Title:  Introduction to Topological Philosophy of Science

Speaker:  Prof. Kevin Kelly (Director of the Center for Formal Epistemology, CMU)

Time:  22 OCT, 2019, 15:10-18:00

Place:  Classroom 406, Second Teaching Building, PKU

Abstract:  One usually thinks of  scientific  method in terms of logic or probability. Both are only incidental. The main outlines of  general  philosophy of science are topological. Information, verifiability, refutability, underdetermination, simplicity, and the epistemic justification of scientific method and inductive inference are all topological. In this interactive, informal chalk lecture, I will explain those provocative statements.