2019-2020 (scroll down for previous year(s))
#2. Induction, Deduction, Reduction.
Video from 2016 – 2017 (on similar themes)…
[My sincere apologies for the distortion of the audio in the video above.]
Whiteboard notes for this session are here.
Unfortunately, the audio failed entirely in the lecture capture video this week. My sincere apologies. Whiteboard notes for session #5 are here.
See also this blog post.
#7. Science in a “Post-Truth” World
#8. How Insignificant is Significance?
#9. Cancelled due to UCU strike.
#10. Cancelled due to UCU strike.
- What sanctions, if any, should be imposed on Alessandro Strumia for his views on women in physics?See also:https://physicsworld.com/a/thousands-of-physicists-sign-letter-condemning-disgraceful-alessandro-strumia-gender-talk/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alessandro-strumia-the-data-doesnt-lie-women-dont-like-physics-jl0bpfd9t
https://muircheartblog.wordpress.com/2019/03/24/it-is-not-enough-to-wear-the-mantle-of-galileo/ (and links therein + exchange with Strumia in comments section)
2017-2018
2016 – 2017
Introduction to F34PPP [Note that session content from year to year will differ somewhat from that advertised here as I would like to have F34PPP react to topical news stories pertinent to the module.]
1. Induction, Deduction, Reduction?
2. Wrong, Not even wrong, or Good enough?
8. Constructing Knowledge Invited seminar. Kristi Winters, GESIS (Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences).
9. Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Foundation. Invited seminar. John Finney, UCL and the British Pugwash Group