Trust Science?
A Conversation With Jeffrey McDonough

12.00–1.30pm | Friday, October 31
Elm Library, 31 Whitney Avenue

We are often told that we should trust science. Why might we be wary of scientific authority? What reasons might we have for following the conclusions of science? Can we recognize scientific expertise without being experts ourselves?

Jeffrey McDonough is Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University.

This event is open to all members of the Yale community. Lunch will be served.

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Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes scepticism a virtue.

—Robert Merton, Social Theory and Social Structures