Dr. Deborah G. Mayo (Ph.D. 1979, University of Pennsylvania) Professor of Philosophy

General Description of Research Interests: Statistical reasoning in experimental inference.

Specific Research: Philosophy of statistics and experimental inference; philosophy of statistics and risk assessment; causality.

Selected Publications:

• Mayo, Deborah G. 1996. Error and the Growth of Experimental Knowledge. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

• Mayo, Deborah G. 1991. "Novel Evidence and Severe Tests." Philosophy of Science 58:523-52.

• Mayo, Deborah G., and Rachel Hollander, eds. 1991. Acceptable Evidence: Science and Values in Risk Management. New York: Oxford University Press.

• Mayo, Deborah G. 1989. "Toward a More Objective Understanding of the Evidence of Carcinogenic Risk." Pp. 489-503 in Philosophy of Science Association. Edited by A. Fine and J. Leplin. East Lansing, Mich.: PSA.

• Mayo, Deborah G. 1988. "Brownian Motion and the Appraisal of Theories." Pp. 219-43 in Scrutinizing Science. Edited by L. Laudan, R. Laudan, and A. Donovan. Dordrecht: Reidel.

• Mayo, Deborah G., and N. L. Gilinsky. 1987. "Models of Group Selection." Philosophy of Science 54:515-38.