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SUMMARY:When the data cannot speak clearly: Covid-19 and minoritised group
 s - Michael Diamond-Hunter (Department of History and Philosophy of Scienc
 e)
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CONTACT:Neil Dewar
DESCRIPTION:The ramifications of Covid-19 on vulnerable populations across
  the globe continues to be documented. With respect to diverse\, socially-
 salient populations\, however\, the efforts to do so are fragmented. This 
 is due to a number of reasons – metaphysical commitments regarding socia
 lly-salient concepts\; methodological and ethical considerations for captu
 ring information regarding minoritised groups and their members\; and epis
 temological concerns regarding the quality and inter-translatability of th
 e evidence gained (and the schema used) for categorisation of these groups
 . How\, exactly\, should we proceed with attempting to deal with understan
 ding and mitigating racialised population disparities due to Covid-19 when
  both the methodology and conceptual underpinnings are lacklustre at best?
  In this paper\, I will outline an approach for dealing with the aforement
 ioned multiple concerns\, and will utilise the UK as a case-study for proo
 f of concept. I will offer a solution to the issue that relies on an instr
 umentalist understanding of race\, which provides a number of positives in
  comparison to other contemporary ontological accounts. Finally\, I will o
 ffer a some closing remarks on how philosophical work aimed at clarifying 
 socially-salient concepts can be practically helpful for future philosophi
 cal projects (metaphysics\, philosophy of language) and empirical research
  projects.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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