May 17, 2022 - Hiphis conference: "Infravies - living without borders
Tuesday, May 17, 2022from 5:30to7:30 pm,UM Polytech, amphi Peytavin, free admission
(Triolet campus, building 31) + hybrid Zoom(to receive the link)
Infravies - living without borders
Thomas Heams
Biologist and philosopher of biology, Senior Lecturer at AgroParisTech, UMR GABI "Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative" (Animal Genetics and Integrative Biology)
Summary:
The quest to understand the most fundamental aspects of life has been going on for ages. Each era, each way of thinking, has sought answers that have in turn modified our relationship with the biological world, but a consensus remains far off, at the risk of undermining the life sciences. Part of the difficulty faced by biologists and philosophers lies in the impossible demarcation between living and non-living, which is nevertheless perceived by society, and sometimes by researchers themselves, as a cardinal frontier. Theinfravies perspective is a theoretical proposal, based on experimental data (exobiology, synthetic biology, origins of the living) and naturalistic observations, to overcome this problem of delimitation and make the living something other than a category. It allows us not to give up on defining living things, and has important epistemological and ethical consequences.
Bibliography:
□ Heams, T. (2019),Infravies - Le vivant sans frontières, Paris, Seuil. ISBN 9782021098198 |siteéditeur.
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Conference in "hybrid" mode with Zoom videoconferencing:
An option for those blocked by the vagaries of covid, Zoom broadcasting will be carried out "as best we can" from the speaker's computer, wherever possible. Depending on the state of the WiFi network, continuity of connection and audio/video quality cannot be guaranteed (remote interactivity will be minimal). For best listening conditions and conviviality, prefer to be present on site.
Zoom session information will be posted onthe HiPhiS website approximatelyone hour before the start of the conference; to receive it directly by e-mail, register by May 17 at 12 noon onthis Evento link.
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