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16.3. Perspectives on Science / Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium Seminar with Catarina Dutilh Novaes
Dear All, The next Perspectives on Science Seminar is organized together with the Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium, where Catarina Dutilh Novaes (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will give a talk titled “Reason and Power in Argumentation: The Case of Conspiracy Theories”. The seminar will take place in Metsätalo room 7 from 16:15 to 17:45 on Monday, March 16, 2026. Please note the unusual time and room. This seminar is an
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2.3. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Inkeri Koskinen and Santtu Kauppila
In our next week’s Perspectives on Science Seminar, Inkeri Koskinen and Santtu Kauppila (TINT / Helsinki) will give a talk titled “Towards a Satisfactory Social Epistemology of AI-based Science: Forward-looking trust in collective pursuit”. The seminar will take place in Metsätalo room 10, and online on Zoomfrom 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday, March 2, 2026. Perspectives on Science is a research seminar that brings
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23.2. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Robert Northcott
In our next Perspectives on Science Seminar, Robert Northcott (Birkbeck, University of London) will give a talk titled “Cherry-picking – in history and beyond”. The seminar will take place online on Zoom, and in Metsätalo room 10 from 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday, February 23, 2026. The speaker will join us only online via Zoom. Perspectives on Science is a research seminar that brings
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Perspectives on Science Seminar: Autumn 2025 Schedule
Please, see here for the tentative schedule for future seminars. More details about the seminars are sent through the mailing list and added on the website a week before the meeting. If you have any questions, feel free to contact the TINT research assistant mirja-leena.zgurskaya@helsinki.fi.
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15.1. Perspectives on Science / Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium Seminar with Philippe Huneman
In our first event of the year 2026, the Perspectives on Science Seminar will be organized together with the Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium, where Philippe Huneman (Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (CNRS/ Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne)) will give a talk titled “The concept of organism in the emergence of biology and its relationship to Kantian philosophy”. The seminar
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15.12. Perspectives on Science seminar: Siska De Baerdemaeker
In the next Perspectives on Science Seminar, Siska De Baerdemaeker (Stockholm University) will give a talk titled “The pursuitworthiness of Big Science experiments”. The seminar takes place in Metsätalo (room 10), and online via Zoom from 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday the 15th of December 2025. Please note, that the speaker is present only online through Zoom. Perspectives on Science is a research seminar
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8.12. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Gilles Campagnolo
In the next Perspectives on Science Seminar, Gilles Campagnolo (Panthéon-Sorbonne University) will give a talk titled “Need, Time, and Ignorance: Carl Menger and His Successors”. The seminar takes place in Metsätalo (room 10), and online via Zoom from 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday the 8th of December 2025. Perspectives on Science is a research seminar which brings together experts from the philosophy of science and several fields of science studies. It is
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27.11. Perspectives on Science / Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium Seminar with Jan-William Romeijn
The next Perspectives on Science Seminar is organized together with the Helsinki Philosophy Colloquium, where Jan-Willem Romeijn (University of Groningen) will give a talk titled “Overfitting in statistics and machine learning”. The seminar takes place in Metsätalo (room 10), and online via Zoom from 14:15 to 15:45 on Thursday the 27th of November 2025. Please note, that this talk is exceptionally on Thursday! Perspectives on Science
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3.11. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Anna Mudde
In the next Perspectives on Science Seminar, Anna Mudde (Campion College, University of Regina) will give a talk titled “’Neglected Things:’ Rethinking Intellectual Work”. The seminar takes place in Metsätalo (room 10), and online via Zoom from 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday the 3rd of November 2025. Perspectives on Science is a research seminar which brings together experts from the philosophy of science and several fields of science studies. It is organized by TINT
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27.10. Perspectives on Science Seminar: Abigail Nieves Delgado
In next week’s Perspectives on Science Seminar, Abigail Nieves Delgado (Utrecht University) will give a talk titled “Beyond Race: Rethinking Population Descriptors in Microbiome Research”. The seminar takes place in Metsätalo (room 10), and online via Zoom from 14:15 to 15:45 on Monday the 27th of October 2025. Perspectives on Science is a research seminar which brings together experts from the philosophy of science and several fields of science studies. It is organized by TINT – Centre for