[spsp-members] Workshop ‘The Place of the Organism in Biology and Medicine', Ruhr University Bochum and Online, 16–18 November 2022

[Saana Jukola]

CfR: Workshop ‘The Place of the Organism in Biology and Medicine', Ruhr
University Bochum and Online, 16–18 November 2022

Individuality is a key concept in human societies. How we define
individuals and their boundaries affects our social relations, what kind of
rights and duties we have, as well as when we are considered healthy or
sick. In all these realms, the biological side of humans’ individuality –
the organism – plays a crucial role. Currently, after many decades
dominated by the paradigm of the gene, the concept of organism is making a
comeback in the biological and medical sciences. The individual organism is
again recognized as a causally efficacious, autonomous, and active unit
that transcends the properties of genes – especially in fields like
epigenetics, niche construction theory, evolutionary developmental biology,
and precision and personalized medicine. The aim of this workshop is to
address these recent developments from a perspective of integrated history
and philosophy of science. It focuses on (i) philosophical, biotheoretical,
and conceptual, (ii) historical, as well as (iii) (bio)medical and social
dimensions of today’s ‘return of the organism’. In particular, it aims at
discussing solutions for theoretical and societal challenges of
organism-centered biosciences in the 21st century.


Speakers:

Tatjana Buklijas (University of Auckland), Yael Friedman (University of
Oslo), Giuseppe Fusco (University of Padova), Christian Köchy, (University
of Kassel), Simon Lohse (Radboud University), Daniel W. McShea (Duke
University), Nicolae Morar (University of Oregon), Matteo Mossio
(University of Paris), Daniel Nicholson (George Mason University), Adrian
Stencel (Jagiellonian University), Jan Baedke (Ruhr University Bochum),
Daniel S. Brooks (Ruhr University Bochum), Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda (Ruhr
University Bochum), Saana Jukola (Ruhr University Bochum) & Guido I. Prieto
(Ruhr University Bochum)


Organization:
Saana Jukola, Guido I. Prieto, Jan Baedke, Daniel S. Brooks, Alejandro
Fábregas-Tejeda



Department of Philosophy I



Ruhr University Bochum



Location: Beckmanns Hof, Ruhr University Bochum, and Zoom, 16th–18th
November 2022



For more info, the programme, and registration:
https://rotoworkshop2022.wixsite.com/place
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