GRK 2073: Integrating Ethics and Epistemology of Scientific Research

研究培训小组的中心目标是在两种意义上将理论和实践科学哲学结合起来：第一，从事将实践哲学(即研究伦理学、科学政治哲学)与理论哲学(即科学的逻辑、方法论、认识论和形而上学)相结合的科学哲学研究；第二，分析科学的认知层面(理论、假设、论述、模型)与科学的物质文化(对象、设备、实验、实践)之间的联系。这样定义该小组研究计划的交叉点充满了卓有成效的，而且往往也特别相关的哲学研究问题，其中许多问题在第一个资助期进行了富有成效的探索。第二个资助期的建议旨在继续这一成功的研究方向，并使其充实新的主题，既有围绕科学研究目的和手段的当代问题的发展(如气候模型的不确定性，或科学激励结构的变化)，也有哲学辩论(如认识上的不公正及其与科学的关系，或科学实践的形而上学)所产生的新课题。鉴于其广泛的主题框架，为了保证足够程度的方法论连贯性，该小组保持着对哲学的学科关注。为此，它汇集了汉诺威莱布尼茨大学哲学研究所和比勒费尔德大学哲学系在理论和实践科学哲学方面的成熟优势。通过研究培训小组在第一个供资期间的成功工作，加强了两个部门之间富有成效的合作。墨卡托研究员克里索斯莫斯·曼扎维诺斯将提供经济学哲学方面的其他专业知识。GRK的资格和监督概念是基于通过座谈、理论研讨会、同行小组和教程进行的专业教育，关于国际元素，如临时出国停留或组织会议，以及有助于提高参与者学术技能的具体措施。在第二个资助期，这还将包括关于开展当代科学案例研究的经验方法的方法学培训。常驻科学家的参与扩大了参与者的概念和方法视野。进一步的措施旨在提高机会的平等性，为在学术界以外的职业生涯做准备。

The central aim of the research training group is to integrate theoretical and practical philosophy of science in both of two senses: first, by engaging in philosophical research on science that combines practical philosophy (i.e. research ethics, political philosophy of science) with theoretical philosophy (i.e. logic, methodology, epistemology and metaphysics of science); secondly, by analysing Iinks between the cognitive dimension of the sciences (theories, hypotheses, discourses, models) and the material culture of the sciences (objects, equipment, experiments, practices). The intersections that thus define the research program of the group are rife with highly fruitful and often also particularly relevant philosophical research questions, many of which have been productively explored in the first funding period. The proposal for the second funding period is designed to continue this successfulline of research and to enrich it with new topics arising both from the development of contemporary issues surrounding the aims and means of scientific research (such as uncertainty in climate modelling, or the changing incentive structures of science) as weil as from developing philosophical debates (such as epistemic injustice and its relation to science, or the metaphysics of scientific practice). In order to warrant a sufficient degree of methodological coherence given its broad topical framework, the group maintains a disciplinary focus on philosophy. To do so, it brings together the well established strengths in both theoretical and practical philosophy of science of the Institute of Philosophy of Leibniz University Hannover and the Department of Philosophy of Bielefeld University. The fruitful cooperation between both departments has been reinforced through the successful work of the research training group throughout the first funding period. Additional expertise in philosophy of economics will be provided by Mercator Fellow Chrysostomos Mantzavinos. The qualification and supervision concept of the GRK is based on professional education via colloquia, theory workshops, peer groups and tutorials, on international elements such as temporary stays abroad or the organisation of conferences as weil as on specific measures that help to enhance the participants' scholarly skills. In the second funding period, this will also include methodological training on empirical methods for performing case studies on contemporary science. The involvement of scientists in residence enlarges the conceptual and methodological horizon of participants. Further measures aim at raising equality of opportunities as weil as preparing for a professional career outside academia.