“Doktorat” defense on Sept 24

On Sept 24th, I will defend my “higher doctoral dissertation” (roughly equivalent to a habilitation / second book).

Prof. Stathis Psillos and Prof. James Ladyman will be my “opponents”.

It looks as though the defense will be streamed online. Please contact me if you are interested in attending.

See the poster for more details.

SPP poster

I’m presenting a poster on Philosophical Expertise Put to the Test at the 2021 meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology.

Video of talk on Theoretical Virtues

My talk “Theoretical Virtues: do scientists think what philosophers think they ought to think?” at the Centre for Science and Philosophy at the University of Bristol on April 20 was recorded and uploaded to YouTube. View it here:

Four new paper drafts

Four new paper drafts (see Paper):

Revised

  • Putting philosophical expertise to the test
  • Armchair Physics and the Method of cases

New

  • Explanation by Structural Necessitation
  • Theoretical virtues: do scientists think what philosophers think they ought to think?