History and Philosophy of Science

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Upcoming Meetings

There are no currently scheduled upcoming events.

Past Meetings

  • October 16, 2019

    NOTE SPECIAL DATE
    de Regt, Understanding Scientific Understanding
    Chapter 2 (Chapter 3 optional)
  • April 10, 2019

    We will read Alexander Reutlinger and Juha Saatsi (eds.) Explanation Beyond Causation (Oxford, 2018), Chapers 5 and 6 (by Michael Strevens and Jim Woodward, respectively).
    We will meet from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Consortium (431 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia).   Pizza and soda will be served.
  • March 13, 2019

    We will read Alexander Reutlinger and Juha Saatsi (eds.) Explanation Beyond Causation (Oxford, 2018), Chapers 7 and 8 (by Alisa Bokulich and Mazviita Chirimuuta, respectively).
    We will meet from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Consortium (431 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia).   Pizza and soda will be served.
     
  • February 13, 2019

    This Spring we will read Alexander Reutlinger and Juha Saatsi (eds.) Explanation Beyond Causation (Oxford, 2018). (This came in second in our voting last summer). For February 13, please read the Introduction and Chapters 1-3 (about 70 pages total). (I will not be circulating PDFs, but have no objection if someone else wants to.) Noel Swanson will lead the discussion.
    We will meet from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the Consortium (431 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia).   Pizza and soda will be served.
     
  • December 12, 2018

    We will be reading Anya Plutynski's Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder (Oxford, 2018) Chapters 5, 6, and Conclusion. Anya Plutynski will Skype in for the discussion.
  • November 14, 2018

    We will be reading Anya Plutynski's Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder (Oxford, 2018) Chapters 3 and 4. Ashley Inglehart will open the discussion.
  • October 10, 2018

    We will be discussing Anya Plutynski's Explaining Cancer: Finding Order in Disorder (Oxford, 2018), Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2. Nabeel Hamid will open the discussion.
  • April 11, 2018

    This Spring, we read Lena Soler, Emiliano Trizio, and Andrew Pickering, eds., Science as it Could Have Been (Pittsburgh, 2015).  For our April 11 meeting, please read Chapters 12 ("The Science of Mind as It Could Have Been, by Bitbol and Petitmengen) and 14 ("On the Plurality of (Theoretical) World," by Levy-LeBlond). Iaan Reynolds (Villanova) will introduce ch. 12, and Noel Swanson (Delaware) ch. 14.
  • March 14, 2018

    This Spring, we read Lena Soler, Emiliano Trizio, and Andrew Pickering, eds., Science as it Could Have Been (Pittsburgh, 2015).  For our March 14 meeting, please read Chapters 3, 4, and 6, by Pickering, Trizio, and Collins respectively. Tawrin Baker (UPenn) introduced the readings.
  • February 14, 2018

    This Spring we will be reading:
    Lena Soler, Emiliano Trizio, and Andrew Pickering, eds., Science as it Could
    Have Been (Pittsburgh, 2015). For the first meeting, please read Chapters 1 and 2.
    Noel Swanson (U of Delaware) lead the discussion.