Overton, James -

Submitted by root on Thu, 2010/06/24 - 4:52pm
Personal Information
First Name: 
James
Last Name: 
Overton
Department / Program: 
Philosophy
University Affiliation: 
University of Western Ontario
Email Address: 
joverto2@uwo.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Science
Geographical Region: 
Global
Time Period: 
Current
Specific Area of Research: 
Interdisciplinary explanation in science
Academics
PHD Program: 
Philosophy
PHD University: 
University of Western Ontario
PHD Date: 
in progress
Major Publications: 
James A. Overton. "'Explain' in Scientific Discourse." Synthese. Forthcoming. James A. Overton. "Mechanisms, Types, and Abstractions." Philosophy of Science. 78(5): 2011. James A. Overton, Cesare Romagnoli, and Rethy K. Chhem. "Open Biomedical Ontologies Applied to Prostate Cancer." Applied Ontology. 6(1): 35-51, 2011. James A. Overton and Cesare Romagnoli. "Radiology, Philosophy, and Ontology." In Rethy K. Chhem, Heiner Fangerau, Irmgard Müller, and Shih-chang Wang, editors, Medical Imaging and Philosophy. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuggart, 2012. Cesare Romagnoli, James A. Overton, and Rethy K. Chhem. "Philosophy of radiology: The ontological challenge." In Teresa Van Deven, Kathryn M. Hibbert, and Rethy K. Chhem, editors, The Practice of Radiology Education. Springer, New York, 2010. Robert Arp, Cesare Romagnoli, Rethy K. Chhem, and James A. Overton. "Radiological and Biomedical Knowledge Integration: The Ontological Way." In Rethy K. Chhem, Kathryn M. Hibbert, and Teresa Van Deven, editors, Radiology Education: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Springer, New York, 2009.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
CPA, CSHPS, CSHPM
Courses Taught: 
Bioethics (PHIL2071)