Mastodawn

Hi Mastodon,

I'm a PhD candidate in #philosophy at the #UniversityOfHelsinki , focusing on #metaphysics, #ontology, #processphilosophy and philosophy of #biology. I also study #theology , in which I'm most interested in philosophy of religion, #processtheology , the relationship between science and religion, and the role of #religion in matters of conflict and #peace.

I'm looking forward to share things & have conversations about #research in my fields, but also about
- #books (I read #nonfiction #scifi and #specfic the most)
- #antimilitarism , #nuclearban , #nucleardisarmament
- #pedagogy (since I occasionally work in #education )
- #games: #videogames, #boardgames & #tcg
- #movies
- #birds

Let me know if you are tooting (:D) about any of these things!

#philbio #philosophyofreligion #scienceandreligion

Roberta Millstein 🌎🌱🐩🏊🏼‍♀🎶🥾Apr 14

I very much enjoyed reading Melinda Bonnie Fagan‘s recent book _ Explanatory Particularism in Scientific Practice_ and writing a review of it. Check it out! rdcu.be/fdagG #philsci #philbio

Breaking new ground in the und...

Breaking new ground in the understanding of scientific explanation

MathildeTahar Apr 13

Some fresh news from us!
We will share the preliminary results of our research:
- at the ISAE regional conference 21 April (Nottingham)
- at the Common Ground on Animal Ethics Workshop 30 April (London, LSE)

https://www.animalinventiveness.com/post/exciting-news-we-ll-be-sharing-our-first-findings-on-inventive-agency-in-the-wild

We are looking forward to it ! 🐒 🐜

#agency #animalwelfare #philbio #conservation #isae #animalethics #lse #baboons

Exciting news: we’ll be sharing our first findings on inventive agency in the wild!

We are delighted to share that the first results of the project’s initial research stage will be presented at two upcoming conferences this spring!

Animal inventiveness

MathildeTahar Apr 7

Hello everyone !
Our Agency Between Biology and Philosophy seminar is coming back tomorrow already ! I am very happy (and honoured) to say that Denis Walsh will be leading this session, on Ecological Agency.
=> on Zoom
=> 8 April from 4 to 5 PM, UK time
=> how to join? Here:
https://www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar-agency-between-biology-and-philosophy-2025-2026
#agency #philbio #biophilo #biologicalagency #animalagency #ecology

Ehud Apr 2

Turns out this is #philbio (read downthread for the explanation).

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pmyqirafcp3jqdhrl7crpq7t/post/3miiawthvds2o

MathildeTahar Mar 25

The next session of our transdisciplinary (biology-philosophy) seminar on Agency will take place this Wednesday on Zoom !

Hugh Desmond will talk about agency and cognitive capacities!

More info on how to join us here: https://www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar-agency-between-biology-and-philosophy-2025-2026

#philbio #agency #cognition

Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, from 4pm to 5pm (UK time), except in March (the March session will be held on the 25th of March, from 4 to 5PM UK time)Upcoming dates: • 12 November: Session on the minimal viable mechanisms of biological agency (session led by Daria Zakharova). (Report available on the Google Drive)* • 10 December:

Animal inventiveness

PTPBio Mar 17

Vol 17, Issue 3 (2025) has dropped! And it was worth the wait, with articles on sex/gender, #ecology in context, Darwinizing #Gaia, and theories in #physiology. We are loving the diversity of articles that are sent to us — keep them coming!

PTPBio is, as always, diamond #OpenAccess completely free for authors and readers!

#PhilBio

MathildeTahar Feb 9

The next session of our transdisciplinary (biology-philosophy) seminar on Agency will take place next Wednesday. Marek Špinka will talk about play in nonhuman animals, and I expect it to be super cool !

More info here :
https://www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar-agency-between-biology-and-philosophy-2025-2026

#philbio #agency #play #animal #animalplay

MathildeTahar Feb 7

À paraître cette année chez Vrin !
Le temps du vivant, discussion de Bergson à l’aune de l’histoire de la biologie et des découvertes contemporaines
#philbio #bergson #evolution #temps #biologie

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Wilhelm_Grafe Feb 3

#ontology of
#time-qualified-objects
#Ingarden
#StudiaPhilosophica #1935

/3
Ingarden here tries to describe esp. a 'general structure'[formale Aufbau] of say every day macroscopic 'objects of discourse', anticipating them terminologically as "zeitbestimmte, individuelle, seinsautonome Gegenstände" [time-qualified, individual, autonomously existing objects]. And in the light of rather 90 years of "analytical philosophy" later
[ having sharpened our reservations wrt say "Seinsbestimmungen"]
this verbal packaging seems, as said above, unfortunate. But what (from my p.o.v.) Ingarden wants to draw attention to, is kind of an #ontological #generalization of what nowadays in #philbio is habitually discussed under the heading of #homeostatic systems/processes/objects.
#autopoiesis #homeostasis