1st Bristol-Hong Kong Workshop in the History and Philosophy of Science

Organised by Yafeng Shan and Tzuchien Tho
9-9.40am
Tuomas Tahko (UoB)
Anti-Exceptionalism about Mathematical Explanation
9.40-10.20am
Yafeng Shan (HKUST)
Case Studies in HPS
10.20-10.40am
Short Break
10.40-11.20am
Qiyue Zhang (HKUST)
What is the Chemical Revolution?
11.20-12.00pm
Karim Thébault (UoB)
Confirmation and Artefact Asymmetry: A Bayesian Analysis
12-13.30pm
Lunch
13.30-14.10pm
Qinyi Wang (HKUST)
Explanations in Geoscience: A Case Study of Continental Drift
14.10-14.50pm
Xiaotao Liu (Southeast University/HKUST)
Types of Animal Knowledge
14.50-15.10pm
Short Break
15.10-15.50pm
Samir Okasha (UoB)
The Debate about Biological individuality

Contact information

Tzuchien Tho - tz.tho@bristol.ac.uk