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Dear ISHers,

Here is the list of this week announcements:
1- ISHPSSB 2025 in Porto: 7 days left to apply
2- ISHPSSB social media - Call for volunteers
3- Call for papers
4- Talk announcement

Have a good day,
Lucie


*1- ISHPSSB 2025 in Porto: 7 days left to apply*
*The deadline for application to ISH 2025 in Porto *is approaching
fast: *November
1st. 7 days left*. All the information you need is on the dedicated
website: https://ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/
<https://ishpssb2025.icbas.up.pt/>
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*2- ISHPSSB social media - Call for volunteers*
We are *still* searching for
a volunteer to take over the role of communication on social media, which
has been handled by Sophie for several years.
Please contact us if you are interested.

*3- Call for Papers - Evidence-Based Medicine Reconsidered - University of
Pittsburgh - Deadline Nov. 17*

*Evidence-Based Medicine Reconsidered*

*Conference Dates: April 5-6th, 2025*

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA


Senior Visiting Fellow Conference by Carl Hoefer

The evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement began in the 1980s, reached its
peak perhaps in the 1990s, and has since then enjoyed the status of
orthodoxy, despite many criticisms being raised among medical practitioners
and researchers. Philosophers of medicine have frequently criticized EBM’s
hierarchies and rigid precepts, especially the “gold standard” status of
randomized controlled trials (RCTs). A pluralistic approach to evidence in
medicine has been increasingly popular in recent years, in which
mechanistic evidence and reasoning, observational studies of many kinds and
RCTs are assessed for value on a case-by-case basis. But does this trend
away from the EBM hierarchy go too far and risk the reintroduction of the
same biased, motivated evidence-gathering practices that originally
motivated the EBM movement? What light can recent experiences in medicine
and public health (e.g., during the covid-19 pandemic) shed on these issues?



Visit the website for the most up-to- date information and registration:
https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/evidence-based-medicine-reconsidered/

*Call for Abstracts*

We invite papers which address topics related to evidence in medicine,
broadly speaking. These include, but are not limited to:

   - Defenses (or criticisms) of the supposed superiority of RCTs over
   observational studies, mechanistic studies, modeling, and individual
   clinical judgment;
   - Discussions of lessons that philosophy of medicine or EBM can learn
   from recent experiences;
   - Papers offering theoretical discussions of procedures for integrating
   and evaluating evidence from different sources;
   - The merits and limitations of emerging kinds of medical evidence, such
   as adaptive trials, so-called real-world evidence, precision or
   personalized medicine research, and big data research
   - Evidence in diverse contexts, such as clinical practice, alternative
   healthcare, drug or device regulation, public health, and health policy.



*Abstracts should be between 500-800 words long and should be sent by
November 17th to:* [log in to unmask]

*4- Talk: Nov. 22 - Melanie Mitchell - AI’s Challenge of Understanding the
World*
The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh
invites you to join us for our 65th Annual Lecture Series Talk. The lecture
will be held in room 1008 in the Cathedral of Learning (10th Floor) at
3:30pm EDT.  If you can't join us in person  please visit our live stream
on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg.

*Melanie Mitchell*
Santa Fe Institute

Friday, November 22nd  @ 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm EDT

Title: AI’s Challenge of Understanding the World
Abstract:
I will survey a debate in the artificial intelligence (AI) research
community on the extent to which current AI systems can be said to
“understand” language and the physical and social situations language
encodes. I will describe arguments that have been made for and against such
understanding, hypothesize about what humanlike understanding entails, and
discuss what methods can be used to fairly evaluate understanding in AI
systems.
*A reception with light refreshments will follow each Talk in The Center on
the 11th floor from 5-6pm.*


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