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Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS) Inaugural Conference (Durham University, Friday 18 October 2013)

posted on February 26, 2025

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Research Summary: CHESS Inaugural Conference

Event Type: Academic Conference on Humanities Engaging Science and Society
Date & Location: Friday 18 October 2013, Senate Room, University College, Durham University, 1:30pm–6:15pm
Key Topics: Irresoluble Uncertainty; Measuring Poverty and Inequality for Policy; Directions of Fit and Varieties of Justification
Featured Speakers: Prof. Philip Kitcher (Columbia), Prof. Angus Deaton (Princeton), Baroness Onora O'Neill (Cambridge)
Organizers: Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS), Durham University; Directors Prof. Nancy Cartwright & Prof. Julian Reiss
Additional Information: Drinks reception following presentations; contact Centre Administrator to confirm attendance

Centre for Humanities Engaging Science and Society (CHESS)
Inaugural Conference
Friday 18 October 2013
Senate Room, University College, Durham University
1:30pm – 6.15 followed by a drinks reception

Prof. Nancy Cartwright & Prof. Julian Reiss
Introductions
CHESS Directors, Durham University

Prof. Philip Kitcher
Irresoluble Uncertainty
Department of Philosophy, Columbia University

Prof. Angus Deaton
Measuring Poverty and Inequality for Global and National Policy
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Economics Department, Princeton University

Baroness Onora O’Neill
Directions of Fit and Varieties of Justification
Faculty of Philosophy, Cambridge University

Please contact the Centre Administrator to confirm attendance and visit our web site for more information.

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