Book Symposium: The New Modern Medicine

Book Symposium: The New Modern Medicine September 18 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT 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 symposium, Christopher Phillips and Benjamin Chin-Yee will respond to the book from philosophical, historical, and clinical perspectives. The audience will then be invited into the conversation. 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&# Jonathan Fuller MD PhD Associate Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh Christopher Phillips PhD Professor and Department Head, Department of History Carnegie Mellon University Benjamin Chin-Yee MD PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy Western University Schedule: Schedule: 1:30-1:35: Introduction by Center Director 1:35-1:55: Introduction to the book by Jonathan Fuller 1:55-2:20: Response by Christopher Phillips 2:20-2:45: Response by Benjamin Chin-Yee 2:45-3:00 Break 3:00-3:10: Reply by Jonathan Fuller 3:10-4:00: Q&A and Discussion Located in-person: Center for Philosophy of Science, 1117 Cathedral of Learning Live Streamed: Zoom Link: https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92326008828 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrRp47ZMXD7NXO3a9Gyh2sg