<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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">The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our upcoming presentations. All of the lectures will be live streamed on YouTube at <a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWAf080191c-312d-60fd-510c-d9d92adc7649" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg" title="Original URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg</a>.   </div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14pt;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)"><b><br></b></span></h2><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14pt;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)"><b>Lunch Time Talk -  Sandra Mitchell</b></span></h2><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:2pt;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)"><b>Friday, January 16 @ 12:00 EST </b></span></h2><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:2pt;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)">Join us in person in room 1117 on the 11th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. </span></h2><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Title: A Pragmatist Metaphysics:  The view from somewhere</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Abstract:</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr">The “practice turn” in science studies, shifted the philosophical focus from abstract theories to the actual, detailed activities of scientists, emphasizing material, social, and psychological aspects of experiments, representation, and persuasion, to understand how science is done, not just what it claims.  In this talk I will defend a pragmatist, practice grounded approach to what science claims, in particular, what practices support claims of realism.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr">This talk will be available online:  Zoom:  <a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWAad844fc6-b068-258b-5af0-3d41e502714b" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/99415310511" title="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/99415310511" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">https://pitt.zoom.us/j/99415310511</a></div><div aria-hidden="true" style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"> </div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div><h1 style="direction:ltr;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14pt;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)">Featured Former Fellow:  Christopher Hill</span></h1><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;width:auto"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)">Tuesday, January 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST</span></h2><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div></div><div id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-x_x_x_post-6960" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:2pt;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)"><i>Online Only </i></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:normal;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)"><i>- </i></span><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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);letter-spacing:0.5px"><a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWA4d103295-53e9-b254-402c-2b1bae6cef60" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96468072623" title="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96468072623" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">https://pitt.zoom.us/j/96468072623</a></span></h2><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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>Title: A Pragmatic Conception of the A Priori</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Abstract: </b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr">In this talk I will consider the question of whether we are in some sense justified a priori in believing certain propositions – specifically, explicit definitions, implicit definitions, and fundamental principles of belief revision. I will assume a familiar conception of a priori justification, according to which a belief counts as justified a priori just in case (i) there are non-empirical reasons for adopting it, and (ii) it is immune to revision on empirical grounds. And I will be focusing on pragmatic justification, the form of justification that a belief possesses just in case it serves our practical interests to adopt it and maintain it independently of the stream of empirical data. The talk will argue that propositions of the forementioned kinds are pragmatically justified in this sense. It will also consider whether a priori pragmatic justification can be extended to apply to the laws of logic.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14pt;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)"><b>Lunch Time Talk - <a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWA10d07c2b-2d5e-0ec4-6372-411081118534" title="https://www.hps.pitt.edu/people/sandra-mitchell" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.hps.pitt.edu/people/sandra-mitchell" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank"> </a>Atoosa Kasirzadeh</b></span></h2><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:2pt;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)"><b>Friday, January 23 @ 12:00 EST </b></span></h2><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:2pt;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)">Join us in person in room 1117 on the 11th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. </span></h2><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Title: How should we think about AI risk?</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Abstract:</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr">As artificial intelligence (AI) systems become increasingly integrated into the fabric of society, the discourse regarding their risks has fractured into two primary camps: AI Ethics and AI Safety. The former is perceived to focus on immediate societal harms (such as algorithmic bias and transparency), while the latter is perceived to concentrate on long-term, often existential risks from artificial superintelligence. This dichotomy has created a conceptual and practical schism that hinders effective progress. But do these perceptions justify the dichotomy? In this talk, I argue that this dichotomy is a false choice that overlooks profound theoretical and dynamic overlaps. Building on recent work (<a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWA32edc382-dd30-23f3-2844-ff8fa60ab7f9" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-025-02301-3" title="Original URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-025-02301-3. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">Kasirzadeh, 2025</a>; <a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWAd5479499-3546-cc1c-ca23-fe7b061d16e8" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-025-01020-y" title="Original URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-025-01020-y. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">Gyevnar & Kasirzadeh, 2025</a>), I present new computational investigations that bridge these perspectives. I then discuss the ramifications of this investigation for conceptualizing and mitigating AI risks going forward.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr">This talk will be available online:  Zoom: <a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWAa8e8cc95-aeeb-9c7f-36f5-c114ea3f901c" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95838205595" title="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95838205595" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95838205595</a></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14pt;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)"><b>Lunch Time Talk - Mark Risjord</b></span></h2><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:2pt;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)"><b>Tuesday, January 27th @ 12:00 EST </b></span></h2><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:2pt;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)">Join us in person in room 1117 on the 11th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. </span></h2><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Title: Diligence and Epistemic Caution: An Impartial Account of Inductive Risk</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Abstract:</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr">The gap argument from inductive risk asserts that the uncertainty of induction entails that scientists must decide or choose whether to accept an inductive conclusion as true, and such decisions ought to take into account the costs of error.  This chapter argues that the gap argument is sound only if one makes substantial assumptions about the epistemology of inductive inference.  These assumptions are tendentious and have been rejected by many gap-free accounts of induction.  Using the HUD audit study of racial discrimination in the housing market as a case study, and combining Norton’s material theory of induction with Longino’s social epistemology and the epistemic principle of Inquisitive Due Diligence proposed by Khalifa, Millson, and Risjord, this chapter will sketch a gap-free account of induction.  This account throws new light onto the phenomenon of inductive risk, showing how scientific inquiry can (and should) be epistemically cautious when the stakes are high without giving up impartiality.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">This talk will be available  Zoom:  <a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWAf0d61753-082f-c0d5-707b-e12875196635" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/93939687549" title="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/93939687549" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank"> https://pitt.zoom.us/j/93939687549</a></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><br></div><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14pt;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)"><b>Annual Lecture Series – Felipe De Brigard</b></span></h2><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:2pt;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)"><b>Friday, January 23 @ 3:00 EST </b></span></h2><h2 style="direction:ltr;margin-top:2pt;font-family:"Aptos Display";font-size:13pt;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(24,90,189)"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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)">Attend in person in room 1008 in the Cathedral of Learning (10th Floor) </span></h2><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Title: Remembering as Inverse Causal Inference</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><b>Abstract:</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr">The causalism/simulationism debate has become central in contemporary philosophy of memory. Recently, however, I have suggested that the debate is largely ill conceived and have offered instead a particular view of memory reconstruction that, I think, can reconcile a causal and a simulationist view of remembering (De Brigard, 2023). The current paper seeks to elaborate on that suggestion by pursuing two aims. The first one is to clearly articulate why the debate between causalism and simulationism is ill conceived. The second aim is to show how the version of remembering I defend can provide an answer to the causal question that makes causation central to the nature of memory, but in a way that is different from how it features in the causalism/simulationism debate.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Can’t make it in-person? This talk will available online through the following:</b></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b> Zoom:  </b><a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWA939f3a11-ca06-64d6-0427-176e74c39a18" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95458080464" title="https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95458080464" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">https://pitt.zoom.us/j/95458080464</a> and </div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">YouTube at <a id="m_7859516787975969618gmail-OWAebdac847-53e1-03ea-2634-f90326fb6b52" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg" title="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg</a>.</div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0);direction:ltr"><br></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight: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"><br></div></div></div></div>
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