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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
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Category: Blogospheric science
In what is surely a contender for the photo next to the "business as usual in the blogosphere" entry in the Wiktionary, a (male) blogger has posted a list of the sexiest (all-but-one female) scientists (using photos of those scientists...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:48 AM • 31 Comments •
Category: Communication
As promised, here's the video of the February 16, 2010 panel discussion at UCLA about the science and ethics of animal-based research, sponsored by Bruins for Animals and Pro-Test for Science. UCLA Panel on Science and Ethics of Animal Research...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:22 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
One is that my hands are tired from writing all those comments, which means I don't feel like typing. Another is described in this brief video....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 3:39 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Passing thoughts
The younger Free-Ride offspring's soccer team has been playing in a regional tournament this weekend, and we're girding our loins and guarding our shins to go out and play a second day of tournament games. I'm happy that they're playing...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:22 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
Because, as it happens, I tend to notice patterns in student papers, then end up musing on them rather than, you know, buckling down and just working through the stack of papers that needs grading. In my philosophy of science...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 4:35 PM • 22 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Passing thoughts
Some of those questions bring people to this blog.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:10 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Basic concepts
No, I'm not going to be able to get away with claiming that truth is beauty, and beauty, truth. The first issue in understanding truth is recognizing that truth is a property of a proposition. (What's a proposition? A proposition...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:19 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Kids and science
Actually, it might be a philosophical question.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:06 AM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Via Twitter, PalMD wondered if I'd seen this brief item on the New York Times Idea of the Day blog. Writing in The Philosophers' Magazine, Brooke Lewis says tallies of full-time faculty at top American and British colleges show women...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:56 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Curricular issues
In my philosophy of science class yesterday, we talked about Semmelweis and his efforts to figure out how to cut the rates of childbed fever in Vienna General Hospital in the 1840s. Before we dug into the details, I mentioned...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:11 AM • 42 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
