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Vincenzo Politi - Science, society, and the normativity of science governance YouTube video by IAS Research

📢🚨 Vincenzo Politi’s talk at the IAS Seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:

#philosophy #philosophyofscience #politicalphilosophy #sciencegovernance

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Vincenzo Politi - Science, society, and the normativity of science governance YouTube video by IAS Research

📢🚨 Vincenzo Politi’s talk at the IAS Seminar is now available on our YouTube channel:

#philosophy #philosophyofscience #politicalphilosophy #sciencegovernance

youtube.com/watch?v=tKf3...

📣 Next IAS Seminar | Fri, 27 Feb 2026, 13:00
This week we’ll have Vincenzo Politi (University of Seville) with us to talk about “Science, society, and the normativity of science governance”.
📍 Room 4, Centro Carlos Santamaría (San Sebastián)
#ScienceGovernance #philosophyofscience

📣 Next IAS Seminar | Fri, 27 Feb 2026, 13:00
This week we’ll have Vincenzo Politi (University of Seville) with us to talk about “Science, society, and the normativity of science governance”.
📍 Room 4, Centro Carlos Santamaría (San Sebastián)
#ScienceGovernance #philosophyofscience

🏵️ A warm welcome to our new Postdoctoral Fellow David Cortés García! www.kli.ac.at/en/people/cu...
David is a philosopher of biology and will work on his project “Expanding Biological Reproduction: Towards an Organismal and Relational Framework” at the KLI.

From function to freedom: enactivism between being and becoming - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences - Enactivism is undergoing a metaphysical shift. In pursuit of a more open-ended account of organismic becoming, several theorists have turned to the...

📣 Next IAS Seminar | Fri, 20 Feb 2026,
🎙️ Marius Werz (IAS Research, UPV/EHU) will present his recent publication: “From function to freedom: enactivism between being and becoming” (Phenom Cogn Sci, 2026).
doi.org/10.1007/s110...
#IASSeminar #Enactivism

From function to freedom: enactivism between being and becoming - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences - Enactivism is undergoing a metaphysical shift. In pursuit of a more open-ended account of organismic becoming, several theorists have turned to the...

🎉 New publication from IAS Research!

Marius Werz’s article “From Function to Freedom: Enactivism between Being and Becoming” revisits enactivism’s metaphysical assumptions on normativity and transformation.

Published in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Reframing the significance of menstruation: evolutionary insights from an organismal-relational perspective - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences Cultural stigma and medical pathologization have long shaped scientific and social perceptions of menstruation, limiting both research and clinical attention. This paper outlines three major sources o...

New open-access publication!📢🚨

A. Etxeberria & A. Rodriguez-Muguruza reframe the significance of menstruation through evolutionary insights from an organismal–relational perspective.

Now published in HPLS:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Closing the loop: how semantic closure enables open-ended evolution? Abstract. This study explores the evolutionary emergence of semantic closure—the self-referential mechanism through which symbols actively construct and in

Happy to share my new paper w/ @cgershen.bsky.social, just published at @royalsocietypublishing.org Interface!

Open Access🔓: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...

Instead of proposing a new theory, we offer a synthesis in theoretical biology. Want to know more? Read the full thread./1 👇🧵

👋🎓 PhD defense
IAS Researcher David Cortés García successfully defended his PhD on December 11. Huge congratulations!

📝 “Reproduction reconsidered: an organismal and relational approach.”

We’re proud of his hard work, dedication, and valuable contributions. 👏

👋🎓 PhD defense
IAS Researcher David Cortés García successfully defended his PhD on December 11. Huge congratulations!

📝 “Reproduction reconsidered: an organismal and relational approach.”

We’re proud of his hard work, dedication, and valuable contributions. 👏

Join us in Donostia on 12 December 2025 for the one-day workshop “Topics in Philosophy of Biology: Reproduction, Agency & Evolution” — featuring talks by Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo, Mihaela Pavličev, Günter P. Wagner & Vanessa Triviño. Hosted by IAS Research 🌱

Join us in Donostia on 12 December 2025 for the one-day workshop “Topics in Philosophy of Biology: Reproduction, Agency & Evolution” — featuring talks by Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo, Mihaela Pavličev, Günter P. Wagner & Vanessa Triviño. Hosted by IAS Research 🌱

Outonomy: Fleshing out the Concept of Autonomy Beyond the Individual This open access book offers an innovative exploration of the concept of autonomy, extending beyond the traditional individualistic perspectives

We’re excited to announce that the Outonomy book —resulting from one of IAS Research’s major projects— is now out! 🎉

It features contributions from many of our members and is Open Access, available in full or by chapters:
🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Congrats to everyone involved! 👏

Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change - Biological Theory All living systems need to regulate themselves and coordinate the activities of their parts to maintain themselves under changing conditions. Historically, homeostasis is one of the central ideas that...

New publication by Leo Bich and Laura Menatti in Biological Theory! 🧬

The paper explores homeostasis and health, challenging the view of regulation as stabilization and proposing one focused on the capacity for change.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Ivar R. Hannikainen - Morality, coordination and law YouTube video by IAS Research

🚨🗣️ The talk given by Ivar R. Hannikainen at the IAS Seminar is now available to view on our YouTube channel. Please click on the link below to access the video

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐰
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7va...

Next Friday at 13:00, we will have the pleasure of welcoming 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐎. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬-𝐆𝐮𝐳𝐦𝐚́𝐧 at IAS Seminar, who will be giving a talk entitled "Trust despite limit situations: Towards an enactive approach to resilience in mental health"

Next Friday at 13:00, we will have the pleasure of welcoming 𝐈𝐯𝐚𝐫 𝐑. 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧 (University of Granada) at the IAS Seminar, who will be giving a talk entitled "Morality, coordination and law"

Ricard Solé - Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems YouTube video by IAS Research

🚨🚨We are pleased to announce that the talk given by @ricardsole.bsky.social at the IAS Seminar is now available to view on our YouTube channel. Please click on the link below to access the video

Ricard Solé - Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems

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Next Friday at 13:00, we will have the pleasure of welcoming 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢́𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐬 (University of Salamanca) at the IAS Seminar, who will be giving a talk entitled "Experience: The Missing Thread Uniting Organismalism and Pragmatism"

We were absolutely delighted to welcome Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda to the IAS Seminar last Friday. We hope you'll enjoy his wonderful talk as much as we did, and you can now watch it on our YouTube channel.👇👀

Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda - On the Prospects of Basal Cognition Research Becoming Fully Evolutionary YouTube video by IAS Research

Last Friday, I had a lot of fun presenting my joint work with @philosobio.bsky.social on basal cognition research at UPV/EHU. Thanks a lot to @ias-research.bsky.social for the invitation! The recording is available here: youtu.be/GTzaRhwilIM?... 📃👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #cogsky

🚨The talks given by the invited researchers at the IAS Seminar are now available to view on our YouTube channel.

Please find below the first of these talks, given by our researcher Xabier Barandiaran

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬
youtube.com/watch?v=O3X5...

📢🚨 New paper out! 🚨📢

Access the article by our researcher @leonardobich.bsky.social, in collaboration with William Bechtel, via the línk below:

New paper on homeostasis with William Bechtel finally out in Philosophy of Science: " Rediscovering Bernard and Cannon: Restoring the Broader Vision of Homeostasis Eclipsed by the Cyberneticists" @ias-research.bsky.social @dialecticalsys.bsky.social

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

IAS Research IAS Research Centre for Life, Mind & Society explores the organization of living systems, focusing on biological autonomy and its impact on cognition, ethics, and social and technological interactions...

We are thrilled to announce that the IAS Rearch YouTube channel is now open! 🚨🚨📢📢

For all the latest talks from our invited researchers at the IAS Seminar, simply click the link below.

youtube.com/@iasresearch...

On Friday last, we were delighted to welcome Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda to the IAS Seminar, where he delivered a presentation on his collaborative research with Matthew Sims.

The paper is available at the following link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Next Tuesday at 11:30, we will have the pleasure of welcoming 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐞́ (UPF, Barcelona), who will give a talk entitled ❞𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬❞

www.ias-research.net/blog/2025/02...

Next Friday at 13:00, we will have the pleasure of welcoming 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐚 / 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 at the IAS Seminar, who will be giving a talk entitled “Plasticity and goal/s: re-examining the organisational approach”

www.ias-research.net/blog/2025/02...

Next Friday at 13:00, we will have the pleasure of welcoming 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨 at the IAS Seminar, who will be giving a talk entitled “How is Global Warming Bad for the Planet? Towards a theory of Earthly wellbeing and planetary functions.”

The talk will be available on the IAS YouTube channel.