[PHILOS-L] Book Panel: The New Modern Medicine, 14 May '26, online

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Book Panel: The New Modern Medicine

Thursday, 14 May 2026, 15:00 - 16:30 BST | Online

In The New Modern Medicine: Disease, Evidence, and Epidemiological Medicine (OUP, 2025), Jonathan Fuller examines contemporary scientific medicine and its distinctive philosophical problems, particularly problems brought about by the integration of modern epidemiology into medicine. In this book panel, guest respondents will provide commentary on the book before the audience is welcomed into the discussion.

The New Modern Medicine is available to download open access: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-new-modern-medicine-9780190066147?cc=us&lang=en&#

Discussion Chair: Sarah Wieten, Durham University

Author: Jonathan Fuller, University of Pittsburgh

Respondents: Ross Upshur, University of Toronto; Jacob Stegenga, NTU Singapore; Nancy Cartwright, Durham University; Alex Broadbent, Durham University

This online event is organised by the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine and Public Health, which is hosted by the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University.

If you have any accessibility requirements, please get in touch with us at imh.e...@durham.ac.uk.

This event is free to attend, please register via Microsoft Teams.

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