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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: Conferences
A philosopher talking about evidential relations and inferences in the context of the JFK assassination couldn't be a crackpot. Could he?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:05 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
Almost a month ago, I told you about a pair of new case studies released by The Global Campaign for Microbicides which examine why a pair of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) clinical trials looking at the effectiveness of antiretrovirals in preventing...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:47 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
News that delivered a blow to youthful optimism.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:56 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ethics 101
The ethics of sexual violence seem pretty black and white. And yet sexual violence is a reality -- as a constant threat, if not as something that has been committed -- for more women than you can imagine.
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:59 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
Sunday morning, Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas, was murdered on his way into the church where he worships. Dr. Tiller was targeted because he was one of the few doctors in the U.S. who performed late-term abortions....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:07 AM • 29 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
You may have heard that the Obama administration has proposed new rules for federal funding of embryonic stem cell (ESC) research. (The proposed rules are available in draft form through the end of the public comment period; the NIH expects...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 3:13 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communication
Earlier this week, I found out about a pair of new case studies being released by The Global Campaign for Microbicides. These cases examine why a pair of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) clinical trials looking at the effectiveness of microbicides antiretrovirals...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 3:14 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
By email, following on the heels of my post about the Merck-commissioned, Elsevier-published fake journal Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, a reader asked whether the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JPandS) also counts as a fake journal....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:53 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
If someone will be left out, what's a fair way to decide who?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:44 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Current events
In my last post, I looked at some of the ethical considerations an individual might make during a flu epidemic. My focus was squarely on the individual's decisions: whether to stay in bed or seek medical care, whether to seek...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 12:59 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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