Livestream  https://youtu.be/X1jFrayaRos Series: MolDevBio Speaker: Ivan Kuzin (University of Linz) Title: “The Concept of Information and New Phenomena in Molecular Biology” Abstract The concept of information is embedded in the discourse of molecular biology, and is typically interpreted semantically (i.e., as the transmission of an instruction or description). However, this interpretation is difficult to naturalize,… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Ivan Kuzin, “The Concept of Information and New Phenomena in Molecular Biology”

Livestream  https://youtube.com/live/WdG9tafMS34 Series: WIP Speaker: Wen Shichao (UCLouvain) Title: "Bell Curves: Reconciling the Dichotomy Between Typological and Population Thinking" Abstract Building on Sober’s (1980) analysis, this paper proposes that typological and population thinking represent two fundamental ways of interpreting the normal distribution—via the law of errors and the law of variation. Typological thinking emphasizes the… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Wen Shichao, “Bell Curves: Reconciling the Dichotomy Between Typological and Population Thinking”

Attention, location and time change. This event will not be held in Louvain-la-Neuve as usual, but in Namur. Venue: L53 (5ème étage de la Fac de philo et lettres, UNamur, entrée dans le haut du rue Grafé 1). Series: OLOFOS Speaker: Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard (UNamur) Title: "Major Transitions in the Evolution of the Universe: The Case… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Gauvain Leconte-Chevillard, “Major Transitions in the Evolution of the Universe: The Case of the Inflation-Reheating Transition”

Series: Metametaphysics Speaker: TBA

Series: MolDevBio / Digital Approaches Speaker: TBA