Centre for Applied Philosophy of Science (CAPS)

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Rani Lill Anjum and Elena Rocca at the ECAP9 conference in Munich

Report from the Philosophy of Pharmacology session at the 9th Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP9)

Representing the CauseHealth project, Elena Rocca and Rani Anjum went to ECAP9 in Munich in August for a joint session on the philosophy of pharmacology.

Next CauseHealth event: The Guidelines Challenge

This conference brings together practitioners, guidelines networks and philosophers of science to address the general problem of how to put the tools of philosophy to use in improving the development and implementation of healthcare guidelines. Keynote speakers: Nancy Cartwright, Trish Greenhalgh, Mike Kelly and Brian Broom.

Centre for Applied Philosophy of Science

New publication on risk assessment

In a new article, 'How biological background assumptions influence scientific risk evaluation of stacked genetically modified plants', published in Life Sciences, Society and Policy, Elena Rocca and Fredrik Andersen show that, when evaluating health risks related to the use of genetically modified plants in agriculture, different ontological starting points play an essential role for the final risk evaluation.

Evidence synthesis in pharmacology

Report from the interdisciplinary workshop Drug Safety, Probabilistic Causal Assessment, and Evidence Synthesis, organised by the PhilPharma project at the Munich Centre for Mathematical Philosophy.

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NMBU CAPS

CAPS is part of the NMBU School of Economics and Business. We are located in the Tower Building, campus Ås (photo).

Our research is at the interface between philosophy and science.

We engage researchers, practitioners and students in critical reflections concerning philosophical motivations for scientific methodology, norms and practices.

Rani Lill Anjum is the centre leader of CAPS.

Contact information

rani.anjum@nmbu.no

+4767231115

CAPS Centre for Applied Philosophy of Science
School of Economics and Business
NMBU
PO Box 5003
1432 Aas
Norway

Centre for Applied Philosophy of Science

Centre for Applied Philosophy of Science (CAPS)

News

Report from the Philosophy of Pharmacology session at the 9th Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP9)

Next CauseHealth event: The Guidelines Challenge

New publication on risk assessment

Evidence synthesis in pharmacology

NMBU CAPS

CAPS is part of the NMBU School of Economics and Business. We are located in the Tower Building, campus Ås (photo).

Our research is at the interface between philosophy and science.

We engage researchers, practitioners and students in critical reflections concerning philosophical motivations for scientific methodology, norms and practices.

Rani Lill Anjum is the centre leader of CAPS.

Contact information

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