Dear All,
Carlo Martini from the Tilburg Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science will be presenting at the HPS Research Seminar on the 9th August 2010 from 6pm in room 450 (the Science Meeting Room) Carslaw Building: TITLE: Expert Judgment as a Methodological Problem in Economics ABSTRACT: Economic methodology is, at present, mostly concerned with the development and refinement of economic models. The almost unchallenged paradigm is that economic models are the basic source of knowledge of economic phenomena. Several examples, however, show that the precision and quality of predictive knowledge that can be derived from economic models is limited. In this paper I start from the paradigm of economics as an inexact science to argue that the role and judgment of experts is essential in the production of economic knowledge applicable to policy making. The limitations and biases that characterize expert judgment, nonetheless, suggest that one of the focuses of economic methodology should be in the enhancement and amelioration of expert judgment, and in particular of collective expert judgment. And of course all are very welcome. Regards Debbie Castle | Administration Assistant Unit for History and Philosophy of Science Faculty of Science THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm No. 441 Carslaw Building, F07 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 4226| F +61 2 9351 4846 | e [email protected] | W <http://sydney.edu.au/> http://sydney.edu.au/hps Office Hours: 9am - 4.30pm: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. Please think of our environment and only print this e-mail if necessary.
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