Apologies for Cross Posting...
Evidence and Dissent in Science Workshop – June 19th and 20th, London
School of Economics. Part of the Contingency and Dissent in Science
Project (3 yr, AHRC funded).
For more information and tentative programme, see:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CPNSS/projects/ContingencyDissentInScience
/CurrentActivities.htm
Given the limited space for the workshop, it is advisable to register by
emailing: [log in to unmask]
Speakers:
Aristides Baltas, National Technological University of Athens, 'On the
Grammar of Pure Scientific Dissent'
Heather Douglas, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, ‘Values, Uncertainty, and
Dissent: A Rational Basis for Scientific Disagreement’
Damien Fennell, LSE, ‘Evidence and Policy Evaluation - Some Lessons from
Econometrics’
Steve Fuller, Warwick, ‘Does Dissent in Science Differ From Dissent in
Religion?’
Jeremy Howick, LSE, ‘Defining a Role for Evidence 'From Above'
Justus Lentsch, Bielefeld, TBA
Peter Lipton, Cambridge, ‘Testimony, Dissent and the Growth of Knowledge’
Peter Weingart, Bielefeld, TBA
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