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23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Social media guidance. Please take care when using social media. The University respects privacy and is committed to the principle of freedom of speech and expression. It understands that

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip. Photos of the Cabinet of Natural History trip to the Horniman Museum and Crystal Palace Gardens, 2 May 2006. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Study History

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Jacob Stegenga. Professor of Philosophy of Science. Jacob Stegenga is a Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He has published

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Part III students' guide. Part III students' guide. These pages contain information for students taking the NST Part III course in History and Philosophy of Science. For an introduction

23 Jul 2024: HPS Discussion, the Department's email list, is used for disseminating news of lectures, seminars, conferences and other events of interest to the HPS community.

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Amelia Urry. PhD student. College: Darwin. Supervisor: Richard Staley. Co-supervisor: Michael Bravo (Scott Polar Research Centre, Cambridge). Thesis topic: Sensing oceans, mapping ice: a

23 Jul 2024: The events on Monday started with a garden party in the shade of the trees in the Deer Park at Peterhouse.

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Student representation. Monitoring Committee. The Monitoring Committee is a forum for discussion of matters directly affecting students. The Department finds that obtaining feedback from

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Philippa Carter. University Assistant Professor in the History of Medicine and Health before 1800. Philippa Carter is a historian of early modern Europe and the Atlantic world (c.

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Supervising PhD students. As part of the requirements set by funding bodies, all supervisors are expected to undertake training on the expectations, roles and responsibilities of graduate

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Advice. Advice. In this section:. Some basic strategies to help demystify the process of writing. Answering an exam question – what to do and what to avoid. Learning strategies and exam

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Tim Lewens's Inaugural Lecture. Professor Tim Lewens gave his Inaugural Lecture, 'Nature, Culture and Philosophy', on 20 June 2014 at Peterhouse. A garden party was held after the lecture

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Costanza Coloni. PhD student. College: Newnham. Supervisor: Hasok Chang. Thesis topic: Approximate truths: the conventionalist import into scientific realism. Department of History and

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Examiners' reports. Introduction to examiners' reports. Please note that all undergraduate submitted work and examination scripts are marked anonymously; in fact all HPS examinations are

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Cabinet trip to Down House. The Cabinet of Natural History visited Down House in Kent, the home of Charles Darwin, on 22 May 2015. Photos by Margaret Carlyle, Dmitriy Myelnikov, Anne

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Charu Singh. University Assistant Professor in Non-Western History of the Sciences. I am an Assistant Professor in Non-Western History of the Sciences Before 1900. Trained as a historian

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Plagiarism and academic misconduct. Plagiarism is defined as the unacknowledged use of the work of others as if this were your own original work. A student may be found guilty of an act

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Fungus Hunt 2002. The 2002 Fungus Hunt, organised by the Cabinet of Natural History, took place on 28 October. As always, Nick Jardine was on hand to distinguish between the tasty and the

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Damon Kutzin. PhD student. College: St John's. Supervisor: Hasok Chang. Thesis topic: An analysis and development of Michael Polanyi's scientific realism. Department of History and

23 Jul 2024: Search site. Department of History and Philosophy of Science. Timetable for Easter Term 2025. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. 9am. 10am. 11am. 12noon. 1pm. 2pm. 3pm. 4pm. 5pm. Weeks 1–3:. IB: Philosophy of Biology. Week 4:. IB: