Tidligere arrangementer - Side 3
Rose Trappes is a postdoctoral research fellow at Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences at Exeter University, UK. Rose works in philosophy of biology and feminist philosophy. Her research currently focuses on concepts and research practices in ecology and related disciplines, exploring topics such as individuality, ecological niches, ecological mechanisms, animal tracking technology, data synthesis, and citizen science. Together with Sabina Leonelli, Rose is also working on conceptualisations of research environments.
Luca Zanetti, guest researcher at CPS, will give a talk entitled "Models and Values".
Establishing the Nordic Network for Philosophy of Physics
Dr Bonnie Evans is a Senior Research Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, and author of The Metamorphosis of Autism (Manchester University Press). She has a PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University, and has held a research fellowship at King’s College, London's Centre for Medical Humanities. She has lectured in the international history of child sciences, psychology and eugenics. In addition to her academic work, she writes for popular publications such as Aeon Magazine, and has appeared on BBC television.
SciDem– a research group under UiO:Democracy
Adriana Alcaraz Sanchez (University of Glasgow) is a visiting researcher at CPS and will present on her work for this combined talk both for the GOODATTENTION project and the CPS Lunch Forum. The Forum therefore takes place at a different time for this talk.
NB: Date changed from May 12 to May 19.
Teresa Baron will present "Why-UD? Assessing the requirement to trial an intrauterine device before elective sterilisation is approved in female patients". Teresa is a guest researcher at CPS and a Nottingham Research Fellow working on reproductive ethics and philosophy of parenthood.
Eric Turkheimer is a psychologist and behavioral geneticist, known for his research on the complex interplay between genetics and environmental factors in human behavior. His work has challenged the traditional nature vs. nurture dichotomy, demonstrating instead that genetic and environmental factors interact in complex and dynamic ways to shape human development and behavior. His influential "Three Laws of Behavior Genetics" have become a cornerstone of the field, guiding researchers and shaping public understanding of the interplay between genes and environment. He is currently the Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia.
Suki Finn is guest researcher at CPS and will give the talk "On the reality of gender" for both the Practical Philosophy Group and The CPS Lunch Forum. The Forum therefore takes place outside its normal time slot for this talk.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change.
Dr Suki Finn is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London and a visiting fellow with the CPS at the University of Oslo. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Southampton and has held other visiting fellowships at the University of Vienna (2023), Australian National University (2019), New York University (2018), and City University of New York Graduate Center (2014). Her areas of research span the philosophy of logic, metaphysics, philosophy of science, feminism, and epistemology. She has published a number of articles on these topics in Synthese, Bioethics, Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, European Journal of the Philosophy of Science, Australasian Journal of Logic, Philosophia, and more. She is the author of What’s in a Doughnut Hole? And other philosophical food for thought (Icon, 2024) and editor of Women of Ideas (Oxford University Press, 2021). Dr Finn. is a University and College Union representative, and is on the Executive Committee for the Society for Women in Philosophy UK and the Council for the Royal Institute of Philosophy. For more information on her research, see: www.sukifinn.com
Geoffrey Galt Harpham is the author of thirteen books and over one hundred articles and essays in the fields of literary studies, philosophy, linguistics, and intellectual history. His recent books are Scholarship and Freedom (Harvard Univ. Press) and Citizenship on Catfish Row: Race and Nation in American Popular Entertainment (Univ. of South Carolina Press). His Theories of Race 1684-1900, an anthology of scientific and philosophical discussions of the race concept, will be online in early summer 2023. He has taught at Tulane University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Duke University, and from 2002-15, he was director of the National Humanities Center.
CPS is launching a new meeting place for researchers in the humanities/social sciences and natural sciences/medicine who would like to explore the possibility of collaborations across disciplinary boundaries.
Claire Prendergast, postdoc at IFIKK (DEVCOM) presents
"Preliminary Empirical Data from a Sequential Study on Young Children’s Pragmatic Development"
Renata Arruda, guest researcher at CPS, presents "Knowing, doing, and the hypothetical reasoning on the problem of overdiagnosis"
Jon Røyne Kyllingstad (f.1966) er historiker og har jobbet med vitenskapshistorie og akademiske institusjoners historie i perioden ca. 1870-2000. Han har i mange år vært opptatt av ideer om rase, etnisitet, kultur og nasjon innen fag som antropologi, genetikk, arkeologi, historie. Siden 2017 har han arbeidet ved Kulturhistorisk museums avdeling Museum for universitets- og vitenskapshistorie, og har tidligere vært førstekonservator ved Norsk Teknisk Museum der han sammen med Ageliki Lefkaditou sto bak utstillingen FOLK – fra rasetyper til DNA-sekvenser.
Einar Duenger Bøhn (b. 1977) is Professor of philosophy at the University of Agder. Main research areas: metaphysics, the philosophy of technology, aesthetics, the philosophy of religion, and ethics. Bøhn has published many international articles and several books, e.g. “God and Abstract objects” (Cambridge University Press, 2019) and “Teknologiens Filosofi” (Cappelen Damm, 2022). Bohn is also an active voice on behalf of philosophy outside of academia, with many radio appearances and philosophy podcasts on his conscience. Other than that, he seems to experience some meaning from driving his motorcycle, drawing with charcoal, and hanging out with his cat and his kids.
New time: Feb 13 at 12:15. Simon Okholm, guest researcher at CPS, will present "In-between disease theory and normative appeals: Is aging treatable?"
Bjørn Hofmann (UiO, NTNU Gjøvik) er professor i medisinsk filosofi og etikk ved Senter for medisinsk etikk ved Det medisinske fakultet ved Universitetet i Oslo og ved Institutt for helsevitenskap ved NTNU Gjøvik. Han er utdannet innen teknologifag, idéhistorie, filosofi og etikk. Hofmann forsker og underviser innenfor medisinsk filosofi, helsefaglig etikk, vitenskapsteori, helsetjenesteforskning og teknologivurdering. Han er særlig opptatt av håndtering av teknologi generelt og av etiske aspekter ved helseteknologi spesielt. Hofmann har blant annet skrevet boken Hva er sykdom? i tillegg til en lang rekke vitenskapelige artikler og han deltar aktivt i samfunnsdebatten om ulike sider av helsetjenesten.
Sofie Lekve (IFIKK, UiO) presents "Who is IVF for?"
Establishing the Nordic Network for Philosophy of Physics
Our actions don’t just shape and transmit the rules, they create in each new generation mental processes that can grasp the rules and put them into action, claims professor Cecilia Heyes of Oxford University.
Matias Slavov (Tampere University, guest researcher at CPS) presents "The one-directionality of time does not entail a unique direction of time"
Ole Jacob Madsen (f. 1978) er utdannet psykolog og filosof og jobber som professor i kultur- og samfunnspsykologi ved Psykologisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo. Hans forskning har særlig omhandlet hvordan psykologien utgjør et meningsrammeverk for det moderne menneskets liv. Han har tidligere utgitt bøkene Den terapeutiske kultur (2010/2017), "Det er innover vi må gå" (2014), Generasjon prestasjon (2018), Livsmestring på timeplanen (2020) og Skolevegringsmysteriet (sammen med Gaute Brochmann) (2022).
Karen Crowther (CPS/IFIKK) will present "Consistency as a guide in scientific theory-development"