Fifth Joint Workshop on Integrated History and Philosophy of Science ‘What is HPS for?’
Event: WorkshopDate: 28 Jun 2010 00:00
Start date: 28 Jun 2010 12:30
End date: 29 Jun 2010 12:30
Organised by: Supported by the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, the British Society for the History of Science, the Mind Association and the five participating institutions: University of Exeter, Durham University, University College London, Cambridge University and University of Leeds.
Venue: Byrne House, University of Exeter
PROGRAMME
Monday 28 June
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:00 Welcome and introduction
14:00 – 15:30 Session 1: Complementary science Chair: Sabina Leonelli
14:00–14:20 Hasok Chang (UCL) on ‘complementary science’
14:20–15:00 Comments by Gregory Radick (Leeds), Robin Hendry (Durham) and John Dupré (Exeter)
15:00–15:30 General discussion
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 18:00 Session 2: What is HPS for? Chair: Staffan Mueller-Wille
16:00-16:20 Graeme Gooday and Gregory Radick (Leeds) 'HPS and the critical analysis of "intellectual property": A good-natured debate'
16:20-16:40 Pierre Olivier Méthot (Exeter) "HPS as Conceptual History: the Case of Virulence and its Relation to Disease"
16:40-17:00 Rachel Dunn (Durham) "Best of Both Worlds: Why HPS Matters"
17:00-17:20 Sorin Bangu (Cambridge) "Reducing Thermodynamics to Statistical Mechanics - an HPS perspective"
17:20-17:40 Josipa Petrunic and Michela Massimi (UCL) "Can HPS focus usefully on failed physics/mathematics?"
17:40-18:00 General Discussion
Drinks and dinner downtown
Tuesday 29 June
09:00 - 10:30 Session 3: Pluralism: Pros and Cons Chair: John Dupré
09:00 - 9:20 Maria Kon (Leeds) "What's Wrong with Pluralism, in Metaethics and (maybe) Philosophy of Science Too"
09:00 - 9:40 Ian Kidd (Durham) "Is it Intellectually Virtuous to be an Epistemic Pluralist?"
09:40-10:00 Catherine Kendig and Chiara Ambrosio (UCL) "Pluralism in investigative inquiry: lessons from Buffon and Peirce"
10:00-10:30 Stephen John (Cambridge) "Is pluralism too promiscuous for policy? The case of discrimination"
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 4: Making HPS Relevant Through Teaching Chair: Hasok Chang
11:00-11:20 Peter Vickers (Leeds) "Science Cross-Examined: HPS as Courtroom Drama"
11:20-11:40 Brendan Clarke (UCL) "Teaching and making mechanisms"
11:40-12:00 Dan Nicholson (Exeter) “Teaching the Philosophy of Biology”
12:00-12:30 General Discussion
12:30 Lunch
Further details:
For more information about the workshop please contact Sabina Leonelli.
Additional Student Funding
Additional student funding to attend this workshop can be obtained by student members of the British Society for the History of Science, who are warmly encouraged to apply directly for this to the Butler-Eyles fund for travel expenses.
Getting to Exeter
Mainline rail access to Exeter St David’s is available from London Paddington (2.5 hours), London Waterloo Station (ca. 3 hours) and Bristol (40 minutes). Exeter airport has daily connections to several UK airports, including Edinburgh and Newcastle.
Getting to Byrne House
Byrne House, home to the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society, is a beautiful building located in the Eastern corner of the Streatham Campus in Exeter. It is a twenty minutes walk uphill from Exeter St David’s, or you can catch a cab in front of the station for about 7 pounds. Map of the campus
Accommodation
University accommodation is available on campus, with Bed and Breakfast from £26.95 per night. Details and online room booking are available on the Event Exeter website. You will need to book a room on the Streatham Campus.
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