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New video posted: Wayne Myrvold – What do you bring to a street fight?

The first in this year's Library Lectures, co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and the London Public Library, has just been added to our YouTube channel. Check out the next lecture in the series in person tonight, October 15, at 7pm at the London Public Library (Central Branch): Gillian Barker - Ecological Thinking about Climate [...]

2016-01-29T12:00:38-05:00October 15th, 2014|Climate Change, Events|

Conference registration date extended – Program online

The deadline date to register for the upcoming Annual Rotman Institute Conference has been extended to October 17, 2014.Registration for Knowledge and Models in Climate Science: Philosophical, Historical, and Scientific Perspectives, which is from October 24-26 in London, Ontario is here.Note that the draft program for the conference is now available on the site. It [...]

2016-01-29T12:01:16-05:00October 14th, 2014|2014 Conference, Climate Change|

New, Easy Registration for Climate Models Conference – Free Registration for Students

There is now an easier way to register for the Annual Conference on Knowledge and Models in Climate Science. The new registration includes the ability to fill out the form and pay for the conference online.We're also pleased to announce that registration is now free for all undergraduate and graduate students, though there is still [...]

2014-10-10T12:30:13-04:00October 8th, 2014|2014 Conference|

Western University-led study says anorexia nervosa should be considered a ‘passion’

New findings from Western University suggest that characterizing anorexia, or anorexia nervosa, as a 'passion' will yield immediate and practical results in terms of treatment and therapy.The study, led by Louis C. Charland of Western's Rotman Institute of Philosophy, is novel in that philosophers have collaborated with psychiatrists, scientists and clinicians to arrive at this [...]

2014-09-15T12:04:29-04:00August 20th, 2014|Biomedical Ethics|

Call for Abstracts: Knowledge and Models in Climate Science: Philosophical, Historical, and Scientific Perspectives

[Update: Logistics information can be found here, more info coming soon] [Update: Abstract submissions due August 22, 2014]   We are delighted to announce that the Rotman Institute of Philosophy will host its second annual conference, Knowledge and Models in Climate Science, on Oct. 24-26, 2014.  The conference will bring together researchers to discuss the [...]

New Video: Stathis Psillos – From the Bankruptcy of Science to the Death of Evidence

Rotman Canada Research Chair at Western, Stathis Psillos, spoke as part of the Lives of Evidence series of lectures put on by Situating Science. A recording of his talk, From the 'Bankruptcy of Science' to the 'Death of Evidence': Science and its Value, is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ichALemSCFE.

2014-06-02T12:26:58-04:00June 2nd, 2014|Philosophy of Science, Science and Society|

Merchants of Doubt; Science and Reality Conference

“In a modern world where we can travel the globe in hours, connect with one another from wherever we are, achieve remarkable advances in healthcare and physically explore our universe, it is easy to take science for granted,” said Carl Hoefer, the new Director of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. “But it is essential that [...]

2014-03-18T15:50:13-04:00September 21st, 2013|Climate Change, Events, Philosophy of Science, Science and Society|
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