Reposted from Je fais, donc je suis. Marks of the form [^2] should be read as footnotes. I spent last week in Washington, DC, interviewing with about 10 different federal government offices as a finalist for a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship. As you’ll see from those slides, AAAS policy fellows are primarily natural scientists and engineers; [...]
By Frédéric-I. Banville The collaborations between Western’s Brain and Mind Institute (BMI) and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, in the form of the lab associate program (which places philosophy graduate students in labs at the BMI) and collaborations between researchers (most recently, our postdoctoral fellow Robert Foley co-authored a paper with BMI director Melvyn Goodale [...]
Helen Longino, Stanford UniversityApril 17, 2015 Location: Western University, Chu International Centre, 2N05 International and Graduate Affairs BuildingStart Time: 3:30 pm ESTEnd Time: 5:00 pm EST Download a Poster AbstractThis lecture will explore the difference between studying human behavior as an individual characteristic versus studying it as a group property.Dr. Longino will also be giving this [...]
Helen Longino, Stanford UniversityApril 16, 2015 - April 16, 2015 Location: Western University, 1200 Spencer Engineering BuildingStart Time: 5:00 pm ESTEnd Time: 6:30 pm EST Download a PosterAbstractThis lecture will explore how the same phenomenon assumes different forms from different research perspectives and consequences of this for our understanding of scientific knowledge.
Author Meets Critics: Daniel Steel (Philosophy, Michigan State), Philosophy and the Precautionary PrincipleFriday, April 24, Stevenson Hall 1145, 2:30-5pmSponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy Professor Steel will give an accessible overview of his recent book, followed by critical commentaries by Rotman Institute members Jessey Wright, Amy Wuest, and Daniel Hicks. [...]
Wendy Parker(Durham University, Department of Philosophy) Title: Looking forward in light of what we’ve learned
Pierre Jacob, Institut NicodMarch 20, 2015 Location: Western University, 141 Talbot CollegeStart Time: 3:30 pm ESTEnd Time: 5:00 pm EST Download a Poster AbstractI will argue for a three-tiered answer to the question.(1) Only humans are able to track the contents of others’ false beliefs.(2) Only humans are able to engage in ostensive cooperative communicative actions.Since [...]
Job Posting: Event Marketing Assistant - Apply by April 13 The Rotman Institute is advertising a position for a part-time Event Marketing Assistant for a one year contract, with a deadline to apply of April 13th, 2015.Full details and application procedures are on the website.
