Life sciences and philosophy in the late 18th century : epigenesis, form and organization
" organisé à l'Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques par Ina Goy (Tübingen) et Philippe Huneman (IHPST).Life sciences and philosophy in the late 18th century : epigenesis, form and organization.
Organized by Ina Goy (Tübingen) and Philippe Huneman (IHPST – Paris 1 Sorbonne)
January 13-14 2012
Friday, January 13
14h-15h. Julius Alves (Tübingen) : Kant on biology as a threat to the unity of empirical science.
15h-16h. Charles Wolfe (Ghent): Teleomechanism redux? from functional physiology to the animal economy in early modern natural philosophy.
16h15-17h15. Andrea Gambarotto (Bologna-Paris IHPST ) : « The big machine of the organic world. » Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer between philosophy of nature and science of life.
17h15-17h30. Discussion.
Saturday, January 14
10h-11h. Ina Goy (Tübingen) : Kant's notion of formative power.
11h-12h. Stéphane Schmitt (Paris) : Lacépède and the problem of species.
12h15-13h15 François Duchesneau (Montréal) : La Métherie on the principles of vital organization.
13.15-14h Lunch.
14h-15h Thierry Hoquet (Université Paris Ouest) : Buffon and empiricism
15h-16h Cécilia Bognon-Küss (Paris, IHPST). Nutrition and generation in the Enlightenment
16h15-17h15 François Pépin (Paris): Chemistry and epigenesis in Diderot and Venel
16h15-17h30 Philippe Huneman (Paris, IHPST) : Concluding remarks.
Charles T. Wolfe
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Centre for History of Science, University of Ghent
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