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Regina Rini: The Trauma Echo: Science and Public Uncertainty in the Data Century

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Date
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Time
5-6:30 p.m.
Description
Just over a century ago, many western intellectuals believed they were on precipice of a completed scientific picture of the world, one which would banish ignorance forever. Then it all came undone; revolutions in physics, psychology, and even mathematics pulled the foundations out from under the edifice of scientific certainty, radiating disorder from the laboratory to popular culture and political life. Looking back at that era of epistemic crisis, particularly to the response of philosopher J
Cost
Free

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