The lake geneva BIOLOGICAL INTEREST GROUP is a forum for discussing biology from a multitude of perspectives, including philosophical, scientific and historical, and was founded in 2012 at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Geneva. Our standing members are based in different institutions at the Universities of Geneva, Lausanne, Bern, and Milan. We consider ourselves to be part of a BIG international movement that includes kindred groups at the University of Minnesota, and the University of Exeter.
Our reunions take place every Tuesday throughout the semester from 12:00 to 13:45 in the coffee room of the Department of Philosophy (room 405A, rue de Candolle 2). We discuss our own research as well as other contemporary philosophical, scientific and historical work that addresses interesting biological issues. Everyone is welcome!
Pablo Carnino (Geneva)
Christine Clavien (Lausanne)
Pierre-Luc Germain
(Milan)
Maximilian Huber (Geneva)
Marie I. Kaiser (Geneva)
Pierre-Olivier Méthot (Geneva)
Luis Lopez-Molina (Geneva)
François Pellet (Geneva)
Thomas Robert (Geneva)
Christian Sachse (Lausanne)
Guillaume Schlaepfer (Geneva)
Raphael Scholl (Bern)
Bruno Strasser (Geneva)
Marcel Weber (Geneva)
| 01.10.13 | Pierre-Luc Germain on “Models as instruments” |
| 08.10.13 | Raphael Scholl and Kärin Nickelsen on “Discovery from a causal point of view: oxidative phosphorylation and the Calvin-Benson cycle” |
| 15.10.13 | Kostas Kampourakis on “Understanding evolution: what the philosophy and history of science can contribute” |
| 22.10.13 | Christine Clavien, topic TBA |
| 29.10.13 | Guillaume Schlaepfer on “Sober on a priori causal claims about evolution” |
| 05.11.13 | no meeting |
| 12.11.13 | Andrea Loettgers and Tarja Knuuttila on “Indirect representation and the Lotka-Volterra model” |
| 19.11.13 | TBA |
| 26.11.13 | TBA |
| 03.12.13 | TBA |
| 10.12.13 | TBA |
| 17.12.13 | Juliane Wilcke on “Moving beyond the common bias that consciousness is an evolutionary adaptation” |
If you are interested in the group, in attending the weekly meetings, or in presenting your own work at one of the meetings, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Marcel Weber
Département de
Philosophie
Université de Genève
2, rue de Candolle
CH-1211 Genève 4
Tél.: +41.22.379.7050
(secrétariat)
Email: Marcel.Weber@unige.ch
Dernière mise à jour: 22 Sep 2013 10:12:51.
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