- CULTIVATING COLLABORATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS (7/20/2016) - Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with someone on an important topic and you just keep talking past one another rather than addressing each other’s perspectives? “It’s a frustrating experience,” says Professor Michael O’Rourke, Department of Philosophy. “It’s especially frustrating if you don’t realize it and only later recognize that what you thought … Continue reading CULTIVATING COLLABORATIONS IN SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS →
- Message from SRPoiSE Board of Management (7/18/2016) - Dear SRPoiSE Membership The SRPoiSE Board of Management thanks the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology at the University of Texas Dallas for hosting the SRPoiSE conference this year. The conference was intellectually invigorating, catalyzed networking opportunities and was well-attended and well-organized. Special thanks go to Matt Brown for organizational leadership, Magda Grohman … Continue reading Message from SRPoiSE Board of Management →
- Call for Initial Abstracts: Making the Case (5/25/2015) - Making the Case: Feminist and Critical Race Theorists Investigate Case Studies Editors: Heidi Grasswick and Nancy McHugh Volume to be published with SUNY Press Over the past twenty-five years feminist and critical race theorists working in epistemology and philosophy of science and medicine have often employed case studies and extended case examples to make arguments … Continue reading Call for Initial Abstracts: Making the Case →
- Kyle Whyte named Timnick Chair in the Humanities in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University (3/27/2015) - Kyle Whyte, a leading researcher and authority in the ethical and political issues surrounding climate policy and indigenous peoples, has been named as the inaugural Timnick Chair in the Humanities in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University. As part of the MSU Empower Extraordinary campaign, alumnus and retired businessman Henry Timnick … Continue reading Kyle Whyte named Timnick Chair in the Humanities in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University →
- Interview with Matt Brown (11/18/2014) - “Ultimately, there needs to be more of a sense that climate scientists are trustworthy to the values that the public holds,” Brown says. “I’m not sure that’s communicated very well when the climate science community heavily emphasizes the policy neutrality of climate science, and then in other forums comes out advocating immediate action. It’s not … Continue reading Interview with Matt Brown →