Reminder: EENPS Seminar with Dunja Šešelja, today at 17.00 (CET)

[EENPS (Borut Trpin)]

Dear All, 

We are happy to invite you to the East European Network for Philosophy of Science (EENPS) online seminar.

Our speaker will be Dunja Šešelja (TU Eindhoven) with the talk "Scientific Disagreements, Fast Science and Higher-Order Evidence"

(joint work with Daniel Cserhalmi Friedman, Stanford University).

The seminar will take place on today, May 27, 2021 at 17:00 (CET).

You can join the seminar via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92619208263

Abstract:

Scientific disagreements are commonly considered an important catalyst of scientific progress. But what happens if scientists disagree while society is depending on them for quick yet reliable results? In this paper we aim to provide a normative account for how scientists facing a disagreement in the context of ‘fast science’ should handle it, and how policy makers should evaluate it. Starting from an argumentative, pragma-dialectic account of scientific controversies (Rodriguez & Zamora Bonilla 2013), we argue for the importance of ‘higher-order evidence’, which has largely been neglected in previous discussions on scientific disagreements and controversies. Moreover, we provide guidelines for how legitimate higher-order evidence is acquired in scientific practice. We illustrate our point with a recent disagreement on the aerosol transmission of COVID-19 virus.

The aim of the EENPS online seminar series is in bringing together researchers from different parts of Europe, increasing their visibility, and facilitating dialog among them. The seminar will cover a wide range of topics with the goal of presenting a multitude of approaches to philosophy of science and its importance. The meetings are held online.

Best wishes,

Borut Trpin and Vlasta Sikimić, the organizers