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Knowledge, Science and Society

May 11-12, 2024 | UC San Diego | Arts and Humanities Building | Room 426

Knowledge, Science, and Society is a conference on the normative dimensions of scientific knowledge production that aims to encourage collaboration between philosophers of science and epistemologists on questions that are central to socially responsible science.

For example: What kinds of social environments are conducive to producing knowledge? How should scientific experts communicate about science to the general public? What counts as enough evidence for accepting a theory or claim, and can this vary depending on what is morally or practically at stake?

Agenda

AGENDA

Saturday, May 11, 2024

  • 8:00am: Coffee and light breakfast
  • 8:45am: Opening remarks
  • 9:00-10:45am:
    • Matthew Brown, Reconfiguring the Science-Society Interface: From Trust in Science to Policy as Inquiry
    • Matthew Marzec, Trusting Experts Well
  • 10:45-11:00am: Break
  • 11:00-12:45pm:
    • Rebecca Korf and Christian Torsell, Transparency as a Social Norm in Science
    • Jesse Hamilton, Public Reason and Values in Science: Theoretical Challenges and Solutions
  • 12:45-1:45pm: Lunch
  • 1:45-3:30pm: 
    • Dan Hicks and Emilio Lobato, Developing a Values in Science Scale (VISS)
    • Lei Niu, Science Communication and Epistemic Indifference
  • 3:30-4:00pm: Break
  • 4:30-6:00pm:
    • Keynote Talk: Jevin West, Misinformation In and About Science

 

Sunday, May 12, 2024


  • 8:30am: Coffee and light breakfast available
  • 9:00-10:45am:
    • Allison Jinkins, Motivated Reasoning and Scientific Evidence
    • Corey Dethier and Samuel Fletcher, Consistent Estimators and the Argument from Inductive Risk
  • 10:45-11:00am: Break
  • 11:00-12:45pm:
    • Filippo Riscica Lizzio and Mason A. Porter, The Effects of Network Structures on the Hegselmann-Krause Model of Opinion Dynamics with Truth-Seekers
    • Boaz Miller, Knowledge-Based Consensus—Evaluating Process or Outcomes? Why Not Both?
  • 12:45-2:00pm: Lunch
  • 2:00-3:30pm:
    • Keynote Talk: Sherrilyn Roush, Epistemic Purism, Total Evidence, and ‘Scientific’ Policing

Directions

 

  • LOCATION: The conference will be held on the fourth floor of the Arts and Humanities building in room 0426.The Arts and Humanities building is part of the Ridge Walk Academic Complex (RWAC) in the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood in Sixth College.

 

  • BUILDING ADDRESS:
    • The above address goes to the Sixth College building, near Sixth Market, and the corner of Scholars Drive North and Muir College Drive. To get to the Arts and Humanities Building from this location, walk up the stairs (passing by Sixth Market) and straight across the large lawn, towards the large building straight back.

Parking and Transportation

Parking

The closest parking to the Arts and Humanities Building is in the Scholars Parking Structure, the underground parking garage desginated as the "Scholars Parking - North Entrance" on the UC San Diego campus map. The entrance to the parking garage is on the corner of Scholars Drive North and Muir College Drive.

 

 

This parking garage includes spaces for visitors, staff and students. Permits are required for parking and details can be found on the campus transportation website. Once in the parking garage, the Arts and Humanities Building can be accessed by walking up the stairs or taking elevators in the parking garage labeled "Arts and Humanities." 



Entrance to the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood Parking Garage
Entrance to Scholars Parking Structure

 

Public Transit

 Several mass transit routes serve the campus and surrounding area. In 2021, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System opened the trolley route called the UC San Diego Blue Line, with a station at UC San Diego, extending trolley access from the Mexico border to campus. UC San Diego offers different programs that provide discounted transit access for faculty, staff and students.

 

Contact

For immediate inquiries, please email ahnews@ucsd.edu