Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Symposium Series: Feminist Philosphy and...

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Feminist Philosphy and Bias

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lichthof in the Main Building, Unter den Linden 6 Thursday 25th August 2011 12.45 – 13.00 Coffee 13.00 – 13.15 Welcome (Mari Mikkola, HU Berlin) 13.15 – 14.45 Louise Antony (University of Massachusetts, Amherts) “Different Voices or Perfect Storm? Explaining the Dearth of Women In Philosophy” 14.45 – 15.45 Peter Kirwan (University of California, Irvine) “Implicit Bias: Mapping the Dark Matter of Social Psychology” 15.45 – 16.15 Coffee 16.15 – 17.15 Catherine Hundleby (University of Windsor) “Bias and Fallacies of Argumentation: The Case of Androcentrism” 17.15 – 18.15 Matthew Drabek (University of Iowa) “A Model of Feedback Bias in the Social Sciences” 18.30 - Reception (R3103 – free and open to all participants) Friday 26th August 2011 9.45 – 10.00 Coffee 10.00 – 11.00 Heidi Lockwood (Southern Connecticut State University) “Why does Diversity Matter in the Academy” 11.00 – 12.30 Jennifer Saul (University of Sheffield) “Formal Equality of Opportunity and Affirmative Action” 12.30 – 14.30 Lunch (own arrangements + coffee at the conference venue 14.15 – 14.30) 14.30 – 15.30 Kristen Intemann (Montana State University) & Inmaculada de Melo‐Martín (Weill Cornell Medical College) “Bias and the Commercialization of Scientific Research: Can a Feminist Conception of Impartiality Help?” 15.30 – 16.30 Susanne Pohlmann (Freie Universität Berlin) “Accountability and Underpinning Attitudes of Biased Beliefs” 16.30 – 17.15 End discussion