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        Date: 2023-06-18 19:34:00+00:00
        From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@mccarty.org.uk>
        Subject: CfP: Philosophy of Experiment

[Forwarded from the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice 
list for those interested in experimental work in the sciences.--WM]

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Date:   Sun, 18 Jun 2023 10:43:46 +0000
Reply-To:       Harald Wiltsche <harald.wiltsche@liu.se>


As part of /Establishing the Nordic Network for Philosophy of Physics/,
a workshop on Philosophy of Experiment will be hosted at Stockholm
Universityon November 16 and 17, 2023.

Empirical constraints are essential in scientific theory development and
assessment, with experiment being the quintessential arbiter of science.
However, in much of cutting-edge theoretical physics (especially
high-energy physics, astrophysics and cosmology), conclusive experiments
are hard to come by. The analysis of experimental results and the
assessment of their epistemic significance has often come to rely on a
multi-layered embedding in wider conceptual reasoning.

Alongside /traditional experiments/ in the laboratory setting, physics
and cosmology also rely on /astrophysical observations/, which are
essentially historical data, in constraining and testing their theories.
More recently, /analogue experiments—/e.g., fluid models of `black
holes’ built in the laboratory—have risen as possible means of
confirming a theory. These bear an apparent similarity to /simulation/,
and to /material models. /

The workshop will aim at exploring different forms of experiment,
empirical guides, and "quasi-empirical" guides in light of their
relationship to theoretical virtues, non-empirical confirmation, and
mathematical constraints (as developed in the previous two workshops in
the series).

Keynote Speakers:

Hugo Beauchemin(Tufts/CERN)
Florian Boge (Wuppertal)
Jamee Elder (Harvard)
Giora Hon (Haifa)
Milena Ivanova (Cambridge)
Slobodan Perović (Belgrade)
Kent Staley (Saint Louis)

[...]

Call for Abstracts:

We welcome submissions of abstracts of approx. 500 words from interested
speakers anywhere in the world, but especially encourage submissions
from researchers in the Nordic region.Accepted speakers will have travel
and accommodation expenses covered.

Deadline: August 10, 2023

To apply, send an abstract of approx. 500 words
to_harald.wiltsche@liu.se <mailto:harald.wiltsche@liu.se>._

Please include your name, email address and affiliation.

<https://philevents.org/event/show/112414>
<https://philevents.org/event/show/112198>

Harald A. Wiltsche
Professor/Director of Research
Linkoping University
Division for Philosophy and Applied Ethics
Department for Culture and Society
s-581 83 Linköping, Sweden



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