Biological Interest Group
lgBIG — lake geneva BIOLOGICAL INTEREST GROUP
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 members are also participating in the From Biological Practice to Scientific Metaphysics initiative, sinergia and What if? research projects.
Our meetings take place on Wednesdays from 12:15 to 14:00 in Bâtiment de l'IFAGE in the room IF 401 (19 place des Augustins). We discuss our own research as well as other contemporary philosophical, scientific and historical work that addresses interesting biological issues.
Everyone is welcome!
MembersWilliam Bausman |
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Activities
Final program Spring term 2023
| 21 Feb | Pre-meeting for Master Students |
| 28 Feb | Michaela Egli : "The power of real-world evidence: the FDA approval of PROGRAF" |
| 7 Mar | Will Bausman and Marcel Weber: “What you can do for evolutionary developmental linguistics" |
| 14 Mar | Nicola Bertoldi: “Problems and prospects for interdisciplinary research in environmental social sciences: Analysing the concept of ‘urban metabolism’ and the field of urban metabolism studies trough a Kuhnian lens" |
| 21 Mar | Michal Hladky: "All that glitters is not a deduction: Non-deductive methods in computational modelling" |
| 28 Mar | Kyryll Khromov on Zeymek Pamuk: "Politics and Expertise" |
| 4 Apr | No meeting (Evolving Language workshop in Neuchâtel) |
| 11 Apr | No meeting (Easter break) |
| 18 Apr | Lucie Cauwet on Jaegwon Kim’s near-enough physicalism |
| 25 Apr | Ivan Gonzalez-Cabrera: “Developmental Niche Construction and the Evolution of Human Shared Intentionality" |
| 2 May | Anna Garoflid on James DiFrisco: "Biological Processes - Criteria of Identity and Persistence" |
| 9 May | Nadine Marachly: “Agency in Living Beings" |
| 16 May | Anatolii Kozlov: “Missing Link: Imagination and Scientific Understanding" |
| 6 Jun | Luis Bordo Garcia on causality in complex systems |
Past Activities
- Program Fall Term 2022
- Program Spring Term 2022
- Program Fall Term 2021
- Program Spring 2021
- Program Spring 2020
- Program Fall Term 2019
- Program Fall Term 2018
- Program Spring Term 2018
- Program Fall Term 2017
- Program Spring Term 2017
- Program Fall Term 2016
- Program Spring Term 2016
- Program Fall Term 2015
- Program Spring Term 2015
- Program Fall Term 2014
- Workshop on Modelling, Experimenting and Simulating, July 27-28, University of Geneva
- Program Spring Term 2014
- Workshop on Organisms, Machines and Mechanisms, December 5-6, University of Geneva
- Program Fall Term 2013
- Program Spring Term 2013
- lgBIG getaway, December 14-15, 2012, Champex-d'en-Haut
- Program Fall Term 2012