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SUMMARY:On reasonable doubt - Marion Vorms (Birkbeck\, University of Londo
 n)
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CONTACT:Marta Halina
DESCRIPTION:Jurors in criminal trials are instructed to bring a verdict of
  'guilty' if and only if they estimate that guilt has been proven _beyond 
 a reasonable doubt_ (BARD). This standard of proof raises intriguing epist
 emological and psychological issues\, in addition to judicial ones. In thi
 s talk\, I will take the juror's situation as a model for everyday reasone
 r and decision-maker\, and try to extend the notion of reasonable doubt as
  a norm of reasoning and decision-making under uncertainty more generally.
  One important\, and hard question\, is how to draw a clear boundary betwe
 en reasonable\, and unreasonable doubts. After proposing a basic decision-
 theoretic account of 'reasonable doubt'\, I will challenge it on several g
 rounds\, which will lead me to clarify the picture of belief states and dy
 namics we need in order to account for this notion.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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