Rotman Researchers' Publications
Research found in Rotman Institute of Philosophy Publications pairs philosophy and science to explore history and the philosophy of science, research ethics, bioethics, science and values, and feminist approaches to science.
Submissions from 2008
The Terminological and Conceptual Roots of Representations in the Soul in Late Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Henrik Lagerlund
The Unity of the Soul and Contrary Appetites in Medieval Philosophy, Henrik Lagerlund
Referral in the Wake of Conscientious Objection to Abortion, Carolyn McLeod
Infertility and Moral Luck: The Politics of Women Blaming Themselves for Infertility, Carolyn McLeod and Julie Ponesse
U.S. Federal Regulations for Emergency Research: A Practical Guide and Commentary, Andrew McRae and Charles Weijer
Ethical Issues Associated With the Introduction of New Surgical Devices, or Just Because We Can, Doesn’t Mean We Should, Sue Ross, Magali Robert, Marie-Andrée Harvey, Scott Farrell, Jane Schulz, David Wilkie, Danny Lovatsis, Annette Epp, Bill Easton, Barry McMillan, Joyce Schachter, Chander Gupta, and Charles Weijer
Ethics and Schizophrenia, A. Rudnick and Charles Weijer
Submissions from 2007
The Stem Cell Debate Continues: The Buying and Selling of Eggs for Research, Françoise Baylis and Carolyn McLeod
Nothing Extreme about Protecting Fresh Embryos, Françoise Baylis, Carolyn McLeod, Jeff Nisker, and Susan Sherwin
Politics, Risk, and Community in the Maya ICBG Case, F. Brunger and Charles Weijer
The Return of Research Results to Participants: Pilot Questionnaire of Adolescents and Parents of Children with Cancer, Conrad V. Fernandez, Darcy Santor, Charles Weijer, Caron Strahlendorf, Albert Moghrabi, Rebecca Pentz, Jun Gao, and Eric Kodish
Forming The Mind: Essays on the Internal Senses and the Mind/Body Problem from Avicenna to the Medical Enlightenment, Henrik Lagerlund
Introduction: The Mind/Body Problem and Late Medieval Conceptions of the Soul, Henrik Lagerlund
Possible Worlds and the Nature of Choice in Leibniz, Henrik Lagerlund and Peter Myrdal
For Dignity or Money: Feminists on the Commodification of Women’s Reproductive Labour, Carolyn McLeod
Donating Fresh versus Frozen Embryos to Stem Cell Research: In Whose Interests?, Carolyn McLeod and Françoise Baylis
Equipoise and the Duty of Care in Clinical Research: A Philosophical Response to Our Critics, Paul B. Miller and Charles Weijer
Evaluating Benefits and Harms in Clinical Research, Paul B. Miller and Charles Weijer
Revisiting Equipoise: A Response to Gifford, Paul B. Miller and Charles Weijer
Ethics of Surgical Training in Developing Countries, Kevin M. Ramsey and Charles Weijer
Evaluating Benefits and Harms in Intensive Care Research, Charles Weijer and Paul B. Miller
Refuting the Net Risks Test: A Response to Wendler and Miller's "Assessing Research Risks Systematically", Charles Weijer and Paul B. Miller
Submissions from 2006
Obligations in Offering to Disclose Genetic Research Results, Conrad V. Fernandez and Charles Weijer
How Free are We? An Attempt to Write the History of the Will in the Middle Ages, Henrik Lagerlund
What is Singular Thought? Ockham and Buridan on Singular Terms in the Language of Thought, Henrik Lagerlund