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The University of Pittsburgh, 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/event/ltt-matthias-michel/The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh invites you to join us for our Lunch Time Talk.
Attend in person, Room 1117 on the 11th floor of the Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh or visit our live stream on YouTube at
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LTT: Matthias Michel
Tuesday, April 4th at noon
Title: Validity drifts in psychiatric research
Abstract: I develop the notion of validity drift and apply it to psychiatric research. A validity drift occurs when, in the course of developing new measurement procedures, researchers end up studying something different from what they originally aimed to study. I explain why and how validity drifts occur with case studies from multiple areas of psychiatric research, including fear and anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, anorexia, and depression. Notably, I emphasize the role of animal models in validity drifts. Overall, this analysis highlights the complex interplay between the development of new measurement procedures, their calibration, philosophical theories of psychopathologies, scientific theories of the target phenomena, and certain socio-economic aspects of psychiatric research.
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