Departmental Colloquium: Ram Murty (黑料吃瓜资源)

Date

Thursday October 24, 2024
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, the next meeting of its regular colloquium series, which will welcome Ram Murty (黑料吃瓜资源), to give a talk titled, 鈥淭he Meaning of Yoga鈥.

Workshop on Black Male Studies: Tommy Curry (Edinburgh), Norman Ajari (Edinburgh), Adebayo Oluwayomi (West Chester)

Date

Wednesday October 2, 2024
2:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Location

Queen's University

Departmental Colloquium: Alexis Shotwell (Carleton) and Kilian J枚rg (Futurama.Lab)

Date

Thursday September 26, 2024
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Queen's University

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, the next meeting of its regular colloquium series, which will welcome Alexis Shotwell (Carleton) and Kilian J枚rg (Futurama.Lab), to give a talk titled, 鈥淎n Ecology of Moralizing鈥.

The Graham Kennedy Memorial Lecture: C. Thi Nguyen (Utah)

Date

Thursday September 19, 2024
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Dunning Hall, Room 11

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to invite you to join, in person, for this year's Graham Kennedy Memorial Lecture, part of the Department's regular colloquium series, which will welcome C. Thi Nguyen (Utah), to give a talk titled, 鈥淪coring Systems and Mechanized Values鈥.

Political Philosophy Reading Group: Christine Sypnowich (黑料吃瓜资源)

Date

Wednesday September 11, 2024
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Location

Queen's University, Watson 517

Faculty and graduate students are invited to join the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a popular piece by Christine Sypnowich (黑料吃瓜资源), 鈥榊our Property Isn鈥檛 Really Yours鈥. Further details, as well as Christine's paper, will be circulated via email.

For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).

Sergio Sismondo in the British Medical Journal

On June 10, 2024, in the BMJ today, researchers Sergio Sismondo and Maud Bernisson sift through nearly 900 contracts which together reveal a carefully coordinated effort to shape medical attitudes toward pain medicine.

Pharmaceutical companies have a long history of managing physician and public opinion, explain the authors. For example, by recruiting physicians to serve as influencers, planting articles in scientific journals, coordinating conference presentations, and developing continuing medical education (CME) courses.