2015 Conference on Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology

Announcing the 5th Annual

Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology Conference

At the Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology
The University of Texas at Dallas
May 19-22, 2015

Keynote Speaker:

• Sharyn Clough (Oregon State), “STEMming the skeptical tide: Feminist science studies as vaccine.”
  • Author of Beyond Epistemology: A Pragmatist Approach to Feminist Science Studies

Science, technology, and medicine unquestionably have a major impact on our lives. We live with constant technological innovation and scientific discovery, and this changes the conditions that we live in, as well as the way we understand ourselves and the world around us. Science, technology, and medicine are thus entangled with our values, our culture, and our politics, and they have an important impact on policymaking and action. The Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology Conference will explore these themes through a variety of disciplinary approaches, including history and philosophy, bioethics and applied ethics, social studies, policy studies, literary & cultural studies, and new media studies, as well as interdisciplinary approaches.

This year’s conference will focus on three key themes:

1. Gender, sex, and sexuality in science, technology, and medicine
2. Science and values in the work of Paul K. Feyerabend, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Against Method
3. Distinguishing legitimate from illegitimate roles for values in science

Conference Information:

• Call for Papers (deadline has passed)
• Call for Open Roundtables (rolling submissions)
• Pre-conference Workshop Description
• Conference and Workshop Registration, On-Campus Housing [Registration is Closed]
• Hotel and Travel Information
• Conference Program

Program Commitee:

• Matthew J. Brown, Chair (UT Dallas, Philosophy)
• Magdalena Grohman (UT Dallas, Psychology, Arts & Humanities)
• Daniel J. Hicks (Western Ontario, Philosophy)
• Ian James Kidd (Durham, Philosophy)
• Kim A. Brillante Knight (UT Dallas, Emerging Media and Communication)
• Roberta Millstein (UC Davis, Philosophy)
• Sabrina Starnaman (UT Dallas, Literature)

The Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology is an institutional member of the Consortium for Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science and Engineering (SRPoiSE).