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21 October 2025 - 21 October 2025
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Online
Free
The Measurement Lab's monthly online reading group. Each paper will have an author's/commentator’s introduction, and have group discussion.
This is an interdisciplinary online reading group that meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month from 15:30 - 17:00 (BST/GMT). The group will meet on the following dates: 21 Oct, 18 Nov, 16 Dec, 20 Jan, 17 Feb, 21 Apr, 19 May.
We will look at work that engages with scientific, medical, and social measuring practices of the past and present in a way that questions the meaning and desirability of fundamental notions in philosophy of measurement (e.g., validity, standardization, quantification, precision, sensitivity/specificity). Philosophers, historians, sociologists, anthropologists, human geographers, literary scholars, scientists, medical providers, humans—all are welcome: If you have ever found it difficult to tease apart where epistemology ends and ethics begins when it comes to measurement, come join in.
17 February 2026 - 17 February 2026