Dear all The first CamPoS seminar of Michaelmas term will be given by Professor Miriam Solomon <https://sites.temple.edu/miriamsolomon/ <https://sites.temple.edu/miriamsolomon/>>, Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at Temple University. Details as follows:
Time: Wednesday 23 October, 1-2:30pm Place: Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science (Free School Lane, CB2 3RH) Title: On validators for psychiatric categories Abstract: The concept of a validator for a psychiatric category developed in the second half of the 20th century and is still in use. Surprisingly, the term ‘validator’ has never been explicitly defined in the psychiatric literature. Moreover, although lists of different kinds of validators have often been stated, there has been no explicit discussion in the literature about how different kinds of validator evidence should be aggregated in a decision about how to create, revise or remove a psychiatric category. The goal of this paper is to trace the development of the concept of a psychiatric validator, showing how our understanding has changed over time. With this in mind, I evaluate possible recommendations for aggregating validator evidence. Full information about the talk is here: https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/132094 <https://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/132094> The term card for Michaelmas 2019 is as follows: 23 October Miriam Solomon (Temple University) On validators for psychiatric categories 30 October Henry Shevlin (Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence) Theories of consciousness and animal minds: a modest theoretical proposal 6 November Sahanika Ratnayake (Philosophy, Cambridge) Title TBA 13 November Wesley Buckwalter (University of Manchester) The replication crisis and philosophy 20 November Enno Fischer (Leibniz Universität Hannover) Actual causation 27 November Bryan W. Roberts (LSE) The good news about killing people 4 December Jonathan Birch (LSE) The search for invertebrate consciousness All details for CamPoS are available at https://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/seminars-reading-groups/campos <https://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/seminars-reading-groups/campos> You can also follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CamPhilSci <https://twitter.com/CamPhilSci> All are welcome. All the best Matt Dr Matt Farr • Teaching Associate in Philosophy of Science University of Cambridge • Department of History & Philosophy of Science Free School Lane | Cambridge | CB2 3RH w mattfarr.co.uk <http://www.mattfarr.co.uk/> | e mw...@cam.ac.uk <mailto:mw...@cam.ac.uk> | t 01223334559 _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/pipermail/phil-events/ Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
