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ALS: Doreen Fraser

1008 Cathedral of Learning 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Title: “The field framework in physics (and beyond)” Abstract: Over the past century, analogies between particle physics and condensed matter physics have successfully guided theoretical developments in both domains. Prominent […]

ALS: Quayshawn Spencer

1008 Cathedral of Learning 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Title: A Metaphysical Mapping Problem for Race Theorists and Human Population Geneticists Abstract. In this talk, I identify and clarify a mapping phenomenon that’s almost twenty years old. The phenomenon […]

ALS: J. Bickle

1008 Cathedral of Learning 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Title: Heterodox scientists: A sliver of hope for our increasingly conformist times? Abstract: Nowadays we all face tremendous pressures to conform to domineering narratives. This holds for science as much […]

ALS: Derek Angus

1008 Cathedral of Learning 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Title: The RCT is dead.  Long live the RCT. Abstract: First introduced in the 1940s, the randomized clinical trial, or RCT, revolutionized medicine. Today, all new therapies must show efficacy […]

ALS: Holly Andersen

1008 Cathedral of Learning 4200 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Friday 3/24 3:30PM - 5:30PM CL 1008 Title: Starting Points in Ohio: A pragmatist account of the asymmetry of explanation Abstract: Recent discussions around explanation have concerned the issue of […]