Kelly Roe
I’m based in the RSSS Philosophy Program and I have another webpage over there. Kim Sterelny is my supervisor.
My dissertation is on the philosophy of psychiatry. I’m particularly interested in different notions of function and dysfunction (including evolutionary ones) that may serve to ground psychiatry and medicine in the biological sciences.
Here are some seminars that I’ve given to philosophy of biology / Tempo and Mode audiences:
Seminar Presentations:
Roe, K. (2008). `What can Neuroimaging tell us About the Mind?’. Tempo & Mode, Center for Macroevolution and Macroecology, Australian National University.
Roe, K. (2007). `Malfunction and Harm: Why the Distinction Doesn’t Work to Ground Psychiatry’. Philosophy of Biology Graduate Student Workshop, Australian National University.
Roe. K. (2007). `Grounding Psychiatry: The Bio-Medical Notion of Dysfunction’. Tempo and Mode Centre for MacroEvolution and MacroEcology, Australian National University.
Roe, K. (2006). `The Nature of Mental Disorder’. Philosophy of Biology Post-Graduate Student Workshop, Australian National University.
You can also find links to a couple of past years Philosophy of Biology Graduate Student Workshops here.
I’m currently visiting the Philosophy Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill for the 2008/9 academic year. I can be contacted at either email address.