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<div style="text-align:left">I’m happy to announce the first event in our Philosophy Speaker Series for the fall. This talk is open to the public, and a recording will be posted on Youtube. </div>
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<div style="text-align:center"><font size="5">"Understanding and Measurement: The Case of Segregation Indices”</font></div>
<div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">Kareem Khalifa (UCLA)</font></div>
<div style="text-align:center">Friday, September 13, 3:30-5pm</div>
<div style="text-align:center">COB1 267</div>
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<div style="text-align:left">When scientists develop new ways of measuring a phenomenon, they frequently improve their understanding of that phenomenon. Despite this, little philosophical attention has been devoted to the intersection of understanding and the
epistemology of measurement. In this paper, I argue that even the theories of understanding that (initially) appear among the least likely to afford insights into measurement—namely those that claim understanding requires explanation—illuminate how new measurement
techniques improve understanding. Using the refinement of segregation indices in the late 1980s, I suggest four ways that measurement improves explanatory understanding. I conclude with further suggestions as to how the philosophical literatures on understanding
and measurement might mutually benefit each other. </div>
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<div>Dan Hicks</div>
<div>Associate Professor and Chair</div>
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<div>University of California, Merced</div>
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