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SUMMARY:Philosophy Lecture: Julia Bursten\, University of Kentucky
DESCRIPTION:Thinking Small: Scientific Reasoning at the Nanoscale\nPhilosop
 hy Lecture by Julia Bursten\, University of Kentucky\nA central aim of phi
 losophy of science is to characterize scientific reasoning\, particularly 
 how scientific reasoning leads to scientific knowledge. One method for acc
 omplishing this task is to investigate historical and contemporary scienti
 fic practices in order to develop case studies of scientific reasoning "in
  action.” In recent years\, this has become one of the predominant appro
 aches to philosophy of science\, often called “philosophy of science in 
 practice” or “philosophy of scientific practice” (PSP).\n\nPSP has s
 hown that there is no universal scientific method and no single logical st
 ructure of scientific theories. Instead\, the selection of which science(s
 ) will provide the basis of one’s case studies significantly impacts the
  resulting portrait of knowledge. For example\, early in the history of ph
 ilosophy of science\, researchers’ attention to physics shaped a view of
  scientific knowledge centered on universal\, true laws of nature.\nMy res
 earch is a PSP investigation of scientific reasoning that takes nanoscienc
 e as the starting point. Nanoscience studies the behavior of materials at 
 the nanoscale\, a region on the borderland between molecules and materials
  where matter is not well-described by either quantum mechanics or classic
 al physics alone. Nanomaterials exhibit novel\, scale-dependent material b
 ehaviors\, and nanoscientists are constantly challenged to adapt concepts\
 , models\, and theories from across wide swathes of physics and chemistry 
 to try to predict and explain these behaviors. Further\, because one of th
 e central projects of nanoscience is the fabrication of new types of mater
 ials\, this tangle of physics and chemistry is used not only to predict an
 d explain nanomaterials\, but also to synthesize new materials\, and new m
 aterial kinds.\n\nBy painting a portrait of scientific knowledge from the 
 palette of nanoscience\, my research reveals new insights about scientific
  epistemology. I highlight three central results: (1) Scale plays an essen
 tial role in constraining the development of scientific concepts\, classif
 ication schemes\, and modeling practices. (2) Rather than approaching ques
 tions of inter-theory relations by asking which one is more fundamental\, 
 philosophers should instead attend to how theories and models stitch toget
 her. And (3) Synthesis is a central activity of nanoscience\, and carrying
  out this activity generates distinct epistemic goals from explanation\, p
 rediction\, and description.\n\nEvent Contact: collin.rice@colostate.edu
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