<\/a><\/p>\n Co-sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities<\/a><\/em> Ethics as a Human Project<\/p>\n Philip Kitcher<\/strong> Philosophy, Columbia University<\/p>\n Morality Did Not Evolve<\/p>\n Edouard Machery<\/strong> History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n The Limits of Evolutionary Explanations of Morality<\/p>\n Russell Powell<\/strong> Philosophy, Boston University<\/p>\n Why Evolution Doesn’t Debunk Ethical Realism<\/p>\n William FitzPatrick<\/strong> Philosophy, University of Rochester<\/p>\n Strategic Morality<\/p>\n Robert Kurzban<\/strong> Psychology, University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Friday, October 18, 2013 Time and Law in Cosmology<\/p>\n Lee Smolin <\/strong>Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics<\/p>\n mp3<\/a> | Lecture Slides<\/a><\/p>\n Realism without Reification: How to Believe in Becoming<\/p>\n Jenann Ismael <\/strong>Philosophy, University of Arizona<\/p>\n mp3<\/a> | Lecture Slides<\/a><\/p>\n A Universe in which Everything Changes Sooner or Later<\/p>\n Roberto Mangabeira Unger <\/strong>Law School, Harvard University<\/p>\n mp3<\/a><\/p>\n Cosmological Laws without Real Time<\/p>\n Chris Smeenk <\/strong>Philosophy, University of Western Ontario<\/p>\n mp3<\/a> | Lecture Slides<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Thursday, November 21, 2013 This session will consist of two panel discussions exploring innovative ways of connecting citizens with science, and how the history of science can inform and enrich these efforts.<\/p>\n Panel I: Science and Spectacle<\/p>\n Science Festivals and the Changing Culture of Science Engagement<\/p>\n John Durant<\/strong> Director of the MIT Museum and Executive Director of the Cambridge Science Festival<\/p>\n<\/li>\n History of Science Through Comedy<\/p>\n Brian Malow<\/strong> Science Comedian<\/p>\n David Kaiser<\/strong> MIT<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Carving Story out of Science: On Stage and On Air<\/p>\n Ari Daniel<\/strong> Story Collider and Freelance Writer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Panel II: Crowdsourcing Science: Science by the People?<\/p>\n Crowdsourcing at the Smithsonian: From 1849 Weather Observers to Today’s Encyclopedia of Life<\/p>\n Pamela Henson<\/strong> Director of the Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Data: From Whewell’s “Subordinate Labourers” to Maury’s Seafarers<\/p>\n Caren Cooper<\/strong> Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The Zooniverse at Your Fingertips<\/p>\n Lucy Fortson<\/strong> School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Citizen Science Alliance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n QUESTIONS TO BE EXPLORED INCLUDE:<\/b> What are some of the new creative initiatives to engage the public in science? Do these initiatives have a historical precedent? How has the relationship between \u201cscience\u201d and \u201cthe public\u201d changed over time? Why do citizens become involved in crowdsourcing? Is crowdsourcing a democratization of science or exploitative? What are the goals of engaging the public in science? How can historians of science contribute to efforts in public engagement?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Cosponsored by the\u00a0Department of Mathematics & Statistics<\/a>\u00a0at Boston University<\/em> 10 a.m.\u2013noon<\/strong><\/p>\n Computational Challenges in Genomic Medicine<\/p>\n Jill Mesirov <\/strong>Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Broad Institute<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Selection, Significance, and Signification: Issues in High Energy Physics<\/p>\n Kent Staley <\/strong>Philosophy, Saint Louis University<\/p>\n Lecture Slides<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n 1:30\u20135:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n Multi-Resolution Inference: An Engineering (Engineered?) Foundation of Statistical Inference<\/p>\n Xiao-Li Meng <\/strong>Statistics, Harvard University<\/p>\n mp3<\/a> | Lecture Slides<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Is the Philosophy of Probabilism an Obstacle to Statistical Fraud Busting?<\/p>\n Deborah Mayo <\/strong>Philosophy, Virginia Tech<\/p>\n mp3<\/a> | Lecture Slides<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Targeted Learning from Big Data<\/p>\n Mark van der Laan <\/strong>Biostatistics and Statistics, UC Berkeley<\/p>\n \u00a0mp3<\/a> | Lecture Slides<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Panel Discussion<\/p>\n Participants included: Kent Staley, Deborah Mayo, Xiao-Li Meng, and Mark van der Laan<\/em><\/p>\n mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Friday, April 4, 2014 Varieties of Testimonial Injustice<\/p>\n Miranda Fricker <\/strong>Philosophy, University of Sheffield<\/p>\n mp3<\/a><\/p>\n Epistemic Injustice and Responsible Trust in Science<\/p>\n Heidi Grasswick <\/strong>Philosophy, Middlebury College<\/p>\n mp3<\/a><\/p>\n Hermeneutical Injustice and Agnotology in Science<\/p>\n![\"BCPS](\"\/cphs\/files\/2013\/01\/BCPS-2013-14-poster-466x636.jpg\")
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Evolutionary Explanations of Morality<\/h3>\n
\nFriday, September 27, 2013
\n1\u20136 p.m.
\nBarristers Hall, BU School of Law
\n765 Commonwealth Avenue<\/p>\n![\"Event](\"\/cphs\/files\/2013\/01\/EvoExMo-Flyer-09.27.13-636x491.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Robert S. Cohen Forum: Contemporary Issues in Science Studies<\/h6>\n
Time in Cosmology<\/h3>\n
\n1\u20135 p.m.
\nThe Castle
\n225 Bay State Road<\/p>\n![\"Event](\"\/cphs\/files\/2013\/01\/Event-flyer-10.18.13-491x636.jpg\")
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Science in the Streets: Public Engagement Then and Now<\/h3>\n
\n3\u20136 p.m.
\nBoston Convention and Exhibition Center, Room 253C
\n415 Summer Street
\nBoston, Massachusetts
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Revisiting the Foundations of Statistics in the Era of Big Data: Scaling Up to Meet the Challenge<\/h3>\n
\nFriday, February 21, 2014
\n10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
\nPhotonics Center, 9th Floor Colloquium Room (Rm 906)
\n8 St. Mary\u2019s Street<\/p>\n![\"Foundations](\"\/cphs\/files\/2013\/01\/Foundations-of-Stats-Flyer-02.21.14-491x636.jpg\")
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Epistemic Injustice in Science<\/h3>\n
\n1\u20135 p.m.
\nCenter for Student Services, Room 545
\n100 Bay State Road<\/p>\n![\"Epistemic](\"\/cphs\/files\/2013\/01\/Epistemic-Injustic-Flyer-491x636.jpg\")
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