Free Panel: "What has philosophy offered Evidence-Based Healthcare?"



This free panel discussion is part of The History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care course. This event is free and there is no need to book.

 

  • Date: Monday 14 July 2014
  • Time: 6pm -7pm
  • Place: Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JA. The talk will take place in the Mawby Pavilion

 

Speakers:

  • Professor Alexander Bird, University of Bristol
  • Professor Bill Fulford, University of Oxford
  • Dr Elselijn Kingma, University of Southampton
  • Professor Ray Tallis
  • Professor Jon Williamson , University of Kent

 

Chair: Dr Jeremy Howick, University of Oxford

Synopsis: In this panel discussion five philosophers of science will tell us how they think philosophy has benefited medicine. The audience will have ample time to ask question and challenge the speakers.

Professor Bird's research interest is in the metaphysics and epistemology of science and medicine.

Professor Fulford is a Member of the Philosophy Faculty, University of Oxford; and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Mental Health, University of Warwick Medical School.

Dr Kingma joined the Philosophy Department in Southampton in September 2013. She completed a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science at the University in Cambridge in 2008 and subsequently held postdoctoral research positions at the Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health (USA - 2008/2009); King's College London (2010-2013) as part of a Wellcome Trust Strategic Enhancement Award in the Medical Humanities; and most recently a temporary lectureship in Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge (2013).

Elselijn is also Socrates Professor in philosophy and technology in the Humanist Tradition, at the University of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Before studying philosophy she completed undergraduate degrees in Clinical Medicine and Cognitive & Neuro Psychology at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.

Professor Tallis trained as a doctor at the University of Oxford and St Thomas' Hospital, London. He retired in 2006 as an Emeritus Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester. Professor Tallis.

Professor Williamson is a professor of reasoning, inference and scientific method at the University of Kent. Professor Williamson also has interests in the philosophy of causality; the foundations of probability; logics and reasoning; and the use of causality, probability and logics in AI.

Dr Howick is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and he is also the course leader for The History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care. Dr Howick's research draws on his interdisciplinary training as a philosopher of science and clinical epidemiologist; he has two areas of interest: Evidence-Based Medicine and Philosophy of Medicine.

For further information about Knowledge in Action please see www.conted.ox.ac.uk/hpebhc

Published 20 June 2014