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DESCRIPTION:Cycle de conférences Jarislowsky sur la nature humaine et la te
 chnologie\n\n« Science: The Intellectual Leviathan »\n\nRegina Rini (Unive
 rsité York)\n\n18 octobre 2024\n	15 h 30 – 17 h 30\n	Lieu : Salle de bal\, T
 homson House\n\nRésumé\n\n« We live in a time of science-denial. From the 
 realities of covid-19 to climate change\, childhood vaccines and even the 
 shape of the earth\, many people now seem to actively reject the authority
  of scientific experts. Philosophers bemoan populist ignorance\, but I wil
 l argue that this response evades the fundamentally rational core of scien
 ce-denial. I will show that modern specialized sciences have a Hobbesian e
 pistemic structure\, one that makes resentment of scientific elites both p
 redictable and (partly) rational. Modern sciences are so specialized that 
 they force non-experts into a deep form of epistemic dependence\, such tha
 t experts play the Hobbesian role of Leviathan\, with unquestionable autho
 rity over certain epistemic norms. This parallel to political theory helps
  us see the tragic dilemma built into the reception of science in democrat
 ic societies. In politics\, we both resent and reject unquestionable Hobbe
 sian authority. In science\, we cannot reject it\, as much as we might wan
 t. What remains is a rational residue of resentment\, directed against the
  democratic inequality of scientific expertise. Failing to acknowledge the
  rationality of this resentment has left us poorly equipped to respond per
 suasively to science-denial. »\n
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LOCATION:salle 927\, Pavillon Leacock\, CA\, QC\, Montréal\, H3A 2T7\, 855\
 , rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Cycle de conférences Jarislowsky : Regina Rini (Université York)\, 
 « Science: The Intellectual Leviathan »
URL:/jarislowsky-chair/fr/channels/event/cycle-de-conf
 erences-jarislowsky-regina-rini-universite-york-science-intellectual-levia
 than-356764
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