Titel: "Philosophy at the Intersection of Life Sciences and Society"
Termin:
10.7.2018
Veranstaltungsort:
Bielefeld University, Room C01-136 (UHG)
Wednesday July 11th 2018, 9:15-13:15
Bielefeld University, Room T2-214
Referenten: Christine Hauskeller (University of Exeter)
Weitere Informationen:
https://ethicsandepistemologyofscience.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/wor ...
Following several projects over 20 years on developments in stem cell research have produced a complex matrix of different factors that shape the genesis of this field. This talk presents the most recent findings and observations to then reflect on approaches in empirical philosophy of science. One key discussion point concerns whether integration of the multiple mutual influences between values, cultural and scientific practices and epistemology into one rationale is possible and desirable. I argue that the heterogeneous logics of values involved resist a unified philosophical meta-concept that could provide insights or reflective power beyond the critical potential of the grounded, empirical studies.
Workshop: Empirical Methods and Normative Issues in Philosophy of Science
Philosophical enquiry into the life sciences is largely split up in two hardly related sub-disciplines: philosophy of science and bioethics. Both have strong naturalistic tendencies and difficulties to reflect two other relevant dimensions, namely how socio-economic and political dynamics on the one hand and the philosophical enquiry itself on the other hand shape life science research and its societal understanding. In this workshop we wish to integrate epistemological and ethical issues, and include biopolitical and self-critical reflections to understand a broader set of options for studies in the philosophy of the life sciences. The life science example will be stem cell research.
Kontakt:
Anja Pichl, Marie Kaiser, Ralf Stoecker
a.pichl@uni-bielefeld.de