Public Lecture: Science in Crisis? Reproducibility and the Philosophy of Science
19 July 2022, 3.00 PM - 19 July 2022, 5.00 PM
Sam Fletcher, Minnesota
Verdon-Smith Room, Royal Fort House, University of Bristol
Abstract: For several years now, psychology and other sciences have been facing a crisis of confidence: many results and support for theories cannot be reproduced in new experiments. But why is reproducibility important in science, when it is? I will reveal how
key ideas from the philosophy of science can help us answer this question, so that we can recognize, understand, and fix the real problems revealed.