Tarner Public Lectures

The Tarner lectures focus on topics relating to Philosophy of the Sciences.

Upcoming Tarner Lectures

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Tarner Lecture Series 2019

Solving Problems in the Philosophy of Science by using (some simple ideas about) Probability by Professor Elliott Sober, University of Wisconsin.

Tarner Lecture Series 2010

Prof. Simon Schaffer lectures on ‘When the stars threw down their spears: histories of astronomy and empire’.

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Past Tarner Lectures

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Upcoming Tarner Lectures

Lectures available online

Tarner Lecture Series 2019

Lecture 1: The problem of induction

Lecture 2: Ockham’s Razor

Lecture 4: Values in Science

Tarner Lecture Series 2010

Past Tarner Lectures

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