The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talk. \;Attend in person at 1117 Cathedral of Learning or visit our live stream on YouTube at \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.
\n\n\;Lunch Time Talk: \; \; \;Kareem Khalifa
\nTuesday\, February 10th @ 12:00 pm \;- \;1:30 pm \;EST
\n\nTitle: \;Causally Modeling the Value-Free Ideal
\nAbstract:
\nIn science-and-values discussions\, the value-free ideal (VFI) is sometimes glossed as the thesis that non-epistemic values&rsquo\; influences on scientific reasoning are never legitimate. Although &ldquo\;influence&rdquo\; is a causal notion\, discussions of the VFI have not engaged the vast literature on causal modeling. In this paper\, I propose some useful ways in which causal models can be used to sharpen this variant of the VFI. Doing so reveals underappreciated burdens of proof in debates about the VFI.
\nThis talk will be available online:
\nZoom: \; \;https://pitt.zoom.us/j/93125716226
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YouTube: \;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg