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:cf172e135f804889b02f30d3aaf98794@thread.tacv2/2.6%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 mw...@cam.ac.uk <mailto:mw...@cam.ac.uk> | 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.
