<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36);direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">The Center for Philosophy of Science invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talk.  Attend in person, Room 1117 on the 11th floor of the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh or visit our live stream on YouTube at </span><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue"><u><a title="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg" id="m_6110908679173259880gmail-OWA66bffbc4-ed06-6024-6eec-b4f4fa265dcc" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:blue" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg</a></u></span><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black">.    </span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:bolder;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:16px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36);max-width:800px;min-width:424px"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:18.6667px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b>Lunch Time Talk -  Eric Hochstein  </b></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Eric's 5 Minute Video: </span><a id="m_6110908679173259880gmail-OWAf077143d-795f-a3db-230f-7f7350e677f4" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OCtWNPVdXA" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OCtWNPVdXA" style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OCtWNPVdXA</a></div><div id="m_6110908679173259880gmail-LPBorder_GTaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2VudGVycGhpbHNjaS5waXR0LmVkdS9mZWxsb3dzL2hvY2hzdGVpbi1lcmljLw.." style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:15px;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:16px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(36,36,36);width:800px;max-width:800px;min-width:424px"></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:12pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Friday, December 6th @ </b><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