Teaching

Philosophy of black hole astrophysics (seminar, University of Bonn, winter 2023/24)

Introduction to philosophy of statistics (seminar, University of Bonn, summer 2023)

syllabus: click here; source texts, Zoom, etc. - check your email!

Scientific understanding (seminar, University of Bonn, winter 2022/23)

Philosophy of science and space exploration (seminar, University of Bonn, summer 2021/22)

Philosophical analysis of black holes (seminar, University of Bonn, winter 2021/22, taught jointly with Dennis Lehmkuhl)

(In)consistency in Science (seminar, University of Bonn, summer 2020/21)

Philosophy of Time (seminar, University of Bonn, winter 2020/21)

Imre Lakatos: Proofs and Refutations (seminar, University of Bonn, winter 2020/21, taught jointly with Dennis Lehmkuhl)

Science without Controlled Experiments (seminar, University of Bonn, summer 2019/20)

Simulations in Science (seminar, University of Bonn, winter 2019/20)

syllabus (click here for v0.9)
readings (I assume that by now all of you have downloaded this; if not, email me for the link)
note: for 13th January we are reading a draft of Jamee Elder's paper "Observing Binary Black Hole Mergers with LIGO", this is not a part of the .zip file with the readings, I sent you an email with the link through the basis, but contact me if you don't have the access!
for Monday 27th I would like you to (1) have a look at the Katie Bouman's TED talk video (here; there's also a transcript available), (2) read the whole Science section of the EHT website (here).

Introduction to Philosophy of Science (tutorial class, University of Bonn, winter 2019/20)

for 21.10: paper by M. Schlick, chapters 1 and 4 of K. Poppper's book
for 28.10: P. Duhem, Ziel und Struktur wissenschaftlicher Theorien. Kapitel 8, paragraph 1-4; (that is: part II The structure of the physical theory, chapter IV Experiment in physics)
for 4.11: W.V.O. Quine, “Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
for 11.11: T. Kuhn, The structure of scientific revolutions, at least: chapters 2-6, 10-12, postscript, ideally the whole book
for 18.11: I. Lakatos “Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes”, read section 2, 3a‐b, section 4 and the appendix of the chapter 1
for 25.11: S. Psillos, Scientific Realism (1999), chapter 4
for 2.12: J. Worrall, "Structural Realism: The Best of Both Worlds?"
for 9.12: R. Harré "Laws of Nature", in: Newton-Smith (ed.) A Companion to the Philosophy of Science
for 16.12: J. Woodward "Scientific Explanation" entry in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
for 23.12: B. Russell "On the notion of cause"
for 13.01: W. Parker "Climate Science" entry in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
note: due to conference travel there is no class on 20.01
a really important note: there is an exam session on 27.01!

At Jagiellonian University (2012-2019), as a TA, courses in:
- epistemology
- set theory
- model theory
- logic & semiotics

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