This invite-only workshop will take place on September 17th in the Williams Library at St Chad’s College, Durham.
Its aim is to bring together philosophers, scientists and science communicators working on the nature of argumentation and evidence in both academic and public discourse concerning the search for life beyond Earth.
Provisional Program
Morning Session (0945-1200)
- 0945-1000 Introduction
- 1000-1045 Margarida Hermida (Bristol/Leeds) Universal Constraints on Possible Life.
- Tea and Coffee
- 1100 -1200 Christopher Cowie. Modal Epistemology in Astrobiology.
Lunch (1200-1330)
Afternoon Session (1330-1415)
- 1330-1415 Sean McMahon. TBC.
- Short Break
- 1430-1515 Peter Vickers. How Survey Results Can Count as Evidence in the Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Findings to Date and Future Directions.
- Short Break
Discussion & Roundtable (1600-1730)
- Dinner.
This event has been sponsored by the British Society for Philosophy of Science and is co-organised by myself and Professor Peter Vickers. Please contact either me or Peter for further information.
St Chad’s is a short walk from the train station (approx 10 mins.).
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