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SUMMARY:What is evidence? - Matt Penfold (Department of History and Philos
 ophy of Science)
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CONTACT:Toby Bryant
DESCRIPTION:The positions of the planets\, ancient human writings\, and bu
 s queuing behaviour are all instances of evidence. (So are spotty tongues\
 , hygrometer readouts\, and fresh dung.) What unites them? Is it the relat
 ions each have to something else\; to claims\, perspectives\, or theories?
  Is it how we use them?  Can they really all be the same thing? The focus 
 of our discussion will be on the enormous variety of things ordinarily cla
 ssed as evidence\, how to even begin thinking about the question of what e
 vidence is\, and what a general theory might hope to achieve.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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