The Philosophy of Diagnosis

Workshop: The Philosophy of Diagnosis

September 14, 2026 9a-5p (EDT = UTC-4)

Virtual (on Zoom)

Hosted by the University of Pittsburgh

Diagnosis is central to the practice of medicine, yet it raises questions that medicine alone cannot answer. What is a diagnosis? What and who is it for? How do we deal with uncertainty about diagnosis and responsibility for it? As artificial intelligence reshapes how diagnoses are reached and what clinical reasoning is, these questions have become increasingly urgent. This virtual workshop brings together philosophers, clinicians, and researchers to examine diagnosis in a series of talks, starting with core questions about what diagnosis is and should be and what technological developments mean for its future.

Register to attend for free on Zoom:

https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_w5szPTBcQXSoJI3sDVIHBw#/registration

Keynotes

“Why Every Diagnosis Needs a Critic: Argument, Objection, and Clinical Reasoning”
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine

Title TBD
Lisa Sanders, Yale School of Medicine and NYT Columnist (“Diagnosis”)

Invited Speakers

“Diagnosis, Risk, and Responsibility in the Age of AI”
Daniele Chiffi, Politecnico di Milano

“What is diagnosis and what is it for?”
Jonathan Fuller, University of Pittsburgh

“Putting a Name to It: Diagnosis in Contemporary Society”
Annemarie Jutel, Victoria University of Wellington

“Diagnosis without Disorder”
Hane Maung, Lancaster University

“The Clinical Reasoning Ourobouros: Cognitive Psychology, Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Clinical Mind”
Adam Rodman, Harvard University

“From Bytes to Bed: Diagnostic reasoning in the time of AI”
Laura Zwaan, Institute of Medical Education Research Rotterdam, Erasmus MC

For any questions about the week’s events, email the organizing team at:[email protected].

This workshop is hosted by the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Center for Philosophy of Science, and Institute for Bioethics at the University of Pittsburgh.

Organizers

Jonathan Fuller and Sloane Wesloh (University of Pittsburgh, Department of History and Philosophy of Science)