DATE: October 18, 2024
VENUE: RJ209 (Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia, Sedláčkova 216/19, Plzeň)
This workshop will be held in a hybrid format. ZOOM LINK: https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/97817258179
DESCRIPTION: This workshop explores the intersection of computational history and the history of science, focusing on its epistemological foundations and the distinct challenges it presents. The speakers will delve into questions such as the role of formal models in shaping historiographical narratives, the differences between digital and computational history, and how computational methods applied to the history of science differ from other historical domains. Special attention will be given to case studies in the history of alchemy and chemistry.
The event is open to researchers, students and the general public.
PROGRAMME:
10:30-11:30 – Vojtěch Kaše (University of West Bohemia) – Introduction / Computational History and History of Science: Epistemological Concerns
11:00-12:00 – Georgiana Hedesan (University of Oxford) – Toward a Computational History of Latin Alchemy
12:00-13:00 – Lunch break
13:00-14:00 – Guillermo Restrepo (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences) – Title: Computational history of chemistry: the case of the chemical space, its expansion and interplay with socio-political effects
14:00-14:30 – Petr Pavlas (Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences) – What is evolutionary metaphorology? The rationale of the TOME project and what is to come next
14:30-15:00 – Final Discussion