December 9, 2011
Centre for the Humanities and Health, King's College London
London
United Kingdom
Sponsor(s):
- Wellcome Trust
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Only a very few places are left for this conference, and they will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Please contact Stefan Wagner ([email protected]) if you would like to attend. We will be organising similar events in the future, so do feel free to register your interest even if you are unable to attend this event.
Programme:
10-11.15: Death is nothing to us
(The arguments from Epicurus: why should we care about death, when we are not experiencing it now, and shall not experience it after it has happened? Anaesthesia)
James Warren, Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy, Department of Classics, University of Cambridge
Andrew Morley, Consultant Anaesthetist, GSTT
Chair: MM McCabe, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, KCL
Coffee
11.30-12.45: Living, dying and the nature of death
(Living and dying; what is it to be alive; what it is to be taken to be dying; what counts as death; 'good' death?)
Iona Heath GP, President of the RCGP
Geoffrey Scarre, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Durham
Chair: Havi Carel, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West of England
Lunch
2-3.15: Mortality and immortality
(the 'Macropulos case'; immortality, longevity and morbidity)
David Galloway, Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, KCL
Rob George, Professor of Palliative Care, KCL, Consultant Physician Palliative Care, GSTT
Chair: David Misselbrook, GP, President, Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Society of Apothecaries
Tea
3.30-4.45: The dead
(rights of the dead, interests of the dead)
- to generate real cross-disciplinary interchange between medical scientists/professionals and philosophers
- to increase understanding of the key issues in discussions on personhood and identity in medicine and philosophy
Only a very few places are left for this conference, and they will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. Please contact Stefan Wagner ([email protected]) if you would like to attend. We will be organising similar events in the future, so do feel free to register your interest even if you are unable to attend this event.
Programme:
10-11.15: Death is nothing to us
(The arguments from Epicurus: why should we care about death, when we are not experiencing it now, and shall not experience it after it has happened? Anaesthesia)
James Warren, Senior Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy, Department of Classics, University of Cambridge
Andrew Morley, Consultant Anaesthetist, GSTT
Chair: MM McCabe, Professor of Ancient Philosophy, KCL
Coffee
11.30-12.45: Living, dying and the nature of death
(Living and dying; what is it to be alive; what it is to be taken to be dying; what counts as death; 'good' death?)
Iona Heath GP, President of the RCGP
Geoffrey Scarre, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Durham
Chair: Havi Carel, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the West of England
Lunch
2-3.15: Mortality and immortality
(the 'Macropulos case'; immortality, longevity and morbidity)
David Galloway, Lecturer in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, KCL
Rob George, Professor of Palliative Care, KCL, Consultant Physician Palliative Care, GSTT
Chair: David Misselbrook, GP, President, Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine, Society of Apothecaries
Tea
3.30-4.45: The dead
(rights of the dead, interests of the dead)
Roger Brownsword, Professor of Law, School of Law, KCL
David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, KCL
Chair: Elselijn Kingma, Wellcome Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy
4.45 Concluding remarks
5.15 Wine reception
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December 9, 2011, 9:00am BST
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