The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Leading scholars in History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (HPS) introduce contemporary topics for a general audience. Developed by graduate students from the HPS program at the University of Melbourne.
Lead Hosts: Thomas Spiteri (2025) and Samara Greenwood (2023-2024).
Season Five is now here! Episodes released weekly. More information on the podcast can be found at hpsunimelb.org
Podcasting since 2023 • 71 episodes
The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science
Latest Episodes
S5 E7 - Lydia Patton on HOPOS
This week, Thomas Spiteri is in conversation with Professor Lydia Patton, philosopher of science and historian of the philosophy of science. Patton traces her unexpected journey from ballet to Kantian philosophy and into the emerging field of H...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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34:51
S5 E6 - Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on ‘Rethinking our Starting Assumptions’
“I love your field. It is making such an important point about scientists who don't understand the extent to which our own upbringing impacts our starting assumptions. It's those starting assumptions that get you in trouble.”
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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29:17
S5 E5 - Cristian Larroulet Philippi on Measurement in the Human Sciences
This week, Thomas Spiteri is joined by Dr. Cristian Larroulet Philippi, who joins us at the University of Melbourne this year as the inaugural RW Seddon Fellow in the History and Philosophy of Science program. With a background in economics and...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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28:59
S5 E4 - Heather Douglas on Rethinking Science’s Social Contract
This week on The HPS Podcast, Thomas Spiteri is in conversation with internationally recognised philosopher of science and professor at Michigan State University, Heather Douglas. Heather’s work has transformed how philosophers and scientists t...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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46:27
S5 E3 - Hans-Jörg Rheinberger on 'Epistemic Things'
Today on The HPS Podcast, Thomas Spiteri talks with Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, distinguished historian and philosopher of science and Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Trained first in philosophy an...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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29:00
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