Descrição:

This introductory course aims to provide an overview of the conceptual complexity of the life sciences. It is a conceptual course in the sense that in each class the focus will be on a specific concept. In each class, the goal is to unravel the history and the philosophical significance of the concept at issue, with a particular focus on its contemporary biological relevance. Thus, this is an interdisciplinary course at the interface between the history of biology, the philosophy of biology and biology itself.