Lecture: Numbers in the Court of Law
Date/Time: | Friday, 11 Sep 2009 at 7:30 pm |
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Location: | Campanile Room, Memorial Union |
Cost: | Free |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
Categories: | Lectures |
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A full schedule of events is available at [utl=http://www.las.iastate.edu/50th/thenumbe...orkshop>
Featured lectures include:
Proving Causation: The Holism of Warrant and the Atomism of Daubert - Susan Haack
4:00 p.m., Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Susan Haack is a noted expert on the philosophy of mathematics and the use of numbers,. She is the Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences and a professor of philosophy and law at the University of Miami.
A Subjective Bayesian in Court - Joseph B. Kadane
4:45 p.m. , Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Joseph Kadane is an authority on legal statistics. The Leonard J. Savage University Professor of Statistics, Emeritus, at Carnegie Mellon University, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
A dessert reception will precede the evening event at 7:00 p.m. in the Campanile Room. The workshop is free and open to the public, but registration is encouraged.