Leemon McHenry

Leemon McHenry (Ph.D. University of Edinburgh, Scotland) joined the department as a lecturer in 1997. He taught philosophy at Old Dominion University, Davidson College, Central Michigan University and Wittenberg University. He has held visiting research positions at Johns Hopkins University, UCLA and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Edinburgh. His research interests center on metaphysics, philosophy of science and medical ethics.

PUBLICATIONS

 

LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

“Key Opinion Leaders and the Construction of Disease," Grand Rounds Lecture, Continuing Medical Education, Department of Psychiatry, Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley, California, April, 2018.

"Spin-Based Medicine and the Misreporting of Paediatric Depression Studies," The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2017.

“The Illusion of Evidence-Based Practice,” Continuing Medical Education, Northern California Regional Organization of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Sonoma, California, 2016; Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 2017.

 

TEACHING SCHEDULE 2013-2016

 

Summer 2013

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Seminar: Whitehead's Metaphysics

 

Fall 2013

Phil 310 Philosophical Problems MW 8:00 - 9:15

Phil 330 Philosophy of Science MW 9:30 - 10:45

Phil 310 Philosophical Problems MW 12:30 - 1:45

 

Spring 2014

Phil 200 Critical Reasoning MW 8:00 - 9:15

Phil 150 Philosophical Thought MW 9:30 - 10:45

Phil 150 Philosophical Thought MW 2:00 - 3:15

 

Fall 2014

Phil 150 Philosophical Thought MW 8:00 - 9:15

Phil 230 Formal Logic MW 11:00 - 12:15

Phil 230 Formal Logic MW 12:30 - 1:45

 

Spring 2015

Phil 230 Formal Logic TR 8:00-9:15

Phil 100 General Logic TR 9:30-11:10

Phil 230 Formal Logic TR 12:30-1:45

 

Fall 2015

Phil 200 Critical Reasoning MW 8:00-9:15

Phil 230 Formal Logic MW 9:30-10:45

Phil 200 Critical Reasoning MW 12:30-1:45

 

Spring 2016

Phil 230 Formal Logic MW 8:00-9:15

Phil 150 Philosophical Thought MW 9:30- 10:45

 

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