Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, editor, Interface administrators, Administrators (Semantic MediaWiki), Curators (Semantic MediaWiki), Suppressors, Administrators, Widget editors
11,018
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This [[File:Scientonomy Seminar.png|right|150px|]]The main goal of the '''scientonomy seminar''' is to scrutinize different aspects of our current [[Scientonomy|scientonomic knowledge]] and formulate as many open questions as possible. As opposed to the [[Scientonomy Workshop|workshop]] format, the category seminar's primary objective is unearthing the drawbacks of our current scientonomic knowledge, i.e. understanding '''what does not work'scientonomy seminar''. It includes all individual seminarsWhile the seminar also often generates interesting ideas on how this or that problem can be solved, the primary outcome of the seminar is the list of open questions for future research.
Category:Scientonomy Seminar (view source)
Revision as of 15:50, 4 November 2016
, 15:50, 4 November 2016no edit summary
The seminar is held annually by [http://hps.utoronto.ca/ the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology], University of Toronto. The seminar usually starts in January and ends in April consisting of 10-12 discussion sessions. ==History==The seminar was first designed and run by [[Hakob Barseghyan]] in 2013. Originally, the seminar had a wider agenda and tried to accomplish the following two tasks: * '''scrutinizing''' each aspect of the current theory and understanding what is not working;* '''generating''' ideas on how the theory can be improved by finding solutions to its topical issues. It took three full iterations of the seminar before it became clear that it should be mainly focusing on the former task, i.e. on compiling a list of open questions for future research. As for finding ''answers'' to open questions, it was appreciated that the seminar is not the best format for it. Solutions to open problems require proper research papers; only when an idea is published can the community begin to appraise it and decide whether it is acceptable or not. This idea is in the foundation of the [[Journal of Scientonomy]]. Although the previous iterations of the seminar produced a number of interesting open questions, the seminar of 2016 was the first to aim directly at producing open questions. It was the first year when a comprehensive [[List of Open Questions|list of open questions]] was generated. {{PrintScientonomySeminars|intro=Here is the complete list of all scientonomy seminars:|default=According to our records, there have been no scientonomy seminars.|link=yes }} To create a page for a new seminar please enter the name of the seminar and click the button below.
{{#forminput:form=Scientonomy_Seminar|autocomplete on category=Scientonomy_Seminar}}
==Present==
The seminar currently takes place at the beginning of every calendar year and focuses on the task of unearthing the drawbacks of our current scientonomic knowledge.
If a question raises a sufficient level of interest or disagreement, it is considered an open question. Clearly, this criterion is somewhat vague and not very strict; as a result, the list of open questions can sometimes include questions the answers to which may appear trivial. However, this is done on purpose; the assumption here is that an occasional inclusion of a trivial question outweighs the risk of missing an important question.
==Related Articles==
[[Scientonomy Workshop]]
[[Journal of Scientonomy]]
[[Main Page|Encyclopedia of Scientonomy]]
<div style="display: none;">{{#default_form:Scientonomy_Seminar}}</div>
[[Category:Academic Event]]
__NOCACHE__
