Theory and Experiment in High Energy Physics

Public lecture: Principles of instrumental realism

27 Jul 2023, 17:55

1h

Lecture room F1

Public lecture

Speaker

Prof. Ladislav Kvasz (Charles University in Prague)

Description

Instrumental realism is a philosophical position that attempts to integrate into a coherent picture the different kinds of experience on which science is based. Besides ordinary sensory experience, it integrates different kinds of instrumental practices.