Cordelia Fine
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Born | 1975 Toronto,Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Philosopher, psychologist, writer |
Nationality | British |
Education | Oxford University(BA Hons Experimental Psychology),Cambridge University(MPhil Criminology),University College London(PhD Psychology) |
Alma mater | Oxford University Cambridge University University College London |
Period | 2006–present |
Subject | Philosophy,psychology,neuroscience |
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Cordelia Fine(born 1975) is a Canadian-born Britishphilosopher of science,psychologist,andwriter.[1]She is afull professorin theHistory and Philosophy of Scienceprogramme atthe University of Melbourne,Australia.[2]Fine has written threepopular sciencebooks on the topics ofsocial cognition,neuroscience,and the popular myths of sex differences. Her latest book,Testosterone Rex,won theRoyal Society Science Book Prize,2017.[3]She has authored several academic book chapters and numerous academic publications.[4]Fine is also noted for coining the term 'neurosexism'.[5]
As ascience communicator,Fine has given many public andkeynotelectures across the education, business, academic and public sectors.[6][7][8][9]
Fine has also written forThe New York Times,Scientific American,New Scientist,The Psychologist,The Guardian,andThe Monthly,among others, and has reviewed books for theFinancial TimesandThe Wall Street Journal.[10]
In April 2018, Cordelia Fine was awarded theEdinburgh Medal.This medal is awarded to "men and women of science and technology whose professional achievements are judged to have made a significant contribution to the understanding and well-being of humanity."[11]
Early life and education
[edit]Cordelia Fine was born in Toronto, the daughter of writerAnne FineandKit Fine,a philosopher.[12]She was educated atSt George's School for GirlsinEdinburgh,Scotland.[13]She was awarded a bachelor's degree inExperimental Psychologywith first-class honours fromOxford University,aMaster of PhilosophyinCriminologyfromCambridge University,and a PhD in Psychology fromUniversity College London.[14]
Career
[edit]Since completing her PhD, Cordelia Fine has undertaken research at the School of Philosophy & Bioethics at Monash University, at the Centre for Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics at the Australian National University, and at the Centre for Agency, Values & Ethics (CAVE) at Macquarie University.[15]
From 2012 to 2016, she was an ARC Future Fellow[16]at the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences.[17]
She was also an Associate Professor in the Melbourne Business School, at the University of Melbourne until 2016.[18]She is currently a Professor in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne, Australia[19]
Books
[edit]Fine's first book,A Mind of Its Own,synthesizes a large amount of cognitive research to show that the mind often gives a distorted picture of reality.
Her second book,Delusions of Gender,argues that conclusions that science has shown thatmen's and women's brainsare intrinsically different in ways that explain the gender status quo are premature and often based on flawed methods and unexamined assumptions. She also challenges the common assumption that a gender-egalitarian society means that differences in social outcomes and interests must be due to biology. "With still such different contexts and circumstances for men and women, it's simply not possible to compare the choices they make and draw confident conclusions about the sexes' different inner natures."[20]Fine's approach to gender has been criticised by those who think itbehaviourist,[21][22]and for not accounting for what psychiatry termsgender identity disorders.However, as Fine pointed out inThe Psychologist,the book is concerned with scientific evidence presented as support for the idea that males and females are, on average, 'hardwired' to 'systemise' versus 'empathise', rather than the question of the extent to which core gender identity is 'hardwired'; and that she does not subscribe to a behaviourist orsocial deterministview of development, but rather "one in which the developmental path is constructed, step by step, out of the continuous and dynamic interaction between brain, genes and environment."[23]
Ben Barres,a Professor of Neurobiology atStanford University,wrote in a review of the book forPLOS Biologythat Fine's "analysis of this data should be required reading for every neurobiology student, if not every human being." The neuroscientistsMargaret McCarthyand Gregory Ball have said that Fine presents a one-sided picture of the study of sex differences, and thatDelusions of Genderthreatened to "severely hamper" progress in this field.[24]However, neuroscientists Geert de Vries and Nancy Forger of the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University cite the work of Fine and colleagues in noting that "unsubstantiated claims about the nature and function of neural sex differences continue to be made and such claims may do serious harm".[25]Together with Barnard College sociomedical scientistRebecca Jordan-Young,Fine has rejected the claim,[26]based on quotations of her criticisms of popular misrepresentations of science, that she is "anti-sex differences".[27]Fine and Jordan-Young, with other co-authors, have published recommendations and guidelines for improving the quality of scientific investigations of sex/gender differences in research.[28][29]
Fine's third book,Testosterone Rex,critiques an account of sex differences and their evolutionary, neural and hormonal basis that is the prominent view in the scientific literature and research. In 2017,Testosterone Rexwon the prestigiousRoyal Society Science Books Prize.[30]Harriet Hall,who often critiques alternative medicine and quackery for their lack of a scientific basis, argued in theSkeptical Inquirer:"Cordelia Fine's book provides compelling evidence that men and women aren't really very different other than in their anatomy. There is no such thing as a 'male brain' or a 'female brain'. There are no essential male or female natures but rather an individualized mosaic of features. Testosterone isn't very important. Biology can't be used to explain or excuse societal inequalities."[31]
Awards and commendations
[edit]Testosterone Rex
[edit]- The Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize, 2017[32]
Delusions of Gender
[edit]- Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for non-fiction 2011.[33]
- Shortlisted for the Best Book of Ideas Prize 2011.[34]
- Shortlisted for theJohn Llewellyn Rhys Prize2010.[35]
- Shortlisted byThe Washington Postfor 2010 Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year[36]
- Shortlisted for the 2013Warwick Prize for Writing.[37]
- Evening Standard 2010 book of the year[38]
- Guardian 2010 book of the year.[39]
- Huffington Post "22 books women think men should read" list[40]
A Mind of Its Own
[edit]- One of twelve books long-listed for the UKRoyal Society Science Prize2007[41]
Selected bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]Publication date | Title | Publisher | ISBN |
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17 July 2006 | A Mind of Its Own | W. W. Norton & Company | ISBN0-393-06213-9 |
26 June 2008 | The Britannica Guide to the Brain: A Guided Tour of the Brain and All Its Functions | Constable & Robinson | ISBN1-84529-803-9 |
30 August 2010 | Delusions of Gender | W. W. Norton & Company | ISBN0-393-06838-2 |
24 January 2017 | Testosterone Rex | W. W. Norton & Company | ISBN0-393-08208-3 |
Journal articles
[edit]- Fine, Cordelia;Rippon, Gina;Jordan-Young, Rebecca;Kaiser, Anelis;Joel, Daphna(July 2017). "Letter to the Editor:Journal of Neuroscienceresearch policy on addressing sex as a biological variable: Comments, clarifications, and elaborations ".Journal of Neuroscience Research.95(7): 1357–1359.doi:10.1002/jnr.24045.hdl:11343/292471.PMID28225166.S2CID45664076.
- Fine, Cordelia;Rush, Emma(February 2016). ""Why does all the girls have to buy pink stuff?" The ethics and science of the gendered toy marketing debate ".Journal of Business Ethics.149(4): 769–784.doi:10.1007/s10551-016-3080-3.S2CID147209519.
- Fine, Cordelia; Duke, Rebecca (May 2015). "Expanding the role of gender essentialism in the single-sex education debate: A commentary on Liben".Sex Roles.72(9–10): 427–433.doi:10.1007/s11199-015-0474-0.S2CID142431798.
- Fine, Cordelia (21 November 2014). "His brain, her brain?".Science.346(6212): 915–916.Bibcode:2014Sci...346..915F.doi:10.1126/science.1262061.PMID25414288.S2CID11188482.
- Fine, Cordelia;Rippon, Gina;Jordan-Young, Rebecca;Kaiser, Anelis(28 August 2014)."Recommendations for sex/gender neuroimaging research: key principles and implications for research design, analysis and interpretation".Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.8(650): 650.doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00650.PMC4147717.PMID25221493.
- Fine, Cordelia;Rippon, Gina;Jordan-Young, Rebecca;Kaiser, Anelis;Joel, Daphna (November–December 2014)."Reaction to"Equal ≠ The Same: Sex Differences in the Human Brain"".Cerebrum.2014.Archived fromthe originalon 16 February 2019.Retrieved21 August2017.
- See also:Cahill, Larry (March–April 2014)."Equal ≠ The Same: Sex Differences in the Human Brain".Cerebrum.2014:5.PMC4087190.PMID25009695.Archived fromthe originalon 10 March 2019.Retrieved21 August2017.
- Fine, Cordelia;Rippon, Gina;Jordan-Young, Rebecca;Kaiser, Anelis(November 2013)."Plasticity, plasticity, plasticity…and the problem of sex"(PDF).Trends in Cognitive Sciences.17(11): 550–551.doi:10.1016/j.tics.2013.08.010.PMID24176517.S2CID27589924.
- Fine, Cordelia (August 2013). "Is there neurosexism in functional neuroimaging investigations of sex differences?".Neuroethics.6(2): 369–409.doi:10.1007/s12152-012-9169-1.S2CID144819834.
- Fine, Cordelia (December 2012). "Explaining, or sustaining, the status quo? The potentially self-fulfilling effects of 'hardwired' accounts of sex differences".Neuroethics.5(3): 285–294.doi:10.1007/s12152-011-9118-4.hdl:11343/283055.S2CID144023407.
- Fine, Cordelia (12 October 2010). "From scanner to soundbite: Issues in interpreting and reporting sex differences in the brain".Current Directions in Psychological Science.19(5): 280–283.doi:10.1177/0963721410383248.S2CID14187735.
- Fine, Cordelia; Kennett, Jeanette (February 2009). "Will the real moral judgment please stand up?".Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.12(1): 77–96.doi:10.1007/s10677-008-9136-4.JSTOR40284273.S2CID142769174.
- Fine, Cordelia; Nairn, Agnes (2008). "Not seeing the wood for the imaginary trees. Or, who's messing with my article? A response to Ambler".International Journal of Advertising.27(5): 896–908.doi:10.2501/S0265048708080402.S2CID143556041.
- Fine, Cordelia; Nairn, Agnes (2008). "Who's messing with my mind? The implications of dual processing models for the ethics of marketing to children".International Journal of Advertising.27(3): 447–470.doi:10.2501/S0265048708080062.S2CID143197555.*Fine, Cordelia (March 2008)."Will working mothers' brains explode? The popular new genre of neurosexism".Neuroethics.1(1): 69–72.doi:10.1007/s12152-007-9004-2.
- Fine, Cordelia; Gardner, Mark; Craigie, Jillian; Gold, Ian (January 2007). "Hopping, skipping or jumping to conclusions? Clarifying the role of the JTC bias in delusions".Cognitive Neuropsychiatry.12(1): 46–77.doi:10.1080/13546800600750597.PMID17162446.S2CID38133890.
- Fine, Cordelia (2007)."Vulnerable minds? The consumer unconscious and the ethics of marketing to children"(PDF).Res Publica.16(1): 14–18. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 20 August 2017.Retrieved20 August2017.
- Fine, Cordelia (2006). "Is the emotional dog wagging the rational tail or chasing it? Reason in moral judgment".Philosophical Explorations.9(1): 83–98.doi:10.1080/13869790500492680.S2CID142627466.
- Fine, Cordelia; Mitchell, DGV; Richell, RA; Newman, C; Lumsden, J; Blair, KS; Blair, RJR (May 2006). "Instrumental learning and relearning in individuals with psychopathy and in patients with lesions involving the amygdala or orbitofrontal cortex".Neuropsychology.20(3): 280–289.doi:10.1037/0894-4105.20.3.280.PMID16719621.
- Fine, Cordelia; Craigie, Jillian; Gold, Ian (June 2005)."Damned if you do; damned if you don't: the impasse in cognitive models of the Capgras delusion".Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology.12(2): 143–151.
- Fine, Cordelia; Craigie, Jillian; Gold, Ian (June 2005)."The explanation approach to delusion".Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology.12(2): 159–163.
- Fine, Cordelia; Kennett, Jeanette (September–October 2004). "Mental impairment, moral understanding and criminal responsibility: Psychopathy and the purposes of punishment".International Journal of Law and Psychiatry.27(5): 425–443.doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2004.06.005.PMID15337361.
- Fine, Cordelia; Lumsden, J.; Blair, Robert James R. (1 February 2001)."Dissociation between theory of mind and executive functions in a patient with early left amygdala damage".Brain.124(2): 287–298.doi:10.1093/brain/124.2.287.PMID11157556.
- Fine, Cordelia; Blair, Robert James R. (2000). "The cognitive and emotional effects of amygdala damage".Neurocase.6(6): 435–438.doi:10.1080/13554790008402715.S2CID220349993.
- Fine, Cordelia; Blair, Robert James R. (June 1999)."Computations in extraversion"(PDF).Behavioral and Brain Sciences.22(3): 521–523.doi:10.1017/S0140525X99262048.S2CID144130549.
References
[edit]- ^"Interview with Cordelia Fine".Times Higher Education.16 August 2017.Retrieved30 January2018.
- ^"Our staff — School of Historical and Philosophical Studies".Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne.Retrieved30 January2018.
- ^"Cordelia Fine's explosive study of gender politics wins 30th anniversary Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize".The Royal Society.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Cordelia Fine – Google Scholar".Google Scholar.Archived fromthe originalon 13 July 2018.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^Schmitz, Sigrid; Höppner, Grit (2014)."Neurofeminism and feminist neurosciences: a critical review of contemporary brain research".Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.8(Review Article): 546.doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00546.PMC4111126.PMID25120450.
- ^"Women World Changers 2017".Diversity Council Australia.14 September 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 27 February 2018.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"FiLiA 2017, The Programme".FiLiA.Archived fromthe originalon 30 January 2018.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Fake News and Alternative Facts, Scientific Conference".The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^Jesse Bering;Raewyn Connell;Elizabeth Riley; Cordelia Fine."Gender Doesn't Matter".Youtube.Archivedfrom the original on 21 December 2021.Retrieved31 January2018.
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- Fine, Cordelia (30 July 2011)."Biased but Brilliant".The New York Times.Retrieved31 January2018.
- Fine, Cordelia; Elgar, Mark A. (September 2017). "Promiscuous Men, Chaste Women and Other Gender Myths".Scientific American.317(3): 32–37.Bibcode:2017SciAm.317c..32F.doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0917-32.PMID28813396.
- "Biology doesn't justify gender divide for toys".New Scientist.27 March 2014.Retrieved31 January2018.
- "Is testosterone the key to sex differences in human behaviour?".The Psychologist.30:44–49.Retrieved31 January2018.
- "Why Testosterone Rex is Extinct".The Guardian.26 February 2017.Retrieved31 January2018.
- "Cordelia Fine, Articles by this author".The Monthly.20 December 2013.Retrieved31 January2018.
- "Cordelia Fine, Articles".The Conversation.Retrieved31 January2018.
- "Mind Change: How Digital Technologies Are Leaving Their Mark On Our Brains".Financial Times.15 August 2014.Retrieved31 January2018.
- Fine, Cordelia (9 June 2016)."He and She and Ze and Hir".The Wall Street Journal.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"2018 Edinburgh Medal Awarded to Cordelia Fine".Science Festival.8 March 2018.Retrieved10 April2018.
- ^Freeman-Greene, Suzy (24 September 2010)."A brain strained by sexism".The Sydney Morning Herald.Retrieved8 April2022.
- ^"St George's School for Girls, Alumnae".
- ^"Find an Expert, Prof Cordelia Fine".The University of Melbourne.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Who We Are, Prof. Cordelia Fine".Centre for Ethical Leadership.Archived fromthe originalon 27 February 2018.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Future Fellowships, Discovery Program".Australian Government, Australian Research Council.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Find an Expert, Prof Cordelia Fine".The University of Melbourne.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Find an Expert, Prof Cordelia Fine".The University of Melbourne.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Faculty of Arts, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Our Staff".The University of Melbourne.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^Irvine, Jessica (27 August 2011)."An equal footing still step too far".The Age(Melbourne).Retrieved27 September2011.
- ^"The Psychologist, November 2010 by The British Psychological Society".ISSUU.Retrieved19 October2015.
- ^Farrelly, Elizabeth(14 October 2010)."Gender and feminism, a guilt trip".The Sydney Morning Herald.Archived fromthe originalon 18 November 2011.Retrieved28 September2011.
- ^"The battle of the sex differences: Interview"(PDF).Cordeliafine. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 23 September 2015.Retrieved19 October2015.
- ^McCarthy, Margaret M.; Ball, Gregory F. (28 April 2011)."Tempests and tales: challenges to the study of sex differences in the brain".Biology of Sex Differences.2(4): 4.doi:10.1186/2042-6410-2-4.PMC3108906.
- ^de Vries, Geert J.; Forger, Nancy G. (1 January 2015)."Sex differences in the brain: a whole body perspective".Biology of Sex Differences.6:15.doi:10.1186/s13293-015-0032-z.ISSN2042-6410.PMC4536872.PMID26279833.
- ^"The XX Factor - Commentary Magazine".Commentary Magazine.Retrieved18 April2017.
- ^Fine, Cordelia;Jordan-Young, Rebecca(6 April 2017)."We've been labelled 'anti-sex difference' for demanding greater scientific rigour".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved18 April2017.
- ^Rippon, Gina;Fine, Cordelia;Jordan-Young, Rebecca;Kaiser, Anelis(28 August 2014)."Recommendations for sex/gender neuroimaging research: key principles and implications for research design, analysis and interpretation".Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.8(650): 650.doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00650.PMC4147717.PMID25221493.
- ^Fine, Cordelia;Rippon, Gina;Jordan-Young, Rebecca;Kaiser, Anelis;Joel, Daphna(July 2017). "Letter to the Editor |Journal of Neuroscienceresearch policy on addressing sex as a biological variable: Comments, clarifications, and elaborations ".Journal of Neuroscience Research.95(7): 1357–1359.doi:10.1002/jnr.24045.hdl:11343/292471.PMID28225166.S2CID45664076.
- ^"Cordelia Fine's explosive study of gender politics wins 30th anniversary Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize".Royal Society.Retrieved20 September2017.
- ^"SkepDoc's Corner Testosterone Rex - The Bottom Line".Skeptical Inquirer.19 September 2017.Retrieved5 November2020.
- ^"Cordelia Fine's explosive study of gender politics wins 30th anniversary Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize".The Royal Society.19 September 2017.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Cordelia Fine".Allen&Unwin Book Publishers.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Cordelia Fine".Allen&Unwin Book Publishers.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Cordelia Fine".Allen&Unwin Book Publishers.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Best nonfiction of 2010".The Washington Post.10 December 2010.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Cordelia Fine".Allen&Unwin Book Publishers.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"The books we loved in 2010".Standard, EveningStandard, Lifestyle.25 November 2010.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Books of the year".The Guardian.27 November 2010.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"22 Books Women Think Men Should Read".Huffington Post, Books.22 February 2015.Retrieved31 January2018.
- ^"Royal Society Prizes".The Royal Society.15 May 2007.Retrieved31 January2018.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Cordelia FineatLibrary of Congress,with 4 library catalog records
- 1975 births
- People educated at St George's School, Edinburgh
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Alumni of University College London
- British emigrants to Australia
- British non-fiction writers
- British psychologists
- British technology writers
- Living people
- Academic staff of the University of Melbourne
- Writers from Toronto
- Human sex difference researchers