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The 8th Annual U.K. Integrated HPS Workshop

Sir Duncan Rice Library (room 706), University of Aberdeen, 11-12 April 2013

The workshop is an annual event hosted by various UK departments promoting and producing exemplary work that successfully integrates the disciplines of history of science and philosophy of science. Building on the success of previous meetings held at University College London, Cambridge, Exeter and Durham, this year’s workshop will grapple with the specific question of how those engaged in HPS projects address scepticism about the discipline generated by historians, philosophers and scientists, as well as from farther afield. For example, how do we establish the importance and necessity of HPS projects within wider academic spheres? How might we successfully argue that such an approach provides (among other things) a crucial means of evaluating its parent disciplines? The workshop will give occasion for the discussion of methodological, self-reflexive topics as well as an opportunity for the presentation of recent work demonstrating successful integration of history and philosophy of science. Previous UK IHPS workshops have played a crucial role in sustaining a robust network and ensuring the continual development and evolution of scholarship in the UK both in philosophy of science and history of science. We anticipate the Aberdeen workshop will contribute to this strong tradition.

Previous meetings:

The workshop will take place on the main campus of the University of Aberdeen, situated in Old Aberdeen, away from the city centre. You can find maps of the University campus at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/maps/old-aberdeen-download.phpTalks are in the Sir Duncan Rice Library (number 9 on the map).

It is planned to record the workshop for the Archive for Mathematical Sciences and Philosophy.

Registration is free, but due to space limitations, please email Dr Guido Bacciagaluppi if you wish to attend.

The workshop is made possible through the generous support of the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine (University of Aberdeen), the British Society for the Philosophy of Science, and the British Society for the History of Science.

Organisers: Guido Bacciagaluppi, Elise Crull and Ben Marsden (University of Aberdeen)

Click on the following for the Provisional Schedule .

Further information:
(1) Weather: Aberdeen is the sunniest city in Scotland, and there are already many hours of daylight in April. You should not expect high temperatures, however.

(2) Getting Here:
By train: There is one train station in Aberdeen, on the main Edinburgh to Inverness line. The station is located in the city centre. The easiest buses to take to the university (mostly from Union Street) are numbers 1, 2, 19, 20 and 40 (number 40 is slightly quicker). The fare to the university is £2.00 (exact change needed).

By air: The airport is Aberdeen Dyce (ABZ), a few miles NW of the city, with direct links to several other U.K. airports and some European airports, principally Amsterdam and Paris.(Flights via Amsterdam tend to be somewhat cheaper than flights via Paris.)

There are taxi ranks at the train station and airport. A taxi from the airport (the most convenient option from there) to the University costs approximately £15 – £20. A taxi from the station costs approximately £6 - £10. Taxis can be ordered from:
Rainbow/Bucksburn Taxis 01224 878787
Comcabs 01224 353535
Central Taxis 01224 898989

By car: Entering the city from the south or west, follow signs for the A90 (Fraserburgh and Peterhead). This leads round the ring road (Anderson Drive). Exiting from a roundabout (signed Old Aberdeen) onto Cairncry Road, continue to follow the A90 signs through two further roundabouts onto St. Machar Drive. After a third roundabout, the road bisects Old Aberdeen and local signs will direct you to University sites. From the north, Old Aberdeen is signposted on the A96 (from Dyce and Inverness) and on the A90 (from Peterhead). Parking at the university is by permit only during the week, but there are no restrictions between Friday 4pm and Monday 10am.

(3) Internet Access while at the University:
Wireless internet access is available in most buildings on campus. Visitors from participating institutions (essentially U.K. universities) can connect to the eduroam network when visiting Aberdeen by using credentials provided by their home institution. More information can be found at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/wireless/index.shtml

(4) Banks: There is a Bank of Scotland on campus, which has an ATM, this is located in the High Street. There is also an ATM machine outside 'The Hub' on campus.

(5) Restaurants: Old Aberdeen is a very quiet place. The only café open in the evenings is Kilau, on the High Street. If you fancy a walk across the beautiful Seton Park and over the mediaeval Brig o'Balgownie (or taking buses 1 or 2 heading N over the river Don), you will find the Shish Tandoori (and a Chinese I have not tried yet). For other restaurants, you will have to make your way to the city centre. The closest in that direction, almost at the other end of King's Street is Manzil (also Indian). Turning into Union Street and then left into the Adelphi passage there is Goulash (a bit weird but good, Hungarian of course). In the streets to the North side of Union Street you will find a Pizza Express (Belmont Street), Nargile (a very good Turkish on Skene Street, where we plan to have the conference dinner), and Pasta Plus, a tiny delicatessen in the Rosemount district that also serves very genuine meals, and arguably the only good espresso in town (I am not sure whether they serve in the evenings, though). On the South of Union Street, off Crown Street, you will find Café Bohème, a French restaurant and a favourite with CHPSTM events. Back on Union Street going West there is a further Pizza Express, and Cinnamon (another Indian). Some way off the far end of Union Street, Malmaison (Queen's Road) has good Scots/international food. Fish is a specialty of course, and for the adventurous who will want to explore the unusual former fishing village of Footdee (pronounced Fittee) at the mouth of the river Dee, the Silver Darling is reputed to be the best restaurant in town.

For those on a tight budget, there are a few take-aways on the roundabout at the NE corner of campus (notably the L.A. Tandoori), and lots more in the centre of town.

You can get links to a range of restaurants from http://www.webcafe.co.uk/ most of which provide a sample menu and an indication of price.

(6) Second-hand Bookshops: Aberdeen is not Edinburgh, and to our shame we only have two second-hand bookshops (apart from the Oxfam Bookshop). You will find the Old Aberdeen Bookshop if you take the High Street/College Bounds heading S. In the centre, look out for Books and Beans, on Belmont Street. For details, see http://www.inprint.co.uk/thebookguide/shops/scotland/aberdeen.shtml

(7) Smoking: Please note there is no smoking allowed in any enclosed public area in Scotland.

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