Name: Professor Alexander Bird
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford

Events this person is speaking at:

Tuesday 13 October 2015 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

The philosophy of medicine and its historical background
Date: 13 October 2015, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Hovenden Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 October 2015 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Epistemology in the philosophy of medicine
Date: 20 October 2015, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
Venue Details: Hovenden Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 October 2015 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The epistemic status of randomized trials versus observational studies
Date: 27 October 2015, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Hovenden Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 November 2015 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Causal inference in randomized controlled trials
Date: 3 November 2015, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Hovenden Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 November 2015 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

What good is randomization in Randomized Controlled Trials?
Date: 10 November 2015, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Hovenden Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 17 November 2015 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Investigating the epistemic role of ‘mechanisms’ within biomedicine
Date: 17 November 2015, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Hovenden Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 24 November 2015 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The ethics and epistemology of placebos
Date: 24 November 2015, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Hovenden Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 1 December 2015 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine: current state and future directions
Date: 1 December 2015, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Alexander Bird (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford), Dr Jeremy Howick (Nuffield Dept. of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford.)
Venue: All Souls College, High Street OX1 4AL
Venue Details: Hovenden Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA