Biological Interest Group
lgBIG — lake geneva BIOLOGICAL INTEREST GROUP
The lake geneva BIOLOGICAL INTEREST GROUP is a forum for discussing biology from a multitude of perspectives, including philosophical, scientific and historical, and was founded in 2012 at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Geneva. Our standing members are based in different institutions at the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne.
Our meetings take place on Tuesdays from 12:15 to 14:00 in Bâtiment des Philosophes in the room Phil 102 (Boulevard des Philosophes 22). We discuss our own research as well as other contemporary philosophical, scientific and historical work that addresses interesting biological issues.
Everyone is welcome!
MembersWilliam Bausman |
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Activities
Final program Spring term 2024
27 Feb | Sanja Srećković: "Affective basis of reasoning and cognition in non-human Animals" |
5 Mar | Nadine Marachly: “Rational animals” |
12 Mar | José Perez Escobar: "Teleological explanations and the falsifiability of biology" |
19 Mar | Silvia De Cesare on organic progress |
26 Mar | Sidney Carls-Diamante: "Is there something it is like to be an octopus arm?" |
2 Apr | Easter break |
9 Apr | Lucie Cauwet, “Are qualia intrinsic?” |
16 Apr | Ryan Miller on levels in biology |
23 Apr | Kyryll Khromov on values in science |
30 Apr | Raphael Scholl: “No Cause for Concern: Even indefinitely many unknown confounders do not threaten randomized controlled experiments” |
7 May | Luis Bordo García on causal reasoning in sociology |
14 May | Anna Garoflid-Oprescu on idealization, truth and understanding |
Past Activities
- Program Fall Term 2023
- Program Spring Term 2023
- Program Fall Term 2022
- Program Spring Term 2022
- Program Fall Term 2021
- Program Spring 2021
- Program Spring 2020
- Program Fall Term 2019
- Program Fall Term 2018
- Program Spring Term 2018
- Program Fall Term 2017
- Program Spring Term 2017
- Program Fall Term 2016
- Program Spring Term 2016
- Program Fall Term 2015
- Program Spring Term 2015
- Program Fall Term 2014
- Workshop on Modelling, Experimenting and Simulating, July 27-28, University of Geneva
- Program Spring Term 2014
- Workshop on Organisms, Machines and Mechanisms, December 5-6, University of Geneva
- Program Fall Term 2013
- Program Spring Term 2013
- lgBIG getaway, December 14-15, 2012, Champex-d'en-Haut
- Program Fall Term 2012