AutPhi hires an undergraduate research assistant! Kayla Marie Beals recently completed a BA (Hons.) in Philosophy at Dalhousie University and was awarded an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA). Welcome, Kayla!
AutPhi hires a graduate research assistant! Derek Andrews is a PhD candidate in the Philosophy Department at Dalhousie University. Andrews’ doctoral research investigates the intersection between biological approaches to psychiatry, natural kinds, and the practice of utilizing statistical information about mental disorders to inform health care policy pertaining to those disorders, taking the 2022-23 Canadian ban on persons with mental illness(s) as their sole underlying condition accessing medical assistance in dying as a test case. Welcome, Derek!
LaCroix and Amero co-present their paper, ‘What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism?’ at the Dalhousie Philosophy Department Colloquium Series in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
LaCroix’s paper on autism and the value-free ideal of science presented at the Dalhousie Philosophy Department Colloquium Series in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
LaCroix, Amero, and Sidloski’s paper, ‘What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism?’ accepted to the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, to be held at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Montréal (June, 2024).
An interview with LaCroix appears on the NeuroDiving podcast: Episode 5 - New Paradigms, New Values
An interview with LaCroix appears on the NeuroDiving podcast: Episode 4 - Zombie Pseudoscience
LaCroix’s paper on autism and pseudoscience presented to the annual meeting of the Atlantic Regional Philosophers Association, held at the University of PEI in Charlottetown.
AutPhi hires a graduate research assistant! Benjamin Sidloski is a Master’s Student in the Philosophy Department at Dalhousie University. He completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of British Columbia in 2021, with research contributions to the fields of evolutionary psychology and the study of addictive behaviours. Sidloski’s current research interests pertain to the intersection of philosophy of language and mind, and abnormal psychology/psychopathology. Welcome, Benjamin!
AutPhi hires an undergraduate research assistant! Alexis Amero is an undergraduate student at the University of King’s College working toward completing a BA (Hons.) in Philosophy at Dalhousie. Amero’s research interests currently lie in Social Philosophy and Ethics, especially Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Welcome, Alexis!
LaCroix’s paper on autism and pseudoscience accepted to the annual meeting of the Atlantic Regional Philosophers Association, to be held at the University of PEI in October.
AutPhi website is live!
Dr LaCroix awarded an insight development grant from the social science and humanities research council
LaCroix presents Autism and the Pseudoscience of Mind at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS)
Syllabus showcase for Philosophy on the Spectrum seminar featured on the APA Blog
