James Wilson

Post for a November 13, 6:15 PM event at University College London for Alison Bashford's book "Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic" featuring an image of the book cover and praise from historians Janet Browne, Simon Schaffer, and David Stack. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2025/nov/biometrics-and-palmistry-ucl-story

#London! Join Alison Bashford tonight, Nov 13 at 6:15pm, with @ucl-ias.bsky.social & @uclhhcentre.bsky.social as she discusses her new book, Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic. #HistSTM #HSTM #HistSci #BookTour #palmistry buff.ly/Bw0sA38

Two-year postdoc position at Bristol on the Leverhulme-funded Foundations of Longtermism project.

If there’s someone you know working in moral philosophy, decision theory, or formal epistemology more broadly who might be interested, please do encourage them to apply.

Who Should We Remember, and For How Long? - James Wilson Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

New video available from the archive:
James Wilson on "Who should we remember, and for how long?" Part of our 2024-25 London Lecture series on Remembering and Forgetting.
#philosophy #lecture #video
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In this episode, hosts @xandvt.bsky.social and @thewrittenro.bsky.social dive into the politics, philosophy, and public perception of the so-called “nanny state,” joined by two brilliant guests: @admbriggs.bsky.social and @profwilson.bsky.social.

OPEN LETTER: 100+ UK Academics & Writers to Keir Starmer New anti-immigrant rules are bad policy & will only validate the far-right

I recently co-authored & circulated (with @polphilpod.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric.

Over 100 of my UK-based colleagues signed it. Read the whole thing here:

www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

Not a direct answer, but assuming you've got a radio as well as CD in the car, it's probably a lot less effort to get a Bluetooth FM transmitter to stick in the lighter socket, and play Spotify via the radio.

In case it doesn't exist yet: Here is a starter pack for health justice. Please let me know if you want to be added or removed. go.bsky.app/Qe1JSoD

Jacob Fabrikant Creative Fellowship in Health Humanities The UCL Centre for Health Humanities, together with The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at UCL’s Bloomsbury campus is seeking a creative fellow to work with us in Spring 2025.

Jacob Fabrikant Creative Fellowship in Health Humanities
Apply by 16 Feb 2025
We invite an artist / writer to develop their creative practice on a theme related to the health humanities. We're offering £5,000 to work on a project linked to our core research themes.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

We have online Open Days on Thurs January 16th, and Weds February 5th 2025. Register here: app.geckoform.com/events-embed...

Delighted that our new MA route Philosophy, Public Policy and Social Change is now open! It's a theoretically rigorous, yet practical course, focusing on how philosophy can help us to be more reflective, ethical and effective in the design of public policies. www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Why We Need the History of Health and Medicine 'Six Misconceptions about Modern Medicine that Historical Research Undermines' with Professor Matthew Smith (University of Strathcylde)

We're delighted to welcome @healthhistory.bsky.social, who's giving his paper 'Six Misconceptions about Modern Medicine that Historical Research Undermines', this Thursday, 28th Nov! Free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-we-nee.... In person only.

James Wilson - "Thought Experiments, Experience, and Ethical Insight" Join us for Prof. Wilson's Inaugural Professorial Lecture, hosted by the UCL Philosophy Department, followed by a drinks reception.

A few tickets are still available for my inaugural lecture, "Thought Experiments, Experience, and Ethical Insight"on Thursday 30th May.
It's in person only, but a recording will follow. More details, and to book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-wils...

You could try Browzine - this allows you to flip through the latest issues of all the journals your library subscribes to. See browzine.com

By the way, even I don't find the argument of "Paying for Medicines" very convincing any more! For a better way to think about prioritising in health systems, see my link.springer.com/article/10.1...

So the crucial question is how to prioritise between competing uses for resources. The argument in the paper you mention doesn't really turn on any specific claims about IP, other than that drugs can be bought more cheaply when off patent. So it's not very representative of what I've written on IP.

A bit late to this, but scarcity of resources is an obvious fact in nearly all health systems. Scarcity persists despite the huge rise in percentage of GDP devoted to health. If you don't acknowledge this, you can't begin to understand, or to improve the choices actual decision makers need to take.

Thanks very much for hosting me!It was an excellent discussion discussion, and delighted to see how engaged and thoughtful the students were.