History and Philosophy of the Physical Sciences Reading Group

Meetings are held bi-weekly on Tuesday afternoons from 4-5pm in Robin Hendry's office (PO108, 51 Old Elvet) and all are welcome. Readings will be circulated in advance of meetings and will either be works-in-progress or published papers suggested by the participants. Please contact admin.chess@durham.ac.uk to register or for more information.
Michaelmas Term 2019
Tuesday 22nd October |
Robin Hendry Work-in-progress draft titled "The Existence of Elements, and the Elements of Existence" |
Tuesday 12th November |
Joe Martin Before New Big Science: Notes on the Resurrection of Mass Spectrometry |
Tuesday 26th November | |
Tuesday 10th December |
James. D. Fraser Towards a Realist View of Quantum Field Theory |
Epiphany Term 2020
Tuesday 4th February |
Eric Winsberg Models of Success Versus the Success of Models: Reliability Without Truth |
Tuesday 18th February |
Jeremiah James and Christian Joas Subsequent and Subsidiary? Rethinking the Role of Applications in Establishing Quantum Mechanics |
Tuesday 3rd March | |
Tuesday 17th March |