Research
Papers, Presentations etc.

Contents

The following is a list of talks, presentations and other items relevant to my main research interests.

• If as Socrates suggested, 'the unexamined life is not worth living', how can studying biology help?

  • - A talk to the Student Biology Society, Bangor University. February 2019.

• Trying to Make Sense of Health

  • - Chp 13 in Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health (2013).

• Understanding Health By Building Better Bio-Medical Models

  • - Chp 16 in Handbook of Systems and Complexity in Health (2013).

• Health - The Struggle for Life

  • - An unused presentation adapted for the web (2012).

• Survival - Bridging and Underpinning Medicine and Biology

  • - An unused presentation adapted for the web (2012).

• On the Place of the Individual in Evolution

  • - A chapter written for a collaborative book that never got published (2011/12).

• On the Continued Need for a New (Bio)Medical Model

• - Conference Paper. ESPMH, Zurich. August 2011.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• A pathological misunderstanding

  • - Wellcome History Issue 46: 6-7 (2011).

• Conceptual Models of the Human Organism: Towards a New Biomedical Understanding of the Individual

  • - My chapter in:
    Biomedical Engineering, Trends, Research and Technologies
    Komorowska, MA and Olsztynska-Janus, S (eds)
    Intech. January 2011.

  • See: Table of Contents

• On The Question Of Questions

  • - The Philosopher 98 (2): 10-12 (2010).

• Death, Disease and Darwin: Life in 3D - The Individual and the Fitness Landscape

  • - Conference Paper. SSHB, Durham. September 2009.

• (Abstract) Annals of Human Biology 37(6): 836-7 (2010).

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Seeking a new biomedical model. How evolutionary biology may contribute

  • - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 15: 745-748 (2009).

• What can a twenty-first century Darwinian perspective contribute to biomedicine and bioethics?

  • - Conference Paper. ESPMH, Tübingen. August 2009.

• Faith in a Darwinian World

  • - MCU Conference Discussion Essays. June 2009.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Towards A New Biologically-Orientated Concept Of Disease And Health

  • - Conference Paper. ESPHM, Tartu. August 2008.

• The Biology of the Many and the Health of the Individual

  • - Poster Presentation. 50th Anniv. Meeting, SSHB, Oxford. April 2008.
    (Abstract) Annals of Human Biology 36(5): 666-7 (2009).

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Evolution At The Intersection Of Biology And Medicine

• - My chapter in:
  Evolutionary Medicine and Health - New Perspectives
  Trevathan, WR, Smith, EO & McKenna JJ (eds)
  New York: Oxford Univ. Press. 2008.

  • See: Table of Contents

  • Visit: Book WebSite

• So, what is Man that Thou art mindful of him?

  • - Invited Paper. MCU Conference. November 2007.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Biomedical Concepts and the Concept of Biological State

  • - Invited Seminar. Tema H, Linköping University. September 2007.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Putting Illness in its Place

  • - Invited Seminar. Tema H, Linköping University. September 2007.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Is it a bird? Is it a plane? … Or, is it a ship?

  • - Invited Talk. Linköping Philosophy Club. September 2007.

• On the Distinction between the Individual and the Population in the Biological Understanding of Disease and Health

  • - Conference Paper. ESPHM, Cardiff. August 2007.

• Illness - An under-rated biological phenomenon

  • - Conference Paper. SSHB, Oxford. May 2007.

• (Abstract) Annals of Human Biology 34(6): 688 (2007).

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Using Biology as a Liberal Discipline to Link Philosophy and Medicine

  • - Conference Paper. ESPHM, Helsinki. August 2006.

• A Schema for Approaching Concepts of Shared Biological and Medical Interest

  • - Conference Poster SSHB, London. May 2006.

• (Abstract) Annals of Human Biology 33(5/6): 659 (2006).

  • The Schema (Revised)

  • Slide Set.

• A Picture of Health - On the search for conceptual biological models of disease and health, and beyond

  • - Seminar. Chester. January 2006.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Towards a biological perspective on disease

  • - 'Brown Bag' Konrad Lorenz Institute Altenberg, Austria. November 2005.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Also of interest:

  • Philosophizing Incognito: Reflections on Encouraging Students of the Life Sciences to Think Critically

    • Teaching Philosophy 28(3): 237-247 (2005).

  • Who was... Ludwig von Bertalanffy?

    • Biologist 52(3): 174-5 (2005).

  • Snapshot - Georges Canguilhem

    • The Philosophers' Magazine, Issue 27 (3rd quarter): 53 (2004).

• On the Question of Questions

  • - @ PhiloSophos.com 2004

• Also of interest:

  • Who was... Marie-François-Xavier Bichat?

    • Biologist 50(3): 141-2 (2003).

• On the Place of Disease and Health in Human Existence

  • - ISSPHBM, Nettuno, Italy. Sept/Oct 2003.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• A model representing biological states underlying 'disease' and 'health'

  • - Conference Poster. SSHB, Cambridge. May 2003.

  • (Abstract) Annals of Human Biology 31(1): 118 (2004).

• What the 'body-beautiful' might be telling us about the 'body-healthy'

  • - Conference Paper. SSHB, Cambridge. May 2003.

  • (Abstract) Annals of Human Biology 31(1): 114 (2004).

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

  • See also: Questionable data overlooks a deeper significance @ bmj.com.

• Exploring the Biological Meaning of Disease and Health

  • - Konrad Lorenz Institute/ University of Vienna, Austria. April 2003.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• On 'Kantian Experimentation' in the Health Sciences

  • - Internal Seminar. May 2002.

  • Slide Set. @SlideShare.

• Approaching the problem of defining 'health' and 'disease' from the perspectives of evolutionary psychology and Darwinian medicine

  • - Conference Poster. SSHB/HBA, Cambridge. September 2001.

• Questioning the Role of Darwinian Medicine

  • - Conference Poster. SSHB/HBA, Cambridge. September 2001.

• The Archipelago of Gizm

  • - Internal Presentation 1998.

• Not Just Making Babies

  • - Internal Conference Presentation 1997.

• Even Better By Disease

  • - Internal Seminar 1997.

• Solving the Conundrum of Health and Disease

  • - Internal Poster Presentation. Science Week 1997.

• A Look at Life

  • - Internal Conference Presentation 1996.