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A Cross-Disciplinary Look at Scientific Truth: What’s the Law to Do? Friday, March 2, 2007 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by The Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition, The Center for Health, Science and Public Policy, and the Brooklyn Law Review
Since the United States Supreme Court’s 1993 decision in Daubert v. Dow Merrill Pharmaceuticals Corp., numerous complex questions have been raised concerning the law’s treatment of scientific evidence. In Daubert, the Court held that experts could not testify unless they relied on reliable and relevant data, and instructed the courts to look at such factors as whether the expert’s theory can be tested; whether the underlying studies were published and subjected to peer review; whether there are known rates of error; whether the data are sufficient; whether the methods used are generally accepted in the field; and whether they have been reliably applied in the particular case. This symposium will consider if and how this inquiry relates to “truth” and whose view of the truth should prevail. The participants come from a host of fields, including philosophy, sociology, history, epidemiology, psychology, and law. They will explore how different disciplines conceptualize truth, and to what extent their conceptualizations incorporate such goals as justice and/or better public health. Symposium Organizers Brooklyn Law School professors Margaret A. Berger, Suzanne J. & Norman Miles Professor of Law, and Lawrence M. Solan, Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, organized this symposium.
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