S2 Ep 5 - Adrian Currie on 'Opportunistic Methods'

The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

Today's guest on the podcast is Dr Adrian Currie, senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Exeter. Much of Adrian's research revolves around the question 'How do Scientists successfully generate knowledge in tricky circumstances?'
Much of Adrian's work has focused on the historical sciences, such as palaeontology and archeology. In this episode Adrian talks about how scientists in these fields have developed a range of creative and opportunistic ways of developing knowledge - even when evidence is thin on the ground.
A transcript of this episode can be found here: https://www.hpsunimelb.org/post/adrian-currie-transcript-s2-e5
Additional resources:
Adrian's website - https://sites.google.com/site/adrianmitchellcurrie/
Blog - Extinct: The Philosophy of Palaeontology Blog - http://www.extinctblog.org/
Book - Rock, Bone & Ruin: An Optimist's Guide to the Historical Sciences (2018) - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262037266/rock-bone-and-ruin/
Book - Scientific Knowledge & the Deep Past: History Matters (2019)

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