The Concept of Organism between History and Theory: Perspectives in the Philosophy of Life Sciences

June 12, 2012
Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Pedagogy, and Applied Psychology, University of Padua

Sala Stefanini
Padua
Italy

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9:30-10:00 Introduction, Luca Illetterati (Università di Padova)

The Semantics of Organism 

10:00-11:00 Charles Wolfe (Ghent University)

The Organism as Hybrid and Polemic Concept

Coffee break

11:15-12:15 Andrea Gambarotto (IHPST Paris)

Organism and Vital Forces: Two Kinds of Biological Teleology

Lunch

14:00-15:00 Georg Toepfer (HU Berlin)

Organismicity and the Deconstruction of the Organism: From Substantial Forms to Degrees of Cooperation, Closeness and Agency

15:00-16:00 Philippe Huneman (IHPST Paris)

The Roles of Organism in Evolution. Considerations about some Extensions of the Modern Synthesis

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16:15-17:15

Marcello Buiatti (Università di Firenze) The Organism between Mechanical Metaphor and the Active Complexity of Life

Organization and contact: [email protected]

Research Project: “La natura della natura e la natura dell'uomo”

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