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Objectivity in Science

8th Munich-Sydney-Tilburg (MuST) Conference on Philosophy of Science

June 10, 2015 - June 12, 2015

Tilburg Center for Logic, General Ethics and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS), Tilburg University

Campus of Tilburg University
Tilburg
Netherlands

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Sponsor(s):

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP)
Sydney Centre for the Foundations of Science
Tilburg Center for Logic, General Ethics and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS)

Speakers:

Stephanie Ruphy

Université Pierre Mendes-France (Grenoble II)

Marcel Weber

University of Geneva

James Woodward

University of Pittsburgh

Chenbei Xiao

(unaffiliated)

Organisers:

Matteo Colombo

Tilburg University

Mark Colyvan

University of Sydney

Raoul Gervais

Tilburg University

Paul Griffiths

University of Sydney

Stephan Hartmann

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Jan Sprenger

Tilburg University

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The authority of science is closely tied its objectivity. Objectivity is widely perceived as an antidote to harmful bias in scientific research, and to an undesirable blending of scientific and political values. But what makes a scientific claim or a scientific inference objective? Can the ideal of objectivity be attained it all? And how worthwhile is it?

This conference encourages philosophers and scientists to present their research on objectivity in science. We aim at a plurality of perspectives and invite work from general philosophy of science as well as contributions that focus on a specific science, the science and values debate, or the role of objectivity at the interface of science and public policy.

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