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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181029T090000
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SUMMARY:A Processual Revolution in Biology
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LOCATION:601 Commonwealth Avenue\, Boston\, United States\, 02215
DESCRIPTION:<p>Biology has long been dominated by the mechanistic paradigm\, which conceives of the biological world in terms of the operation of various fixed parts and mechanisms.&nbsp\; A growing number of biologists and philosophers of biology from microbiology to oncology have argued that this mechanistic metaphor has outlived its usefulness\, and that a new process-based paradigm will be more empirically fruitful for guiding research biology.&nbsp\; On the processual view\, the biological domain is a hierarchy of processes constantly in flux\, which then become stabilized and actively maintained at different timescales. &nbsp\;The key question is not how change is possible\, but rather how do these ever-changing processes become stabilized in different contexts?&nbsp\; Questions to be explored in this colloquium include the following: What is the empirical evidence for viewing the biological world as being fundamentally made up of "processes" rather than "things"?&nbsp\; What are the methodological consequences of adopting a process-based view in biology?&nbsp\; How should we understand the implications of such a processual revolution for biology?&nbsp\; This colloquium will bring together biologists and philosophers of biology to explore these fundamental questions.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>
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