The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

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Miriam Solomon on How Stigma Shapes Psychiatry

Miriam Solomon on How Stigma Shapes Psychiatry19 Sept 202526 min

This week, Thomas Spiteri speaks with Professor Miriam Solomon, Professor of Philosophy at Temple University and a leading voice in philosophy of science, medicine, and psychiatry. Solomon reflects on her intellectual trajectory, from her early studies in the natural sciences at Cambridge and her doctoral work at Harvard, to her later contributions in the philosophy of medicine and psychiatry. She describes how questions about knowledge-making — from consensus conferences to evidence-based me...