Manchester Online Seminars on Evidential Pluralism: Combining evidence for establishing causality.
| Dates: | 23 February 2026 |
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| Times: | 15:00 - 16:30 |
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| What is it: | Talk |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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| Who is it for: | External researchers |
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| Speaker: | Rani Lilli Anjum |
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Medicine and health science relies on a variety of methods, but do they establish the same thing? It is not uncommon that the available evidence points in different directions with respect to causality. In the standard evidence hierarchy, the priority in case of conflicting evidence is clear. In this presentation, I will argue that the different methods provide some indication of causality, but that none of them are perfect for the task. I will also indicate how different types of qualitative and quantitative evidence can be combined to fill in each other’s blind spots. The argument presented is based on collaborative work with Elena Rocca and Stephen Mumford, and work done in the CauseHealth project.
All welcome! Please register for a meeting link from the MOSEP webpage (under More Information).
Speaker
Rani Lilli Anjum
Organisation: Norwegian University if Life Sciences
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