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applied ethics, epistemic systems, epistemics, Everard James Cowan, Forbes, forensic science, forensics, injustice, Institute for Forensic Science Administration, justice, Roger Koppl, social epistemology

An experimental study of blind proficiency tests in forensic science

Check out the very important work being done by Roger Koppl and his associate Jim Cowan of the Institute for Forensic Science Administration (for an accessible overview of Roger and Jim’s work see Roger’s Forbes interview from a few years back). To get a sense just how vital their work is consider the stats cited…

criminal verdicts, epistemology, Forbes, forensic science, forensics, injustice, justice, Roger Koppl, social epistemology, testimony

Epistemics for Forensics

Roger Koppl has a column on forensics in the latest issue of Forbes. Reason Magazine has also picked up the story. Roger also has an article “Epistemics for Forensics” coming out in the next issue of EPISTEME (5:2). The paper addresses problems of erroneous criminal verdicts that arise from the structure of the relationship between forensic…