Necessity and Possibility in Science is the theme of the 5th workshop of the OLOFOS group. It will take place on May 8-10 2025 in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) at the Institut supérieur de philosophie (ISP) of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain). Note that any approach to this theme is potentially acceptable. However, contributions about the… Continue reading Workshop « Possibility and Necessity in Science »
Series: Metametaphysics Speaker: Jade Fletcher (University of St-Andrews) Title: "The Role of Values in Feminist Metaphysics" Abstract This paper concerns an apparent tension between the normative political commitments of feminism and the objective truth-seeking aims of metaphysics. Metaphysical theories are essentially descriptive – they are in the business of giving explanatory and descriptively adequate representations… Continue reading CEFISES Seminar: Jade Fletcher, « The Role of Values in Feminist Metaphysics »
Livestream https://youtu.be/N1EnkXz3I7Y Series: Metametaphysics Speaker: Giusepinna D'Oro (Keele University) Title: “Presuppositional Analysis and the Goal of Metaphysical Inquiry” You can also watch the presentation on her book Why Collingwood Matters. A Defence of Humanistic Understanding (2023, Bloomsbury): https://youtu.be/SfpQwlS-gok
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”
