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Events in the month of December 2021


Tuesday, December 7, 2021 - Wednesday, December 8, 2021
The PhilInBioMed Institute organizes the

4th Philosophy of Cancer Workshop
Bordeaux, France, December 7th and 8th, 2021 (presentation here)


Cancer is one of the main causes of death globally according to the World Health Organization. The biological complexity and heterogeneity of this disease (or group of diseases) make it very difficult to apprehend, control, and cure. For a long time, cancer has been little studied by philosophers of science. Most of the work in the humanities and the social sciences has focused on the social, anthropological, psychological, and ethical dimensions of cancer. Yet cancer is now becoming increasingly an object of study for philosophers of biology and philosophers of medicine. In particular, the scientific explanation, definition, classification and prediction of cancer as a biological and medical phenomenon face many epistemological challenges. Cancer research raises a host of experimental, theoretical, and conceptual issues that connect with most, if not all, the domains of today’s biology and medicine.

The main goal of this workshop is to provide a forum where philosophers of biology/medicine, scientists, and medical doctors meet to discuss the biological and medical science of cancer.

Speakers:
 
Maria Blasco (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, Madrid, Spain)
Andrew Ewald (Johns Hopkins, USA)
Nicholas McGranahan (London, UK)
Anya Plutynski (Washington University, USA, via Zoom)
Eric Solary (Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France)

 
Friday, December 17, 2021
CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable 2022 April 1-2, 2022 University of Nebraska, Lincoln