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Welcome to the website of the Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of the Life Sciences. The Chair is a place for philosophical enquiries about contemporary science. It aims, among others, at stimulating interactions between philosophers and scientists.
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Invited talk | Charting the Search for Life: Fifty Years of Astrobiology in Texts and Networks | 5-6.7.2026
Communication by Christophe Malaterre entitled: Charting the Search for Life: Fifty Years of Astrobiology in Texts and Networks Origins 2026 Meeting (ISSOL/IAU-Astrobiology), Paris, 5-10 juillet 2026.
Invited talk | Charting the Search for Life: Fifty Years of Astrobiology in Texts and Networks | 5-10.7.2026
Communication by Christophe Malaterre entitled: Charting the Search for Life: Fifty Years of Astrobiology in Texts and Networks Origins 2026 Meeting (ISSOL/IAU-Astrobiology), Paris, 5-10 juillet 2026.
ISHPSSB’25 | The Plurality of Scientific Knowledge: A Text-Mining Study of Epistemic Framings in Astrobiology | 21-27.7.2025
Communication by Christophe Malaterre entitled: The Plurality of Scientific Knowledge: A Text-Mining Study of Epistemic Framings in Astrobiology (with I. Atanassova, F. Lareau*, P. Ningrum*). ISHPSSB’25, Porto, Portugal, 21-25 juillet 2025.
ISHPSSB’25 | The Plurality of Scientific Knowledge: A Text-Mining Study of Epistemic Framings in Astrobiology | 21-25.7.2025
Communication by Christophe Malaterre entitled: The Plurality of Scientific Knowledge: A Text-Mining Study of Epistemic Framings in Astrobiology (with I. Atanassova, F. Lareau*, P. Ningrum*) ISHPSSB’25, Porto, Portugal, 21-25 juillet 2025.
DH’25 | Inferring Semantic Social Networks from Scientific Texts: The Case of Astrobiology | 14-18.7.2025
Communication by Christophe Malaterre entitled: Inferring Semantic Social Networks from Scientific Texts: The Case of Astrobiology (with F. Lareau*). DH’25, organisé par ADHO, Lisbonne, Portugal, 14-18 juillet 2025.
ISSI’25 | Is There Life on Mars? Studying the Context of Uncertainty in Astrobiology | 23-27.6.2025
Communication by Christophe Malaterre entitled: Is There Life on Mars? Studying the Context of Uncertainty in Astrobiology (avec I. Atanassova, F. Lareau*, P. Ningrum*). ISSI’25, Erevan, Arménie, 23-27 juin 2025.