Seminar Series next month on Process Approaches to the Philosophy of Biology

The Cobb Institute Science Advisory Committee, which I chair, will be hosting a series of seminars next month featuring the contributors to a new book, Process-Philosophcal Perspectives on Biology: Intuiting Life (Cambridge, 2023).

The book challenges the reductionist, materialistic metaphysics often adopted by biologists, arguing that this approach overlooks the intricate complexities and essential characteristics of life. Instead, the authors propose a process-philosophical approach, grounded in the metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead, Henri Bergson, and other process thinkers, which attributes subjectivity, value, and purposeful striving to all organisms, from simple cells to complex animals. This fresh perspective aims to provide a more nuanced understanding of fundamental biological concepts such as organism, development, agency, goal-directedness, and environmental interaction.

Follow the links below to RSVP for each Zoom session:

October 14: https://cobb.institute/event/intuiting-life-2023-10-14/

October 21: https://cobb.institute/event/intuiting-life-2023-10-21/

October 28: https://cobb.institute/event/intuiting-life-2023-10-28/