Karim Bschir

Karim Bschir

Karim Bschir

Dr.
Geschäftsführer Ethikkommission
Prorektorat Forschung & Faculty
Büro 58-419
Tellstrasse 2
9000 St. Gallen
Schwerpunkte
  • Wissenschaftsphilosophie
  • Methode der Wissenschaften
  • Wissenschaftsethik
  • Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft
  • Werte in der Wissenschaft
Forschungsgebiete
  • Wissenschaftsphilosophie
  • Wissenschaftsethik
  • Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft
Ausbildung

Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science, ETH Zurich, 2011

Philosophy, University of Zurich 2004-2006

Diploma (MA) in Biochemistry, University of Zurich 2003

Lehraktivitäten

Frühjahrssemester 2023 Predictive Technologies in Modern Science
Wintersemester 2022 Ethics, Responsibility & Sustainability in Research and the PhD Journey (with Judith Walls, Antoinette Weibel and Florian Wettstein)
Frühjahrssemester 2022 Predictive Technologies in Modern Science
Wintersemester 2021 Why Trust Science?
Frühjahrssemester 2021 Predictive Technologies in Modern Science
Frühjahrssemester 2020 Predictive Technologies in Modern Science
Frühjahrssemester 2019 Introduction to Science and Technology Studies
Frühjahrssemester 2019 Predictive Technologies in Modern Science
Wintersemester 2018 The Digital Revolution

siehe auch: https://karimbschir.philsci.ch/teaching/

Mitgliedschaften

European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA)
Philosophy of Science Association (PSA)
Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP)
International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS)
Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie (GWP)
Italian Society for Logic and the Philosophy of Science (SILFS)
The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science Alumni.

Auszeichnungen

2014
Visiting fellowship, Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh

2012 – 2017
The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science

2009 – 2010
Fellowship for prospective researchers, Swiss National Science Foundation

2004 – 2006
Forschungskredit, University of Zurich

Spin-Offs

https://yesandscience.com/de/

 

 

Vorträge

2022

“Kuhn and Feyerabend in Berkeley: The Birth of Pluralism in Modern Philosophy of Science” peer-reviewed presentation at the Kuhn Centennial Conference: Thomas Kuhn and the 21st Century, University of Kent, July 2022.

“Zur Integration von Fakten und Werten in der wissenschaftsbasierten Politikgestaltung.” Invited presentation at Workshop “Wissenschaft und Politik in der Pandemie: Lektionen der COVID-19 Krise”, Luebeck, June 2022.

2021

“Against myopic expertise: epistemic pluralism in public health policy.” Peer-reviewed symposium at the 8th Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA), Turin, September 2021 (with Jonathan Birch, Stefano Canali, Saana Jukola, Sabina Leonelli, Simon Lohse).

“Corporate Funding of Public Research: A Feyerabendian Perspective.” Peer-reviewed presentation Public Research and Private Knowledge – Science in Times of Diverse Research Funding, Erlangen, July 2021.

“Pandemics, Policy, and Pluralism: A Feyerabend-inspired Perspective on COVID-19 in Europe” (with Simon Lohse). Invited presentation at Kolloquium des Instituts für Philosophie, Universität Dresden, May 2021.

2020

“Corporate Funding of Public Research: A Feyerabendian Perspective.” Peer-reviewed presentation Public Research and Private Knowledge – Science in Times of Diverse Research Funding, Erlangen, March 2020. POSTPONED to 2021.

2019

“Perspectivism in Current Epigenetics.” Invited presentation lgBIG Seminar, Geneva, December 2019.

“Perspectivism in Current Epigenetics.” Peer-reviewed presentation at the 7th Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA), Geneva, September 2019.

“Corporate Funding of Public Research: A Feyerabendian Perspective.” Peer-reviewed presentation at the 16th International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology CLMPS, Prague, August 2019.

“Un-blackswaning Scientific Prediction.” Peer-reviewed presentation at the Third International Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science GWP, Cologne, February 2019.

2018

“Predicting under Structural Uncertainty: Why not all Hawkmoths are Ugly.” Peer-reviewed presentation at the the 26th Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), Seattle, November 2018.

“Good predictions and bad decisions: Philosophical thoughts on science-based decision-making” Invited talk at an international workshop of the Food Packaging Forum Foundation, Zurich, Zurich, October 2018.

“Conceptual Innovation and Deep Ignorance: A View from the History and Philosophy of Science.” Peer-reviewed presentation at the Conference on Unexplored Realities in Qualitative Research, University of St. Gallen, September 2018.

“Managing Ignorance Through Disagreement.” Invited Talk at the International EURIAS Workshop on Knowledge and the Management of Ignorance, Collegium Helveticum, Zurich, June 2018.

“Success and Failure in Science: The Philosophy of Science Perspective.” Invited talk at an international workshop Rethinking Progress via Ignorance and Failure: Insights from Science, Medicine and Humanities, ETH Zurich, March 2018.