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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black'>The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our upcoming lecture.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black'>This lecture will be live streamed on YouTube at </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg</a></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#185ABD'> </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black'>or </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black'>you can join with Zoom at </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><a href="https://pitt.zoom.us/s/94500243796">https://pitt.zoom.us/s/94500243796</a>.</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>Featured Former Fellow<b> – </b></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Soazig Le Bihan</span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>September 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT</span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Title:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> <b>How to Secure Public Trust in Value-Laden Science – A Fiduciary Model.</b></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Abstract:</span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Many philosophers of science agree that science cannot, and in some contexts should not, be value-free. Values, whether epistemic or not, influence scientific practices in multiple ways (See Elliott 2022 and references therein). One worry is that value influence undermines public trust (Bright 2018, Lusk 2021). Public trust in value-laden science may not be warranted unless the values involved align with the public’s. The question is thus: how to conceive of value influence so as to ensure public trust in value-laden science? One proposed remedy to this conundrum is to require that scientists appeal to democratic values (Kourany 2010, Inteman 2015, Elliott 2017, Schroeder 2021, 2022 Lusk 2021). Democratic processes, after all, are a well-worn legitimization tool for authority. However, I argued that this strategy faces serious challenges, including the problems of marginalization and polarization (Le Bihan, 2023). In this talk, I offer an alternative model—The Fiduciary Model. I propose to import some of the concepts from Fiduciary Political Theory (FPT) to the field of Science and Values. FPT advocates defend a fiduciary model of government authority (Leib and Galoob 2016, Criddle at al. 2018, Galoob and Leib 2018). I argue that a fiduciary model of value-laden science could warrantee public trust.</span></p></div><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>This talk is online-only. Follow along via Zoom: <a href="https://pitt.zoom.us/s/94500243796">https://pitt.zoom.us/s/94500243796</a></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>It will also be live streamed on YouTube at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg</a>.</span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span></b></p><p><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Get to Know the Former Fellow:</span></u></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Where are you now?</span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>University of Montana</span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>What are you working on?</span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>A book! <i>Problems and Possibilities, A Pragmatic View of Scientific Understanding. </i></span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Favorite memory of The Center?</span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>The weekly reading group and banana bread ?</span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Greatest non-professional achievement since leaving the Center (can be anything from running a marathon to organizing your sock drawer!)?</span></b></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I helped building a 6-foot fence all around an exotic animal sanctuary so that the sanctuary could abide by new regulations from the USDA.</span></p><p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Best book/movie/tv you’ve seen lately?</span></b></p><p><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Everything Everywhere All at Once. </span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>And also: <i>The Boy and the Heron</i></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>