Adventures in Ethics and Science

A conference paper I didn't see coming.

Category: Conferences

A philosopher talking about evidential relations and inferences in the context of the JFK assassination couldn't be a crackpot. Could he?

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On my way to ScienceOnline'09

Category: Conferences

Once again, I'm sitting in my favorite airport with free wifi, bound this time for Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, for ScienceOnline'09. The conference has grown to feature two days of official sessions, plus a third day of semi-official goings...

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Challenges of placebo-controlled trials.

Back in November, at the Philosophy of Science Association meeting in Pittsburgh, I heard a really interesting talk by Jeremy Howick of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University about the challenges of double-blind trials in medical research. I'm...

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Access rare books without being made to wear white cotton gloves.

It turns out that the session on electronic scholarship I mentioned didn't really get into the defining characteristics of electronic scholarship, nor how it might differ from "digital media". (Part of this had to do with trying to fit spiels...

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What I've learned so far at the PSA.

This is not an exhaustive account of my experiences at the PSA so far, but rather what's at the top of my Day-Quil-addled head:...

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Data paparazzi.

How public are data in a conference presentation? And what happens if someone else gives them more exposure?

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Graduate students: NSF Debating Science program.

I'm passing on information about a program sponsored by the National Science Foundation for graduate students. The program, organized by the University of Montana Center for Ethics, is called Debating Science 2008, and here's how it's described on the announcement:...

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A few thoughs on conferences.

It's been pretty quiet here. Not only have I been engrossed in preparations for the Spring semester (classes start today), but I also went to the 2008 NC Science Blogging Conference. So it seems like a good time to ruminate...

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On the slings and arrows of the philosophical job market.

Over at Bioethics Forum, Carl Elliott has an essay questioning the wisdom of the "convention interview" in the academic hiring process. As he notes, it is a fairly standard practice for philosophy departments to schedule a round of preliminary interviews...

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The ethics of science blogging: help set the agenda.

At the upcoming North Carolina Science Blogging Conference on January 19, 2008, I'll be leading a discussion on the ethics of science blogging (not about blogging about ethics in science). If you attend the conference (and if you're not sucked...

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