Philosophy Talk. Your Lying Eyes - Perception, Memory, and Justice

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Abstract: The criminal justice system often relies on the testimony of eyewitnesses to get convictions. Yet more and more, psychological science demonstrates how unreliable eyewitness reports can be. Moreover, jurors have all kinds of cognitive biases and unconscious influences, and they rely on dubious folk psychological theories when assessing evidence. So, how should psychological science be used to improve our justice system? Is there a way to figure out whether a particular eye witness report is reliable? Or for a truly just system, must we forbid all testimony that depends on the capricious faculty of memory? John and Ken take the stand with Daniel Reisberg from Reed College, author of The Science of Perception and Memory: A Pragmatic Guide for the Justice System.

Subject	Criminal justice, Administration of
Subject	Psychology
Subject	Perception
Genre	Radio talk shows

philosophytalk.org show page	Title Your Lying Eyes - Perception, Memory, and Justice
Finding Aid	Title Philosophy Talk (SC1118)
Show#	394.0
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pk826ns5382
Location	SC1118
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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