Sebastian Sander Oest

Organizational Accounts of Malfunction: The Dual-Order Approach and the Normative Field Alternative - Biological Theory The notion of malfunction is critical to biological explanation. It provides a test bed for the normative character of functional attribution. Theories of biological functioning must permit traits to ...

Organisational Accounts of Malfunction: The Dual-Order Approach and the Normative Field Alternative

Xabier E. Barandiaran

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Silicon Valley is run by people who genuinely think the world as we know it is going to end in the next few decades. Many also WANT this to happen: they WANT the biological world to be replaced by a new digital world. They WANT "posthumans" to take the place of humans. A 🧵:

I have a friend who is in the same situation.

𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲
Looks like a must read if only for the history.
By Bechtel and Bich, among the best philosophers of life out there.
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Welcome Hilde! - Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas Hilde Langengen Teigen is our new PhD student.

The team is growing - last month we welcomed our new PhD researcher Hilde Langengen Teigen. Hilde will explore the explanatory role and scope of the predictive processing framework by identifying self-assembly processes in the brain in relation to brain function. 🦋
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Call for Applications: Postdoc (3 Years) at the Institute of Philosophy, @univie.ac.at as part of Knowledge in Crisis.

Deadline: March 20, 2025, 11:59 PM CET

More details & application: https://philjobs.org/job/show/28733

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Are you interested in the philosophical and theoretical foundations of life? Then consider applying for a postdoc in our #AssemblingLife ERC project 🦋 We now have two positions open! Feel free to get in touch.

Mysterious Blobs in Cells Are Changing the Way We Understand Life Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are leading to a new understanding of the cell

This is a very NEAT piece about biomolecular condensates from @philipcball.bsky.social chronicling fascinating discoveries. On the philosophical implications of a lot of this you should read @djnicholson.bsky.social.
A brief ego thread on how this relates to my work on genomes follows. 1/4

🚨 Philosophy of Science alert! 🚨

The European Philosophy of Science Association is calling for papers for #EPSA25 in Groningen (27–30 August 25)! 🧠

📅 Deadline: 31 January 2025
🌐 Details & submission guidelines: philsci.eu/EPSA25/CfP

Share your research and connect with colleagues! 📝
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I'm trying to put together a history and philosophy of biology and medicine starter pack! Let me know who to add, including if that is you!
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I would love to be included! I do philosophy of biology and biochemistry 🦋

Had a great time at the PSA24 poster session today. Thank you to everyone who came by and to @philsci.bsky.social for organising it!

I am super excited for my first #PSA24 tomorrow in New Orleans 🎺 If you are there, keep an eye out for our poster during the poster session!

Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science (Special Issue of the Journal for General Philosophy of Science) CALL FOR PAPERS: Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science (Special Issue of the Journal for General Philosophy of Science) Guest editors: Simon Lohse (Nijmegen) & Karim Bschir (St....

📢 2nd CFP for a Special Issue of the *Journal for General Philosophy of Science*

"Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science"

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So happy to announce I'll begin a Ph.D. Fellowship in Oslo from January as part of the project 'AssemblingLife'!

I'll be investigating self-assembly processes in living systems, its explanatory features and relationship to self-organization.

Hello! I am a philosopher trained in process-ontology for special science issues. Especially interested in the theoretical foundations of complex systems. Currently working on the relationship between organizational models of life and biological normativity while applying for Ph.D. scholarships.