Science Autobiographies

Dear Class,

Post your science autobiographies here, and please comment on at least two of your classmates' posts.

My science autobiography:
My dad was an engineering and helped me with my mathematics, which I really liked.  In middle school we had field trips to biology field sites and really enjoyed what I learned in and outside the classroom.  I took biology, anatomy & physiology, and physics in high school and really liked them.  In college I took a natural science course that focused on evolution and the extinction of dinosaurs, but nothing more from the "hard sciences."  But, I loved thinking about medicine and especially ethical issues in science and medicine and so I went to graduate school to study medical ethics.  I ended up studying philosophy of science for my Ph.D.   My dissertation looked at feminist criticism in philosophy of science, particularly in computer science.  Here at Thomas More, I try to hang out with the scientists as much as possible and in my professional research and teaching I focus on medical ethics, research ethics, death & dying, and philosophy of science.  This summer I traveled with Dr. Ryle, our astronomer, to Socorro, NM for a short course at the National Radio Astronomy Laboratory -- I'll tell you more about that trip as we get further into the course.

I love philosophy of science and cannot wait to delve more into this course material with you!

Introductions & Expectations

Hello Young Philosophers!  Welcome to the best class, ever!  Who is a fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson?! 

http://www.cosmosontv.com/clips/310562371604

http://www.cosmosontv.com/watch/272421443803

Watch at least from minute 6 to minute 15.
Woo hoo!  Knowledge, science, philosophy -- what could be better?!