Samuel Schindler

 

As of 1 July 2009, I'm a postdoctoral research fellow at the Zukunftskolleg and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Konstanz in Germany. 

Previously, I worked as temporary lecturer at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, UK, where I taught the modules Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Psychology (for details see here).

I also visited the Department of Philosophy at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. See here for more details or 

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Dr. Samuel Schindler
FB Philosophie, Fach 9
Universität Konstanz
78457 Konstanz
Tel: +49 7531 88 2505
Fax: +49 7531 88 3220 
email: samuel DOT schindler AT uni-konstanz DOT de 

News (see talks & publications for details!)

  • My paper 'Bogen and Woodward’s data-phenomena distinction, forms of theory-ladenness, and the reliability of data' has been published online in Synthese (19/08/09)
  • My review of Thinking about Causes has been published online in Metascience (19/05/09)
  • I've been invited to give a presentation at the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry Summer symposium (30/03/09)
  • My paper on Bogen and Woodward's data/phenomena distinction has been accepted for publication by Synthese. (22/04/09)
  • My latest paper "Bogen and Woodward's data/phenomena distinction, forms of theory-ladenness, and the reliability of data" is available online now. (05/03/09)
  • My paper "The epistemic value of Dalton's Theory of Atoms" has been accepted for the upcoming &HPS2 conference at Notre Dame University (28/01/09)
  • I've accepted a temporary lectureship at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, England. (15/11/08)
  • A new version of my paper on Weak Neutral Currents is now online (22/08/08)
  • I've been awared a postdoctoral scholarship from the Swedish Institute (16/06/08)
  • I passed my thesis defense (viva voce)! (13/06/08)
  • My discussion note 'Use novel predictions and Mendeleev's periodic table' in Studies is now available online (05/06/08)
  • My paper "Photo#51, the CCV theory, and the Discovery of the DNA Structure" has been accepted for the History of Science Society's 2008 meeting in Pittsburgh, PA, November 6-9. (29/05/08)
  • I will give a talk on "Some methodological Reflections on History and Philosophy of Science" at the 3rd UCL/Leeds HPS workshop in London on 20 June (21/05/08)
  • I will present my paper ‘What is an experimental error?’, Hertz’s cathode ray experiments reconsidered at this year's Annual Conference of the British Society of Philosophy of Science, University of St. Andrews (18/04/08)
  • After only 2 years and about 7 months I just handed in my PhD thesis! (08/04/08)
  • I attended the Modelling Matter symposium in Durham (26/03/08)
  • My paper 'Refusing the bottom-up construction of scientific phenomena' has been accepted for the 'Data-Phenomena-Theories' conference at the University of Heidelberg in Germany (12/02/08)
  • I gave my third presentation in the Leeds HPS informal seminar (20/11/07)
  • I gave my first lecture at the Graduate School of the University of Bradford (15/11/07)
  • a draft of my new paper 'What is an experimental error? Hertz's cathode ray experiment reconsidered.' is now available online (14/11/07)
  • draft of "Discerning a signal from noise. The discovery of weak neutral currents reconsidered" online now (29/10/07)
  • my discussion note "Mendeleev's periodic table and use-novel predictions. A response to Scerri and Worrall (2001)" has been accepted for publication by Studies in HPS (24/09/ 07)
  • my paper "Rehabilitating Theory" made it into the Top 25 Hottest Articles of Studies in HPS (position 6 as of 31/08/07)
  • my second paper "Model, Theory, and Evidence in the Discovery of the DNA Structure" has been accepted for publication by the BJPS! (28/08/ 07)
  • new paper draft "Explaining without the Real" available for download (26/08/ 07)
  • I'm giving a paper at the Leeds/UCL Joint HPS Workshop on 22nd June and shall participate in a round table discussion with Steven French and Hasok Chang (19/06/ 07)
  • new drafts online now! (05/07)
  • I received an invitation to &HPS at Pittsburgh next October. (04/ 07)
  • my first publication "Rehabilitating Theory" is out now in Studies in HPS! (03/07)