Anastasiia Lazutkina

Project Summary

The field of fundamental physics seeks to provide a unified understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe. However, the complexity and subtlety of the physical phenomena under study have challenged traditional assumptions concerning scientific methods being centered mostly or exclusively around empirical evidence. In this work, I will analyze the transformation of methods in cosmology since the second half of the 20 th century. I will provide a rational reconstruction of this change and then apply formal epistemology in order to examine whether the use of new methods in cosmology, like simulations, is justified and whether the standard cosmological model is reliable.

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Publications

• “Physics and Reality -konferenssissa”, Antturi, J. & Lazutkina, A., 2024, In: Niin & näin : filosofinen aikakauslehti. 2024, 3 (122), p. 100-101 2 p.
• Lazutkina, A. (2021): The application of Popperian methodology to contemporary cosmology. In Zuzana Parusnikova and David Merritt (eds.) Karl Popper’s Science and Philosophy, Springer International Publishing. 
• Lazutkina, A. (2017): Theoretical terms of contemporary cosmology as intellectual artifacts. In Jürgen H. Franz & Karsten Berr (eds.) Welt der Artefakte. Berlin: Frank & Timme.

Talks

• “Epistemology of scientific research: what philosophy can do for physics”, Centre for Philosophy and the Sciences (CPS), CPS Gen. 2, University of Oslo (November 1st 2024).
• Panelist with Christopher Fuchs and Anders Kvellestad “Interdisciplinarity between physics and philosophy”, CPS Gen. 2, University of Oslo (November 1st 2024).
• “LCDM and MOND: prediction and explanation in cosmology”, 5th International Conference Cosmology on small scales: Local Hubble Expansion and Other Cosmological Puzzle. Institute of Mathematics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague (September 20th, 2024).
• “Transformation of Testing Methods in Cosmology: From the 1990s to Now”, workshop on Methodological Transformations in Fundamental Physics, University of Wuppertal, (September 18th 2024).
• “LCDM and MOND – Divergent Epistemologies in Cosmological Explanations”, 2nd History & Philosophy of Cosmology Conference. University of Milan (September 12, 2024)
• “Meta-empirical theory assessment in contemporary cosmology: The MOND and dark matter debates”, Conference on Physics and Reality, University of Helsinki (June 5th, 2024)

Short Biography/CV

• Since 2023: Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy of Science/Physics at Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
• 2021 – 2023: Master of Arts (cum laude) in Philosophy at the University of Tartu, Estonia
• 2020 – 2021: Engineering and Technology, LUT University, Finland
• 2017 – 2019: Theoretical Physics, Leipzig University, Germany
• 2013 – 2017: Bachelor’s degree (with honors) in Philosophy, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia