08: Scientific Rationality: Bayesianism vs. Reliabilism
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Hauptschule
Seminar
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in englischer SpracheHow can novel, appropriate concepts be introduced in science? How can rational scientific change come about? How are scientific revolutions produced? How can advocates of very different scientific positions rationally discuss and resolve their differences? This seminar will explore two answers to these questions. Bayesian epistemology maintains that rational inquiry in science consists of adjusting probabilities of hypotheses in the light of evidence by rules that first emerged in the 18th century. Formal learning theory postulates that rational inquiry consists in using methods that are reliably converged to the truth. Each framework implies astonishing consequences for methods of inquiry.
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Dr. Clark GLYMOUR
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
| Endowed positions at: | |
| Princeton University | |
| University of California San Diego | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | |
| Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Instituto Technilogico de Costa Rica |
Dr. Stephan HARTMANN
London School of Economics and Political Science
| 1989-1991 | Research Assistant, Center for Philosophy and the Foundations of Science, University of Gießen |
| Research Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Gießen | |
| 1991-1992 | Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, University of Washington |
| 1996-1998 | Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Konstanz |
| 1997-1998 | Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Gießen |
| 1996-1998 | Research Scientist, Department of Physics, University of Munich |
| 2000-2001 | Fellow, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh |
| 1998-2003 | Assistant Professor in Philosophy, University of Konstanz |
| 2002-2005 | Director, Research Group Philosophy, Probability and Modeling, University of Konstanz |
| 2003-2005 | Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE |
| 2005-2006 | Reader in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE |
| 2004-2006 | Director, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, LSE |
| 2006 | Visiting Professor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, UC Irvine |
