| Philosophy
Conferences at UC Riverside
University of California,
Riverside
14th Annual Philosophy
Conference
Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room
1500
RISK, SCIENCE, AND THE LAW
The Department of Philosophy
at the University of California, Riverside
is pleased to announce a conference, “Risk,
Science, and the Law”, to be held on the UCR
campus, January 12, 2007. The conference commemorates
the publication of Professor Carl
F. Cranor's
book, Toxic Torts: Science,
Law, and the Possibility of Justice.
Toxic Torts complements Cranor’s
earlier publication, Regulating
Toxic Substances: A Philosophy of Science and
the Law. The papers
in this conference will focus on the themes
that are raised in this important body of
work.
Toxic Torts is an original study of the social
and philosophical issues raised by the increasing
judicial review of scientific evidence in tort
or personal injury law. Without suitable norms
for the legal review and admission of scientific
testimony, the law will be unable effectively
to correct wrongs inflicted on citizens by the
proliferation of toxic products. And yet courts
are often unprepared to carry out this task
because of mistaken conceptions of scientific
reasoning and evidence. Among other things,
the new book attempts to clarify these problems
and to contribute to their solution.
Speakers:
Joe Shelby Cecil
Project Director, Division of Research,
Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C.
Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
Kenan Professor of Philosophy, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Douglas Maclean
Professor of Philosophy, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kristin Shrader-Frechette
O’Neill Family Professor, Philosophy and
Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
Moderators:
David Eastmond
Professor of Cell Biology &
Toxicologist, University of California, Riverside
Dale Jamieson
Professor of Environmental
Studies and Philosophy, Affiliated Professor
of Law, New York University
Andrew Light
Associate Professor of Philosophy
and Public Affairs, Adjunct Professor of Geography
and Public Health Genetics, University of Washington
David Strauss
Research Analyst for the
Center for Naval Analyses
The schedule and title of the talks are to
be announced. All talks will be held in HMNSS
1500.
For information, contact:
Janet Mauren (951) 827-5209
Kathy Saylor (951) 827-6343
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