Tabery, James -

Personal Information
First Name: 
James
Last Name: 
Tabery
Department / Program: 
Philosophy
Other: 
School of Medicine
University Affiliation: 
University of Utah
Phone: 
8015818362
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Subject: 
Biology
Science
Geographical Region: 
England
United States of America
Time Period: 
19th Century
20th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
Philosophy of biology and bioethics, history of biology. On the philosophy of science side, he investigates questions of causation and explanation in biology; while on the applied ethics side, he explores how the answers to those questions have ethical, legal, and social implications.
Academics
PHD Program: 
History of Science
PHD University: 
University of Pittsburgh
PHD Date: 
2007
Major Publications: 
Tabery, James (2012), "Science in the Courtroom", The Scientist, 6 November, 2012. Published, 11/06/2012. http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articl... - opens new window Tabery, James (2012), "Jobless Conspiracy: Judging a Conspiracy Theory", The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 October, 2012. Published, 10/14/2012. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/55051076-82/c... - opens new window Aspinwall, Lisa G., Teneille R. Brown, and James Tabery (2012), "The Double-Edged Sword: Does Biomechanism Increase or Decrease Judges' Sentencing of Psychopaths?", Science 337(6096): 846-849. Published, 09/17/2012. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6096/846.abs... - opens new window Tabery, James (2012), "What Would Darwin Do?", The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 February, 2012. Published, 02/10/2012. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/53456799-82/d... - opens new window Tabery, James (2011), “Hogben vs. the Tyranny of Averages”, International Journal of Epidemiology 40: 1454-1458. Published, 12/01/2011. Tabery, James (2011), “Hogben, Lancelot”, in Encyclopedia of the Life Sciences. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. Published, 09/01/2011. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470... - opens new window The Struggle to Define the Interaction of Nature and Nurture. Under contract with MIT Press (Life & Mind Series). In progress, 09/01/2011.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
American Philosophical Association American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Behavior Genetics Association History of Science Society International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology Philosophy of Science Association
Courses Taught: 
Bioethics, History of Science, Introduction to Logic