From Reasonable Doubt to Undue Scepticism​
Interdisciplinary conference
London, 4-6 May 2017
Organisers:
Marion Vorms & Ulrike Hahn
(Birkbeck College, London)
Thursday, May 4th
​9h00 - 9h20
Registration​
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9h20 - 9h45
Opening (Marion Vorms)
Chair: Ulrike Hahn
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9h45 - 10h45
Paul Roberts, "Epistemic standards In English Criminal Jurisprudence"
Respondent: Ulrike Hahn
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10h45-11h15
Coffee break
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Chair: Marion Vorms
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11h15-12h15
Larry Laudan, "Law as Inquiry: A Lack of Epistemic Foundations?"
Respondent: Marion Vorms
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12h15-12h45
Teresa Bravo, "Reasonable Doubt, Presumption of Innocence and Standard of Proof: How Does Criminal Law' "Holy Trinity" Impacts International Adjudication?"
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12h45-14h
Lunch break
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Chair: Isabelle Drouet
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14h-14h30
Marcello Di Bello, "A Two-Dimensional Theory of Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt"
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14h30 - 15h
Cosim Sayid & Yuval Abrams, "Reconstructing Reasonable Doubt"
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15h - 15h30
Clayton Littlejohn, "Crime and Punishment (and Evidence)"
Presentation here (soon)
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15h30 - 16h
Coffee break
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Chair: Adam Harris
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16h - 17h
Stephan Lewandowsky, "From Reasonable Doubt to Undue Skepticism and Demagoguery: The Age of "Post-Truth" Politics"
Respondent: Adam Harris
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17h15 - 18h45
Wine reception
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Chair: David Lagnado
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9h15 - 9h45
Thomas Raleigh, "Reasonable Agnosticism"
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9h45 - 10h45
Dan Simon, "Evidence Integration and Reasonable Doubt"
Respondent: David Lagnado
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10h45 - 11h15
Coffee Break
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Chair: Isabelle Drouet
11h15 - 11h45
Leah Henderson, "How to Deal with Unreliable Witnesses"
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11h45 - 12h45
Karen Douglas, "Secrets and Lies: The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories"
Respondent: Isabelle Drouet
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12h45 - 14h
Lunch break
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Chair: Adam Harris
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14h - 14h30
Mandeep Dhami, Samantha Lundrigan, & Katrin Mueller-Johnson, "Evidence-Based Policies for Communicating the Reasonable Doubt Standard"
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14h30 - 17h
The "practitioners'" roundtable (description here)
Chairs: Ulrike Hahn & Marion Vorms
Participants: Alexandra Marks (short vitae here), Chris Rapley (short vitae here), Tom Sheldon (short vitae here), David James Smith (short vitae here).
Moderator: Stephen John (short vitae here)
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Chair: Roman Frigg
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10h - 11h
Branden Fitelson & Julien Dutant, "Knowledge-Centred Epistemic Consequentialism"
Respondent: Roman Frigg
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11h - 11h30
Coffee break
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Chair: Isabelle Drouet
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11h30 - 12h
John Lambie, "Question Everything: Critical Open-mindedness and Reasonable Doubt"
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12h - 12h30
Liat Levanon, "Statistical Evidence and Epistemic Anxiety"
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12h30 - 13h30
Closing (Ulrike Hahn)
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