Dear ISHers, Please find attached the latest ISHPSSB newsletter. You can also find it online here: https://www.ishpssb.org/news/newsletters/305-newsletter-volume-35-no-1-issue-66-aug-2024 And I am also forwarding 2 lecture announcements. Best regards, Lucie The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our 65th Annual Lecture Series Talk. Attend in person in room 1008 in the Cathedral of Learning (10th Floor) or visit our live stream on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg. The Annual Lecture Series, the Center’s oldest program, was established in 1960, the year when Adolf Grünbaum founded the Center. Each year the series consists of six to eight lectures, about three quarters of which are given by philosophers, historians, and scientists from other universities. *ALS – **Thomas Ryckman* Friday, September 27 @ 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm EDT *Title: Niels Bohr: Transcendental Physicist* *Abstract:* While it would be unwarranted to label Bohr as “neo-Kantian” or indeed adherent of any philosophical school, his understanding of quantum theory crucially employs an intricate transcendental argument. Bohr deemed the quantum postulate, or “wholeness” of interaction between agency of measurement and atomic system, to call into question a core epistemological distinction between subject and object familiar in the concept of ‘observation’ from everyday life and classical physics. Re-conceptualizing that distinction led to redefinition of the term ‘phenomenon’, a corresponding non-representationalist account of the wave function, and to situating the notion of objectivity within “conditions of the possibility of unambiguous communication”. Zoom at https://pitt.zoom.us/s/99943669767 YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg. The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our upcoming lecture. This lecture will be live streamed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg or you can join with Zoom at https://pitt.zoom.us/s/94500243796. Featured Former Fellow* – * *Soazig Le Bihan* September 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT *Title:* *How to Secure Public Trust in Value-Laden Science – A Fiduciary Model.* *Abstract:* Many philosophers of science agree that science cannot, and in some contexts should not, be value-free. Values, whether epistemic or not, influence scientific practices in multiple ways (See Elliott 2022 and references therein). One worry is that value influence undermines public trust (Bright 2018, Lusk 2021). Public trust in value-laden science may not be warranted unless the values involved align with the public’s. The question is thus: how to conceive of value influence so as to ensure public trust in value-laden science? One proposed remedy to this conundrum is to require that scientists appeal to democratic values (Kourany 2010, Inteman 2015, Elliott 2017, Schroeder 2021, 2022 Lusk 2021). Democratic processes, after all, are a well-worn legitimization tool for authority. However, I argued that this strategy faces serious challenges, including the problems of marginalization and polarization (Le Bihan, 2023). In this talk, I offer an alternative model—The Fiduciary Model. I propose to import some of the concepts from Fiduciary Political Theory (FPT) to the field of Science and Values. FPT advocates defend a fiduciary model of government authority (Leib and Galoob 2016, Criddle at al. 2018, Galoob and Leib 2018). I argue that a fiduciary model of value-laden science could warrantee public trust. This talk is online-only. Follow along via Zoom: https://pitt.zoom.us/s/94500243796 It will also be live streamed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg. *Get to Know the Former Fellow:* *Where are you now?* University of Montana *What are you working on?* A book! *Problems and Possibilities, A Pragmatic View of Scientific Understanding. * *Favorite memory of The Center?* The weekly reading group and banana bread ? *Greatest non-professional achievement since leaving the Center (can be anything from running a marathon to organizing your sock drawer!)?* I helped building a 6-foot fence all around an exotic animal sanctuary so that the sanctuary could abide by new regulations from the USDA. *Best book/movie/tv you’ve seen lately?* *Everything Everywhere All at Once. *And also: *The Boy and the Heron*