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Hasok Chang

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society

SCI PHI Podcast

Clare Hall Colloquium

David Papineau

Charles Mills

Laurie Zoloth

Heather Widdows

James Wilson

Philip Goff

Matt Brown

Sarah Richardson

Branden Fitelson

David Baker

Massimo Pigliucci

Elizabeth Barnes

Guy Longworth

Rae Langton

Katrin Flikschuh

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On Episode 51, Nick chats with Hasok Chang, the Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, about deciding to leave Seoul, South Korea at the age of sixteen to study physics in the U.S., running up against physicists at Caltech who discouraged philosophical thinking, finding encouragement and a home in HPS within the Stanford School of Philosophy of Science, “complimentary science” and the three aspects of how historical and philosophical work can improve scientific knowledge, and his new ambitious project  challenging the analytic philosopher’s habit of thinking of knowledge in terms of propositions.FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

On Episode 51, Nick chats with Hasok Chang, the Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, about deciding to leave Seoul, South Korea at the age of sixteen to study physics in the U.S., running up against physicists at Caltech who discouraged philosophical thinking, finding encouragement and a home in HPS within the Stanford School of Philosophy of Science, “complimentary science” and the three aspects of how historical and philosophical work can improve scientific knowledge, and his new ambitious project challenging the analytic philosopher’s habit of thinking of knowledge in terms of propositions.<a href="http://www.sciphipod.com/new-blog/2018/11/17/episode-50-justin-garson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FULL EPISODE </a><a href="http://www.sciphipod.com/new-blog/2018/11/25/episode-51-hasok-chang" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TRANSCRIPT</a>

Episode 51 - Hasok Chang

Hasok Chang is the Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Previously he taught for 15 years at University College London, after receiving his PhD in Philosophy at Stanford University following an undergraduate degree at the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of Is Water H2O? Evidence, Realism and Pluralism (Springer, 2012), winner of the 2013 Fernando Gil International Prize, and Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford University Press, 2004), joint winner of the 2006 Lakatos Award. He is also co-editor (with Catherine Jackson) of An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War (British Society for the History of Science, 2007), a collection of original work by undergraduate students at University College London. He is a co-founder of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), and the Committee for Integrated History and Philosophy of Science. He has recently been the President of the British Society for this History of Science. This podcast is an audio recording of Professor Chang's talk - 'Pragmatist Coherence as the Source of Truth and Reality' - at the Aristotelian Society on 9 January 2017. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company.

Hasok Chang is the Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Previously he taught for 15 years at University College London, after receiving his PhD in Philosophy at Stanford University following an undergraduate degree at the California Institute of Technology. He is the author of Is Water H2O? Evidence, Realism and Pluralism (Springer, 2012), winner of the 2013 Fernando Gil International Prize, and Inventing Temperature: Measurement and Scientific Progress (Oxford University Press, 2004), joint winner of the 2006 Lakatos Award. He is also co-editor (with Catherine Jackson) of An Element of Controversy: The Life of Chlorine in Science, Medicine, Technology and War (British Society for the History of Science, 2007), a collection of original work by undergraduate students at University College London. He is a co-founder of the Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP), and the Committee for Integrated History and Philosophy of Science. He has recently been the President of the British Society for this History of Science. This podcast is an audio recording of Professor Chang's talk - 'Pragmatist Coherence as the Source of Truth and Reality' - at the Aristotelian Society on 9 January 2017. The recording was produced by Backdoor Broadcasting Company.

9/1/2017: Hasok Chang on Pragmatist Coherence as the Source of Truth and Reality

Every schoolchild knows that water is H2O, but it was a terribly difficult thing for scientists to learn originally.

Hasok Chang - Is Water H2O?