September Lunchtime Talks at the Center for Philosophy of Science
Description
September Lunchtime Talks will be in a Zoom webinar format and will start at 12:00PM Eastern Time. The Center for Philosophy of Science is excited to host the following talks:
Friday, September 11th: Liam Bright, London School of Economics
Title: "Scientific Conclusions Need Not Be Accurate, Justified, or Believed by their Authors"
Tuesday, September 15th: Michael Dietrich, University of Pittsburgh
Title: "The Politics of Embryology: Johannes Holtfreter’s Flight from Nazi Germany"
Friday, September 18th: Mark Wilson, University of Pittsburgh
Title: "How “Wavelength” Found its Truth-Values"
Tuesday, September 22nd: Subrena E. Smith, University of New Hampshire
Title: "Constructing Human Behavior"
Tuesday, September 29th: Yolonda Wilson, National Humanities Center Fellow and Encore Public Voices Fellow
Title: "Empathy and Structural Injustice in the Assessment of Patient Noncompliance"
The Center’s Lunchtime Talks provides a lively forum for resident fellows, visiting fellows, center associates, and other scholars and scientists to make presentations that range from newly minted philosophical ideas to discussions of finished products.
Registration for each talk is required. Please click the link below for more information, including how to register.
Friday, September 11th: Liam Bright, London School of Economics
Title: "Scientific Conclusions Need Not Be Accurate, Justified, or Believed by their Authors"
Tuesday, September 15th: Michael Dietrich, University of Pittsburgh
Title: "The Politics of Embryology: Johannes Holtfreter’s Flight from Nazi Germany"
Friday, September 18th: Mark Wilson, University of Pittsburgh
Title: "How “Wavelength” Found its Truth-Values"
Tuesday, September 22nd: Subrena E. Smith, University of New Hampshire
Title: "Constructing Human Behavior"
Tuesday, September 29th: Yolonda Wilson, National Humanities Center Fellow and Encore Public Voices Fellow
Title: "Empathy and Structural Injustice in the Assessment of Patient Noncompliance"
The Center’s Lunchtime Talks provides a lively forum for resident fellows, visiting fellows, center associates, and other scholars and scientists to make presentations that range from newly minted philosophical ideas to discussions of finished products.
Registration for each talk is required. Please click the link below for more information, including how to register.
| September 11, 2020 | |
| September 29, 2020 |
This online seminar series has ended.
Link for additional information
Sponsoring institution
Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh