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IMAGINATION IN SCIENCE
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6.30-8pm, Wednesday 24 October 2018
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Science is often mistakenly thought to involved nothing but cold reason. In reality, very human acts of creativity appear everywhere. We explore the role of imaginative thinking in science. Are thought experiments sources of knowledge or just hypotheses? Can a story or narrative also be a scientific explanation? And how should a scientist balance creative thinking with respect for the facts?
Speakers
Steven French
Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds
Melanie Keene
Fellow, Homerton College, University of Cambridge
Alice Murphy
Postgraduate Researcher, University of Leeds
More information
blogs.lse.ac.uk/theforum/forthcomingevents/imagination-in-science/
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Earlier Event: October 3
Imagination Workshop at the University of Milan
Later Event: November 6
Belief, Imagination, and Delusion