End of the semester panel:
"History of philosophical and scientific quest for the origins of the universe, mind and life"
Participants: Prof. dr Slobodan Perović, Prof. dr Monika Milosavljević, dr Janko Nešić, dr Stefan Milošević.
Plato club, June 15. 2022.
Pridružite nam se na panelu "Istorija filozofske i naučne potrage za poreklom univerzuma, života i uma" u sredu 15. juna sa početkom u 17h u prostoru Plato Kluba . Učesnici panela biće: Prof. dr Slobodan Perović, Prof. dr Monika Milosavljević, dr Janko Nešić, dr Stefan Milošević.
"History of philosophical and scientific quest for the origins of the universe, mind and life"
Participants: Prof. dr Slobodan Perović, Prof. dr Monika Milosavljević, dr Janko Nešić, dr Stefan Milošević.
Plato club, June 15. 2022.
Pridružite nam se na panelu "Istorija filozofske i naučne potrage za poreklom univerzuma, života i uma" u sredu 15. juna sa početkom u 17h u prostoru Plato Kluba . Učesnici panela biće: Prof. dr Slobodan Perović, Prof. dr Monika Milosavljević, dr Janko Nešić, dr Stefan Milošević.
Graduate course: Trends in Studying the Deep Past (2nd March to 12th May 2022)
The Sciences of the Origin Project at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, is happy to announce a new eleven-week graduate course titled Trends in Studying the Deep Past (2nd March to 12th May 2022). The course has been developed especially for the program and will be held via Zoom and live (for those students and participants in Belgrade). In the first section, Andrej Korenić (Biology, Belgrade) and Maël Montévil (CNRS, Paris) cover philosophical aspects of search for the origin of life in biology, while in the second Adrian Currie (philosophy, Exeter) explores philosophy of archaeology, palaeontology and geology.
Andrej Korenić - online
2/3 Andrej Korenić, 18:30 -20:30 CET
9/3 Andrej Korenić, 18:30-20:30 CET
Maël Montévil - online and local location: Gradska biblioteka/Belgrade City Library, Rimska sala/Roman hall, Knez Mihailova 56, Belgrade
16/3 Maël Montévil, 17:30-19:30 CET
Session 1: What is this animal? How the past does (and does not) define the present in biology?
In biology, the question of origins often refers to the origin of life; however, it is far broader and, in a sense, has far more pervasive ramifications. All organisms carry differences and can be the beginning of a new lineage. This perspective is central to the phylogenetic classification of living beings. In this course, we will discuss this approach from an epistemological angle. We will also show that, beyond the specific method, its epistemology permeates biology, for example, the reporting of experiments. Overall, we will discuss how the historical nature of biological objects can be used as a lever to define them theoretically and how this approach differs profoundly from the ones in physics.
23/3 Maël Montévil, 17:30-19:30 CET
Session 2: Historicity, biological organizations and their disruptions
In biology, despite the elements exposed in the previous session, the epistemology of physics remains pervasive. For example, mathematical models are typically designed and analyzed like in physics, from population genetic to biological morphogenesis. Then, we should rethink theorizing in biology to accommodate historicity but still leverage some methods coming from physics. Articulating both epistemologies opens a wealth of challenges and methodological opportunities. To illustrate this, we discuss what is often informally called disruption in biology and is a significant part of both biodiversity loss and public health issues. These disruptions require both the insight of historical and systemic thinking.
Andrej Korenić - online
2/3 Andrej Korenić, 18:30 -20:30 CET
9/3 Andrej Korenić, 18:30-20:30 CET
Maël Montévil - online and local location: Gradska biblioteka/Belgrade City Library, Rimska sala/Roman hall, Knez Mihailova 56, Belgrade
16/3 Maël Montévil, 17:30-19:30 CET
Session 1: What is this animal? How the past does (and does not) define the present in biology?
In biology, the question of origins often refers to the origin of life; however, it is far broader and, in a sense, has far more pervasive ramifications. All organisms carry differences and can be the beginning of a new lineage. This perspective is central to the phylogenetic classification of living beings. In this course, we will discuss this approach from an epistemological angle. We will also show that, beyond the specific method, its epistemology permeates biology, for example, the reporting of experiments. Overall, we will discuss how the historical nature of biological objects can be used as a lever to define them theoretically and how this approach differs profoundly from the ones in physics.
23/3 Maël Montévil, 17:30-19:30 CET
Session 2: Historicity, biological organizations and their disruptions
In biology, despite the elements exposed in the previous session, the epistemology of physics remains pervasive. For example, mathematical models are typically designed and analyzed like in physics, from population genetic to biological morphogenesis. Then, we should rethink theorizing in biology to accommodate historicity but still leverage some methods coming from physics. Articulating both epistemologies opens a wealth of challenges and methodological opportunities. To illustrate this, we discuss what is often informally called disruption in biology and is a significant part of both biodiversity loss and public health issues. These disruptions require both the insight of historical and systemic thinking.
Adrian Currie - online
Location: Gradska biblioteka/Belgrade City Library, Rimska sala/Roman hall, Knez Mihailova 56, Belgrade
The Newest on the Oldest: Trends in the Philosophy of the Deep Past
Location: Gradska biblioteka/Belgrade City Library, Rimska sala/Roman hall, Knez Mihailova 56, Belgrade
The Newest on the Oldest: Trends in the Philosophy of the Deep Past
Regional graduate school: "Interdisciplinarity and evidence in the sciences of the origin"
Institut za filozofiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu u okviru međunarodnog projekta „Sciences of the Origin“ („Nauke o poreklu“) koji se sprovodi uz podršku Džon Templton fondacije i Ian Remzi instituta za nauku i religiju pri Univerzitetu Oksford i tehničku podršku Zavoda za proučavanje kulturnog razvitka organizuje Prvu regionalnu školu „Interdisciplinarnost i evidencija u naukama o poreklu“ od 18. do 22. oktobra u prostorijama Zavoda za proučavanje kulturnog razvitka.
Polaznici škole su studenti doktorskih studija filozofije, arheologije i biologije sa univerziteta u Beogradu, Zadru, Primorskog univerziteta u Kopru, Banja Luke, Kragujevca i Novog Sada.
Predavači su prof. dr Slobodan Perović (Odeljenje za filozofiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu), prof. dr Monika Milosavljević, asistent Predrag Radović i istraživač-saradnik Senka Plavšić (Odeljenje za arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu) i doc. dr Andrej Korenić (Biloški fakultet u Beogradu).
Pitanja vezana za poreklo života na zemlji kao i poreklo čoveka, proučavaju se metodama koje su se razvijale decenijama i koje sintetizuju raznovrsne tehnike iz različitih oblasti nauke. Kurs će kombinacijom teorijskih predavanja i vežbi demonstrirati te metode i tehnike, načine selekcije u moru naizgled raznovrsnih podataka i artefakata, kao i načine na koje se tretiraju veoma različite, naizgled relevantne, pretpostavke u takvim analizama. Predavanja i vežbe su prilagođeni interdisciplinarnoj prirodi kursa.
Institut za filozofiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu u okviru međunarodnog projekta „Sciences of the Origin“ („Nauke o poreklu“) koji se sprovodi uz podršku Džon Templton fondacije i Ian Remzi instituta za nauku i religiju pri Univerzitetu Oksford i tehničku podršku Zavoda za proučavanje kulturnog razvitka organizuje Prvu regionalnu školu „Interdisciplinarnost i evidencija u naukama o poreklu“ od 18. do 22. oktobra u prostorijama Zavoda za proučavanje kulturnog razvitka.
Polaznici škole su studenti doktorskih studija filozofije, arheologije i biologije sa univerziteta u Beogradu, Zadru, Primorskog univerziteta u Kopru, Banja Luke, Kragujevca i Novog Sada.
Predavači su prof. dr Slobodan Perović (Odeljenje za filozofiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu), prof. dr Monika Milosavljević, asistent Predrag Radović i istraživač-saradnik Senka Plavšić (Odeljenje za arheologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Beogradu) i doc. dr Andrej Korenić (Biloški fakultet u Beogradu).
Pitanja vezana za poreklo života na zemlji kao i poreklo čoveka, proučavaju se metodama koje su se razvijale decenijama i koje sintetizuju raznovrsne tehnike iz različitih oblasti nauke. Kurs će kombinacijom teorijskih predavanja i vežbi demonstrirati te metode i tehnike, načine selekcije u moru naizgled raznovrsnih podataka i artefakata, kao i načine na koje se tretiraju veoma različite, naizgled relevantne, pretpostavke u takvim analizama. Predavanja i vežbe su prilagođeni interdisciplinarnoj prirodi kursa.
Online conference: Sciences of the Origin: The Challenges of Selection Effects and Biases
Book of abstracts (pdf):
| sciori_book_of_abstracts.pdf |
Online Conference - June 3-5, 2021
Call for Abstracts
A COMPACT PROGRAM (pdf for printing)
Thursday, June 3rd
Introduction, Slobodan Perović (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Conceptual biases in the scientific explanation of the origins
Keynote: Origin-Narratives: Fins, Feet & Foibles, Adrian Currie (University of Exeter, United Kingdom) Abstract
Thresholds in Origin of Life Scenarios, Cyrille Jeancolas (ESPCI Paris – PSL, France) Abstract
The End of the Beginning? On a methodological tension in early universe Cosmology, Craig W. Fox (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) Abstract
Origins, Aviezer Tucker (Harvard University, United States) Abstract
The Multiple Dynamical Systems Approach to Language Evolution, Mihajlo Stamenković (University of Belgrade & University of Novi Sad, Serbia) Abstract
Scaffolding: Articulating Process in Scientific Explanations, Celso Neto (Dalhousie University, Canada), Letitia Meynell (Dalhousie University, Canada), Christopher Jones (Dalhousie University, Canada) Abstract
How Computation Explains, Andrew Richmond (Columbia University, United States) Abstract
Discussion
General biases in the scientific explanation of the origins
Keynote: Biases and Selection Effects in Relation to Cosmological Fine-Tuning, Philip Goff, (Durham University, United Kingdom) Abstract
Keynote: God as the Origin of Origins, Benedikt Paul Göcke (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) Abstract
Introducing the subject into Big History: a mask of theory over the face of nature, Ragnar van der Merwe (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) Abstract
Induction, Meta-induction, Naturalism, and Origins, J. Brian Pitts (University of Lincoln, University of South Carolina & University of Cambridge) Abstract
Discussion
Friday, June 4th
Social and biological origins
Keynote: On the social origins of self-awareness, Kristina Musholt (Leipzig University, Germany) Abstract
Are Ambitious Evolutionary Debunking Arguments Self-Refuting?, Caner Turan (Tulane University, United States) Abstract
The Animal Turn, Archaeozoology, aDNA: Revealing past entanglements, Ivana Živaljević (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) Abstract
Darwin on the Origin of Mind and Language, Conor Barry (St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) Abstract
Discussion
Selection effects and evidence
Keynote: Weaving together interdisciplinary strands of evidence. A pathway to understand ritual in the deep past, Liv Nilsson Stutz (Linnaeus University, Sweden) Abstract
Beyond congruence: evidential integration and inferring the best evolutionary scenario, Arsham Nejad Kourki (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Abstract
Exploratory observations with stellar streams, Siska De Baerdemaeker (Stockholm University, Sweden) Abstract
A Thematic Approach of Selection Effects and Biases in Cosmology: Fred Hoyle and the Rejection of the Big Bang Idea, Despite the Experimental Observation, João Barbosa (University of Lisbon, Portugal) Abstract
Scientific fluency in multidisciplinary research - examples from archaeology, Kristina Penezić (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) Abstract
Discussion
Origins of life in the cosmological context
Who’s really afraid of AI? Anthropocentric bias and postbiological evolution, Milan Ćirković (Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade & University of Oxford) Abstract
Reconfiguring SETI in the microbial context: panspermia as a solution to Fermi’s paradox, Predrag Slijepčević (Brunel University London, United Kingdom) Abstract
Darwin Meets Dr Frankenstein: Using the Drake Equation to Calculate the Probability of Volcanic Lightning's Impact on Chemical Evolution, Petar Nurkić (University of Belgrade, Serbia) Abstract
Discussion
Saturday, June 5th
Selecting biological individuals
Keynote: Darwinizing Gaia, W. Ford Doolittle (Dalhousie University, Canada) Abstract
Historical origins and the theoretical definition of objects in biology, Maël Montévil (Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France) Abstract
The origin of biological individuation, Paul-Antoine Miquel (Université de Toulouse, France) Abstract
Actively exploiting quantum effects: a verge between life and (bio)molecules, Andrej Korenić (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Slobodan Perović (University of Belgrade, Serbia) Abstract
The Role of Constraints in Origins-of-Life Research, Franziska Reinhard (University of Vienna, Austria) Abstract
Selection effects in Gaia and Solaris, Srdja Janković (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Ana Katić (University of Belgrade, Serbia), and Milan M. Ćirković (Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, Serbia) Abstract
General discussion
Scientific Committee:
Adrian Currie (University of Exeter)
Milan Ćirković (Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade/Oxford)
Philip Goff (Durham University)
Benedikt Paul Göcke (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Dušan Mihailović (University of Belgrade)
Monika Milosavljević (University of Belgrade)
Janko Nešić (University of Belgrade)
Slobodan Perović (University of Belgrade)
Call for Abstracts
A COMPACT PROGRAM (pdf for printing)
Thursday, June 3rd
Introduction, Slobodan Perović (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
Conceptual biases in the scientific explanation of the origins
Keynote: Origin-Narratives: Fins, Feet & Foibles, Adrian Currie (University of Exeter, United Kingdom) Abstract
Thresholds in Origin of Life Scenarios, Cyrille Jeancolas (ESPCI Paris – PSL, France) Abstract
The End of the Beginning? On a methodological tension in early universe Cosmology, Craig W. Fox (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) Abstract
Origins, Aviezer Tucker (Harvard University, United States) Abstract
The Multiple Dynamical Systems Approach to Language Evolution, Mihajlo Stamenković (University of Belgrade & University of Novi Sad, Serbia) Abstract
Scaffolding: Articulating Process in Scientific Explanations, Celso Neto (Dalhousie University, Canada), Letitia Meynell (Dalhousie University, Canada), Christopher Jones (Dalhousie University, Canada) Abstract
How Computation Explains, Andrew Richmond (Columbia University, United States) Abstract
Discussion
General biases in the scientific explanation of the origins
Keynote: Biases and Selection Effects in Relation to Cosmological Fine-Tuning, Philip Goff, (Durham University, United Kingdom) Abstract
Keynote: God as the Origin of Origins, Benedikt Paul Göcke (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) Abstract
Introducing the subject into Big History: a mask of theory over the face of nature, Ragnar van der Merwe (University of Johannesburg, South Africa) Abstract
Induction, Meta-induction, Naturalism, and Origins, J. Brian Pitts (University of Lincoln, University of South Carolina & University of Cambridge) Abstract
Discussion
Friday, June 4th
Social and biological origins
Keynote: On the social origins of self-awareness, Kristina Musholt (Leipzig University, Germany) Abstract
Are Ambitious Evolutionary Debunking Arguments Self-Refuting?, Caner Turan (Tulane University, United States) Abstract
The Animal Turn, Archaeozoology, aDNA: Revealing past entanglements, Ivana Živaljević (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) Abstract
Darwin on the Origin of Mind and Language, Conor Barry (St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) Abstract
Discussion
Selection effects and evidence
Keynote: Weaving together interdisciplinary strands of evidence. A pathway to understand ritual in the deep past, Liv Nilsson Stutz (Linnaeus University, Sweden) Abstract
Beyond congruence: evidential integration and inferring the best evolutionary scenario, Arsham Nejad Kourki (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Abstract
Exploratory observations with stellar streams, Siska De Baerdemaeker (Stockholm University, Sweden) Abstract
A Thematic Approach of Selection Effects and Biases in Cosmology: Fred Hoyle and the Rejection of the Big Bang Idea, Despite the Experimental Observation, João Barbosa (University of Lisbon, Portugal) Abstract
Scientific fluency in multidisciplinary research - examples from archaeology, Kristina Penezić (University of Novi Sad, Serbia) Abstract
Discussion
Origins of life in the cosmological context
Who’s really afraid of AI? Anthropocentric bias and postbiological evolution, Milan Ćirković (Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade & University of Oxford) Abstract
Reconfiguring SETI in the microbial context: panspermia as a solution to Fermi’s paradox, Predrag Slijepčević (Brunel University London, United Kingdom) Abstract
Darwin Meets Dr Frankenstein: Using the Drake Equation to Calculate the Probability of Volcanic Lightning's Impact on Chemical Evolution, Petar Nurkić (University of Belgrade, Serbia) Abstract
Discussion
Saturday, June 5th
Selecting biological individuals
Keynote: Darwinizing Gaia, W. Ford Doolittle (Dalhousie University, Canada) Abstract
Historical origins and the theoretical definition of objects in biology, Maël Montévil (Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France) Abstract
The origin of biological individuation, Paul-Antoine Miquel (Université de Toulouse, France) Abstract
Actively exploiting quantum effects: a verge between life and (bio)molecules, Andrej Korenić (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Slobodan Perović (University of Belgrade, Serbia) Abstract
The Role of Constraints in Origins-of-Life Research, Franziska Reinhard (University of Vienna, Austria) Abstract
Selection effects in Gaia and Solaris, Srdja Janković (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Ana Katić (University of Belgrade, Serbia), and Milan M. Ćirković (Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade, Serbia) Abstract
General discussion
Scientific Committee:
Adrian Currie (University of Exeter)
Milan Ćirković (Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade/Oxford)
Philip Goff (Durham University)
Benedikt Paul Göcke (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
Dušan Mihailović (University of Belgrade)
Monika Milosavljević (University of Belgrade)
Janko Nešić (University of Belgrade)
Slobodan Perović (University of Belgrade)
