Should we trust the numbers?
A workshop on philosophy, mathematics and statistics
in the Court of Law
Friday, September 11, 2009
Campanile Room, Memorial Union
A one-day gathering of mathematical, statistical, philosophical and legal minds at Iowa State University will delve into whether we can—or should—count on numbers in a court of law.
Schedule
1:45 p.m. Onsite Registration
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
Afternoon Session I, Chair: Joseph Kupfer
Introductory Remarks - Wolfgang Kliemann
Atomistic vs. Holistic Conceptions of Evidential Support - David Alexander
Some Perils and Pitfalls of Reasoning with Probabilities, Correlations and Causes - Kevin deLaplante
Bayesian Reasoning - Stephen Vardeman
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Afternoon Session II, Chair: Ken Koehler
Proving Causation: The Holism of Warrant and the Atomism of Daubert - Susan Haack
A Subjective Bayesian in Court - Joseph B. Kadane
5:30 p.m. Dinner on your own
7:00 p.m. Dessert reception
7:30 p.m.
Welcome: Dean Michael Whiteford
Numbers in the Court of Law Roundtable
Moderator: Wolfgang Kliemann, chair
Panel members: Susan Haack, Jay Kadane, Alicia Carriquiry and Kevin deLaplante
Guest Speakers
 Susan Haack, noted expert on the philosophy of mathematics and the use of numbers, is also the Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, Professor of Philosophy, and Professor of Law with the University of Miami.
 Joseph B. Kadane, a foremost authority on legal statistics, currently serves as the Leonard J. Savage University Professor of Statistics, Emerituswith Carnegie Mellon University and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
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