Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: How Evidential Pluralism mitigates epistemic injustice in evidence-based evaluation.
| Dates: | 14 April 2025 |
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| Times: | 15:00 - 16:30 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| How much: | Free |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Alexandra Trofimov |
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How Evidential Pluralism mitigates epistemic injustice in evidence-based evaluation.
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how Evidential Pluralism, an emerging account of the epistemology of causality, can help to avoid epistemic injustice in evidence-based evaluation. This, in turn, supports the adoption of Evidential Pluralism as a new methodology for evaluation. By prioritising certain kinds of evidence and devaluing or excluding other kinds of evidence, orthodox evidence-based approaches can lead to epistemic injustice. In contrast, by advocating a more inclusive approach to evidence, Evidential Pluralism is able to avoid the epistemic injustices committed by orthodox evidence-based approaches. These arguments are supported by consideration of three case studies concerning Covid-19 public face mask mandates, global value chains for development and consent to participate in non-pharmaceutical interventions.
All welcome! Please register for a meeting link from the MOSEP webpage (under More Information).
Speaker
Alexandra Trofimov
Role: Research Associate
Organisation: University of Manchester
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