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SUMMARY:What can Covid modelling during the pandemic teach us about public
  participation in science? - Eric Winsberg (University of South Florida)
DTSTART:20230202T153000Z
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CONTACT:Jacob Stegenga
DESCRIPTION:Values play an ineliminable role in science whenever scientist
 s endorse factual claims. They also become entwined with science whenever 
 scientists build models. Scientists\, however\, do not always hold a range
  of values that canvasses the whole spectrum of values held by the public.
  The goal of this talk is to open a discussion of what to do about this si
 tuation\, through the lens of recent history: the role of modelling in the
  Covid-19 pandemic. I start by articulating a framework for understanding 
 the role of values in science that distinguishes the endorsement of facts 
 from the building of representational tools like models. I then use that f
 ramework to discuss the famous Imperial College of London model: Covidsim.
  I then discuss three recent proposals for how scientists\, engaged with p
 ublic policy questions\, ought to manage values and I argue that recent hi
 story shows how two such proposals are bound to miss the mark. I also show
  the enormous challenges that the third proposal\, the one that calls for 
 a role for public participation in science\, will have to surmount if it i
 s going to be successful.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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