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CHESS organises weekly research meetings for its members and interested colleagues. Meetings take place each Thursday during term time from 11:00am - 12:00pm online via Zoom (until further notice).
15 May 2025
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Philosophy Department (PO004) and on Teams
This is a meeting to discuss how three Children’s Social Care departments have sought to improve social workers’ analytic skills when making sense of information about a child’s life and well-being. It draws on Eileen Munro's (LSE) and Nancy Cartwright's (Durham) research on providing credible evidence of singular causal claims.
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
CB-1017 (Confluence building)
Professor Nancy Cartwright (Durham University), Professor Eileen Munro (London School of Economics) and John Pemberton give a seminar based on their upcoming book.
22 May 2025
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Elvet Riverside ER278
Professor Nancy Cartwright first presented her lecture “In praise of the inexact, the inelegant and the unassuming” as an Inaugural Mary Hesse Lecture in Cambridge on 24 Oct 2024.
29 May 2025
05 June 2025
12 June 2025
This workshop is a follow-up to work done during 2021-23 on John Templeton Foundation grant, ‘The Successes and Failures of Science Through the Lens of Intellectual Humility: Perspectives from the History and Philosophy of Science’.
26 June 2025
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Department of Philosophy PO005
Our unique cultural attractions include Durham Castle, Botanic Garden, Palace Green Library, Oriental Museum and the Assembly Rooms Theatre. Sitting right at the heart of this historic city, we are perfectly placed to offer a dazzling array of events and activities.
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