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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Responsible Robotics: Shaping a future with robots worth wanting
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nOn the cusp of the robotics revolution we will now encounter robots in our day-to-day lives whether it’s a robot to deliver our pizza or greet us in the shopping mall\, or having a robot assist a surgeon perform a surgery. Not only will this powerful technology provide us with incredible benefits\, relieving us from dull or dangerous activities\, but it will also introduce negative consequences that we must deal with. Consequences such as: how can we ensure that the robot is safe and secure\, or how will the robot protect our privacy when we interact with it? These are the kinds of questions that the field of robot ethics addresses and it is time to turn these reflections into concrete action. The field of responsible robotics aims to do just that by bringing together robot ethicists\, policy makers\, and industry leaders to brainstorm about the kind of regulation needed to protect consumers without stifling innovation. \nPANELISTS\n\n\nAimee van Wynsberghe is assistant professor of ethics and technology at the Technical University of Delft. She is co-founder and president of the Foundation for Responsible Robotics. She is also a member of the 4TU center for ethics and technology where she heads the robotics task force. With the help of an NWO personal research grant she is researching how we can responsibly design service robots. Her past research looked at evaluating and designing care robots.\nChristopher Schlachta is a Professor in the Department of Surgery and the Department of Oncology at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry\, Western University. He is also Medical Director of CSTAR (Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics) at London Health Sciences Centre. He is known for his clinical expertise in minimally invasive surgery and in particular laparoscopic and computer-assisted surgery for gastrointestinal diseases oncology.\nRyan Gariepy is Chief Technology Officer of Clearpath Robotics. As CTO\, he drives the development of Clearpath’s autonomous control software while providing technical strategy for the company’s product lines and managing external research partnerships.\nJesse Kirkpatrick is Assistant Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at George Mason University\, an affiliate Assistant Research Professor in Mason’s graduate neuroethics concentration\, and a Politico-Military Analyst for Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Lab. He specializes in political and moral philosophy\, with an emphasis on the just war tradition\, emerging technologies\, human rights\, and security studies.\nKristen Thomasen is an Assistant Professor of Law\, Robotics and Society at the University of Windsor. She is a member of the University of Windsor’s LTEC Lab for law\, technology and entrepreneurship. Her current research focuses on the Canadian regulation of drones\, and the impact of drone technology on privacy in public spaces.\n\nMODERATOR\n\nAnthony Skelton (Rotman Institute of Philosophy\, Western University) \nEVENT POSTER\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster. \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n \n  \nEVENT TRAILER\n\nView a brief trailer for this event. \n \n \n\nThis event was co-sponsored with the London Public Library. \nPhoto credit: Elias Gayles (license)
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/panel-discussion-responsible-robotics-shaping-future-robots-worth-wanting/
LOCATION:Wolf Performance Hall – Central Library\, 251 Dundas St\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 6H9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Ethics,panel discussions,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20170217T043000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20170217T120000
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SUMMARY:The Social Impact of Medicalizing Psychiatry
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\n\nPsychiatry is increasingly being influenced by research in neuroscience and mainstream medicine. There is a push to reform psychiatry’s diagnostic categories to reflect increasing knowledge about the brain structures and neural mechanisms associated with psychopathology. Pharmaceutical treatments are quickly replacing talk therapies. Getting funding for psychiatric research increasingly requires a focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms rather than social or environmental risk factors. These changes have surely helped some patients\, but the increasing medicalization of mental illness may also have negative effects on already marginalized and stigmatized people. This workshop will examine the social impact on such groups of the push to medicalize psychiatry\, and will seek solutions at the level of health and science policy. \nIn some cases psychoactive drugs and psychiatric diagnoses are being misused to control and stigmatize vulnerable populations. The elderly\, and children with behavioral or developmental problems are being over-medicated. Diagnoses like Oppositional Defiant Disorder pathologize normal responses to stressful environments of people in poor and racialized communities. Gender Identity Disorder stigmatizes diversity even while it opens the door to insurable medical care for trans* people. In other cases social and environmental factors cause mental distress\, such as in refugees fleeing war zones\, or indigenous populations facing colonialism\, but it is unclear whether research and treatments focused on brain mechanisms effectively address these problems. \nThere is room here for policy solutions that might better address the social and environmental causes of psychopathology\, de-stigmatize neurodiversity\, and provide better support for vulnerable populations seeking care. The workshop will feature panelists who work in epidemiology\, psychiatry\, philosophy of science\, bioethics\, and mental health policy. Participants representing the perspectives of patients\, nurses\, social workers\, and community groups are very much encouraged to attend. \nView and download a copy of the workshop poster. \nINVITED SPEAKERS\n\nBranka Agic \nBranka Agic is the Manager of Health Equity at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She holds a PhD in Health and Behavioral Sciences from the University of Toronto and a Medical Degree from the University of Sarajevo\, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has extensive experience in counselling\, research and service development with immigrants. Her primary research interest is in mental health and substance use among immigrants\, refugees\, ethno-cultural and racialized groups. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT)\, and is a member of the Special Advisory Table on Syrian Refugee Resettlement and UNHCR Regional Beyond Detention Strategy Working Group. \nKelly Anderson \nKelly Anderson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University\, with a cross-appointment in the Department of Psychiatry. Anderson’s research program lies at the intersection of population health and health services research\, specifically in the area of mental health. She is interested in the risk\, course\, and outcome of mental illness for different population groups\, as well as in the social determinants of health service access and utilization. She has a particular interest in the mental health of adolescents and young adults\, and her research to date has focused on first-episode psychosis and early intervention services.  Dr. Anderson is a recent recipient of a New Investigator Fellowship from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation to use a novel application of health administrative data to examine the impact of early psychosis intervention services at the population level. \nJames Robert Brown \nJames Robert Brown is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.   He has written several books on a wide range of topics in the philosophy of science and mathematics including: thought experiments\, foundational issues in mathematics and physics\, visual reasoning\, and issues involving science and society\, such as the role of commercialization in medical research. \n  \nŞerife Tekin \nŞerife Tekin is an assistant professor of philosophy at Daemen College\, Buffalo and  an Associate Fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science\, at the University of Pittsburgh. Her work is at the cusp of feminist approaches to philosophy of mind\, philosophy of science\, and medical ethics. Her co-edited book\, Extraordinary Science and Psychiatry: Responding to the Current Crisis in Mental Health Research\, is published with the MIT University Press in 2016. Her work has appeared in journals such as Philosophy\, Psychiatry and Psychology; Public Affairs Quarterly; Journal of Medical Ethics; Philosophical Psychology; The American Journal of Bioethics\, and in books such as Classifying Psychopathology: Mental Kinds and Natural Kinds (MIT Press); The Psychiatric Babel: Assessing the DSM-5 (Springer’s Press); Anthology on Pharmaceuticals (Springer’s Press). She is the Executive Coordinator of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry. \nWORKSHOP SCHEDULE\n\nTalk abstracts are available on the workshop schedule. \n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:00 am\n Welcome & Meet-and-Greet\n\n\n10:00 – 11:00 am\n Kelly Anderson: The higher risk of psychosis among immigrants and refugees in Canada: Current hypotheses\n\n\n11:10 – 12:10 pm\n Branka Agic: The social determinants of mental illness\n\n\n12:10 – 1:30 pm\n Lunch Break\n\n\n1:30 – 2:30 pm\n James Robert Brown: Commercialization and the Motives for Medicalization\n\n\n2:40 – 3:40 pm\n Şerife Tekin: The Self and Mental Disorder Narratives\n\n\n3:40 – 4:00 pm\n Coffee Break\n\n\n4:00 – 4:45 pm\n Panel Discussion\n\n\n\nWORKSHOP ORGANIZERS\n\nLead Workshop Organizers: \n\nCatherine Stinson (Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\nDerek Oswick (Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\n\nOrganizing Committee: \n\nVeromi Arsiradam (Western University)\nCarolyn McLeod (Western University)\nJacqueline Sullivan (Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\n\nPARKING\, ACCOMMODATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION\n\nOn-campus Parking: The most convenient visitor parking on campus is available in either the Thompson/Alumni Lot or the Weldon Lot. Both lots are about a 5-10 minute walk to the conference location. Rates are $1.50 per hour\, with a $12 max. A campus map and further details are available on Western’s Parking Services page. \nFor those who require accommodations in London\, we recommend Guest House on the Mount — a low-priced option (rates starting at $49/night) located next to Western’s Campus. \nOther nearby hotels include: \n\nWindermere Manor\nStationPark All Suite Hotel\nHoliday Inn Express: London Downtown\nHilton London Ontario\nResidence Inn London Downtown\n\nIndividuals travelling to London may choose to fly directly into the London airport (YXU)\, or instead fly into either Toronto or Detroit\, MI. An airpot shuttle service\, Robert Q\, offers transportation from London to these other nearby airports. \nWORKSHOP FUNDING\n\nFunding for this workshop has been generously provided by the Marc Sanders Foundation through the Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Chapter at the Department of Philosophy at Western. Other monetary contributions have come from the following areas at Western University: the Rotman Institute of Philosophy\, Faculty of Arts and Humanities\, Office of the Provost\, Research Western\, Philosophy Graduate Students’ Association (PGSA)\, School of Graduate and Postgraduate Studies (SGPS)\, Society of Graduate Students (SOGS)\, and Western Student Experience. \n\n\n\n \nImage credit: Anant Nath Sharma (License)
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/social-impact-medicalizing-psychiatry/
LOCATION:Dr. David S.H. Chu International Student Centre\, International and Graduate Affairs Building\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Conference,Other Conferences,Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
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SUMMARY:Louis Charland: Why Neuroscience Needs “Passion”
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nAfter a brief review of the history of affective neuroscience and the theoretical status of emotion in contemporary neuroscience\, it will be argued that present day neuroscience suffers from a serious theoretical limitation that is largely due to its focus on short-term observation and reliance on laboratory measurement technologies that restrict it to the study of affective states of short duration. Consequently we have very little theoretical understanding of how short term affective states\, like emotions\, are organized into complex networks that evolve overtime\, forming complex affective processes of long duration\, in which individual emotions are organized in law-like ways. The solution is to reintroduce the vocabulary and study of long term ‘passions’ into neuroscience and distinguish these from the individual emotions which they direct and organize. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nLouis Charland came to Western in the Summer of 1998. His previous job was at the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University in Montreal\, where he was a member of the Biomedical Ethics Unit and the Clinical Trials Research Group. While at McGill\, he taught in the Master’s Specialization Program in Bioethics and served on the Research Ethics Board of the Douglas Psychiatric Hospital. \nPrior to his appointment to McGill\, he taught philosophy and bioethics at the University of Toronto. During that time\, he served as a Research Associate at the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. in 1993-1994\, he worked as bioethicist at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children. \nIn addition to academic and hospital experience\, he has also worked as a research and program evaluation consultant for the Government of Ontario’s Premier’s Council on Health Strategy. The Council was a “think-tank” created to plan for the future of healthcare in Ontario. It was first created and chaired by Premier David Peterson and subsequently chaired by Premier Bob Rae. During his stay with the Premier’s Council he authored several reports on the Council’s Health Innovation Fund and traveled extensively as an evaluator and research consultant for the Fund. His experience as a consultant also includes work with the Ministry of Community and Social Services\, and the Mental Health Branch of the Ministry of Health. ”  \nRead more about Louis Charland. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nView and download a copy of the event poster. \n\n \nThis event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library and the Western Department of Philosophy.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/louis-charland-neuroscience-needs-passion/
LOCATION:Martha Bishop Community Room – Landon Library\, 167 Wortley Road\, London\, Ontario\, N6C 3P6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Library Lectures,Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161026T150000
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SUMMARY:Chris Viger: Brains and Persons
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nIs increasing knowledge of how our brains cause behaviour undermining the very conception of freedom that moral and legal responsibilities presuppose? Is our sense of ourselves as persons under assault from science? Must we rethink criminal responsibility? I present contemporary philosophical views of free will and question how they square with neuroscience. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nChris Viger began his academic training in mathematics and logic and taught mathematics for three years at the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific. He began retraining in philosophy at Carleton University\, supervised by Andrew Brook\, and then completed his PhD at McGill University\, supervised by Paul Pietroski. After graduating\, Chris was a postdoctoral fellow at Tufts University working with Daniel Dennett\, a visiting professor at Dalhousie University\, a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow\, and a visiting fellow at the CUNY Graduate Center and Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science\, before joining the faculty at Western. In 2008\, he was awarded the Marilyn Robinson Teaching Award for pre-tenured faculty at Western and is currently the assistant department chair and the undergraduate chair (2010-14) and the Rotman Faculty Fellow in Philosophy and Neuroscience (2012-14). He works in philosophy of mind\, psychology\, and cognitive science\, with his research focused on the relation between language and thought.  \nRead more about Chris Viger. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nView and download a copy of the event poster. \n\n \nThis event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library and the Western Department of Philosophy.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/chris-viger-brains-persons/
LOCATION:Martha Bishop Community Room – Landon Library\, 167 Wortley Road\, London\, Ontario\, N6C 3P6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Library Lectures,Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience,Public Events
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161012T163000
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SUMMARY:Jackie Sullivan: Understanding Mental Illness: Will a Single Explanatory Model Do?
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nThe medical model of mental illness is often characterized as assuming that mental illness is a disorder of the brain. In contrast\, the biopsychosocial model allows for the possibility that mental illness is caused by a combination of biological\, psychological and environmental causes. Which model is superior for understanding\, explaining and treating mental illness? \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nDr. Sullivan received her Ph.D. from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) in 2007 and an M.S. from Pitt’s Department of Neuroscience in 2003. Her research interests are in philosophy of science\, philosophy of mind\, and philosophy of neuroscience. Her current research focuses on epistemological problems that arise in the contexts of experimentation on learning and memory in cellular and molecular neurobiology.  \nRead more about Jackie Sullivan. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nView and download a copy of the event poster. \n\n \nThis event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library and the Western Department of Philosophy.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/jackie-sullivan-understanding-mental-illness-will-single-explanatory-model/
LOCATION:Martha Bishop Community Room – Landon Library\, 167 Wortley Road\, London\, Ontario\, N6C 3P6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Library Lectures,Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20161005T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20161005T163000
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SUMMARY:Catherine Stinson: The Body in ‘Mental Illness’
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nIf mental and physical are separate domains\, “mental illness” should not involve the body. But bodily symptoms are common among people diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. Examples are altered perceptions of hot and cold\, and hallucinations of touch. Overlooking the body may contribute to the stigma of psychiatric diagnosis. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nCatherine Stinson is a philosopher of science with interests in neuroscience\, psychology\, psychiatry\, and computational science. Her main interest is how scientific explanations work: How can we be sure that experimental models behave the same way as the systems they stand in for? Are computational models more like experiments run on a digital model\, or like a series of calculations? How can we relate the personal\, cognitive\, neural\, and molecular level explanations of a complex psychiatric disorder? One project Catherine is working on at the Rotman Institute is coming up with an account of what sort of a thing an explanation is that can make sense of the diverse and overlapping explanations (at multiple levels\, coming from various types of models) that we use to understand a given scientific phenomenon. \nRead more about Catherine Stinson. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nView and download a copy of the event poster. \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n \n \nThis event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library and the Western Department of Philosophy.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/catherine-stinson-body-mental-illness/
LOCATION:Martha Bishop Community Room – Landon Library\, 167 Wortley Road\, London\, Ontario\, N6C 3P6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Library Lectures,Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160916T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160916T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163732
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SUMMARY:Andrew Light: What Happened in Paris? How Differentiation Evolved to Create a Global Climate Agreement.
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nLast December\, after twenty years of apparent incremental progress\, over 190 countries meeting under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change managed to create what promises to be a lasting international climate agreement. Debates continue however over whether the greenhouse gas mitigation commitments that parties brought to the table in Paris are sufficiently robust to achieve the agreement’s lofty aspirations. These debates may however miss one of the agreement’s most important outcomes: potentially settling the core problem of distributive justice that made this process so difficult: which parties need to cut their emissions\, how much\, and on what time frame. To better understand the significance of the new Paris Agreement we will review the history of the UN climate negotiations\, with a focus on how debates over differentiation evolved over time to create a platform for what is expected to be increased commitments to climate action moving forward. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nAndrew Light has two interrelated careers. One is as an academic where he has worked for almost twenty years on the normative implications of environmental policy. The other is as a policy expert and advocate where he works on the front lines of international climate and science policy. From 2013-2016 he served as Senior Adviser and India Counselor to the U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change\, and as a Staff Climate Adviser in the Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning in the U.S. Department of State. In this capacity he was Co-Chair of the U.S.-India Joint Working Group on Combating Climate Change\, Chair of the Interagency Climate Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals\, and served on the senior strategy team for the UN climate negotiations. Before joining the U.S. government he was also a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress\, where he was chief adviser on international climate policy to the center’s founder and chairman\, John Podesta. At this time he authored or co-authored eleven major reports on climate change and renewable energy\, and over a hundred columns and editorials. He will continue much of this work in his new role as Distinguished Senior Fellow in the climate program at the World Resources Institute. \nIn his academic work Light is the author of over 100 articles and book chapters on climate change\, restoration ecology\, and urban sustainability\, and has authored\, co-authored\, and edited 19 books\, including Environmental Values (Routledge\, 2008)\, Controlling Technology (Prometheus\, 2005)\, Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice (MIT\, 2003)\, Technology and the Good Life? (Chicago\, 2000)\, Environmental Pragmatism (Routledge\, 1996)\, and the forthcoming Ethics in the Anthropocene (MIT). He has previously taught at a variety of institutions\, including the Environmental Conservation Program at NYU and the School of Public Affairs and Department of Philosophy at the University of Washington\, Seattle. More detail about his work can be found at the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy website. \nRead more about Andrew Light. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nView and download a copy of the event poster. \nEVENT VIDEO
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/andrew-light-happened-paris-differentiation-evolved-create-global-climate-agreement/
LOCATION:Room 2202 – Spencer Engineering Building\, Spencer Engineering Building\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Ecological Philosophy,Public Events,Public Lectures,Science and Values
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160613
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
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SUMMARY:Information-Theoretic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics: 2016 Annual Philosophy of Physics Conference
DESCRIPTION:CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION\n\n\nInformation-Theoretic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics (#ITIQM) is a two day workshop taking place June 11-12\, 2016 at Western University in London\, Ontario\, Canada. This is the 20th annual UWO philosophy of physics conference. To view the conference program and additional resources\, please visit the conference page. \nThe workshop is inspired by Jeffrey Bub’s forthcoming book Bananaworld: Quantum Mechanics for Primates (Oxford University Press). The workshop will bring together diverse views on issues raised by and related to Professor Bub’s work on developing an information-theoretic interpretation of quantum theory. \nThe workshop will consist of six sessions\, one of which will be a special session dedicated to Professor Bub’s new book. After leading off this special session with a summary of his book\, Professor Bub will then yield the floor to a distinguished panel of commentators: Leah Henderson (Groningen)\, Allen Stairs (Maryland)\, and Matthew Leifer (Chapman)\, who will present their views on Professor Bub’s interpretation. In addition to the special session\, the workshop will include other sessions dedicated to further topics related to information theoretic interpretations of quantum mechanics. \nThe workshop will be preceded by a graduate student conference\, the 16th Annual Philosophy of Logic\, Math and Physics (LMP) Graduate Student Conference. Information about past conferences can be found here. \nCONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS\n\n\nJeffrey Bub (University of Maryland\, Philosophy\, IPST\, QuICS)\nGilles Brassard (Université de Montréal\, Computer Science)\nArmond Duwell (University of Montana\, Philosophy)\nLaura Felline (Roma Tre University\, Philosophy)\nMarissa Giustina (University of Vienna\, Physics)\nLucien Hardy (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)\nRichard Healey (University of Arizona\, Philosophy)\nLeah Henderson (University of Groningen\, Philosophy)\nMatthew Leifer (Chapman University\, Physics)\nMatthew Pusey (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)\nRüdiger Schack (Royal Holloway University of London\, Mathematics)\nRobert Spekkens (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)\nAllen Stairs (University of Maryland\, Philosophy)\n\nCONFERENCE ORGANIZERS\n\n\nWayne Myrvold (Western University\, Philosophy)\nMarkus Müller (Western University\, Philosophy and Applied Mathematics & Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics)\nLucas Dunlap (Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\nMichael Cuffaro (Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy & LMU Munich\, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy)\n\nEVENT VIDEOS\n\n \nPARKING\, ACCOMMODATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION\n\nOn-campus Parking: The most convenient free lot on campus is Medway. It is about a 5 minute walk to the conference location. There is also a paid lot on Perth drive called Middlesex. Maps and further details are available on the conference website. \nFor those who require accommodations in London\, we recommend… \n\nEach Summer\, one of the Western campus dorms acts as something like a B&B. Starting at $65/night\, it is an inexpensive alternative to a hotel. Reservations can be made online.\nGuest House on the Mount is another low-priced option (rates starting at $39/night)\, and is located next to Western’s Campus.\n\nOther nearby hotels include: \n\nWindermere Manor\nStationPark All Suite Hotel\nHoliday Inn Express: London Downtown\nHilton London Ontario\nResidence Inn London Downtown\n\nIndividuals travelling to London may choose to fly directly into the London airport (YXU)\, or instead fly into either Toronto or Detroit\, MI. An airpot shuttle service\, Robert Q\, offers transportation from London to these other nearby airports. \nCONFERENCE FUNDING\n\nThis research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.  \n \nInformation-Theoretic Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics is co-sponsored by the Rotman Institute of Philosophy\, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics\, the Institute for Quantum Computing at University of Waterloo\, and Research Western.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/information-theoretic-interpretations-quantum-mechanics-2016-annual-philosophy-physics-conference/
LOCATION:Room 114 – North Campus Building\, 2004 Perth Drive\, London\, Ontario\, N6G\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Conference,Other Conferences,Philosophy of Physics
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160522
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
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SUMMARY:2016 PhilMiLCog Graduate Student Conference
DESCRIPTION:PhilMiLCog is a three-day graduate conference with a broad and interdisciplinary scope.  The conference\, now in its 14th year\, is recognized as one of the top philosophy graduate conferences in North America\, synthesizing research from the Philosophy of Mind\, Language\, and Cognitive science\, including psychology\, linguistics\, evolution\, and computer science. PhilMiLCog provides an opportunity for graduate students with common interests from various departments in North America and Europe to come together and participate in lively scholarly research with leading experts in their field. \nTo view the conference program and information on accommodations\, please visit the PhilMiLCog website. \n2016 Keynote Speakers: \nMazviita Chirimuuta (Philosophy\, University of Pittsburgh)\nTim Bayne (Philosophy\, University of Western Ontario)\nJessica Grahn (Psychology\, University of Western Ontario) \nPast Speakers: \n2015: Kristin Andrews & Genoveva Marti\n2014: Berit Brogaard & Angela Mendelovici\n2013: Edouard Machery & Jacqueline Sullivan\n2012: Kathleen Akins & Brie Gertler\n2011: William Lycan & Susan Schneider\n2010: Fred Adams & Richard Samuels\n2009: Jesse Prinz & John Nicholas\n2008: Reinaldo Elugardo & Peter Ludlow\n2007: Dorit Bar-On & Keith Simmons\n2006: Michael Devitt & Ned Block\n2005: Peter Carruthers & Robert Stainton\n2004: Ernest Lepore & Chris Viger\n2003: David Rosenthal
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/2016-philmilcog-graduate-student-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Graduate Student Events,Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160516
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T191010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T162225Z
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SUMMARY:Computationally Assisted Mathematical Discovery and Experimental Mathematics: ACMES 2
DESCRIPTION:CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION\n\nComputational Discovery\, also called Experimental Mathematics\, is the use of symbolic and numerical computation to discover patterns\, to identify particular numbers and sequences\, and to gather evidence in support of specific mathematical assertions that may themselves arise by computational means. In recent decades\, computer-assisted mathematical discovery has profoundly transformed the strategies used to expand mathematical knowledge. In addition to symbolic and numerical computation\, a new trend that shows tremendous potential is the use of novel visualization techniques. The current situation was well summarized by a recent ICMI study: “The latest developments in computer and video technology have provided a multiplicity of computational and symbolic tools that have rejuvenated mathematics and mathematics education. Two important examples of this revitalization are experimental mathematics and visual theorems.” \nACMES will be held at Western University in London\, ON\, Canada from May 12-15\, 2016. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to contribute and attend. \nA copy of the conference poster is available here. \nPlease check the conference website for registration\, conference program\, information on additional events and accommodations. \nINVITED SPEAKERS\n\n\n\nJonathan Borwein\nUniversity of Newcastle (CARMA Institute)\n\n\nNeil J. A. Sloane\nOEIS Foundation\, and Rutgers University (Dept. of Mathematics)\n\n\nErnest Davis\nNew York University	(Dept. of Computer Science)\n\n\nPatrick Fowler\nSheffield University (Dept. of Chemistry)\n\n\nDavid Stoutemeyer\nUniversity of Hawaii (Dept. of Information and Computer Science)\n\n\nLila Kari\nUniversity of Waterloo (Dept. of Computer Science)\n\n\nJim Brown\nUniversity of Toronto (Dept. of Philosophy)\n\n\nDavid H. Bailey\nUniversity of California\, Davis (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.)\n\n\nAnn Johnson\nCornell University (Dept. of Science and Technology Studies)\n\n\nKey Participant:    Yuri V. Matiyasevich (Russian Academy of Sciences\,	St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics) \nView abstracts on the conference website. \nCONFERENCE VIDEOS\n\nThe ACMES 2 video playlist now includes talks from the first two days of the conference. Remaining videos from the conference will be available soon. \n[embedyt]https://youtu.be/o7CiTcUWJ28?list=PLkMaaEPd7InL_hWKXk_uBWJ675V0t5Jno[/embedyt]\n \nPROGRAM COMMITTEE\n\n\nJonathan Borwein\, Newcastle (Mathematics)\nRob Corless\, Western (Applied Mathematics)\nNicolas Fillion\, SFU (Philosophy)\nDavid Jeffrey\, Western (Applied Mathematics)\nIlias Kotsireas\, WLU (Computer Science)\nChris Smeenk\, Western (Philosophy)
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/computationally-assisted-mathematical-discovery-experimental-mathematics-acmes-2/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Other Conferences
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160418
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T191541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181205T170800Z
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SUMMARY:Rotman 2016 Annual Conference: Rethinking the Taxonomy of Psychology
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION\n\nThis workshop focused on an emerging research project in the cognitive neurosciences wherein the traditional scientific approach of using psychological investigations to enhance our understanding of the brain has been flipped\, and instead scientists are using neuroscientific investigations to challenge and change the conceptual foundations of psychology. Specifically\, it has become possible\, using sophisticated machine learning\, factor analysis and related techniques to generate empirical constructs based on neuroimaging data that predict brain activity much better than current psychological concepts. \nBecause our self-understanding is deeply informed by psychological concepts\, any challenge to these foundations would appear to promise an impending shift in the way we view ourselves. It is thus important to both understand and to reflect carefully on these developments\, from multiple disciplinary perspectives. Many questions remain about these empirical constructs: exactly how robustly predictive are they? Can they be given a plausible psychological\, intentional or semantic interpretation? Are they purely neural states\, or are they neural states that bear some intimate relationship—such as realization\, constitution\, or even identification—with representational states? If so\, will they eliminate or merely enhance our current psychological vocabulary? These questions and many others will be investigated. \nDownload a copy of the conference poster. \nView a copy of the workshop schedule. \nView the workshop  poster abstracts. \nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS\n\n\nMichael Anderson (Psychology\, Franklin & Marshall College\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\nKristen Lindquist (Psychology\, University of North Carolina)\nAdina Roskies (Philosophy\, Dartmouth College)\nRandy McIntosh (Psychology\, University of Toronto)\nRobyn Bluhm (Philosophy\, Michigan State University)\nRuss Poldrack (Psychology\, Stanford University)\nLisa Saksida (Brain and Mind Institute\, Western University\, CIFAR)\nMuhammad Ali Khalidi (Philosophy and Cognitive Science\, York University)\nPaul Thagard (Philosophy and Theoretical Neuroscience\, University of Waterloo)\nOwen Whooley (Sociology\, University of New Mexico)\n\nWORKSHOP ORGANIZERS\n\n\nMichael Anderson (Psychology\, Franklin & Marshall College\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\nTim Bayne (Philosophy\, Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy\, CIFAR)\nJacqueline Sullivan (Philosophy\, Western University\, Rotman Institute of Philosophy)\n\nWORKSHOP VIDEOS\n\nVideos from the #RTPWorkshop are published in a playlist on the Rotman Institute of Philosophy YouTube channel. \n \nWORKSHOP FUNDING\n\nThis research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Further support for this workshop provided by a generous grant from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Mind & Consciousness Program\, and from Research Western.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/rotman-2016-annual-conference-rethinking-taxonomy-psychology/
LOCATION:Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre\, 551 Windermere Road\, London\, Ontario\, N5X 2T1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Annual Rotman Conferences,Conference,Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160401T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160401T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T191928Z
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SUMMARY:Carl Craver: Ontic Basis of Network Explanation
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nNetwork models are increasingly used across the sciences to describe complex relations among a number of individual actors. Philosophers enamored of this modeling approach claim to find in it evidence for non-causal\, distinctively mathematical\, or non-decompositional explanations. Using examples from contemporary resting state fMRI research\, I show that this philosophical work in general misunderstands what network models do\, how they are applied to real systems\, and\, most generally\, what a philosophical theory of explanation is supposed to accomplish. I will argue that stock examples of network explanations in the philosophical literature all show tell-tale signs of causal (or otherwise ontic) asymmetry. These examples point the way to a more accurate account of the distinction between mathematical and causal explanation (than offered by\, e.g.\, Lange or Colyvan) and hopefully to a deeper appreciation of what the ontic conception of scientific explanation asserts and how it differs from epistemic and psychologicstic models.\n \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nCarl Craver is a philosopher of neuroscience with side interests in the history and philosophy of biology\, general philosophy of science\, metaphysics\, and moral psychology. His 2007 book\, Explaining the Brain\, develops a framework for thinking about the norms of scientific explanation in physiological sciences such as neuroscience. His forthcoming book (with Lindley Darden)\, Searching for Mechanisms: Discoveries Across the Life Sciences\, develops a mechanistic view of discovery in biology. He is working (with Shayna Rosenbaum\, York University) to study deficits in agency and moral reasoning in people with amnesia. Other research interests include general work on the nature of scientific explanation\, the norms of progress for experimental instruments and techniques\, and the difference between modeler’s and maker’s knowledge of the brain.  \nRead more about Carl Craver.\n \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n \n\nThis event was co-sponsored with Western’s Brain And Mind Institute.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/carl-craver-ontic-basis-network-explanation/
LOCATION:Room 1145 – Stevenson Hall\, Stevenson Hall\, Room 1145\, London\, Ontario\, N6G 2V4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160331T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160331T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T192348Z
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SUMMARY:Carl Craver: Memory\, Time and Agency
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nIndividuals with episodic amnesia and deficits in episodic future projection are frequently described as trapped in an eternal present or bound to stimuli in the here and now. I argue that individuals with medial temporal lobe damage and deficits in these capacities nonetheless retain much of their orientation in time and much of their ability to make adaptive prudential choices about their futures. These findings suggest that episodic memory might play very little role in our understanding of time and suggest alternative ways of thinking about both the function of episodic memory and the human capacity to make adaptive\, future-oriented decisions. \n \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nCarl Craver is a philosopher of neuroscience with side interests in the history and philosophy of biology\, general philosophy of science\, metaphysics\, and moral psychology. His 2007 book\, Explaining the Brain\, develops a framework for thinking about the norms of scientific explanation in physiological sciences such as neuroscience. His forthcoming book (with Lindley Darden)\, Searching for Mechanisms: Discoveries Across the Life Sciences\, develops a mechanistic view of discovery in biology. He is working (with Shayna Rosenbaum\, York University) to study deficits in agency and moral reasoning in people with amnesia. Other research interests include general work on the nature of scientific explanation\, the norms of progress for experimental instruments and techniques\, and the difference between modeler’s and maker’s knowledge of the brain.  \nRead more about Carl Craver.\n \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n\n\nThis event was co-sponsored with Western’s Brain And Mind Institute.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/carl-craver-memory-time-agency/
LOCATION:Room 100 – Physics and Astronomy Building\, Physics and Astronomy Building\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 3K7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160309T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160309T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T195550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T152741Z
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SUMMARY:Cordelia Fine: The myth of the Lehman Sisters? Sex\, testosterone\, and financial risk-taking
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nThere is growing scientific interest in the role of testosterone in financial risk-taking – a topic of considerable public interest too\, with suggestions that there is “too much testosterone on Wall Street”. Both research and debate is often grounded in an implicit model in which testosterone is presumed to be the proximal mechanism underlying the evolved masculine trait of risk-taking. This talk will identify a number of problems with the underlying assumptions of this model\, and report the findings from a meta-analytic study on testosterone and financial risk-taking. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nPhoto credit: Dean Cambray \nDr Cordelia Fine is an academic psychologist and writer. \nShe has been described as “that rare academic who’s also an excellent writer” (Library Journal)\, a “cognitive neuroscientist with a sharp sense of humour and an intelligent sense of reality” (The Times)\, “a brilliant feminist critic of the neurosciences” (Times HES)\, “a science writer to watch”(Metro) and a Myth Busting Hero (CARE). \nCordelia’s latest book\, Delusions of Gender: How our minds\, society\, and neurosexism create difference was short-listed for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction\, the Best Book of Ideas Prize 2011\, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2010 and the biannual international cross-genre Warwick Prize 2013. Cordelia is a regular contributor to the popular media\, including the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Monthly and New Statesman. She also wrote the introduction for the Britannica Guide to the Brain. \nCordelia studied Experimental Psychology at Oxford University\, followed by an M.Phil in Criminology at Cambridge University. She was awarded a Ph.D in Psychology from University College London. Between 2002 to 2011 she held research positions at Monash University\, the Australian National University\, then Macquarie University. \nShe is currently an ARC Future Fellow in Psychological Sciences and Associate Professor at the Melbourne Business School\, University of Melbourne. \nRead more about Cordelia Fine. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster. \nEVENT VIDEO
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/cordelia-fine-myth-lehman-sisters-sex-testosterone-financial-risk-taking/
LOCATION:Room 100 – Physics and Astronomy Building\, Physics and Astronomy Building\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 3K7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Public Events,Public Lectures,Science and Values
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160308T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160308T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T195908Z
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SUMMARY:Cordelia Fine: Let Toys Be Toys: The Science and Ethics of Gendered Toy Marketing
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nThe gendered marketing of toys is under considerable scrutiny\, with consumer-led campaigns against it invariably giving rise to vigorous debates. Critics argue that gendered toy marketing is socially and developmentally harmful; defenders see it as reflecting and responding to boys’ and girls’ fundamentally different interests. In this talk\, based on work co-authored with Charles Sturt University philosopher Emma Rush\, I’ll explore how science can illuminate the debate\, and what it means for the ethical status of gendered toy marketing. \n \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nPhoto credit: Dean Cambray Dr Cordelia Fine is an academic psychologist and writer. \nShe has been described as “that rare academic who’s also an excellent writer” (Library Journal)\, a “cognitive neuroscientist with a sharp sense of humour and an intelligent sense of reality” (The Times)\, “a brilliant feminist critic of the neurosciences” (Times HES)\, “a science writer to watch”(Metro) and a Myth Busting Hero (CARE). \nCordelia’s latest book\, Delusions of Gender: How our minds\, society\, and neurosexism create difference was short-listed for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction\, the Best Book of Ideas Prize 2011\, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2010 and the biannual international cross-genre Warwick Prize 2013. Cordelia is a regular contributor to the popular media\, including the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Monthly and New Statesman. She also wrote the introduction for the Britannica Guide to the Brain. \nCordelia studied Experimental Psychology at Oxford University\, followed by an M.Phil in Criminology at Cambridge University. She was awarded a Ph.D in Psychology from University College London. Between 2002 to 2011 she held research positions at Monash University\, the Australian National University\, then Macquarie University. \nShe is currently an ARC Future Fellow in Psychological Sciences and Associate Professor at the Melbourne Business School\, University of Melbourne.  \nRead more about Cordelia Fine.\n \nINTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2016\n\nThis lecture is an International Women’s Day 2016 event. International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social\, economic\, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. #PledgeForParity is the International Women’s Day 2016 campaign theme. Take action. Make a pledge below to help accelerate gender parity.\n \nEVENT POSTER\n\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster.\n \n This event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/cordelia-fine-let-toys-toys-science-ethics-gendered-toy-marketing/
LOCATION:Wolf Performance Hall – Central Library\, 251 Dundas St\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 6H9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Public Events,Public Lectures,Rotman Lectures,Science and Values
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160226T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160226T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
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SUMMARY:Alastair Wilson: Emergent Contingency
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nI begin by distinguishing between two conceptions of what needs explaining in modal metaphysics – necessity or contingency – and arguing that we should take seriously the neglected ‘necessity-first’ perspective. Then I illustrate how this perspective might work by offering a radical new theory of modality based on Everettian quantum mechanics (EQM)\, otherwise known as the Many Worlds Interpretation. The version of EQM to which I appeal is a diverging\, or parallel-worlds\, approach\, as opposed to the more familiar overlapping\, or splitting-worlds\, approach. With diverging EQM in hand\, I show how we can formulate a naturalistic form of modal realism\, and I offer a reductive analysis of ordinary and scientific modal discourse including claims about possibility\, necessity\, chance\, counterfactuals\, and abilities. According to my proposed view\, contingency is an emergent phenomenon: at the fundamental level\, reality is non-contingent. I trace anticipations of this idea by philosophers including Parmenides\, Spinoza and Lewis\, and discuss some distinctive features of its Everettian implementation.\n \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nAlastair Wilson is a metaphysician and philosopher of science at the University of Birmingham. He has research interests in the metaphysics of modality\, Everettian quantum mechanics\, chance and laws of nature. Before taking up his position at Birmingham\, did a B.Phil and D.Phil at Oxford\, and held a postdoc at Monash University. \nRead more about Alastair Wilson.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/alastair-wilson-emergent-contingency/
LOCATION:Room 1145 – Stevenson Hall\, Stevenson Hall\, Room 1145\, London\, Ontario\, N6G 2V4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Philosophy of Physics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160225T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160225T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
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SUMMARY:Evan Fraser: Food in 2050: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nCreating food systems capable of sustainably\, equitably\, and nutritiously feeding 9 billion people while dealing with climate change is one of the 21st century’s “Grand Challenges”. Meeting this challenge is about more than just producing enough – indeed\, we already produce enough for everyone\, but more than a billion are overweight while almost a billion under nourished. To help feed the future we must not only produce the right kinds of food\, but must also innovate on food processing and ingredients\, make diets more nutritious\, cut back on waste/emissions\, reduce the amount of water and chemicals we use\, and ensure that small scale farmers around the world have access to markets. To explore these issues\, this talk will first present the factors that are driving changes in our food systems. Second\, this talk will explore where some of these trends are heading. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nEvan started thinking about agriculture and food systems while spending summers working on his grandfather’s fruit farm in Niagara. There\, he watched his stock-broker grandmother rake in an unconscionable amount of money on commissions from her clients’ investments while the farmers around were letting their crops rot because the cost of harvesting was higher than the cost of importing from the Southern US and Mexico. He decided\, however\, it was easier to write and talk about farming than actually try to make a living on it so passed on inheriting the family farm\, opting instead for grad school. He did degrees in forestry\, anthropology and agriculture at UBC and UofT. Since graduating\, he worked in a policy institute with the Hon. Dr. Lloyd Axworthy\, and began his academic career in 2003 in the UK where he worked on farming and climate change at the University of Leeds. He is the author of approximately 70 scientific papers or book chapters on these topics\, has written for the Guardian.com\, CNN.com\, ForeignAffairs.com\, the Walrus and the Ottawa Citizen\, and has two popular non-fiction books about food and food security including: Empires of Food: Feast\, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations that was published by Simon and Schuster and shortlisted for the James Beard Food Literature Award. Currently\, he holds the Tier I Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. \nRead more about Evan Fraser. \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n\n \nEVENT POSTER\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster. \n\n This event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/evan-fraser-food-2050-challenge-feeding-9-billion/
LOCATION:Wolf Performance Hall – Central Library\, 251 Dundas St\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 6H9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Ecological Philosophy,Public Events,Public Lectures,Science and Values
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20160129T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20160129T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T200838Z
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SUMMARY:Kirstin Borgerson: Toward an Epistemic Justification for Research-Practice Integration in Medicine
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nArguments in favor of greater research-practice integration in medicine have tended to be ethical\, political\, or pragmatic. But there are good epistemic reasons to pursue greater integration\, and it is important to think through these reasons in order to avoid inadvertently designing new systems in ways that replicate deep and enduring problems within current systems.\n \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\n \nKirstin Borgerson is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Dalhousie University; Cross-Appointed with Gender and Women’s Studies. Her areas of research include Philosophy of Medicine\, Bioethics\, Feminist Philosophy\, and Epistemology.  \nRead more about Kirstin Borgerson.\n \n \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n\n \nEVENT POSTER\n\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/kirstin-borgerson-toward-epistemic-justification-research-practice-integration-medicine/
LOCATION:Room 1145 – Stevenson Hall\, Stevenson Hall\, Room 1145\, London\, Ontario\, N6G 2V4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Ethics
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151213
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T201317Z
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SUMMARY:Einstein: Philosopher | Scientist\, 100 years of General Relativity
DESCRIPTION:EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION\n\nExplore the genius of Einstein through a uniquely philosophical lens. On the centennial of Einstein solving the puzzle of General Relativity\, this interactive exhibit delves into the philosophical groundwork that informed Einstein’s approach to science. Manuscript replicas (Courtesy of the Albert Einstein Archives\, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem\, Israel.) illustrate in detail Einstein’s journey to General Relativity\, and a computer simulation shows what it would be like if the speed of light were much slower than it actually is. Learn more about Einstein’s life\, and interact with scientific apparatus that show effects of great importance to understanding his scientific contributions. \n  \nCLOSING RECEPTION\n\nSaturday\, December 12th was the final day of the Einstein exhibit\, and marked the close of the year-long Einstein @ Rotman theme. To celebrate the occasion\, we hosted a special closing day reception. There were giveaways of different items related to the exhibit including laser pointers\, copies of the Einstein ‘Miracle Year’ poster\, and the highly coveted ‘Sexy’ Einstein t-shirt. This was also be the final day to enter our online giveaway for an equivalence gadget — a replica of one Einstein received as a birthday gift. A selection of seasonal refreshments and hot apple cider was served.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/einstein-philosopher-scientist-100-years-general-relativity/
LOCATION:SATELLiTE Project Space\, 121 Dundas St\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 1G1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Einstein at Rotman,History of Philosophy of Science,Other Public Events,Philosophy of Physics,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151110T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T210624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181107T132624Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Smeenk: Einstein’s Universe (Classes Without Quizzes)
DESCRIPTION:This lecture is part of the free public lecture series\, Classes Without Quizzes\, co-sponsored by Western Alumni and the London Public Library. \nABSTRACT\n\nEinstein developed his theory of general relativity 100 years ago. Join philosophy professor Chris Smeenk for an exploration of Einstein’s distinctively philosophical approach to physics\, and how his ideas have shaped our understanding of the universe. He will explain what it means to say that space and time are curved\, and that the universe might have a beginning\, as well as describing Einstein’s life and context. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\n \nI began my undergraduate years intending to study physics. I was drawn to physics partly because physicists had obviously been so successful in discovering a great deal about nature\, but also because modern physics is so strikingly creative and counterintuitive. In my freshmen year of college\, I studied philosophy for the first time as part of an intensive humanities program. The first term of that course (taught by Ruth Marcus) was responsible for kindling my interest in philosophy. I discovered that it was possible to pursue both physics and philosophy\, as a combined major. Thinking about these topics was exciting and rewarding enough that I decided to go on to graduate study\, at Pittsburgh’s Department of History and Philosophy of Science. \nHPS at Pitt was an incredibly enriching experience. HPS departments tend to be more closely aligned with either history of science or philosophy of science. A colleague in graduate school once memorably described Pitt’s department as neither “big H” (emphasis on history) nor “big P” (emphasis on philosophy)\, but instead “big S” (emphasis on science). Like most of my peers in graduate school\, I developed the skills to do “big S”-style work by continuing to study physics. My dissertation is a historical and philosophical study of the development of early universe cosmology. This has continued to be a major focus of my research\, but I also have worked on topics ranging from Newton’s work to the nature of time in Einstein’s theory of gravity. The common thread tying together all of this work is an interest in both what specific physical theories say about the world\, and how we should justify and evaluate these theories. \nAfter finishing my dissertation\, I held a postdoc at the Dibner Institute (affiliated with MIT) for one year. I was then an assistant professor of philosophy for four years at UCLA before accepting a position at Western in 2007. \nRead more about Chris Smeenk. \n  \nThis event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library and is part of Western’s free community lecture series\, Classes without Quizzes.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/chris-smeenk-einsteins-universe-classes-without-quizzes/
LOCATION:Stevenson & Hunt Room A – Central Library\, 251 Dundas St\, London\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Einstein at Rotman,History of Philosophy of Science,Other Public Events,Philosophy of Physics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151028T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151028T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T210919Z
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SUMMARY:Wayne Myrvold: Einstein and the Atom
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nEinstein’s name is widely associated with the “atom bomb\,” via the formula E = MC2. Less widely known is that he played a key role in providing evidence that atoms exist at all. One of Einstein’s early papers was an analysis of Brownian motion\, the ceaseless dance of tiny particles\, such as pollen grains\, suspended in a fluid. The dance of pollen grains\, Einstein realized\, was evidence that they are being buffeted by smaller particles\, beyond microscopic resolution. This talk will be about the ingenuity required to turn the visible into evidence about the invisible. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\n \nWayne Myrvold is a philosopher of science\, whose work is chiefly concerned with the philosophy of physics\, and\, in particular with the interpretation of quantum mechanics. He has interest in confirmation theory (or perhaps\, better\, in the relation between theory and evidence)\, and has done work on this in a Bayesian context. He has a long-standing interest in the philosophy of biology which has yet to result in any published contributions to that field. \nHe has been a member of the Philosophy Department at Western since 1997. In AY 2004-2005\, he spent half of a sabbatical year at the University of Oxford\, and in AY 08-09 spent a full year there as a visiting Departmental Lecturer in the Philosophy of Physics. In the Winter Term of 2011 he was visiting faculty in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is an Affiliate Member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is a member of the Time and Universe research cluster. He is also Subject Editor for Quantum Mechanics for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and is on the Editorial Board for Philosophy of Science \nRead more about Wayne Myrvold. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster and flyer. \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n \n \nThis event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library and the Western Department of Philosophy.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/wayne-myrvold-einstein-atom/
LOCATION:Stevenson & Hunt Room A – Central Library\, 251 Dundas St\, London\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Einstein at Rotman,History of Philosophy of Science,Library Lectures,Philosophy of Physics,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151021T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151021T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T211217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T152834Z
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SUMMARY:Doreen Fraser: Einstein\, God\, Dice\, and Quantum Mechanics
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nEinstein is best known for his contributions to the physics of spacetime\, the Special and General Theories of Relativity. However\, he also played an important role in the development of quantum mechanics\, the other great theoretical advance in twentieth century physics. Einstein’s famous response to quantum mechanics was that “God does not play dice.” As the quote suggests\, quantum mechanics made Einstein uncomfortable. I will discuss the reasons for his unease—the role of chance\, the failure of the theory to represent reality\, and “spooky” action at a distance. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\n \nDoreen Fraser is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo. The central focus of her current research is the project funded by a SSHRC Standard Research Grant\, which is entitled “A Philosophical Investigation of Issues Raised by Particle Physics.” A turning point in the recent history of physics was the realization that an identification can be made between the theories of statistical mechanics and particle physics. The discovery that the same mathematical formalism can be used in both statistical mechanics and particle physics is surprising because these theories were taken to describe unrelated aspects of the physical world. While the importance of the analogy between statistical mechanics and particle physics is beyond doubt\, the nature of the analogy between the two theories stands in need of further analysis. What has been shown is that the two theories share the same mathematical form\, which establishes a formal analogy. The pressing question that remains is this: Is there a more substantial physical analogy between particle physics and statistical mechanics underlying this formal analogy? The answer to this question is important to both philosophers and theoretical physicists because it has deep ramifications for our understanding of the nature of elementary particles\, the discipline of particle physics\, and the enterprise of scientific theorizing more generally. The goals of this project are twofold: first\, to analyze the analogy between statistical mechanics and particle physics and\, second\, to apply this analysis to address philosophical issues raised by particle physics as well as broader epistemological issues. \nRead more about Doreen Fraser. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster and flyer. \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n \n \nThis event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library and the Western Department of Philosophy.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/doreen-fraser-einstein-god-dice-quantum-mechanics/
LOCATION:Stevenson & Hunt Room A – Central Library\, 251 Dundas St\, London\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Einstein at Rotman,History of Philosophy of Science,Library Lectures,Philosophy of Physics,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151015T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151015T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170818T173503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210714T150004Z
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SUMMARY:Stathis Psillos: Engaging Philosophy: Einstein on the Method of Science
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nAlbert Einstein said that scientists are poor philosophers. Yet\, he added that especially in periods of scientific revolutions\, scientists should engage in philosophy and should not “surrender to philosophers the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations” of science. In this talk I will aim to critically examine Einstein’s views on the method of science by placing them within the context of his own historical narrative concerning the crisis of science in the beginning of the twentieth century and the emergence of his theories of relativity. I will stress that his key philosophical endeavour was to clarify the relation between theory and experience. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\n \nStathis Psillos received his PhD in Philosophy of Science in 1994 from King’s College London. Between 1993 and 1998 he was initially assistant editor and subsequently deputy editor of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. Between 1995 and 1998\, he was a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow\, at the Dept of Philosophy\, Logic and Scientific Method\, London School of Economics. Since 1998\, he has been a Research Associate of the Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences\, London School of Economics. He joined the Dept of Philosophy and History of Science in the University of Athens\, Greece\, in 1999. He was among the founders of European Philosophy of Science Association and served as its first elected President (2007-2009). He is currently the editor of the journal Metascience. In 2008 he was elected member of l’Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (AIPS). In 2007\, he was co-chair of the Programme Committee for the Philosophy of Science for the World Congress of Philosophy\, which took place in Seoul\, South Korea\, in July 2008. In 2011\, he organised the 3nd congress of the European Philosophy of Science Association\, in Athens. In July 2011\, he was the Springer Lecturer\, at the 11th International IHPST Conference\, held at the University of Thessaloniki. In July 2012 he was William Evans Visiting Professor in the University of Otago\, New Zealand. In March-May 2013\, he delivered the Cardinal Mercier Lectures in Philosophy in the Universite Catholique de Louvain\, in Belgium. He is the author and editor of 8 books (two of which have been award-winning) and over 100 papers and reviews in learned journals and edited books\, mainly on scientific realism\, causation\, explanation and the history of philosophy of science. He has delivered more than 120 talks in seminars and conferences around the world. \nRead more about Stathis Psillos. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster and flyer. \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n \n \nThis event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library and the Western Department of Philosophy.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/stathis-psillos-engaging-philosophy-einstein-method-science/
LOCATION:Stevenson & Hunt Room A – Central Library\, 251 Dundas St\, London\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Einstein at Rotman,History of Philosophy of Science,Library Lectures,Philosophy of Physics,Public Events,Stathis Psillos,Visiting Fellows
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151015T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151015T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170817T211516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170817T211516Z
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SUMMARY:Hugo Critchley: Interoception\, Emotion and Self: How the Heart Gates Feelings and Perceptions
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nInformation concerning the internal state of the body is arguably the basis for emotional feelings and may serve as the primary reference for the development of self-representation underpinning many aspects of consciousness. The combination of functional and structural neuroimaging\, autonomic psychophysiology and patient studies has provided valuable insight into the brain mechanisms though which thoughts\, feelings and behaviours are integrated with the signalling and control of bodily state. Recently\, we have revisited the issue of how information concerning the timing and strength of individual heartbeats influences the perception and encoding of environmental and self-related stimuli. Our observations indicate that this channel of afferent viscerosensory signalling differentially impacts upon the processing of threat\, enhancing the detection and salience of threat signals. This contrasts with the observed inhibition of other types of sensory processing including responses to pain stimuli. The study of interoceptive representations within the brain and their influence on perception cognition and emotion is revealing mechanisms relevant to consciousness science and disorders of selfhood that ultimately may inform new clinical therapeutic targets.\n \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nHugo Critchley trained in Physiology and Medicine in the University of Liverpool and received his doctorate in Psychological Studies at the University of Oxford.  He undertook specialist training in psychiatry at Institute of Psychiatry and Institute of Neurology\, in parallel with research fellowships including a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science awarded 2004. Before his appointment in BSMS\, he was a principal investigator at the Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience\, UCL Institute of Neurology and group leader at the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience.  Hugo’s research is now funded mainly by European Research Council and the Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation. \nHugo’s research programme examines brain-body interactions\, combining human neuroimaging with physiological monitoring and patient studies. The research addresses central autonomic control and interoception relevant to emotion. Through the Sackler Centre of Consciousness Science\, the research also applies neural models of consciousness to understanding clinical disorders of mind.   \nHugo is Chair in Psychiatry at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).  Hugo is also co-director with Prof Anil Seth of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science\, University of Sussex.  \nRead more about Hugo Critchley.\n \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n\n \nEVENT POSTER\n\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster.\n \nThis event was co-sponsored with Western’s Brain And Mind Institute.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/hugo-critchley-interoception-emotion-self-heart-gates-feelings-perceptions/
LOCATION:Room 1145 – Stevenson Hall\, Stevenson Hall\, Room 1145\, London\, Ontario\, N6G 2V4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20151007T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20151007T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170818T173820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T152853Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Smeenk: Einstein’s Path to a New Theory
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nIn November 1915\, Einstein published a new theory of gravity. This lecture recounts the “rough and winding road” Einstein took in developing his theory\, which ended with a dramatic race to the finish. Einstein’s approach was philosophical\, partially guided by conceptual puzzles regarding space and motion. We will consider recent critical assessments of Einstein’s philosophy\, along with the more general question of how philosophy can contribute to physics. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\n \nI began my undergraduate years intending to study physics. I was drawn to physics partly because physicists had obviously been so successful in discovering a great deal about nature\, but also because modern physics is so strikingly creative and counterintuitive. In my freshmen year of college\, I studied philosophy for the first time as part of an intensive humanities program. The first term of that course (taught by Ruth Marcus) was responsible for kindling my interest in philosophy. I discovered that it was possible to pursue both physics and philosophy\, as a combined major. Thinking about these topics was exciting and rewarding enough that I decided to go on to graduate study\, at Pittsburgh’s Department of History and Philosophy of Science. \nHPS at Pitt was an incredibly enriching experience. HPS departments tend to be more closely aligned with either history of science or philosophy of science. A colleague in graduate school once memorably described Pitt’s department as neither “big H” (emphasis on history) nor “big P” (emphasis on philosophy)\, but instead “big S” (emphasis on science). Like most of my peers in graduate school\, I developed the skills to do “big S”-style work by continuing to study physics. My dissertation is a historical and philosophical study of the development of early universe cosmology. This has continued to be a major focus of my research\, but I also have worked on topics ranging from Newton’s work to the nature of time in Einstein’s theory of gravity. The common thread tying together all of this work is an interest in both what specific physical theories say about the world\, and how we should justify and evaluate these theories. \nAfter finishing my dissertation\, I held a postdoc at the Dibner Institute (affiliated with MIT) for one year. I was then an assistant professor of philosophy for four years at UCLA before accepting a position at Western in 2007. \nRead more about Chris Smeenk. \nEVENT POSTER\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster and flyer. \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n \n \nThis event is co-sponsored with the London Public Library and the Western Department of Philosophy.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/chris-smeenk-einsteins-path-new-theory/
LOCATION:Stevenson & Hunt Room A – Central Library\, 251 Dundas St\, London\, Ontario\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Einstein at Rotman,History of Philosophy of Science,Library Lectures,Philosophy of Physics,Public Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150930T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150930T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170818T174133Z
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SUMMARY:David Chalmers: Spatial Experience and Virtual Reality
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nDo virtual reality devices such as the Oculus Rift produce the illusion of an external reality? Or do they produce non-illusory experiences of a virtual reality? I address this question by starting with an analogous question about mirrors. When one looks in a mirror\, does one undergo the illusion that there is someone on the other side of the mirror\, or does one have a non-illusory experience of someone on this side of the mirror?  I will argue that at least for familiar users of mirrors\, there is no illusion.  Knowledge of mirrors provides a sort of cognitive orientation (a variety of cognitive penetration) that affects the content of visual experience and renders it non-illusory. I will suggest that familiar users of virtual reality devices have a similar sort of cognitive orientation that renders their experience non-illusory.\n  \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\n \nDavid Chalmers is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Consciousness at Australian National University\, and Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Center for Mind\, Brain\, and Consciousness at New York University.  \nHe works in the philosophy of mind and in related areas of philosophy and cognitive science. He is especially interested in consciousness\, in addition to all sorts of other issues in the philosophy of mind and language\, metaphysics and epistemology\, and the foundations of cognitive science. \nRead more about David Chalmers.\n \nEVENT POSTER\n\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster.\n \nEVENT VIDEO\n\n\n \nThis event is co-sponsored with the Department of Philosophy.
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/david-chalmers-spatial-experience-virtual-reality/
LOCATION:Room 100 – Physics and Astronomy Building\, Physics and Astronomy Building\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, N6A 3K7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150919T050000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150919T123000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170818T174353Z
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SUMMARY:Katarzyna de Lazai-Radek and Peter Singer: Author-Meets-Critics: The Point of View of The Universe
DESCRIPTION:EVENT DESCRIPTION\n\n“The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics” is devoted to interpreting and defending in a contemporary setting a number of the doctrines found in Henry Sidgwick’s “The Methods of Ethics”. It therefore discusses a wide number of moral problems of interest to contemporary moral philosophers\, including the conflict between self-interest and morality\, the nature of moral reasons\, the nature of well-being\, the demands of morality\, the conflict between utilitarianism and deontology\, among many others. The author-meets-critics session will include presentations that discuss the interpretive and the normative claims defended in Katarzyna de Lazai-Radek and Peter Singer’s 2014 book\, “The Point of View of the Universe”. \nAUTHOR PROFILES\n\n \nKatarzyna de Lazari-Radek is a Polish utilitarian philosopher and lecturer at the Institute of Philosophy at Lodz University in Poland where she also completed her dissertation. Professor Lazari-Radek also teaches an intensive summer seminar on utilitarian ethics at the European Graduate School (EGS) together with the famous applied ethics philosopher\, also one of the animal rights founder\, Peter Singer. She would do two Master’s degrees\, also at Lodz University\, one in English Literature (2000) and one in Philosophy (2001). Lazari-Radek’s doctoral dissertation (2007) examined the work of the utilitarian English philosopher and economist Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900)\, whose work on work has had a lasting impact\, especially in economics. Her dissertation was entitled Good and Reason in the Moral Philosophy of Henry Sidgwick (2007). \nProfessor Lazari-Radek’s research since then has focused on a plethora of ethical issues\, including bioethics\, medical ethics\, the ethics of aid\, the ethical aspects of globalization\, as well as both the ethics of journalism and the ethics of research. \nRead more about Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek. \nPhoto by Tony Phillips – ICEL 2014 \nPeter Singer is an Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. From 2005 on\, he has also held the part-time position of Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne\, first in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics\, and then in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. \nPeter Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation. His other books include: Democracy and Disobedience; Practical Ethics; The Expanding Circle; Marx; Hegel; Animal Factories (with Jim Mason); The Reproduction Revolution (with Deane Wells)\, Should the Baby Live? (with Helga Kuhse)\, How Are We to Live?\, Rethinking Life and Death\, Ethics into Action\, A Darwinian Left\, One World\, Pushing Time Away\, The President of Good and Evil\, How Ethical is Australia? (with Tom Gregg)\, The Way We Eat (with Jim Mason) and The Life You Can Save. He also co-authored The Greens with Bob Brown\, founder of the Australian Greens. Books he has edited or co-edited include Test-Tube Babies; In Defence of Animals; Applied Ethics; Animal Rights and Human Obligations; Embryo Experimentation; A Companion to Ethics; The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity\, Ethics\, A Companion to Bioethics\, Bioethics: An Anthology\, The Moral of the Story\, In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave and Stem Cell Research: The Ethical Issues. His works have appeared in more than 20 languages. He is the author of the major article on Ethics in the current edition of the Encylopaedia Britannica. Two collections of his writings have been published: Writings on an Ethical Life\, which he edited\, and Unsanctifying Human Life\, edited by Helga Kuhse. There are also two collections of critical essays about his work\, which include his responses: Singer and His Critics\, edited by Dale Jamieson\, and Peter Singer Under Fire\, edited by Jeffrey Schaler. The latter includes a 75 page “Intellectual Autobiography.” \nPeter Singer was the founding President of the International Association of Bioethics\, and with Helga Kuhse\, founding co-editor of the journal Bioethics. Outside academic life\, he is the co-founder\, and President\, of The Great Ape Project\, an international effort to obtain basic rights for chimpanzees\, gorillas and orangutans. He is also President of Animal Rights International. \nRead more about Peter Singer. \nEVENT SCHEDULE\n\n9:00-9:30: Coffee \n9:30-10:00: Presentation: Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer: The main themes of “The Point of View of the Universe”. \n10:00-11:15: Presentation: Thomas Hurka (Toronto) \n11:15 -11:30: Break \n11:30-12:45: Presentation: Jennifer Hawkins (Duke) \n12:45-1:45: Lunch \n1:45-3:00: Presentation: Anthony Skelton (Western) \n3:00-3:15: Break \n3:15-4:30: Presentation: David Phillips (Houston)
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/katarzyna-de-lazai-radek-peter-singer-author-meets-critics-point-view-universe/
LOCATION:Room 1145 – Stevenson Hall\, Stevenson Hall\, Room 1145\, London\, Ontario\, N6G 2V4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Ethics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150918T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150918T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
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SUMMARY:Peter Singer: Animal Liberation\, Forty Years On
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nPeter Singer’s Animal Liberation\, often credited with starting the modern animal rights movement\, was first published in September 1975. In this lecture\, the author assesses how well the argument has stood up over that period\, and what progress has been made towards the changes in our treatment of animals that the book advocates.\n \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nPhoto by Tony Phillips – ICEL 2014 \nPeter Singer is an Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. From 2005 on\, he has also held the part-time position of Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne\, first in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics\, and then in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies.  \nPeter Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation. His other books include: Democracy and Disobedience; Practical Ethics; The Expanding Circle; Marx; Hegel; Animal Factories (with Jim Mason); The Reproduction Revolution (with Deane Wells)\, Should the Baby Live? (with Helga Kuhse)\, How Are We to Live?\, Rethinking Life and Death\, Ethics into Action\, A Darwinian Left\, One World\, Pushing Time Away\, The President of Good and Evil\, How Ethical is Australia? (with Tom Gregg)\, The Way We Eat (with Jim Mason) and The Life You Can Save.  He also co-authored The Greens with Bob Brown\, founder of the Australian Greens. Books he has edited or co-edited include Test-Tube Babies; In Defence of Animals; Applied Ethics; Animal Rights and Human Obligations; Embryo Experimentation; A Companion to Ethics; The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity\, Ethics\, A Companion to Bioethics\, Bioethics: An Anthology\, The Moral of the Story\, In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave and Stem Cell Research: The Ethical Issues.  His works have appeared in more than 20 languages.  He is the author of the major article on Ethics in the current edition of the Encylopaedia Britannica.  Two collections of his writings have been published: Writings on an Ethical Life\, which he edited\, and Unsanctifying Human Life\, edited by Helga Kuhse.  There are also two collections of critical essays about his work\, which include his responses: Singer and His Critics\, edited by Dale Jamieson\, and Peter Singer Under Fire\, edited by Jeffrey Schaler. The latter includes a 75 page “Intellectual Autobiography.” \nPeter Singer was the founding President of the International Association of Bioethics\, and with Helga Kuhse\, founding co-editor of the journal Bioethics.  Outside academic life\, is the co-founder\, and President\, of The Great Ape Project\, an international effort to obtain basic rights for chimpanzees\, gorillas and orangutans. He is also President of Animal Rights International. \nRead more about Peter Singer.\n \nEVENT POSTER\n\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster.\n \nEVENT VIDEO
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/peter-singer-animal-liberation-forty-years/
LOCATION:Great Hall – Somerville House\, Somerville House\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, N6G 2V4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Ethics,Public Events,Public Lectures,Rotman Lectures,Science and Values
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20150917T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20150917T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T163733
CREATED:20170818T175047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220816T170756Z
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SUMMARY:Peter Singer: The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nEffective altruism is built upon the simple but profound idea that living a fully ethical life involves doing the “most good you can do.” Such a life requires an unsentimental view of charitable giving: to be a worthy recipient of our support\, an organization must be able to demonstrate that it will do more good with our money or our time than other options open to us.  In this talk\, Singer will introduce us to an array of remarkable people who are restructuring their lives in accordance with these ideas\, and show how effective altruism challenges common views about the choice between different good causes. \nSPEAKER PROFILE\n\nPhoto by Tony Phillips – ICEL 2014 \nPeter Singer is an Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. From 2005 on\, he has also held the part-time position of Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne\, first in the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics\, and then in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies. \nPeter Singer first became well-known internationally after the publication of Animal Liberation. His other books include: Democracy and Disobedience; Practical Ethics; The Expanding Circle; Marx; Hegel; Animal Factories (with Jim Mason); The Reproduction Revolution (with Deane Wells)\, Should the Baby Live? (with Helga Kuhse)\, How Are We to Live?\, Rethinking Life and Death\, Ethics into Action\, A Darwinian Left\, One World\, Pushing Time Away\, The President of Good and Evil\, How Ethical is Australia? (with Tom Gregg)\, The Way We Eat (with Jim Mason) and The Life You Can Save. He also co-authored The Greens with Bob Brown\, founder of the Australian Greens. Books he has edited or co-edited include Test-Tube Babies; In Defence of Animals; Applied Ethics; Animal Rights and Human Obligations; Embryo Experimentation; A Companion to Ethics; The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity\, Ethics\, A Companion to Bioethics\, Bioethics: An Anthology\, The Moral of the Story\, In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave and Stem Cell Research: The Ethical Issues. His works have appeared in more than 20 languages. He is the author of the major article on Ethics in the current edition of the Encylopaedia Britannica. Two collections of his writings have been published: Writings on an Ethical Life\, which he edited\, and Unsanctifying Human Life\, edited by Helga Kuhse. There are also two collections of critical essays about his work\, which include his responses: Singer and His Critics\, edited by Dale Jamieson\, and Peter Singer Under Fire\, edited by Jeffrey Schaler. The latter includes a 75 page “Intellectual Autobiography.” \nPeter Singer was the founding President of the International Association of Bioethics\, and with Helga Kuhse\, founding co-editor of the journal Bioethics. Outside academic life\, he is the co-founder\, and President\, of The Great Ape Project\, an international effort to obtain basic rights for chimpanzees\, gorillas and orangutans. He is also President of Animal Rights International. \nRead more about Peter Singer. \nEVENT POSTER\n\n\nDownload a copy of the event poster.\n \nEVENT VIDEO
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/peter-singer-good-can-effective-altruism-changing-ideas-living-ethically/
LOCATION:Great Hall – Somerville House\, Somerville House\, Western University\, London\, Ontario\, N6G 2V4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Ethics,Public Events,Public Lectures,Rotman Lectures,Science and Values
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150608
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SUMMARY:Gravity and Geometry: Centenary Perspectives on General Relativity
DESCRIPTION:2015 Annual Philosophy of Physics Conference\n\nParticipants will present physical\, philosophical\, and historical reflections on Einstein’s theory of gravity and space-time geometry\, its development over the past century\, and its future prospects. \nThe conference will include speakers: \nKaća Bradonjić (Wellesley College) \nCarla Cederbaum (University of Tuebingen) \nMichael Friedman (Stanford University) \nMarco Giovanelli (Einstein Papers Project) \nJohn Norton (University of Pittsburgh) \nLee Smolin (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics) \nView the conference schedule. \nFor further information\, visit http://logicmathphysics.ca./philosophy-physics-conference/ \nDownload a poster. \nCONFERENCE VIDEOS
URL:https://www.rotman.uwo.ca/event/gravity-geometry-centenary-perspectives-general-relativity/
CATEGORIES:Conference,History of Philosophy of Science,Other Conferences,Philosophy of Physics
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