Taking recent discussions of “Copernican Forecasting” as a point of departure, this talk will look to historical and probabilistic arguments representing science in terms of ongoing demonstrations of the increasingly marginal position of humanity. A sketch of some of the genealogies of these arguments and their representations suggest how ill-fitting they might be when set against varying historical conceptions of centrality, probability, and forecasting.
Nasser Zakariya is an Associate Professor in the Department of Rhetoric at UC Berkeley. His doctorate is in history of science, with a secondary field in Film and Visual Studies. His research interests concern science and narrative, as well as varied topics in the history and philosophy of science. He has taught and held research fellowships at a number of institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and New York University Tandon School of Engineering (formerly Polytechnic Institute of NYU).
Date | Time
November 17, 2021 | 12:15 – 1:30 PM [PST]
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