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September 27<sup>th</sup></span><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">This is a special joint Philosophy and CAVE
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Or on zoom:
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Professor Rachel Ankeny (University of Adelaide)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Title :
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Defending Medical Cases as Abduction
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<p style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Abstract:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Despite having a somewhat dubious reputation as a form of anecdotal evidence, case reports remain exceedingly popular forms of communication and publication in medicine. They are ill-understood even within
biomedical research communities, and often are described as not counting as real evidence or even as simply being equivalent to anecdotes. This paper begins by introducing the case report and its typical uses in the context of research in contemporary medicine,
and exploring their status as a form of evidence particularly in our current era which is dominated by so-called ‘evidence-based medicine’ (EBM). I then flip the usual process on its head and instead of outlining how cases fall short of these ideals, instead
I investigate what cases are good for how they are used, and what it means to use them ‘well,’ including what epistemic resources need to be in place, and what they are best viewed as being good for. I contend that instead of viewing medical cases as failed
examples of weaker forms of reasoning, particularly induction, the form of logical inference that underlies medical cases is more closely related to abductive reasoning of the type espoused by the American philosopher C.S. Peirce in his later views. These
arguments provide important considerations not just for those interested in medical cases or philosophy of medicine, but more generally for those seeking to provide more complex accounts of various fields of science in practice.<b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><span data-markjs="true">Bio:
</span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Rachel</span> A. Ankeny is Professor of History and Philosophy at the University of Adelaide, where her research fields include history/philosophy of biomedical
and biological sciences, bioethics, science policy, and food studies. She also is an Honorary Visiting Professor in the College of Social Science and International Studies (Philosophy) at the University of Exeter (UK). The paper to be presented is part of
a book manuscript in progress entitled <i>In Defense of Medical Cases.</i><o:p> </o:p></p>
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