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
Jonathan Birch (Associate Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK), The Search for Invertebrate Consciousness
23 January | 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 | 14 h 30 min - 16 h 00 min at Centre de Génomique Fonctionnelle, Salle de réunion SudWorkshop on aging with Thomas Kirkwood
17 FebruaryPierre-Olivier Méthot (Université Laval) – Identifying Diseases in the Past: Promises and Problems with Retrospective Diagnosis in the Post-Genomic Era
17 March | 14 h 30 min - 16 h 00 min at Bordeaux Pellegrin Hospital, Rheumatology Service, 12th floor
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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