Please note that this conference will be held online via Teams (not in person). The link to the Teams' session will be communicated individually on demand. Please contact either of the co-organisers so that we can add you to the session. Otherwise, you will be able to watch the livestream on YouTube without registration.  … Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Naomi Thompson, “Social Metaphysical Explanation”

Livestream https://youtu.be/vwkzSdu-rTY Series: Work-in-Progress Speaker: Max Bautista-Perpinyà (UCLouvain) Title: "Towards a political imagination of science." Abstract In this work-in-progress talk, I'll review two liberal progressive contributions to the literature on science and values that have been highly influential in the philosophy of science: Philip Kitcher's Science in a Democratic Society (2011) and Matthew J. Brown's… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Max Bautista-Perpinyà, “Towards a political imagination of science”

Series: MolDevBio Speaker: Jan Baedke (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Title: "Conceptual challenges for the return of the organism in developmental evolution" Abstract Organisms are central for biology. However, conceptualizing the unit of the organism is anything but easy. This talk discusses long-standing challenges to base biological reasoning and practice on the concept of organism. Currently, after many… Continue reading [CANCELLED] CEFISES Seminar: Jan Baedke, “Conceptual challenges for the return of the organism in developmental evolution”

Livestream  https://youtu.be/rkvkuewTXDQ Series: OLOFOS Speaker: Till Grüne-Yanoff (Royal Institute of Technology) Title: "Modalities in Modeling: A Separate Scientific Practice?"

Livestream https://youtu.be/gc4sZ4dMBgY Series: Digital Approaches Speaker: Kevin Kaiser (UCLouvain) Title: "On modelling interdisciplinary research : A empirical philosophy of science approach" Abstract Interdisciplinary research as an "alternative" approach in science is recently receiving increasing attention both from the scientific and the wider public. The list of discussed advantages over "monodisciplinary" approach is wide and uneven.… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Kevin Kaiser, “On modelling interdisciplinary research: A empirical philosophy of science approach”