February 2016 Member News and Updates

Our February monthly digest brings news of a new Canada Research Chair, publications, conferences, and public talks from some of our members. Listed below (in alphabetical order) are some of the ways our members have been busy engaging with other philosophers, scientists, and the general public. Gillian Barker was the featured speaker at the Darwin [...]

2021-06-24T14:25:45-04:00February 29th, 2016|Members|

Interview with Dr. Kirstin Borgerson

by Veromi Arsiradam Dr. Kirstin Borgerson is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Cross-Appointed with Gender and Women’s Studies, at Dalhousie University. Her main areas of research include philosophy of medicine, bioethics, feminist philosophy, and social epistemology. On January 29, 2016, Dr. Borgerson delivered a lecture titled, “Toward an Epistemic Justification for Research-Practice Integration in Medicine,” as [...]

2016-02-10T10:09:22-05:00February 10th, 2016|Biomedical Ethics, Events|

Video Posting — Kirstin Borgerson: Toward an Epistemic Justification for Research-Practice Integration in Medicine

Kirstin Borgerson, of Dalhousie University, delivered a lecture on January 29, 2016 entitled, Toward an Epistemic Justification for Research-Practice Integration in Medicine. Video of this lecture has been posted on the Rotman Institute of Philosophy YouTube channel. Abstract: Arguments in favor of greater research-practice integration in medicine have tended to be ethical, political, or pragmatic. [...]

2016-02-04T09:19:51-05:00February 4th, 2016|Biomedical Ethics, Events|

How can there be “emotions” without “emotion”?

Rotman faculty member Louis Charland published a blog post yesterday entitled, "Emotions without Emotion: A Challenge for the Neurophilosophy and Neuroscience of Emotion". It was featured on The Neuroethics Blog, hosted by the Center for Ethics, Neuroethics Program at Emory University. In the post, Charland examines the distinction between the terms emotion and cognition, and [...]

2017-01-03T12:08:10-05:00February 3rd, 2016|Lab Associates, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Projects|

Interview with Michael Anderson

Rotman graduate student, Jessey Wright, conducted the following interview with Professor Michael Anderson -- Visiting Fellow at the Rotman Institute. Professor Michael Anderson is a visiting scholar at the Rotman Institute. Professor Anderson’s work sits at the intersection of psychology, computer science and philosophy. For example, his recent book, After Phrenology:  Neural Reuse and the [...]

2017-01-03T12:08:20-05:00January 28th, 2016|Events, Lab Associates, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Projects|

Spring 2016 Rotman Events

The Rotman Institute will be hosting several noteworthy events this semester, on topics including research-practice integration in medicine, a look at the food systems needed to feed the world's growing population, gendered toy marketing, and neurophilosophy. In addition to these lectures, the 2016 Rotman Annual Conference, Rethinking the Taxonomy of Psychology Conference, will be held [...]

2016-01-05T13:09:30-05:00January 5th, 2016|Events|

Congratulations to the 2015 Rotman PhD Graduates

The fall semester has officially come to a close, and as we prepare to break for the holidays, The Rotman Institute would like to acknowledge the accomplishments of some of our student members. 2015 has been an exciting year -- we've had seven Rotman graduate students successfully defend their theses. Their names, along with the titles [...]

2021-06-24T14:26:07-04:00December 21st, 2015|Graduate Students, Members|

#TBT Video Postings — Doing Science in the Dark and Clarity before Consensus

Leonard Smith and Erica Thompson, of the London School of Economics, delivered a lecture on October 29, 2014 entitled, Doing Science in the Dark: The Challenges of Climate-Like Science. This lecture was presented at the Central Library as part of the 2014 Library Speaker Series, co-sponsored with the London Public Library. Video of this lecture [...]

2015-12-17T13:04:10-05:00December 17th, 2015|Climate Change, Events|

Rotman Institute of Philosophy Entrance Scholarships

By Amy Wuest The philosophy program at Western University is internationally ranked, both as an overall department and within a number of specialties, namely feminist philosophy, the philosophy of science, the philosophy of physics, the history of analytic philosophy, and others. At the Rotman Institute of Philosophy students have the opportunity to pursue these topics [...]

2018-01-05T08:29:10-05:00December 16th, 2015|Rotman News|
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