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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black">Dear all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black">You are invited to attend the next Macquarie Philosophy Work-in-Progress Seminar on Tuesday 3 October 2023 from 1:00 to 2:00pm.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black">Attend in-person at 25B Wally's Walk, Room B603.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black">Attend online:
<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/4K-fClx1Nji1ROPAnhGkiSz?domain=macquarie.zoom.us">
https://macquarie.zoom.us/j/83678569910?pwd=SG4wWHpQa0h1aEFEdzBRUUM0dXRKdz09</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Speaker:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Dr Riin Kõiv (University of Sydney)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Title:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<span style="color:black">Can Linguistic Change Prevent Misinterpretation of Genetic Information?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Abstract:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">
<span style="color:black">Broader audiences often misinterpret scientific information about the genetic causes of human traits (‘genetic information’) in systematic ways, for instance, too deterministically. Such misinterpretations are thought to have undesirable
consequences. So, the question arises: How to prevent misinterpretations of genetic information? According to one common proposal, a way to do this is to avoid using certain terms and expressions (‘is genetically controlled’, ‘genetically determined’ etc.)
when conveying genetic information and instead use terms and expressions that represent the scientific content of this information more accurately. I argue that such “terminological swaps” are unlikely to be very effective if (1) linguistic interpretation
is context sensitive (as it is) and (2) common misinterpretations of genetic information are partly explained by genetic essentialism (as they likely are).</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For any queries about the Macquarie Philosophy Work-in-Progress
<span class="markkdeqljkrf">Seminar</span>s, please contact <a href="mailto:foa.philseminars@mq.edu.au">foa.philseminars@mq.edu.au</a>. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="color:black">Regina<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dr Regina Fabry
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">(she/her)<br>
ARC Discovery Early Career Research Awardee</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Department of Philosophy</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><br>
Level 7, 25B Wally’s Walk<br>
Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia<br>
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