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James Sikkema

James Sikkema is a philosophy professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.

Public health, the public good, and where collective responsibility lies

Opinion | BY JAMES SIKKEMA | April 27, 2020
The government is being transparent that it is basing its current policies on predictive modelling. It is not, however, being transparent about how it has arrived at the data it is enlisting, the quality of that data enlisted, the methodology of arriving at its forecasting or dynamic models, nor the degree of their epistemic strength. Here’s what that means. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY JAMES SIKKEMA | April 27, 2020
Opinion | BY JAMES SIKKEMA | April 27, 2020
The government is being transparent that it is basing its current policies on predictive modelling. It is not, however, being transparent about how it has arrived at the data it is enlisting, the quality of that data enlisted, the methodology of arriving at its forecasting or dynamic models, nor the degree of their epistemic strength. Here’s what that means. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY JAMES SIKKEMA | April 27, 2020
The government is being transparent that it is basing its current policies on predictive modelling. It is not, however, being transparent about how it has arrived at the data it is enlisting, the quality of that data enlisted, the methodology of arriving at its forecasting or dynamic models, nor the degree of their epistemic strength. Here’s what that means. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY JAMES SIKKEMA | April 27, 2020
Opinion | BY JAMES SIKKEMA | April 27, 2020
The government is being transparent that it is basing its current policies on predictive modelling. It is not, however, being transparent about how it has arrived at the data it is enlisting, the quality of that data enlisted, the methodology of arriving at its forecasting or dynamic models, nor the degree of their epistemic strength. Here’s what that means. Image courtesy of Pixabay