The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

In the lead up to the launch of Season 5, we at The HPS Podcast are re-releasing some favourite episodes from our collection. In this episode Professors Lorraine Daston and Peter Harrison talk to Samara Greenwood on the often complex, sometimes fraught relationship between practicing scientists and the history of science.  This episode was originally released on March 07, 2024. The transcript can be found at - S3 Ep1 - Lorraine Daston & Peter Harrison Transcript [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/post/s3-ep1-lorraine-daston-peter-harrison-transcript] Thanks for listening to The HPS Podcast. You can find more about us on our website [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podcast], bluesky, [https://bsky.app/profile/hpspodcast.bsky.social] instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehpspodcast/] and facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheHPSPodcast] feeds. This podcast would not be possible without the support of School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne [https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-historical-and-philosophical-studies] and the Hansen Little Public Humanities Grant [https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/hansen-little-public-humanities-grants#:~:text=This%20grant%20scheme%20is%20intended%20to%20support%20a,games%2C%20websites%2C%20mobile%20apps%2C%20and%20other%20digital%20media.] scheme. Music by ComaStudio [https://pixabay.com/users/comastudio-26079283/]. Website HPS Podcast | hpsunimelb.org [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/]

In the lead up to the launch of Season 5, we at The HPS Podcast are re-releasing some favourite episodes from our collection. In this episode, Professor Hasok Chang talks with Samara Greenwood about his concept of 'Epistemic Iteration', the idea that scientific inquiries do not start from a solid foundation, but rather begin from an imperfect position, using the outcomes of our further inquiry to refine and correct the original starting point. This episode was originally released on December 4, 2023. The transcript can be found at - Hasok Chang Transcript - S2 Ep 11 [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/post/hasok-chang-transcript-s2-ep-11] ___ Thanks for listening to The HPS Podcast. You can find more about us on our website [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podcast], bluesky, [https://bsky.app/profile/hpspodcast.bsky.social] instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehpspodcast/] and facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheHPSPodcast] feeds. This podcast would not be possible without the support of School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne [https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-historical-and-philosophical-studies] and the Hansen Little Public Humanities Grant [https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/hansen-little-public-humanities-grants#:~:text=This%20grant%20scheme%20is%20intended%20to%20support%20a,games%2C%20websites%2C%20mobile%20apps%2C%20and%20other%20digital%20media.] scheme. Music by ComaStudio [https://pixabay.com/users/comastudio-26079283/]. Website HPS Podcast | hpsunimelb.org [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/]

In the lead up to the launch of Season 5, we at The HPS Podcast are re-releasing some favourite episodes from our collection. In this episode we have Dr Rachael Brown talking to Samara Greenwood on challenge the common idea that Science is (and should be) 'Value-Free'. At a practical level, in choosing which phenomena to study, and how best to study them, can science really ever be value-free? Second, would we want it to, even if it could? Isn't it possible that, if used appropriately, values provide a beneficial component of the scientific process. This episode was originally released on July 13, 2023. The transcript can be found at - S1 Ep 7 - Rachael Brown on 'Values in Science' [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/post/episode-7-transcript] Thanks for listening to The HPS Podcast. You can find more about us on our website [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podcast], bluesky, [https://bsky.app/profile/hpspodcast.bsky.social] instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehpspodcast/] and facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheHPSPodcast] feeds. This podcast would not be possible without the support of School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne [https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-historical-and-philosophical-studies] and the Hansen Little Public Humanities Grant [https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/hansen-little-public-humanities-grants#:~:text=This%20grant%20scheme%20is%20intended%20to%20support%20a,games%2C%20websites%2C%20mobile%20apps%2C%20and%20other%20digital%20media.] scheme. Music by ComaStudio [https://pixabay.com/users/comastudio-26079283/]. Website HPS Podcast | hpsunimelb.org [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/]

In the lead up to the launch of Season 5, we at The HPS Podcast are re-releasing some favourite episodes from our collection. First, we have Dr Kristian Camilleri talking with Samara Greenwood about the relatively recent realisation that this thing we call 'Science' is a less unified phenomena then is typically supposed. The 'disunity' becomes clear when we appreciate that scientific disciplines have developed in divergent ways and often employ very different methods and practices.  This episode was originally released on June 8, 2023. The transcript can be found at - S1 Ep 2 - Kristian Camilleri on 'The Disunity of Science' [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/post/episode-2-transcript] Thanks for listening to The HPS Podcast. You can find more about us on our website [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podcast], bluesky, [https://bsky.app/profile/hpspodcast.bsky.social] instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehpspodcast/] and facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheHPSPodcast] feeds. This podcast would not be possible without the support of School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne [https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-historical-and-philosophical-studies] and the Hansen Little Public Humanities Grant [https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/hansen-little-public-humanities-grants#:~:text=This%20grant%20scheme%20is%20intended%20to%20support%20a,games%2C%20websites%2C%20mobile%20apps%2C%20and%20other%20digital%20media.] scheme. Music by ComaStudio [https://pixabay.com/users/comastudio-26079283/]. Website HPS Podcast | hpsunimelb.org [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/]

Today we have not one, not two, but five fabulous guests who all presented at this year’s conference for the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice, or SPSP24 for short.  Many philosophers of science we have featured on the podcast, including Hasok Chang [https://thehpspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2180146/episodes/14139962-s2-ep-11-hasok-chang-on-epistemic-iteration], Rachel Ankeny [https://thehpspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2180146/episodes/13711444-s2-ep-1-rachel-ankeny-on-research-repertoires] and Sabina Leonelli [https://thehpspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2180146/episodes/15140154-s3-ep-12-sabina-leonelli-on-the-philosophy-of-open-science], were founding members of SPSP. Also, our earlier episode on ‘The Turn to Practice [https://thehpspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2180146/episodes/13801204-s2-ep-3-kristian-camilleri-on-the-turn-to-practice]’ in philosophy of science has been one of our most popular. Therefore, it seemed an obvious decision to dedicate our final episode of the season to hearing from some of those doing current work in the area. Leading us further into the world of Philosophy of Science in Practice is our foreign correspondent Joshua Eistenthal [https://www.josheisenthal.com/], philosopher of physics at Caltech and regular contributor to the podcast. Thanks to Josh, we bring you compelling conversations with philosophers Julia Bursten [https://www.juliabursten.org/], Aja Watkins [https://www.ajawatkins.org/], Sindhuja Bhakthavatsalam [https://www.sbhaktha.com/], Caleb Hazelwood [https://calebhazelwood.com/], and Joseph Rouse [https://www.wesleyan.edu/academics/faculty/jrouse/profile.html]. This is also Samara Greenwood [https://unimelb.academia.edu/SGreenwood]'s last episode as co-ordinator, producer and co-host of the podcast. Transcript coming soon. Relevant links: * Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice | Mission statement [https://philosophy-science-practice.org/about/mission-statement] * SPSP 2024 - 10th Biennial Conference, South Carolina [https://philosophy-science-practice.org/events/spsp2024-columbia] * SPSP 2024 - Conference Book of Abstracts [https://philosophy-science-practice.org/images/downloads/conferences/2024/SPSP2024-Abstracts.pdf] Thanks for listening to The HPS Podcast. You can find more about us on our website [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podcast], bluesky, [https://bsky.app/profile/hpspodcast.bsky.social] instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thehpspodcast/] and facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TheHPSPodcast] feeds. This podcast would not be possible without the support of School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne [https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/school-of-historical-and-philosophical-studies] and the Hansen Little Public Humanities Grant [https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/hansen-little-public-humanities-grants#:~:text=This%20grant%20scheme%20is%20intended%20to%20support%20a,games%2C%20websites%2C%20mobile%20apps%2C%20and%20other%20digital%20media.] scheme. Music by ComaStudio [https://pixabay.com/users/comastudio-26079283/]. Website HPS Podcast | hpsunimelb.org [https://www.hpsunimelb.org/]