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University of Pittsburgh joins PhilInBioMed network
The Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of Pittsburgh has joined the PhilInBioMed international network, making it the 12th institutional member in the network.
HPS aims to investigate science in general, its nature and fundamentals, its origins, and its place in modern politics, culture, and society. Among the current HPS faculty are Collin Allen, Mazviita Chirimuuta, Michael Dietrich, Jonathan Fuller, Eduoard Machery, Sandra Mitchell, and Jim Woodward We say welcome Pittsburgh!
New postgraduate training course at the University of Bordeaux: Philosophy in science, conceptual approaches applied to biological and medical research
The course aims to equip medical, biological and neuroscientists with the conceptual tools of philosophy of science.
Philosophy is not conceived here as a reflection about science, but rather as a set of methods to improve research relevance and efficacy.
At the end of the program, participants will submit a paper, written in collaboration with the philosopher who supervises them, to a
scientific journal. All classes are taught in French.
Program Director : Maël Lemoine, Professor, philosophy of medical science, University of Bordeaux
Crédits: Images Gerd Altmann & Arek Socha (Pixabay), Photos Drew Hays & freestocks.org (Unsplash)
June 2019 PhilInBioMed Magazine
New PhilInBioMed member institution
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati has joined the PhilInBioMed network. It is now part of one of the nine institutional members of the international network. The department is one of the main centers for the study of philosophy of biology, philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and general philosophy of science in the USA. PhilInBioMed members from Cincinnati include Valerie Hardcastle, Tom Polger, and Angela Potochnik.
May 2019 PhilInBioMed Magazine
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 spontaneous submissions from philosophers of biology is a major step towards more interdisciplinarity. Among the first to publish in this section are PhilInBioMed members Lucie Laplane, Sabina Leonelli, Kate MacCord, Jane Maienschein and Thomas Pradeu.
April 2019 PhilInBioMed Magazine
March 2019 PhilInBioMed Magazine
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 synthesis.
Expected sessions
– Big data and health: legal issues
– Data, health and ethical issues
– Brugada syndrome and connectivity map approach
– Big data and medical diagnosis
– From basic research to the patient: contribution of integrated biology in mitochondrial diseases
– Big data and the patient
– Bioinformatics and health
One day in Nantes to visit a research institution and discover the city.
The aim is to provide an overview of a set of problems, related to the use of data in health, thanks to humanities and social sciences methods.The course is intended for students and researchers interested in medicine, genetics, bioinformatic, laws or humanities.
The program will be entirely taught in English.