PhilInBioMed Workshop
Fifth PhilInBioMed Network Meeting & Workshop “Philosophical Engagement with Biology and Medicine”
September 30th – October 2nd, 2024 Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld
This workshop brings together philosophers, biologists and medical scientists with two goals: first, to foster and deepen the engagement of philosophy with biology and medicine by discussing examples of research projects in which philosophy contributes to biology or medicine; and second, to reflect on the PhilInBioMed approach (https://www.philinbiomed.org/) and to develop it further.
Keynote speakers:
Keynote Duo 1: Sex and Gender in Medical Research
- Sabine Oertelt-Prigione (Medicine, U Bielefeld & U Nijmegen)
- Kirstin Borgerson (Philosophy, U Dalhousie)
Keynote Duo 2: Major Transitions in Evolution
- Paul Rainey (Evolutionary Biology, MPI Plön)
- Samir Okasha (Philosophy, U Bristol)
Keynote Duo 3: Animal Personality
- Caroline Müller (Chemical Ecology, U Bielefeld)
- Marie I. Kaiser (Philosophy, U Bielefeld)
You can find the detailed program with all contributed and flash talks here.
Conveners: Marie I. Kaiser (Bielefeld University), Lara Keuck (Bielefeld University), Alkistis Elliott-Graves (Bielefeld University), Thomas Pradeu (University of Bordeaux), Fridolin Gross (University of Bordeaux)
Room: Plenarsaal, ZiF
Registration: zif-conference-office@uni-bielefeld.de (Taugheda Helterhof)
Funding: This workshop is generously funded by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), by the Medical School OWL at Bielefeld University, and by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
