
The HPS Podcast
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Interviews on all things History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science. Produced by HPS@UniMelb, Hosted by @samarajg and @cjcontarino New eps for S4 every THURS
University of Melbourne
Joined September 2022
Final Ep of Season 4 out now! Featuring not 1, not 2, but 5(!) fab guests discussing 'Philosophy of Science in Practice: The Conference' . Julia Bursten.@AjaCWatkins.Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam .Caleb Hazelwood .Joseph Rouse.@josheisenthal.@SamaraJG .
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"We need to get [scientists] to realise that history and philosophy of science has much to contribute to science itself". Listen now to .Editor-in-Chief of Science @hholdenthorp talks to with @CJContarino and @SamaraJG . #hps #philsci #histsci #sts🧪.
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“You can have great understandings of how people are supposed to make knowledge that do not work in practice" . S4 Ep8 @Nicole_C_Nelson talks to @CJContarino about Ethnographies of Science.#HPS #STS 🧪.
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"I was getting hate mail, I was getting attacked. I thought, these people have a script" . Today's special guest is acclaimed science historian @NaomiOreskes discussing her work on the social construction of ignorance. Not to be missed!.
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"Science isn't finished until it's communicated". This week acclaimed #scicomm leader @scidocmartin from @LetsTalkSciComm shows us that communicating science in inclusive ways is not an ‘optional extra’ but a fundamental part of the research process.
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RT @AFabregasT: What makes a particular scientific experiment 'pursuitworthy'? @_EnnoFischer and I are very excited to edit a topical colle….
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"The insight behind experimental philosophy is a need to broaden the tools we use to answer philosophical questions" . Today on The HPS Pod, the fabulous Edouard Machery from @Center4PhilSci discussing exciting developments in the x-phi movement.
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RT @UtrechtHPS: All information about history and philosophy of physics in the Netherlands (scholars, research, courses, events, etc.) can….
hpp-nl.nl
Home page for the History and Philosophy of Physics Netherlands site.
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“We often find ourselves judging the merit of rules, or laws, or claims, regardless of whether we’re an expert and regardless of whether we are or are not going to comply with it". S4 Ep 4: @DarrinADurant talks to @CJContarino about Expertise.#HPS #STS 🧪.
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RT @TheBJPS: We are delighted to announce the arrival of BJPS Letters to the Editors. Something in the BJPS is wrong, you say? Highly impla….
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RT @aeonmag: Why intellectual humility isn’t always a virtue
aeon.co
Intellectual humility has recently been hailed as the key to thinking well. The story of Barbara McClintock proves otherwise
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A thought provoking piece! What do others think? Is it better to be "usefully wrong than uselessly right"?. "theories that are sharp can quicken thought. They cut through vagueness and wishful thinking [and] spark more interesting debates about their limits and exceptions.".
I'll speak later this week at #MethodsCon with @SPARC_Cardiff, @parkali & others on the future of social science. Ahead of it here is a piece on the case for sharper social science & testable theories
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RT @Center4PhilSci: The Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Pitt has two positions this year, both open rank: philosophy of….
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Season 4 of the pod launching this Thursday!!! . "It is vital to showcase the humanities, which consider complex topics in highly sophisticated ways.".#histsci #philsci 🧪.
sagacitymagazine.com.au
As a PhD candidate in the History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of Melbourne, I have long been interested in exploring the rich connections between science and society. However, a...
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