Meeting of the ISHPSSB - Sciencesconf.org

Systems Biology A (submitted papers)

001

› Hierarchical approach at the core of organicist and systemic views in biology - Jon Umerez, University of the Basque Country 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› Institutional and Epistemic Practices in Systems Biology - Ramya Rajagopalan, Department of Sociology 09:30-10:00 (30min)

› Mechanisms in Systems Biology: do they explain enough? - Constantinos Mekios, Stonehill College 10:00-10:30 (30min)

Plant Science: Its Role In Biology (RT)

002

Participants: Jean-Francois Briat, Berris Charnley, Bertrand Muller, Staffan Müller-Wille, Francisco Vergara-Silva, Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis. Chair: Sabina Leonelli

Different Facets of Evolutionary Psychology A (submitted papers)

003

› Phylogenetic Footprints in Organizational Behavior - Ulrich Witt, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› Birds Trust Their Wings, Sharks Their Teeth, and Humans Their Minds: The Critical Intelligence Argument Against Naturalism - John Mizzoni, Neumann University 09:30-10:00 (30min)

› Conflict resolution in primates from an evolutionary approach - Alba Perez-Ruiz, Centro De Estudios Filosoficos Politicos Y Sociales Lombardo Toledano 10:00-10:30 (30min)

The Extension of Evolutionary Theory and Its Difficulties A (submitted papers)

004

› “Memetics is Dead! Long Live Memetics!”: The importance of conceptual framing in replication-based approaches to evolution - Colin Garvey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› The role of analogy in cultural transmission and human dispersal - Marshall Abrams, University of Alabama at Birmingham 09:30-10:00 (30min)

› Reciprocal causation or hermeneutic spiral? Anthropological reflections on the theoretical integration of organismic development and niche construction with culture history. - Emily Schultz, St. Cloud State University 10:00-10:30 (30min)

Conceptual Issues in Ecology A (submitted papers)

005

› Dynamical kinds and ecological theory - Benjamin Jantzen, Virginia Tech 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› But isn't the neutral theory of ecology a null model? - William Bausman, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› An organizational account of ecosystem functions - Victor Lefèvre, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› Is the neutral theory of community ecology really neutral? - François Munoz, BotAnique et BioinforMatique de l'Architecture des Plantes 10:00-10:20 (20min)

Mechanistic Explanations A (submitted papers)

006

› A Salmonian Approach to Mechanistic Explanations - Sarah Roe, University of California, Davis 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› Abstract Models, Generic Mechanisms - Catherine Stinson, Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› Understanding the "machine metaphor": organizational similarities and differences between machines and living beings - Victor Marques, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio GRande do Sul 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› Conflicting Results for Natural Selection and the New Philosophy of Mechanism - Lucas Matthews, University of Utah 10:00-10:20 (20min)

A comparative history of evolutionary theories in the mid 20th century

008

Chair: Miquel Carandell

› Falls and rises of evolutionary theories during Franco's regime (1939-1975) - Clara Florensa, Centre d'Estudis d'Història de la Ciència - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› Evolutionary theories in Portugal during the dictatorial regime (1933-1974) I – Portuguese botanists' differentiated stances towards evolution - Pedro Fonseca, FCT; CEIS20-University of Coimbra 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› Evolutionary theories in Portugal during the dictatorial regime (1933-1974) II – Portuguese zoologists' differentiated stances towards evolution - Pedro Fonseca, FCT; CEIS20-University of Coimbra 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› Microevolution on microscales: shifting views of the temporal and spatial scales of evolution in British genecology - Erick Peirson, Arizona State University 10:00-10:20 (20min)

The Nature of Cellular Complexity

Amphi 8

Chair: Giovanni Boniolo & Ana Soto

› Mechanicism vs. Organicism: Two Views of the Cell - Daniel Nicholson, Tel Aviv University 09:00-09:20 (20min)

› The cell: between constraints and stochasticity - Jean-Jacques Kupiec, Centre Cavaillès, CIRPHLES, Ecole normale supérieure, Paris 09:20-09:40 (20min)

› Demonstrated, predictable, information-rich: why biologists should not be afraid of stochasticity in gene expression - Olivier Gandrillon, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire 09:40-10:00 (20min)

› The role of cell environment in controlling stochastic gene expression through the metabolism. - Andras Paldi, Inserm, UMRS 951, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes 10:00-10:20 (20min)

Philosophy of Biology and Biology Education (RT)

Amphi Jean Rey

Participants: Ingo Brigandt, Richard Burian, David Depew, Annie Jamieson, Alan Love, Anya Plutynski, Michael Ruse, Tobias Uller, Kostas Kampourakis. Chair: Thomas Reydon.

Ecological explanation at different levels and scales

Amphi Physio

Chair: Patrick Forber & Ryan Gregory

› Distinguishing ecological from evolutionary approaches to transposable elements - Stefan Linquist, Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› Generality in community ecology - Karl Cottenie, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph 09:30-10:00 (30min)

› The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: what have we learned in 20 years? - Jérôme Chave, Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique (EDB) 10:00-10:30 (30min)

Cultural learning and cultural evolution

Colloque 1

Chair: Beth Hannon

› Social Learning and Human Cooperation - Kim Sterelny, Austalian National University 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› Morality, evolution and culture - Matteo Mameli, King's College London 09:30-10:00 (30min)

› Cultural inheritance of mentalizing - Cecilia Heyes, All Souls College, University of Oxford 10:00-10:30 (30min)

Frameworks and Representation of Cells and Genes I. Lineages

Colloque 2

Chair: Denis Thieffry

› Stem trees, stem lines, stem cells - Ernst Haeckel´s and August Weismann´s legacy to stem cell research - Ariane Dröscher, Dep. of History Cultures Civilizations (Bologna) 09:00-09:30 (30min)

› Between Molecular Ecology and Cytophysics - Sabine Brauckmann, Institut Méditerranéen de Recherches Avancées 09:30-10:00 (30min)

› Justifying molecular imagery in cell biology: Goodsell vs Roberts - Norberto Serpente, Department of Science and Technology Studies University College London 10:00-10:30 (30min)

Systems Biology B (submitted papers)

001

› Metabolic data and mathematical models - Josephine Donaghy, University of Exeter 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Systems biology and the limits of philosophical accounts of mechanistic explanation - Ingo Brigandt, University of Alberta 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› Bridging the gap between system and molecular biology. The case of melanoma - Giovanni Boniolo, European Institute of Oncology, Department of Health Sciences, University of Milano 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› What is a ‘hypothesis' in contemporary biology? - Eve Roberts, Department of Philosophy, Dalhousie University 12:00-12:20 (20min)

Different Facets of Evolutionary Psychology B (submitted papers)

003

› Towards a new evolutionary psychology - O'Neal Buchanan, Western University 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› The Cambrian Explosion and the Origins of Embodied Cognition - Michael Trestman, Indiana University Bloomington 11:30-12:00 (30min)

The Extension of Evolutionary Theory and Its Difficulties B (submitted papers)

004

› The evolution of technology is Darwinian - Mark Bedau, Reed College 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› Beyond Generalized Darwinism: Considering Alternative Ways to Articulate Evolutionary Economics - Werner Callebaut, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research 11:30-12:00 (30min)

› The Relevance of Human Evolutionary History to Evolutionary Game Theory - Rebecca MacIntosh, University of Western Ontario, Rotman Institute of Philosophy 12:00-12:30 (30min)

Conceptual Issues in Ecology B (submitted papers)

005

› Function in ecology: description of the scientific uses and an epistemological framework - Nei Nunes-Neto, Professor 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› What may be General Ecology? - Michel Godron, Godron 11:30-12:00 (30min)

› Functionality in Open Dynamical Systems: The Case of Ecology - John Collier, University of KwaZulu-Natal 12:00-12:30 (30min)

Mechanistic Explanations B (submitted papers)

006

› Mechanistic Explanation & Evo-Devo. - Fabrizzio Mc Manus, National Autonomous University of Mexico 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Explanatory frameworks in molecular oncology: the case of the gene p53 - Paolo Maugeri, European Institute of Oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano - Alessandro Blasimme, INSERM UMR - Département d'épidémiologie et de santé publique, Faculté de Médecine - Pierre-Luc Germain, Università degli studi di Milano, European School of Molecular Medicine 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› From Cyborg to Replicant: The Historical Transition from Mechanical Transplants to Digital Genetic Intervention. The Heart Case - Carlos Guevara-Casas, Escuela de Periodismo Carlos Septién García 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› Statistical Learning as a Mechanism - Riana Betzler, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge 12:00-12:20 (20min)

Genetics: Ethical Issues (submitted papers)

007

› The "Devil's Heritage": Masuo Kodani, Genetics, and Social Stratification at the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (1946-1954). - Vassiliki Smocovitis, University of Florida 11:00-11:45 (45min)

› “Genetic load”, How the architects of the Synthesis got trapped in a scientific ideology - Alexandra Soulier, Génomique, biothérapies et santé publique, École Doctorale Biologie Santé Biotechnologies de Toulouse 11:45-12:30 (45min)

Transhumanism (submitted papers)

008

› Reimagining the Guiding Forces of Synthetic Biology: The Ethical Preoccupation of Transhumanism - Laura Adams, Florida State University 11:00-11:45 (45min)

› Bioethical issues on genetic enhancement : between conservatism and transhumanism - Laurence Perbal, Université Libre de Bruxelles 11:45-12:30 (45min)

History and Philosophy of Life sciences, 19th-20th century (submitted papers)

Actes

› Progress, Adaptation, and Organism-Environment Interaction: Spencer's Criticism of Lamarck - Federico Morganti, Dipartimento di Filosofia, 11:00-11:45 (45min)

› Elan Vital Revisited: Bergson and the Thermodynamic Paradigm - James DiFrisco, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven 11:45-12:30 (45min)

Social microbes

Amphi Jean Rey

Chair: Christopher Clarke

› A genotypic view of social interactions in multispecies microbial communities - Sara Mitri, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford 11:00-11:20 (20min)

› Multispecies individuals as units of selection - John Dupre, University of Exeter 11:20-11:40 (20min)

› Bacterial individuality - Ellen Clarke, All Souls College, University of Oxford 11:40-12:00 (20min)

› Gene mobility and the concept of relatedness - Jonathan Birch, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge 12:00-12:20 (20min)

Developing Scaffolds in Evolution, Cognition, and Culture

Amphi Physio

Chair: Colin Allen

› Scaffolded Development--A Reproducer Perspective - James Griesemer, James Griesemer 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› At the Juncture of Generations: Materiality and Scaffolding - Linnda Caporael, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 11:30-12:00 (30min)

› Crafting Interchangeability: A Generative Structure for the Industrial Revolution and for Evolution - William Wimsatt, U Chicago and U. Minnesota 12:00-12:30 (30min)

Patenting Life: genes and generations (RT)

Colloque 1

Participants: Robert Cook-Deegan, Graham Dutfield, Jean-Paul Gaudillière, Amanda Odell-West, Bronwyn Parry, Robin Scheffler, Ravi Srinivas, Kara Swanson, Antony Taubman. Chair: Berris Charnley

Frameworks and Representation of Cell and Genes II. Networks

Colloque 2

Chair: Ariane Dröscher

› Paradoxes of "Live-Cell Imaging" - Lina Maria Stahl, Universität Potsdam 11:00-11:30 (30min)

› From Pathways to Networks: Developments in the Science of Intracellular Signaling - Andrew Reynolds, Cape Breton University 11:30-12:00 (30min)

› Graphing cellular regulatory networks - Denis Thieffry, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure 12:00-12:30 (30min)

Council Meeting #2

Open to newly elected Council's members

General Meeting of the ISHPSSB (including Hull and Greene Prizes)

Location: Amphi. Giraud (University of Montpellier 1)

Will the distinction between medicine and enhancement be soon obsolete? (RT)

002

Participants: Pascal Nouvel, Darian Meacham. Chair: Sylvie Allouche

Different Facets of Evolutionary Psychology C (submitted papers)

003

› Biological causes and the epistemic status of moral beliefs - Elizabeth O'Neill, University of Pittsburgh 17:00-17:20 (20min)

› Perception-action mechanisms as precursors to empathy - Alejandro Rosas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia 17:20-17:40 (20min)

› Beyond Positive Illusions: Free Will as an Adaptive Misbelief - Matthew Smithdeal, University of British Columbia 17:40-18:00 (20min)

› Evolutionary Psychology and Multimodularity: Rebutting Samuels' Challenge - Malte Dahlgrün, Department of Philosophy, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 18:00-18:20 (20min)

Theory of Organisms

004

Chair: Matteo Mossio

› Propagative and Repulsive constraints in molecular and cellular biology - Paul-Antoine MIQUEL, Toulouse2/ Le Mirail 17:00-17:30 (30min)

› The Darwinian input into development and carcinogenesis. On the default state of cells. - Carlos Sonnenschein, Tufts University/Centre Cavallies 17:30-18:00 (30min)

› Towards a theory of organisms - Ana Soto, Tufts Universtity School of Medicine 18:00-18:30 (30min)

Evolutionary Theory and Causation (submitted papers)

005

› Are there a priori causal relations in evolutionary theory? - Guillaume Schlaepfer, Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva 17:00-17:45 (45min)

› Selection and drift: why "caused by" rather than "constitutes"? - Björn Brunnander, Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University 17:45-18:30 (45min)

Ethical Issues Behind Human Practices (submitted papers)

008

› Natural in the context of reproductive technologies - Maya Fisher, Tel Aviv University 17:00-17:20 (20min)

› Un/Cut: The Ethics of Routine Infant Male Circumcision - Gal Kober, Bridgewater State University 17:20-17:40 (20min)

› Body and Ren: Historical and Ethical Perspective on Organ Donation in China - Zhuran Li, Departemt of Philosophy, Nanjing Normal University 17:40-18:00 (20min)

› Ethical foundations of biodiversity communication - Uta Eser, Nuertingen-Geislingen University 18:00-18:20 (20min)

History of Science in Science Education (submitted papers)

125

› The History of Science as a tool for teaching metascience: an assessment of changes in pre-service biology teachers' conceptions - Maria Elice Prestes, Associação Brasileira de Filosofia e História da Biologia, University of São Paulo 17:00-17:20 (20min)

› The origin of electric organs: can that Darwin's special difficulty contribute to the teaching of Evolutionary Biology? - Gerda Jensen, Sciences doctoral student at Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology/Biosciences Institut from University of Sao Paulo; Research Group in the History of Biology and Biology Education USP (GPHBE-USP) 17:20-17:40 (20min)

› Darwin in the classroom: replication of historical experiments to assist in the understanding of the evolution theory - Tatiana Silva, Universidade de São Paulo 17:40-18:00 (20min)

› History and Philosophy of Science and how they relate to Science Education: Teaching for Conceptual Change in Evolutionary Theory - Kostas Kampourakis, University of Geneva 18:00-18:20 (20min)

Philosophical issues raised by Evo-Devo (submitted papers)

127

› Evolutionary Developmental Biology's Relative Significance Controversy - Lindsay Craig, University of Idaho 17:00-17:20 (20min)

› The genetic and the morphogenetic approach in evo-devo: rethinking evolutionary causality - Laura Nuño de la Rosa, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution & Cognition Research 17:20-17:40 (20min)

› Theoretical and Methodological Diversity in the 1980s: Early Development of Evo-devo - Yoshinari Yoshida, Department of Philosophy and History of Science, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University 17:40-18:00 (20min)

› Gene Networks in Developmental Evolution: What do Common Developmental Mechanisms mean for Evolutionary Explanations? - Valerie Racine, Arizona State University / University of Western Ontario 18:00-18:20 (20min)

Understanding Disease (submitted papers)

214

› Clarifying Health and Disease in Darwinian Medicine via Phenotypic Flexibility and Robustness - Jonathan Sholl, KULeuven 17:00-17:30 (30min)

› Biology, Health and Medical Practice - James Krueger, University of Redlands 17:30-18:00 (30min)

› Biological normativity, clinical normalcy and the theoretical definitions of health and disease - Cristian Saborido, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia 18:00-18:30 (30min)

Functions (submitted papers)

Actes

› Counterfactuals and the Generality Requirement - Sören Häggqvist, Stockholm University 17:00-17:30 (30min)

› The Modal Theory of Function: Lessons from Molecular Biology - Maximilian Huber, Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva 17:30-18:00 (30min)

› Context-based functional synthesis - Marc Daëron, Centre d'immunologie de Marseille Luminy, Institut Pasteur 18:00-18:30 (30min)

Information and Plasticity

Colloque 1

Chair: C. Kenneth Waters

› Genetic, Epigenetic, and Neural Memory Systems - Peter Godfrey-Smith, City University of New York 17:00-17:30 (30min)

› Plasticity and selection in synaptic populations - Rosa Cao, New York University, Philosophy 17:30-18:00 (30min)

› Evolving to Generalize - Cailin O'Connor, University of California, Irvine 18:00-18:30 (30min)

Gala dinner

The gala dinner will be at the Parc Grammont

Planning