Latest Past Events

Rotman 2018 Annual Conference: Understanding Replication Across the Sciences

Room 3000 - Western Interdisciplinary Research Building Western University, London

CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION Currently, there is a widespread perception that scientific activity is in the middle of a (so-called) 'reproducibility' or 'replication crisis'. Many important findings published in leading scientific journals have turned out to be difficult or impossible to replicate. The ongoing controversy surrounding the reproducibility of scientific activity threatens to undermine the authority of [...]

Panel Discussion: Canada Up in Smoke? Debating the Impact of Cannabis Legalization

Room 1200, Spencer Engineering Building Spencer Engineering Building, Western University, London

EVENT DESCRIPTION The Society of Neuroscience Graduate Students at Western University is hosting an upcoming panel discussion on the legalization of cannabis, due to take effect in October. The event will include experts from a range of fields, exploring the medical, legal, and ethical considerations of the new policy. The Rotman Institute of Philosophy and [...]

2018 Philosophy of Logic Math and Physics Graduate Student Conference

Room 1145 - Stevenson Hall Stevenson Hall, Room 1145, London

Join us on June 23-24, 2018 for the eighteenth annual Philosophy of Logic, Math and Physics (LMP) graduate student conference in philosophy at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. The LMP Graduate Student Conference will bring together philosophers of logic, mathematics, and physics for two days of presentations and discussions with some of the leaders in these fields. We [...]