Meynell, Letitia -

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Letitia
Last Name: 
Meynell
Department / Program: 
Philosophy
Other: 
Gender and Women's Studies Programme
University Affiliation: 
Dalhousie University
Phone: 
9024943536
Email Address: 
letitia.meynell@dal.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Science
Specific Area of Research: 
The use of images in the empirical sciences; feminist critiques of science (especially the life sciences)
Academics
PHD Program: 
Philosophy
PHD University: 
University of Western Ontario
PHD Date: 
2003
Major Publications: 
Books Melanie Frappier, Letitia Meynell and James Robert Brown, eds. Thought Experiments in Science, Philosophy and the Arts (Routledge, 2012). (Publisher's webpage) (Google Books). Sue Campbell, Letitia Meynell and Susan Sherwin, eds. Embodiment and Agency. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2009, 272 pages. Journal Publications Andrew Fenton, Letitia Meynell and Francoise Baylis, ?Ethical Challenges and Interpretive Difficulties with Non-Clinical Applications of Pediatric fMRI,? American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB Neuroscience) 9 (1) 2009, 3-13. Letitia Meynell, ?The Power and Promise of Developmental Systems Theory,? Les Ateliers de l?Ethique: La Revue de CREUM 3 (2) 2008, 88-103. Letitia Meynell, ?Pictures, Pluralism and Feminist Epistemology: Lessons from ?Coming to Understand?,? Hypatia 23 (4) 2008, 1-29. Letitia Meynell, ?Why Feynman Diagrams Represent,? International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 22 (1) 2008, 39-59. Letitia Meynell, ?Dredging the Third Wave: Reflections on the Feminism of the Nineties,? Social Philosophy Today 17: Communication, Conflict, and Reconciliation, eds. Cheryl Hughes and James Wong, 2003, 179-201.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Association for Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics and Science Studies. Atlantic Region Philosophy Association. Canadian Philosophical Association. Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science. Canadian Society for Women In Philosophy. Philosophy of Science Association.
Courses Taught: 
PHIL 1050 Ethical Issues in Science. PHIL 2660 Understanding Scientific Reasoning PHIL 2160/Gender and Women?s Studies 2500 Philosophical Issues of Feminism. PHIL 3051/5051 Epistemology PHIL 3420/5420/Biology 3580 Philosophy of Biology. PHIL 3670/5670 Philosophy of Science. PHIL 4500/5500/Women?s Studies 4500/5500 Topics in Feminist Philosophy: Current Trends in Feminist Epistemology. PHIL 4500/5500/Gender and Women?s Studies 4500/5500 Topics in Feminist Philosophy: Sex, Sexism and Sexuality: Feminist Critiques of Biology. PHIL 4680/5680 Topics in Philosophy of Science