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57Value judgments in a covid-19 vaccine modelSocial Science and Medicine 286. 2021.Scientific modelling is a value-laden process: the decisions involved can seldom be made using 'scientific' criteria alone, but rather draw on social and ethical values. In this paper, we draw on a body of philosophical literature to analyze a COVID-19 vaccination model, presenting a case study of social and ethical value judgments in health-oriented modelling. This case study urges us to make value judgments in health-oriented models explicit and interpretable by non-experts and to invite publi…Read more
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44Value judgments in a COVID-19 vaccination model: A case study in the need for public involvement in health-oriented modellingSocial Science and Medicine 114323 (286). 2021.Scientific modelling is a value-laden process: the decisions involved can seldom be made using ‘scientific’ criteria alone, but rather draw on social and ethical values. In this paper, we draw on a body of philosophical literature to analyze a COVID-19 vaccination model, presenting a case study of social and ethical value judgments in health-oriented modelling. This case study urges us to make value judgments in health-oriented models explicit and interpretable by non-experts and to invite publi…Read more
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6Scientific Models and Decision MakingCambridge University Press. 2024.This Element introduces the philosophical literature on models, with an emphasis on normative considerations relevant to models for decision-making. Chapter 1 gives an overview of core questions in the philosophy of modeling. Chapter 2 examines the concept of model adequacy for purpose, using three examples of models from the atmospheric sciences to describe how this sort of adequacy is determined in practice. Chapter 3 explores the significance of using models that are not adequate for purpose,…Read more
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30Causal inference, moral intuition and modeling in a pandemicPhilosophy of Medicine 2 (2). 2021.Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, people have been eager to learn what factors, and especially what public health policies, cause infection rates to wax and wane. But figuring out conclusively what causes what is difficult in complex systems with nonlinear dynamics, such as pandemics. We review some of the challenges that scientists have faced in answering quantitative causal questions during the Covid-19 pandemic, and suggest that these challenges are a reason to augment the moral dimension of …Read more
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588The Epistemic Risk in RepresentationKennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 32 (1): 1-31. 2022.ARRAY
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University of British ColumbiaPost-doctoral Fellow
Vancouver, Canada
Areas of Specialization
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |
Areas of Interest
Science, Logic, and Mathematics |