Life in Science and Philosophy

Code:

MFIL001

Acronym:

VCF

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Philosophy
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Philosophy

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MFIL	1	MFIL - Study Plan	1	-	10	58	270

Teaching language

Portuguese

Mandatory literature

Boi, L. (ed.), ; Science et philosophie de la nature.Un nouveau dialogue, , Peter Lang,, 2000
Beurton, P.e Falk, R.(eds); The concept of gene in development and evolution, Cambridge Univ.Press, 2000
Jorge, M.M. Araújo; Biologia, Informação e Conhecimento, F.C.G, 1995
Kohn,Marek; A reason for everything, Faber&Faber, 2004
Lewontin, R.C; Biology as ideology, , Harper Perennial, 1993
Maurel, M.C., (coord.), ; Nouveau débats sur le vivant, Kimé, 2003
Sober, Elliot; Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology, MIT Press, 1994
Barlow, C.(ed.); From Gaia to selfish genes, MIT Press, 1997
Fagot-Largeault, A., ; “L’emergence” em Andler. D. e outros, Philosophie des sciences , Gallimard, , 2000
Kauffman, Stuart; At home in the universe, Oxford U.P., , 1995
Manher, M. e Bunge, M; Foundations of biophilosophy, Springer,, 1997
Mayr, Ernst; Towards a new philosophy of biology, Harvard U. Press, 1988
Keller, E. Fox; Making sense of life, Harvard U.P , 2002
Stock, G.; Redesigning humans,, Mariner Books, 2003
Hull, David, Ruse, M; The philosophy of biology, Oxford U. Press, 1998
Levy, Steven; Vida artificial, P. Dom Quixote,, 1994
Mayr, Ernst; This is biology, Harvard U. P, 1997
Keller, E. Fox; Refiguring life, Columbia U.P, 1995
Keller, E. Fox; The century of the gene, Harvard U. Press, 2000
Morange, Michel; La vie expliquée?, , Odile Jacob, 2003
Morange, Michel; La part des gènes, Odile Jacob, 1998
Andler. D. e outros, ; Philosophie des sciences I e II, Gallimard, 2002
Sober, Elliot; Philosophy of biology, Oxford U. Press, 1993
Morange, Michel; Histoire de la biologie moléculaire, , La Decouverte, 1994
Morange, Michel; Les secrets du vivant, La Découverte, 2005
Rosenberg, Alexander; Instrumental biology or the disunity of science, Chicago, 1994
Atlan, Henri; La fin du tout génétique, INRA, 1999
Bateson, G.; La nature et la pensée, Seuil, 1979
Ladrière, J., ; L’articulation du sens, Cerf, 1984
Murphy, Michael, (ed.) ; What is life?The next fifty years, Cambrigde U.P., , 1995
Nelkin, Dorothy; La mystique de l’ADN, Belin, 1998
Rothman, S; Lessons from the living cell, McGraw Hill, 2002
Archer, Luís; Desafios da nova genética, Brotéria, 1992
Schrodinger,Erwin; What’s life?, , Cambridge U.P, 1967

Complementary Bibliography

Revista: Biology and philosophy
Revistas: Science, Nature, La recherche, Pour la science

keywords

Humanities > Philosophy

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	45,00
	Trabalho escrito	123,00
	Exame	2,00		2010-01-26
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	100
	Total:	100,00