Mary Morgan in conversation with Chiara Ambrosio - filmed for UCL module HPSC0014 on 20/11/2020
Channel: Dominic Berry
Date: 2021-01-15

This conversation between Mary S. Morgan (of the Narrative Science project) and Chiara Ambrosio (Associate Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at UCL), was organised by Chiara for the benefit of students at UCL taking the 'Philosophy of Science 2' module, who had been discussing narrative and science. It took place on the 20th of November 2020. We are grateful to Chiara and Mary for permission to share it here, as their conversation covers a number of useful points which might aid many others exploring narrative within the historical, philosophical, and social scientific study of science. For more on the Narrative Science project please see www.narrative-science.org 
You can find the syllabus for this course by searching this directory: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/sts-current-students/hpsc-modules/hpsc-modules-intermediate-and-advanced-years-2-and-3

Guide to contents-
01:11 Morgan explains how she came to HPS, and then narrative science.
06:01 Discussion of an example of narrative science from economics, one which can explored further through the Narrative Science project's first Anthology (see example there concerning Paul Samuelson)
12:24 Discussion of time and narrative, and examples in historical sciences, which likewise can explored further through the Anthology (see example there concerning T.A. Goudge).
19:38 Ambrosio looking at expanding from narrative explanation and moving outwards to philosophy of science more broadly.
20:45 Discussion of how some scientific communities, most recently examples in economics, have sometimes landed on the importance of narrative on their own terms, opening up opportunities for interdisciplinary interaction.
23:09 Discussion of narrative in various representational forms, not only words, which can be explored further through the Anthology (see example there concerning Hoffmann-La Roche AG).
 
You can find the Anthology and further resources (including published articles, working papers, and videos from other events), on the project website here: https://www.narrative-science.org/resources-narrative-science-project.html