Livestream https://youtube.com/live/wnEIchHov10 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 »

Series: MolDevBio Speaker: Maël Lemoine (Université de Bordeaux) Title: "Can the aging of an organism be reduced to the aging of its cells?" Abstract Contemporary biogerontology is largely driven by "aging cell reductionism": the hypothesis that intracellular degradations ultimately explain other aspects of the aging of organisms (typically, Lopez-Otin 2013). Indeed, "cell-autonomous" processes are not… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Maël Lemoine, « Can the aging of an organism be reduced to the aging of its cells? »

Livestream https://youtube.com/live/d4Sqq8jbK4w Series: Work-in-Progress Speaker: Stéphanie Ponsar (UCLouvain) Title: "What is a foundation of mathematics?" Abstract The need for a solid foundation in mathematics emerged at the turn of the 20th century. During this period, mathematics faced an existential crisis, partly due to paradoxes in Frege’s formulation of set theory. To address these issues and… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Stéphanie Ponsar, « What is a foundation of mathematics? »