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Interdisciplinary Philosophy

Mario Veen

A podcast about interdisciplinary philosophy. Produced by Mario Veen.

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Episode 36 - The Natural Contract (Serres) with Aldo...

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2023/06/21

We discuss Michel Serres' 1990 book The Natural Contract. Our mountain guide through Plato's Cave and the philosophy of Michel Serres is Aldo Houterman. Aldo teaches Medical Ethics and Philosophy at the Amsterdam University Medical Center and is doing his PhD research at the ESPRIT center for sports, integrity and transition at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His book 'We are our body' is about the meaning of the body, sports and movement for human existence His area of

01:00:51

Episode 35 - Rights of Nature with Jessica den Outer

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2023/05/06

Jessica den Outer has a Bachelor degree in international & European law and a Master degree in international environmental law. She has been advocating for the Rights of Nature and the interests of future generations since 2017 and received several awards for her work. In 2019, she was recognised as one of the youngest Earth-centered law experts within the United Nations Harmony with Nature network. In 2020, she was part of the top 100 most sustainable young pioneers. In 2022 Jessica was nominated

01:08:43

Episode 34 - Universities in the Climate Crisis with...

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2023/04/17

Dr.Aaron Thierry has a background ecological scientist, science communicator and environmental campaigner. He received his original PhD in Ecology from the University of Sheffield and went on to a position as a postdoc on a project researching climate feedbacks in the Arctic. Aaron subsequently left academia to focus his efforts on environmental activism and become a youth campaign coach working for a leading UK environmental charity. His past experiences have led him to become fascinated by the

01:13:00

Episode 33 - Environmental Philosophy with Yogi Hendlin

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2023/04/08

Dr. Yogi Hale Hendlin is an environmental philosopher and public health scientist. Hendlin is assistant professor at the Erasmus School of Philosophy, and core faculy of the Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity Initiative at Erasmus University Rotterdam, as well as research associate in the Environmental Health Initiative at the University of California, San Francisco. Hendlin's research has been published in journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, BMJ, MMWR, American Journal of Public Health,

01:58:53

Episode 32 - Climate Science Rebellion with Ernst-Jan...

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2023/03/19

Ernst-Jan Kuiper obtained his Master's degree in Climate Physics In 2014, after which he focused on research into the dynamics of the Greenland ice sheet. After 5 years, including 6 weeks of fieldwork on the Greenland ice sheet, he obtained his doctorate (PhD) in 2019. Ernst-Jan currently works at Milieudefensie on the appeal against oil giant Shell. He also writes articles about climate change for the Dutch program Tegenlicht and gives lectures about climate change. He also spends time on climate

01:18:44

Episode 31 - How to Talk to a Science Denier with Lee...

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2023/03/09

Lee McIntyre is a philosopher and a scholar of science denial. He is a Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and a recent Lecturer in Ethics at Harvard Extension School. Lee is the author of many books for MIT Press, I will just mention three now. In The Scientific Attitude (2019), Lee argues that we can best understand what is distinctive about science not by focusing on its method or achievements, but on those instances of failure to live up to

01:18:25

Episode 30 - Henri Bergson’s Philosophy with Jeanne...

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2023/02/24

Jeanne Proust has studied Humanities, Philosophy and Visual Arts in Bordeaux, Berlin, and Paris. She has been teaching Philosophy for the last 12 years in the US. Her PhD dissertation (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) focused on the pathologies of the willpower, both in philosophical and psychological perspectives, but her interests are wide: among many fields, she does research in Ethics, Philosophy of Technologies, Bioethics, Feminist theory, and Aesthetics. While teaching at different

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Episode 29 - Philosophy of Science with Rani Lill Anjum

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2023/02/12

Rani Lill Anjum is a philosopher at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), working in philosophy of science and medicine. She leads the Centre for Applied Philosophy of Science (NMBU CAPS), together with Yevgeniya Tomkiv. Her expertise is in the philosophy of causality, complexity, probability and risk, and other philosophical biases in science that influence choice of theory, method, policy and practice. She uses Twitter for professional networking. She loves experimenting in her

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Episode 28 - Medical Education with Lara Varpio

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2023/01/27

Our guide through Plato's Cave and medical education is Lara Varpio. Dr. Lara Varpio is Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Philadelphia and the Co-Director of Research in Medical Education at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She started these positions in 2022, after serving for 9 years at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS). Prior to that, She spent the first 6 years of her career at the University of Ottawa,

01:38:07

Episode 27 - Michel Serres’ Philosophy with Aldo...

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2023/01/13

Our mountain guide through Plato's Cave and the philosophy of Michel Serres is Aldo Houterman. Aldo teaches Medical Ethics and Philosophy at the Amsterdam University Medical Center and is doing his PhD research at the ESPRIT center for sports, integrity and transition at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His book 'We are our body' is about the meaning of the body, sports and movement for human existence His area of research is the philosophy of the body: How is the body regarded

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Episode 26 - Dealing with Collapse with Chris Julien

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/12/14

Chris Julien mixes research and practice in the fields of public innovation, theory and culture, with a focus on ecology and epistemology. He is currently pursuing a PhD at Utrecht university that combines new materialisms and eco-thinking to constitute a field of so-called ‘ecological governance’. Furthermore, he is active in Extinction Rebellion and XR Nieuwsmedia and works on urban ecology and artistic research projects with Waag Futurelab, besides siting on various boards and committees. He

01:11:28

Episode 25 - Conversation Analysis with Mike Huiskes

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/12/09

Mike Huiskes is professor of Language and Social Interaction at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. His work focuses on social interaction as an embodied phenomenon in both mundane and professional settings. His studies topics like intersubjectivity, epistemics and action coordination. Currently, his work focuses on learning and teaching as action coordination in various professional settings. For instance, studying how surgeon supervisors and residents construct a learning

01:15:11

Episode 24 - Extinction Rebellion with Hannah Prins

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/11/25

Hannah Prins is a climate activist and studies criminal law and international law in Amsterdam. She is active in the Extinction Rebellion Legal Circle and is passionate about protecting the right to demonstration. Sources: Merchants of Doubt documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ii9zGFDtc Oreskes, Naomi; Conway, Erik M. (2010). Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming The Smoke Filled Room Study:

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Episode 23 - How Science Works with Vincent Icke

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/10/25

If the idea in society about how science works does not match how it actually works, how can society provide the optimal conditions for science? Vincent Icke is Professor of theoretical Astrophysics at Leiden University, where he founded the Astronomy Theory Group, and Professor of Cosmology at the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands. His main research interests are cosmology, the relationship between dark matter and dark energy, the formation of structure in the Universe, and radiative

01:28:30

Applied Philosophy for Health Professions Education -...

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/09/02

The book Applied Philosophy for Health Professions Education by Megan Brown, Mario Veen and Gabrielle Finn considers the practical application of philosophical concepts to teaching, learning, and research, covers philosophical concepts such as Stoicism and Practical Wisdom, and includes practice points for educators within each chapter of the book. *To skip to a specific presentation, scroll down to the end for all the times* In this episode (and if you're a regular listener of this podcast you may

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Episode 22 - World-Centered Education with Gert Biesta

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/08/31

We discuss World-Centered Education by Gert Biesta. Gert Biesta (gertbiesta.com/) is Professor of Public Education in the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Maynooth University, Ireland, and Professor of Educational Theory and Pedagogy at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, University of Edinburgh, UK, where he is also deputy head of the Institute for Education, Teaching and Leadership. He holds a Visiting Professorship at the University of Agder, Norway, and has recently completed

01:55:00

Episode 21 - Image-Thinking & Travelling Concepts...

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/07/28

We discuss Image-Thinking: Artmaking as Cultural Analysis by Mieke Bal. Mieke (www.miekebal.org) started as a literary scholar. Her commitment is to interdisciplinary approaches to cultural artifacts and their potential effects. She focuses on gender, migratory culture, psychoanalysis, and the critique of capitalism. Mieke published 45 books and curated many exhibitions. She directed films and documentaries, many of which are exhibited as video installations in museums over the world. Her books

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Episode 20 - Being Better Earthlings with Marcia...

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/07/10

Marcia Bjornerud is Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton. Her research focuses on the physics of earthquakes and mountain-building, and she combines field-based studies of bedrock geology with quantitative models of rock mechanics. Marcia was named Outstanding Educator in 2011 by the Association of Women Geoscientists. She is the author of Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth, Timefulness: How thinking like a geologist can help save the

01:25:23

Episode 19 - Love and/of Philosophy with Jeanne Proust

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/06/14

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Episode 18 - How Doctors Think with Camillo Coccia

Interdisciplinary Philosophy ·

2022/05/31

Camillo is a medical doctor from South Africa. Currently he works as a senior house officer at Letterkenny University Hospital department of Hematology. He has a special interests in existentialist philosophy, German idealism and phenomenology. We published a paper together called "Because We Care: a philosophical investigation into the spirit of medical education". We discuss that paper at length in another podcast, [link will appear here when it is out]. Camillo also published a book chapter with

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