***Workshop Details***
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**Abstract:**
Many scientists re-examining the foundations of their practices are looking for collaborations with philosophers of science. Yet it can be difficult to find contemporary introductions to philosophy of scientific practice for scientists. Most attempts to integrate some philosophy of science fall back on Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos, and not much beyond. To overcome this, we are developing a set of resources introducing contemporary philosophy of scientific practices for scientists (not philosophers). This will be the second workshop in this series: we will build on [earlier feedback](https://osf.io/tu9hb/) and facilitate small group discussions on how to develop these resources to better support collaborations between philosophers of science and scientists themselves.
**Time-slot:** 45 minutes
**Conference session landing page**: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WPQaxVCP2HOm7Ia6MAny3quhDJDSp-J5CQfeTioF2sc/edit?usp=sharing
**Proposed Structure:**
1. **Introductions**
2. **REFINE FOCUS: group to set the scope and focus of interest in specific resources.**
For example, depending on the group, the resources of interest may be those relevant to the data-sharing practices within the Open Science movement; resources on measurement techniques within specific disciplines; resources on the role of data-visualisation practices within interdisciplinary teams; or something else entirely.
3. **REVIEW RESOURCES: individual and small group reviews example resources (stored on OSF).**
Following a brief overview of the current versions of the collection of example resources participants will have the opportunity to individually review those of interest, and then to compare notes about how an these types of resources could be developed to address the questions of most interest to the group.
For details see: the [various reading set examples](https://osf.io/ect9u/wiki/home/), [annotated glossary](https://osf.io/v8sp3/), and list of [projects where philosophers and scientists are working in direct collaboration](https://osf.io/eafvd/wiki/home/).
5. **FEEDBACK & DISCUSSION: group exploration of where to next**
Areas of interest include:
- Thinking about study design - e.g., the tools we use as we are choosing them and the questions we are asking and how institutional pressures impact those choices/questions
- Scholarship on what is good scientific practice and how that relates to the ethics of where does good scientific practice become a moral obligation.
- Scholarship on modelling practices (e.g., in ecology)
- Questions around how an awareness of philosophical studies of the science might be usefully incorporated into scientific practice.
- A visual diagram of how different strands of philosophical study interact and complement even if using different keywords.
- A resident philosopher who could be consulted (like a librarian researcher or statistical consultant).
- Are there any practices that fit the ideals we associate with (and could draw insights from to aspire to).
- How can institutional practices be changed - what does the history of scientific practices tell us?
- Recommended by Rachael Brown for a 1-day read:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/philosophy-of-science-very-short-introduction-9780198745587?cc=au&lang=en& (this can now be found as a resource linked to found in the Reading sets for small groups component).
Note - commenting directly on the components welcome!
