Benjamin Smart
Current Academic Life:
Among other things, I am a Y1 rated NRF researcher, a senior lecturer at The University of Johannesburg, and a founder member of The African Centre of Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (for more info on 'ACEPS' see https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/humanities/aceps/Pages/default.aspx).
My main interests lie in the philosophy of medicine/epidemiology, and in the metaphysics of laws and causation. Most recently I have been publishing on concepts of disease, and in light of my firm belief that philosophy can be a useful tool in developing global health policies, I am currently focusing on collaborative projects with primary care and public health specialists.
Following the inception of ACEPS, I will soon also be working on decolonising medicine in Africa (strongly encourage anyone who wants to get involved with ACEPS to drop me an email).
General Biography:
I was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands (which will always be my spiritual home), but moved to Nottingham in 2002 to read philosophy at The University of Nottingham. I lived in Nottingham (on and off) for 10 years, completing my PhD in 2012. I worked at the University of Birmingham as a teaching fellow between September 2012 and December 2014, then moved to the University of Johannesburg as a postdoc in January 2015. I am still based at UJ, where I have worked as a senior lecturer since January 2016. Joberg is an awesome place to live. If you've never been, then come!
If you would like to contact me, you can do at:
[email protected]; or [email protected]
Supervisors: Penelope Mackie, Stephen Barker, and Alex Broadbent
Address: https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/humanities/Department%20of%20Philosophy/Pages/default.aspx
Among other things, I am a Y1 rated NRF researcher, a senior lecturer at The University of Johannesburg, and a founder member of The African Centre of Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (for more info on 'ACEPS' see https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/humanities/aceps/Pages/default.aspx).
My main interests lie in the philosophy of medicine/epidemiology, and in the metaphysics of laws and causation. Most recently I have been publishing on concepts of disease, and in light of my firm belief that philosophy can be a useful tool in developing global health policies, I am currently focusing on collaborative projects with primary care and public health specialists.
Following the inception of ACEPS, I will soon also be working on decolonising medicine in Africa (strongly encourage anyone who wants to get involved with ACEPS to drop me an email).
General Biography:
I was born in Jersey in the Channel Islands (which will always be my spiritual home), but moved to Nottingham in 2002 to read philosophy at The University of Nottingham. I lived in Nottingham (on and off) for 10 years, completing my PhD in 2012. I worked at the University of Birmingham as a teaching fellow between September 2012 and December 2014, then moved to the University of Johannesburg as a postdoc in January 2015. I am still based at UJ, where I have worked as a senior lecturer since January 2016. Joberg is an awesome place to live. If you've never been, then come!
If you would like to contact me, you can do at:
[email protected]; or [email protected]
Supervisors: Penelope Mackie, Stephen Barker, and Alex Broadbent
Address: https://www.uj.ac.za/faculties/humanities/Department%20of%20Philosophy/Pages/default.aspx
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affect the kidneys over either chronic or acute time
frames, the term “chronic kidney disease” (CKD) is used
to describe a decrease in the filtration ability of the glomerular
capillaries in the kidney. The most prevalent forms of CKD in
health care systems are typically the asymptomatic stages conventionally
termed CKD stage 4 or below.1,2 Should these asymptomatic
stages be called “disease”?
affect the kidneys over either chronic or acute time
frames, the term “chronic kidney disease” (CKD) is used
to describe a decrease in the filtration ability of the glomerular
capillaries in the kidney. The most prevalent forms of CKD in
health care systems are typically the asymptomatic stages conventionally
termed CKD stage 4 or below.1,2 Should these asymptomatic
stages be called “disease”?
approach. Furthermore, a formal epistemology for the health sciences and public health is
suggested. Causation in Population Health Informatics and Data Scienceprovides a detailed
guide of the latest thinking on causal inference in population health informatics. It is therefore
a critical resource for all informaticians and epidemiologists interested in the potential benefits
of utilising a systems-based approach to causal inference in health informatics.