What is PhilInBioMed?
PhilInBioMed is both an interdisciplinary institute located at the University of Bordeaux, France, and a national and international network of interdisciplinary institutes. PhilInBioMed aims at promoting philosophy in the biological and medical sciences, a co-production of knowledge by the direct interactions of philosophers, biologists, and medical doctors.
The mission of PhilInBioMed is to promote short-term and long-term stays of philosophers in biology and medicine labs, as well as short-term and long-term stays of biologists and MDs in philosophy labs, and, ultimately, collaborative publications by philosophers, biologists, and medical doctors.
Upcoming events
Phyllis Illari (Senior Lecturer, University College London, UK), Why do we need evidence of mechanisms?
17 December | 11 h 00 min - 12 h 30 min at Bordeaux Pellegrin Hospital, Rheumatology Service, 12th floorSecond Philosophy of Cancer Biology Workshop, with Jerome Galon and Joel Brown (Pey Berland, Bordeaux, France)
20 January 2020 - 21 January 2020 at Pôle juridique Pey Berland, Université de BordeauxJonathan Birch (Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK), The Search for Invertebrate Consciousness
23 January 2020 | 17 h 30 min - 19 h 00 min at Bordeaux Pellegrin Hospital, Rheumatology Service, 12th floorAndré Ariew (Professor or Philosophy, University of Missouri, USA), Darwin’s use of statistics to develop his theory of evolution
7 February 2020 | 14 h 30 min - 16 h 00 min at Centre de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Salle de réunion Sud
News
‘What is an Individual Organism? Philosophical Problems’ Conference in Krakow
Understanding the origins and nature of biological individual constitute important problems in the biological sciences. For instance, what separates a genuine biological individual from an aggregate of lower units, or from a population of interacting lower entities? Answering these questions could permit us to understand better the status of ant colonies or honey bees,… Read more »
New Philosophy of Biology section in eLIFE
The importance of philosophy in the life sciences is becoming more and more obvious – to philosophers and scientists alike. One marker for the increased awareness is the new "Philosophy of Biology" section of eLIFE. This peer-reviewed journal targets an audience in the biomedical and life science field. The fact that they now welcome… Read more »
Summer school: Data & Health
Big data and algorithms are profoundly transforming contemporary medicine. The program of this interdisciplinary summer school will present the genetic and bioinformatics foundations of this evolution and its philosophical, ethical, legal, sociological and psychological issues. Each session will include a conference and a workshop on a specific case. Students will actively participate in the final… Read more »
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