Apologies. The talk will, of course, be on Tuesday Dec 10 not Wednesday. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Talk by Richard Dawid at CAS (Dec 10) Date: 2013-12-06 09:04 From: "Dardashti, Radin" <Radin.Dardashti@lrz.uni-muenchen.de> To: Philphysmunich <philphysmunich@lists.lrz.de> Speaker: Richard Dawid (Vienna) Wednesday 10th Dec 2013 Location: Vortragssaal des CAS, Seestraße 13 Time: 7 pm Title: String Theory and the Scientific Method Abstract: For the last thirty years, string theory has played a highly influential role in fundamental physics without having found empirical confirmation. The presentation will analyze reasons for the high degree of trust many physicists have developed in a theory that, according to classical standards of theory assessment, would have to be called an unconfirmed speculation. It will be argued that the case of string theory suggests a new perspective on our understanding of theory confirmation in general. In the last part of the talk, some implications for the scientific realism debate and the question of reduction in science shall also be addressed. Please Register at: info@cas.lmu.de http://www.cas.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/einzelvortraege/ev_dawid/inde... -- Radin Dardashti Doctoral Fellow Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Ludwigstr. 31 (Room 126) D-80539 München radin.dardashti@lrz.uni-muenchen.de http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/people/doct_fellows/dardashti