Decoding the Scientific Method

Decoding the Scientific Method

Join Zurich Salon to decode the scientific method! Explore its role, limits & more.

By Zurich Salon

Date and time

Location

The Alehouse

23 Universitätstrasse 8006 Zürich Switzerland

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours

The Zurich Salon is thrilled to invite you to our next Friends of the Salon event, where we’ll dive into the scientific method, — the cornerstone of discovery that shapes how we question, test, and understand the world. But is it the only path to truth? Does its structured approach limit creativity or amplify it? In an era of AI-driven research and evolving philosophies of knowledge, we’ll dive into what makes this method timeless yet contested.

Bring your curiosity and join us to unpack:

- How does the scientific method shape our understanding of reality?- Can it coexist with other ways of knowing, like intuition or art?- What are its limits in addressing complex human questions?

Expect a cozy setting, bold ideas, and great company. Bring a friend, grab a drink, and share your take.

Event DetailsWhen: 19:00, 20th August 2025Where: The Alehouse, Universitätstrasse 23, 8006 Zürich

Have questions? Reach out to info@zurichsalon.org.

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We’re excited to dive into this topic and hear your perspectives. Reserve your spot and join us for an evening of intellectual spark!

Warm regards,The Zurich Salon Team

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The Zurich Salon advocates freedom of expression and rational discussion in the Enlightenment tradition. It promotes open-ended debate in an atmosphere of mutual respect.

The Zurich Salon’s objective is to push the boundaries of public discussion and to widen our horizons. It exists to create a public space to explore contemporary issues critically and constructively.

Because audience participation is prized, opening remarks from speakers are kept short. Though occasionally the Salon will host lectures.

Depending on the speakers and topic, Salon discussions take place in either German or English.

Nothing is off-limits from politics and philosophy, to business and the arts. No contentious issue or difference of opinion is brushed under the carpet.

While the Zurich Salon embraces discussion on contentious issues, it trusts the audience to come to its own well-founded – most likely, conflicted – conclusions.

Salon-goers have a right to hold opinions and, arguably, a duty to express and defend them. The Salon’s ethos is that it is only through open debate that we come to know and develop our own opinions and to formulate informed judgments about the views of others.

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Aug 20 · 7:00 PM GMT+2