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SUMMARY:Philosophical issues in research funding allocation - Heather Doug
 las (University of Waterloo) and Donald Gillies (UCL)
DTSTART:20120428T120000Z
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CONTACT:Shahar Avin
DESCRIPTION:Timetable:\n\n* 1-1.30pm: Tea\n* 1.30-3pm: Talk by Prof. Heath
 er Douglas followed by discussion\n* 3-3.30pm: Tea\n* 3.30-5pm: Talk by Pr
 of. Donald Gillies followed by discussion\n\nSpeakers:\n\n*Professor Heath
 er Douglas\, University of Waterloo\, Canada*\n\nHeather Douglas\, recentl
 y appointed to the Wolfe Chair in Science and Society at the University of
  Waterloo\, Ontario\, is the author of the influential book _Science\, Pol
 icy\, and the Value-Free Ideal_ which explores the necessary role of value
 s in scientific practice and in science-policy relations. Prof Douglas foc
 uses on the proper understanding of science given its important role in pu
 blic policy.  She has particular interests in the role of values in scient
 ific reasoning\, the epistemic constraints that could help us weigh comple
 x sets of evidence\, the history of philosophy of science in the 20th cent
 ury\, and how to theorise science as a process embedded in society.\n\n*Pr
 ofessor Donald Gillies\, University College London\, UK*\n\nDonald Gillies
  is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Science and Mathematics at Univ
 ersity College London. In his recent book _How Should Research be Organise
 d?_ Prof Gillies has applied results from the history and philosophy of sc
 ience to the problem of assessing the research assessment exercise (RAE). 
 The conclusion reached is that the RAE is likely to make the research outp
 ut of the UK worse rather than better. Prof Gillies began graduate studies
  in 1966 in Professor Sir Karl Popper's department at the London School of
  Economics\, and he completed his PhD on the Foundations of Probability in
  1970 with Professor Imre Lakatos as his supervisor.  His main research ar
 eas have been philosophy of science\, particularly foundations of probabil
 ity\, and philosophy of logic and mathematics. Since 1990 he has been rese
 arching into the interactions between artificial intelligence and various 
 branches of philosophy\, including logic\, scientific method\, probability
  and causality. Around 2000 he became interested in how philosophy of scie
 nce applies to medicine.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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