Laura Specker Sullivan
lauraspecker.bsky.social
Laura Specker Sullivan
@lauraspecker.bsky.social
Philosopher at Fordham working on autonomy, trust, and consent, ethics of science, medicine, and technology, and Japanese philosophy. Current road runner, former ultrarunner and triathlete.
Fay Niker and I argue that friendships need to go wrong in order to go right - see why here (open access!): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Friendships Need to Go Wrong in Order to Go Right | Journal of the American Philosophical Association | Cambridge Core
Friendships Need to Go Wrong in Order to Go Right
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April 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.

www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Topoi has a CFP for a special issue on "Respect and Reasons," submissions due April 15th. More info here! link.springer.com/collections/...
Respect and Reasons
Paper submissions are invited for the special issue/collection of Topoi entitled: Respect and Reasons. The special issue aims to explore Perspectives on ...
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January 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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@nassp.bsky.social invites everyone to our Abstract Writing Workshop! Ideal for phil grad students/junior scholars/anyone who wants to learn about what makes a good conference abstract + those thinking about submitting to our annual conference. Register at: ucincinnati.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The Hastings Center Report invites contributions to a new series on Health and Incarceration co-edited by Dr. Mercer Gary and Dr. Jennifer James.

Please submit abstracts of no more than 500 words by January 31st, 2025 for consideration. More at the link below:

www.ijfab.org/blog/2024/12...
Call for 2025 Submissions: Health & Incarceration | IJFAB Blog
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December 23, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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🗣️ Call for Papers 🔊

I am co-guest editing with Dr Jada Wiggleton-Little a special issue of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal on Chronic Pain & Social Justice.

✍️ Deadline: May 31, 2025.

For inquiries please contact me or Dr Wiggleton-Little.

More info ⤵️
#bioethics #academicsky
October 14, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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The Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our Selves

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our Selves
To whom should we have allegiance—the version of ourself making choices, or the version of ourself who will be affected by them?
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December 5, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Have other philosophers read Sally Rooney's Intermezzo? I am loving the allusions to Wittgenstein and finding it philosophically rich, in addition to a great read.
November 21, 2024 at 12:18 PM