2017  Sandra Mitchell, Epistemological Issues in Scientific Experiment

Syllabus

Sandra D. Mitchell, Professor and Chair
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh

•  Day 1: Underdetermination Thesis
  • Karen M. Darling (2002) “The complete Duhemian underdetermination argument: scientific language and practice”, Stud. Hist. Phil. Sci. 33 (2002) 511–533
  • Duhem (1954). The Aim and Structure of Physical Theory.  Part II. Chapter IV: 144-164.
    
    
• Day 2: Data/Theory Relationships
  • James Bogen and James Woodward (1988). “Saving the phenomena.” Philosophical Review 97, Sections I-V: 303-326, Section XIII: 349-352.
    
    
• Day 3: Data Production and Data Use
  • Sabina Leonelli (2016) Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study, Chapter 3: “What Counts as Data? A Relational Framework,” 69-92.
    
    
• Day 4: Robustness and Realism
  • Markus Eronen (2015) “Robustness and Reality” Synthese, Sections 3-6, pages 3966-3977.
  • Stegenga, Jacob. 2009. “Robustness, Discordance, and Relevance.” Philosophy of Science 76:650–61.
    
    
• Day 5: Divergence and Realism
  • Sandra Mitchell and Angela Gronenborn (2017) “Why after 50 years are protein Xray Crystallographers Still in Business?”, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.