The School of Life Sciences Seminar Series welcome Dr Matthew Rowe from Imperial College London

This talk will give some philosophical perspectives on the relationships between theory and observation in scientific inquiry; the basis of what counts - and does not count - as evidence within scientific inquiry and the status and sources of scientific knowledge. It will also look at hypothesis formation and testing, big data research and some social dimension of scientific enquiry and endeavour, with a particular emphasis on potentials for unwitting and unconscious bias in knowledge formation and analysis.

Speaker

Dr Matthew Rowe is a philosopher, writer, and lecturer/tutor at the Centre for Language, Culture and Communication at Imperial College London and City and Guilds of London Art School. He also teaches and runs outreach classes in philosophy for adults at the Mary Ward Centre in London. He teaches mainly politics, art theory and the philosophy of science.

Dr Rowe has published book chapters, articles in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings and book reviews, as well as papers at conferences in the UK, Europe and the US. He has also sat on the editorial board of peer reviewed philosophy journals.

He did my undergraduate degree in philosophy at UCL and obtained a PhD in Philosophy through the Open University.

Additionally to writing, Dr Rowe has an occasional visual art practise and has contributed to group exhibitions in London, as well as exhibiting alone. He also has a short film in a collection acquired by the British Film Institute and in the UAL British Artists’ Film and Video Study Collection.

How to attend

This seminar is being held in person in STEM 3.1 (STEM Centre on Square 1, Colchester campus). You can also watch via Zoom (meeting ID: 916 2270 2239)

If you have any queries about this seminar please email Dr Martin Wilkes (m.wilkes@essex.ac.uk).