Letitia Meynell
Associate Professor (cross appointed with the Gender and Women’s Studies Programme)
B.A. (Hons.) (York), M.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (UWO).
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy, Aesthetics.
Publications
Books
James R. Brown, Mélanie Frappier and Letitia Meynell, eds. Thought Experiments in Philosophy, Science and the Arts. London: Routledge (under contract).
Sue Campbell, Letitia Meynell and Susan Sherwin, eds. Embodiment and Agency. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, in press.
Journal Special Issues and Conference Proceedings
Andrew Fenton and Letitia Meynell, guest editors, Accountability in Research special issue on Neuroethical Implications of Emerging Neurotechnologies (in progress).
Mélanie Frappier, Letitia Meynell and James R. Brown guest editors, Knowledge Engineering Review special issue on Visual Reasoning (forthcoming 2012). Link to draft issue.
Letitia Meynell, Nathan Brett, Don Baxter and Lívia Guimarães, compilers. 36th International Hume Society Conference, Naturalism and Hume’s Philosophy: Conference Papers. Halifax, 2009, 286 pages.
Journal Publications
Letitia Meynell, “Evolutionary Psychology, Ethology, and Essentialism (Because What They Don’t Know Can Hurt Us),” Hypatia (forthcoming 2012).
Letitia Meynell, “Parsing Pictures: On Analyzing the Content of Images in Science,” Knowledge Engineering Review (special issue on Visual Reasoning) (forthcoming 2012). Link to draft article.
Timothy Krahn, Andrew Fenton and Letitia Meynell, “Novel Neurotechnologies in Film - A Reading of Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report,” Neuroethics 3 (1) 2010, 73-88.
Andrew Fenton, Letitia Meynell and Francoise Baylis, “Ethical Challenges and Interpretive Difficulties with Non-Clinical Applications of Pediatric fMRI,” American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB Neuroscience) 9 (1) 2009, 3-13.
Letitia Meynell, “The Power and Promise of Developmental Systems Theory,” Les Ateliers de l'Ethique: La Revue de CREUM 3 (2) 2008, 88-103. Link to article.
Letitia Meynell, “Pictures, Pluralism and Feminist Epistemology: Lessons from ‘Coming to Understand’,” Hypatia 23 (4) 2008, 1-29.
Letitia Meynell, “Why Feynman Diagrams Represent,” International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 22 (1) 2008, 39-59.
Letitia Meynell, “Dredging the Third Wave: Reflections on the Feminism of the Nineties,” Social Philosophy Today 17: Communication, Conflict, and Reconciliation, eds. Cheryl Hughes and James Wong, 2003, 179-201.
Chapters in Books
Letitia Meynell, “Introduction: Minding Bodies,” in Embodiment and Agency, eds. Sue Campbell, Letitia Meynell and Susan Sherwin. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, in press.
Book Reviews and Non-Refereed Journal Publications
Andrew Fenton, Letitia Meynell and Francoise Baylis, “Responsibility and Speculation: On Possible Applications of Pediatric fMRI,” American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB Neuroscience) 9 (1) 2009, W1-W2.
Letitia Meynell, “Review of The Case of the Female Orgasm,” Hypatia 22 (3) 2007, 218-22.