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Leemon McHenry

Leemon McHenry (Ph.D. University of Edinburgh, Scotland) joined the department as a lecturer in 1997. He taught philosophy at Old Dominion University, Davidson College, Central Michigan University and Wittenberg University. He has held visiting research positions at Johns Hopkins University, UCLA and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh. His research interests center on metaphysics, philosophy of science and medical ethics.

PUBLICATIONS

 

Papers On-Line

 

Of Sophists and Spin-doctors

 

Ethical Issues in Psychopharmacology

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Lectures

 

"The Multiverse Conjecture: Whitehead's Cosmic Epochs and Contemporary Cosmology"

Cal State University, Northridge

November 10, 2010, 4:00--6:00

Sierra Hall Room 224

 

"The Crisis of Credibility: From Evidence-Based Medicine to Spin-Based Medicine,"

California State University, Northridge

March 7, 2011, 6:00

Sierra Tower 503

 

Conferences:

 

SELLING SICKNESS

The Dutch Institute for the Rational Use of Medicine and Healthy Skepticism

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 7th - 8th, 2010

Poster Presention-- Leemon McHenry, "The Construction of Disease and Industry-Sponsored Ghostwriting"

 

THE ETHICS OF GHOST AUTHORSHIP IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH: CONCERNS AND REMEDIES

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, May 4, 2011

Panel 2, Remedies and Legal Aspects of Ghostwriting Practices

Panel Presentation-- Leemon McHenry, "Aiding and Abetting: The Role of Ghostwriting in Scientific Misconduct"

 

ALTERNATIVES TO BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

International Society for Ethical Psychology & Psychiatry

Culver City, California, October 28, 2011

Panel Presentation, Leemon McHenry, Jonathan Leo, Jeffrey Lacasse, "What Clinicians Should Know About the Scientific Literature"

 

Teaching Schedule 2009-2011

 

University of Edinburgh

Spring 2009

Descartes' Meditations

Metaphysics of Time

Seminar in Whitehead's Metaphysics

 

Cal State University, Northridge

Fall 2009

Phil 230 Formal Logic 9:30-10:45

Phil 210 Reasoning in the Sciences 12:30-1:45

Phil 200 Critical Reasoning 2:00-3:15

 

Spring 2010

Phil 330 Philosophy of Science 9:30-10:45

Phil 200 Critical Reasoning 11:00-12:15

Phil 200 Critical Reasoning 2:00-3:15

 

Fall 2010

Phil 200 Critical Reasoning 8:00-9:15

Phil 150 Philosophical Thought 12:30-1:45

Phil 150 Philosophical Thought 2:00-3:15

 

Spring 2011

Phil 150 Philosophical Thought 8:00-9:15

Phil 330 Philosophy of Science 9:30-10:45

Phil 330 Philosophy of Science 12:30-1:45

 

Fall 2011

Phil 230 Formal Logic 8:00-9:15

Phil 230 Formal Logic 9:30-10:45

Phil 310 Philosophical Problems 2:00-3:15


Spring 2012

Phil 150 Philosophical Thought 9:30

Phil 200 Critical Reasoning 12:30

Phil 201 Ancient Philosophy 2:00

 

Fall 2012

Phil 230 Formal Logic 9:30-10:45

Phil 330 Philosophy of Science 11:00- 12:15

 

 

(Website Last Updated -- March 13, 2012)

 

 

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