The Epistemology of Experimental Discovery Workshop

This workshop explores philosophical questions related to the epistemology of experimental discovery: from the role of AI in contemporary scientific discoveries to trade-offs in scientific experimentation; from experimentation in the era of Big Science to model-agnostic searches in high energy physics. 

Bristol, June 10th 2025

Fry Building G.13, Woodland Rd, Bristol BS8 1UG

Fully Accessible Venue

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome

09:30 – 11:00 Samuel Schindler - Two Types of Discovery: Nobel meets Kuhn 

Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45 Emanuele Ratti - Measuring Cells - The Experimental Path and the Bioinformatic Way

Lunch

14:30 – 16:00 Siska de Baerdemaeker - The pursuitworthiness of Big Science experiments

Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:45 Michael Krämer - Model-Agnostic Searches for New Phenomena at the Large Hadron Collider

18:00 Pub

19:30 Dinner

Abstracts here. 

Contact: Dr. Ana-Maria Crețu, acretu@bristol.ac.uk

Event Code of Conduct: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/maths/working-environment/code-of-conduct/