Demi-journée d’étude – Le concept de fonction en biologie : nouvelles perspectives philosophiques
4 October 2019 • 13:30 18:00
UQAM, Pavillon Thérèse-Casgrain, salle W-5215
4 October 2019 • 13:30 18:00
UQAM, Pavillon Thérèse-Casgrain, salle W-5215
Half-day workshop
The concept of function in biology: New philosophical perspectives
This half-day workshop will gather philosophy of biology researchers whose work offers novel perspectives on the concept of biological function. Will be discussed, among other things, issues raised by the teleological and/or normative dimensions of the function concept, those pertaining to the possibility and the nature of functional explanations in biology, those concerning the relationship between the functioning of biological entities and the functions of their parts, and those raised by the philosophical project of unifying the various uses of the function notion.
Programme/program
13h30-14h10 | Justin Garson
(Hunter College)
Edmond Goblot’s (1858-1935) Selected Effects Theory of Function: A Reappraisal
14h10-14h50 | Parisa Moosavi
(York University)
Can Artificial Machines Have a Natural Good?
14h50-15h30 | Antoine C. Dussault
(Collège Lionel-Groulx/CIRST)
Functions Need not Explain the Presence of their Bearers
15h30-16h | Pause/Coffee break
16h-16h40 | Brandon Conley
(Colgate University)
From Dysfunction to Disease
16h40-17h20 | Christophe Malaterre
(UQAM/CIRST)
Which Functions Do Ribozymes Have? A Plea for Pluralism
17h20-18h | Rafraîchissements/Cocktail
Organisation/organization
Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST)
Chaire de recherche du Canada en philosophie des sciences de la vie
Partenariat/partnership
Réseau montréalais de philosophie des sciences/Montréal philosophy of science network
Collège Lionel-Groulx
This content has been updated on 8 October 2019 at 8 h 58 min.