Quinn Memorial Lecture-When Thoughts Become Actions: Imaging Disorders of Consciousness
The seventh QML is titled "When Thoughts Become Actions: Imaging Disorders of Consciousness" and given by Adrian Owen, Canada Excellence Research ...
The University of British Columbia
Science v. the Sacred, a Dead-end Settler Ontology -- And Then What?
Oct. 23, 2020 Sociology Colloquium Speaker: Dr. Kim TallBear, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta Indigenous peoples are viewed as exceedingly ...
Western University
"Origin of Mitochondria, The Little Engine That Climbed the Mountain of Evolution"
Title: "Origin of Mitochondria, The Little Engine That Climbed the Mountain of Evolution" Speaker: Joe C. LaManna, PhD Date: 4/19/16.
Case Western Reserve University
Tim Maudlin: How Physics Meets Epistemology
This conference was supported by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), The Rotman Institute of Philosophy, The Department of ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Geometrical Structure and the Direction of Time, with Professors Tim Maudlin and David Albert
Franke Program in Science and the Humanities Geometrical Structure and the Direction of Time Professors David Albert and Tim Maudlin visited Yale to give ...
YaleUniversity
Wayne Myrvold: Collapse Theories for Relativistic QFT: Problems and Prospects
Relativistic quantum field theory confronts us with interesting conceptual issues that are alien to nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. This should not blind us to ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Corey Maley: Analog Computation and Representation
Neuroscientists and psychologists regularly appeal to computation to explain (and not just model) what the brain and mind is doing. But it is rather clear that, ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Wendy Parker: Reactions to Shining a Light on Science in the Dark
Presented at the Knowledge and Models in Climate Science: Philosophical, Historical & Scientific Perspectives Conference at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Andrew Janiak - Three Concepts of Cause in Newton's Thought - Part 2
Originally presented at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario in April 2011.
Western University
The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings | Renzo Piano
Legendary architect Renzo Piano -- the mind behind such indelible buildings as The Shard in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the new Whitney ...
TED
Western University Application Workshop
Since 1878, Western university (formerly named University of Western Ontario) has become a vibrant center of learning. Through 12 faculties and three affiliated ...
Columbia International College, Canada
Rachel Margolis: Aging Alone? The Well-being of Older Adults without Close Kin
Family members provide many important functions such as childcare, financial support and caregiving. Because of demographic changes, older people today ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Experience Arts & Humanities at Western
Learn about Canada's Best Student Experience and meet current students from Western's Faculty of Arts & Humanities. http://welcome.uwo.ca/
Western University
Doreen Fraser: Einstein, God, Dice, and Quantum Mechanics
Einstein is best known for his contributions to the physics of spacetime, the Special and General Theories of Relativity. However, he also played an important ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Becoming (I)Relevant: Issues and Challenges of Guidance Counselors (PGCA Webinar Series)
PGCA Webinar Series: Becoming (I)Relevant: Issues and Challenges of Guidance Counselors, 23 June 2020 by Francis Ray Subong, RGC. Abstract: The lack ...
PGCA Philippine Counselor
The Return of Race Science
British science journalist Angela Saini discusses her book, "Superior: The Return of Race Science," about persistent thread of belief in biological racial ...
The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Town Hall with SSHRC President Dr. Ted Hewitt
Watch Memorial President, Dr. Vianne Timmons, and SSHRC President, Dr. Ted Hewitt, in an interactive discussion with members of the university community ...
Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Human Brain: Hardwired for Spirituality | Tracy Thomson | TEDxCanmore
NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk for medical advice. This talk only represents the speaker's personal views and understanding of spirituality, the ...
TEDx Talks
Criminology: A Very Short Introduction | Tim Newburn | Talks at Google
Tim Newburn is the Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at LSE and author of Criminology: A Very Short Introduction. In this talk, he gives an overview of ...
Talks at Google
An Introduction to the American Studies Faculty at The University of Western Ontario
The undergraduate and graduate programs offered by Western's Centre for American Studies are strongly supported by approximately 48 affiliated faculty ...
Western University
Uriah Kriegel - Experiential Origins of Intentionality
riginally presented at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario on September 17, 2010. Several recent authors - Loar, McGinn, ...
Western University
Coming In to Indigenous Sovereignty: Relationality and Resurgence
Coming to UWinnipeg from the Aboriginal Education Research Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Alex Wilson's presentation explained Cree ...
UWinnipeg
Thermodynamics as a Resource Theory: Day 2 General Discussion
Annual UWO Philosophy of Physics Conference Thermodynamics as a Resource Theory: Foundational and Philosophical Implications June 20-22, 2018 ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Classical Thought in Newton's General Scholium
Karin Verelst, FUND-CLEA, Free University of Brussels Chair: Ian Stewart, History of Science and Technology Programme, University of King's College Session ...
King's College Halifax
Aimee van Wynsberghe: Robot Ethics: What is it and why should we care?
The 21st century is predicted to be the century of service robots. Service robots differ from factory robots in that they function in unstructured and unpredictable ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
First Annual 4S Meeting Fact Sheet
Produced in celebration of the 40th meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, this 10-minute video shares conflicting memories about the first meeting ...
Gary Downey
Spring Convocation 2017 – FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE– 10 AM
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES Doctor of Philosophy; Master of Arts; Master of Divinity; Master of Theological Studies; Bachelor of Arts (Honours; With Major; ...
brockuvideo
"Child Soldiers in Uganda?" Signature Lecture and Cinema Series with Dr. Joanna Quinn
Speaker: Joanna R. Quinn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, and Director of the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict ...
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Wayne Myrvold: Einstein and the Atom
Einstein's name is widely associated with the “atom bomb,” via the formula E = MC^2. Less widely known is that he played a key role in providing evidence that ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Venkat Bala, PhD candidate, Applied Mathematics (Scientific Computing), Western University
Western University - School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS)
Carl Mitcham. Science, Democracy and Philosophy. 2008 4/9
http://www.egs.edu/ Carl Mitcham, Free public open philosophy and politics lecture for the students of the European Graduate School EGS, Media and ...
European Graduate School Video Lectures
Clarice Smith Virtual Lecture Series: Jolene Rickard (Tuscarora)
On Thursday, October 29, 2020, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) presented a virtual lecture featuring Jolene Rickard (Tuscarora), artist, curator, ...
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Alison Wylie: A Plurality of Pluralisms: Collaborative Practice in Archaeology
Alison Wylie's lecture focuses on examples of collaborations between archaeologists and descendant communities that are epistemically productive in ways that ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
David Wallace: Thermodynamics as control theory
I explore the reduction of thermodynamics to statistical mechanics by treating the former as a control theory: a theory of which transitions between states can be ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
The Future of the History of Philosophy
I sketch how the development of a philosophical ontology might be able to transform the history of philosophy into a more truly scientific enterprise. Relevant ...
Barry Smith
Helen Longino: Perspectives and Pluralities
This lecture will explore how the same phenomenon assumes different forms from different research perspectives and consequences of this for our ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
"Integrating Walkability in Urban Design" with Jennifer Keesmaat
0:25 Introduction by Ted Kesik 5:55 Jennifer Keesmaat presentation 1:02:00 Q & A On November 7, 2013, Chief Planner for the City of Toronto Jennifer ...
UofTDaniels
Francesca Vidotto: Quanta of spacetime in a non-singular universe
Loop Quantum Gravity describes the dynamics of quanta of spacetime. What is the relation between those quanta and the classical spacetime? Moving from this ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
Deconstructing New Atheist Objections to the Arguments for God and Q&A
The Bethinking National Apologetics Day Conference: "Countering the New Atheism" took place during the UK Reasonable Faith Tour in October 2011.
ReasonableFaithOrg
Photography Copyright Law (The Good, The Bad, and the Grey Areas)
Photography copyright talk at the studio today - we were joined by Jason Hynes from Bereskin & Parr LLP. This is really amazing content. We're so happy Jason ...
Taylor Jackson
Maya Goldenberg: The Death of Expertise?
A common complaint among science communicators and political watchers is that nobody listens to experts anymore—about climate change, vaccines, GMOs, ...
Rotman Institute of Philosophy
2016 winner Maddie Long's Three Minute Thesis - Language and the Brain: The Skye’s the Limit
Maddie Long is the winner of the 2016 competition. She is from the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences and presented her 3 Minute ...
The University of Edinburgh
