American Philosophical Society HELD AT PHILADELPHIA FOR PROMOTING USEFUL KNOWLEDGE William L. Harper is the 2014 recipient of the Patrick Suppes Prize. The American Philosophical Society is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2014 Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science is William L. Harper in recognition of his book Isaac Newton's Scientific Method: [...]
The mission of the Rotman Institute is to bring philosophers into productive engagement with scientists, policy makers and the public. An important component of accomplishing this mission is building strong ties with our alumni and celebrating their accomplishments as they put their training into practice in academic, governmental and private spheres. Spencer Hey [...]
Productive Disagreement among Motivated Reasoners By Dan Hicks This is part III of a three-part series. This series will be posted simultaneously on Je Fais, Donc Je Suis, my personal blog, as well as the Rotman Institute Blog. In part I of this series, I discussed motivated reasoning, reasoning in which emotions or values play a significant [...]
Alternatives to Antagonism: Ambiguity and Uncertainty By Dan Hicks This is part II of a three-part series. This series will be posted simultaneously on Je Fais, Donc Je Suis, my personal blog, as well as the Rotman Institute Blog. In the first part of this post, I discussed the work of social psychologist Dan Kahan [...]
The Pervasiveness of Motivated Reasoning By Dan Hicks This is part I of a three-part series. This series will be posted simultaneously on Je Fais, Donc Je Suis, my personal blog, as well as the Rotman Institute Blog. Social and political values predict your views on climate change: if you're an egalitarian-communitarian (think: liberal, on the political [...]
Rotman's Visiting Fellow, Dr. Douglas Kutach will be presenting a talk on March 26th at 1:30-3:00pm in Somerville House room 3355. For his final talk in his three part series, he will be speaking about Influencing The Past. Further information on Douglas Kutach can be found here: http://sagaciousmatter.org/ Abstract In the final installment of this [...]
Below are interviews with Jody Culham and Robert Foley who are working on different aspects of perception as part of a partnership between the Brain and Mind Institute and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. Jody Culham is professor in the psychology department and is studying the neuroscience of perception and action. Robert Foley holds a joint post-doc between the [...]
