online via Microsoft Teams, HPS CamPoS channel > <https://teams.microsoft.com/l/channel/19:[email protected]/2.6%20CamPOS?groupId=46684e0c-10b8-42f9-a5cc-5b2deec91da8&tenantId=49a50445-bdfa-4b79-ade3-547b4f3986e9> > > Title: Science & Speculation > > Abstract: Despite wide recognition that speculation is critical for > successful science, philosophers of science have attended little to it. When > they have, speculation has been characterized in narrowly epistemic terms: a > hypothesis is speculative due to its (lack of) evidential support. These > accounts provide little guidance to what makes speculation productive or > egregious, and how to foster the former while avoiding the latter. I examine > how scientists discuss speculation and identify various functions > speculations play. On this basis, I provide an account which starts with the > epistemic function of speculation. This analysis grounds a richer discussion > of when speculation is egregious and when it is productive, based in both > fine-grained analysis of the speculation's purpose, and what I call the > 'epistemic situation' scientists face. > > > The following CamPoS seminars will run during Lent Term: > 4 November: Petri Ylikoski (Helsinki) > 18 November: Haixin Dang (Leeds) > 2 December: Ariane Hanemaayer (Brandon/Cambridge) > > For those wishing to ‘attend’: Please check you have access to the HPS Teams > channel. If you do not (or don’t know), please contact me as soon as possible > so we can arrange access for you. > > You can also follow us at https://twitter.com/CamPhilSci > <https://twitter.com/CamPhilSci> > > All the best > Matt > > Matt Farr • Teaching & Research Associate in Philosophy of Science > University of Cambridge • Department of History & Philosophy of Science > Free School Lane | Cambridge | CB2 3RH > w mattfarr.co.uk <http://www.mattfarr.co.uk/> | e [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> | t 01223334559 _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/pipermail/phil-events/ Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
