Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne

Post-Doc, IHPST

Other Affiliations: Université Paris 7- Diderot, Département d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences

Thesis Title: The Origins of Life: Emergence or Reductive Explanation?

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I earned a PhD in philosophy at the Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne in 2008. I also graduated from Ecole Centrale de Paris and from MIT. I teach and do research in philosophy of science and philosophy of biology. My interests include questions on reductionism, emergence, explanation and (downward) causation, especially in the context of biological (hence complex) systems. I am particularly interested in the "gap" that parts living from non-living matter, hence my current work on the notion of chemical evolution and its articulation with biological evolution (natural selection). I also investigate the pervasive explanatory role of "evolution" across sciences (from chemical to social sciences).

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