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Table of contents Welcoming words 2 Acknowledgements 5 Committees 6 Meetings of the Society 7 Plennary talks 9 Public lecture 11 Dialogues 13 Round tables 15 Posters 25 Sessions 33 Index 255 1 Welcoming words, by the Program Committee We are very happy to present the program of the next ISHPSSB meeting in Montpellier. As in the previous meetings, you will find in it keynote lectures, organized sessions, individual papers that we have grouped into different sessions, round tables and posters. A new category of activity, “Dialogues”, has been added, and we have put a special emphasis on interdisciplinary sessions. Preparing this program, we faced a major source of satisfaction, but also of difficulties: the huge number of scholars who intended to attend this meeting, in fact more than 600! We had to abandon our initial project to reduce the number of sessions running in parallel. Nevertheless, we tried to avoid as much as possible that sessions on similar topics take place during the same time slot, but whatever our efforts were, many of you will probably feel frustrated to have to choose between equally interesting lectures. We apologize for that inconvenience: consider that this frustration is the price to pay for the wide attendance! The proximity of the different lecture rooms will probably partially palliate this problem. Have a nice, friendly and intellectually fruitful meeting! Michel Morange and Thomas Pradeu, chairs of the Program Committee 2 Welcoming words, by the Organizing Committee We are happy to welcome all of you to Montpellier for the ISHPSSB meeting, July 7- 12 2013. Montpellier is a Mediterranean city, capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon, a region in the south of France, very close to the sea. For anyone interested in the history or philosophy of the life sciences, Montpellier is a perfect city, for many reasons. Firstly, it has a long and rich tradition in Medicine and natural history: the Faculty of Medicine, the oldest in France, is also the oldest in activity in the world. It was created in the 12th century and obtained its official status as Universitas medicorum in 1220. To philosophers and historians of science and medicine the city is famous, amongst other things, for the “vitalist school”, which was born there in the 18th century. The city is home to the oldest botanical garden in France (1593) and one of the oldest in Europe, associated with a famous herbarium. Our welcome cocktail on Sunday will be hosted in this historic place. Hosting the ISHPSSB meeting in Montpellier not only has resonance for the history of the life sciences. Today this city is the most important European research site for ecological, agronomy and the environmental sciences (over 2300 researchers), with 80 research teams in these disciplines, and a huge diversity of laboratory and other facilities, represented by Agropolis international, an association gathering all institutions of the regional scientific community in the domains of agriculture, food, biodiversity and environment (http://www.agropolis.org). Many of these institutions have supported this conference, and we are grateful to them. Indeed, this conference would not have been possible without the enthusiasm it has raised among the community of researchers here, mostly composed of ecologists, evolutionary biologists and environmental scientists, not to speak of philosophers. Their immediate support for the project was wonderful, and it has allowed all the preparations of the meeting to be conducted in a very friendly atmosphere. The organizing committee has benefited from the strong support of individuals and institutions both in Montpellier and Paris. Institutional responsibility for the event was entrusted to the Institute of History and Philosophy and Science and Techniques (IHPST, CNRS/Université Pantheon Sorbonne/ENS), a research team with a strong focus on the philosophy and history of biology. The organizing committee also received local support: most of the sessions are located in a building generously lent by University Montpellier 3 Paul-Valéry (human sciences), while the inaugural session and cocktail as well as the plenary sessions, will be in Université Montpellier 1 (medical sciences, law, and economics). Région Languedoc-Roussillon and Montpellier City have provided generous funding and resources. Moreover Agropolis International has provided generous logistical support, as did the CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), to which the IHPST is attached. These local and national supports have greatly facilitated the smooth organisation of the Meeting conditions including a number of what we hope will be pleasant social events. These will include a cocktail at the Botanical garden (immediately after the inaugural session), a drinks party accompanying the poster session (Monday), a public lecture housed by the City of Montpellier (Tuesday evening), and a banquet at Parc de Grammont (Thursday). Several visits (botanical garden, the Museum of the Faculty of Medicine, Ecotron) have been organized for those who have booked in advance. So far, the response has been excellent: we have two reasons to be satisfied: - More than 600 active participants have registered, from all parts of the world. As such, this is a significant success. 3 - The program committee has planned a number of sessions in different formats (symposiums, “dialogues”, roundtables, contributed papers, and plenary talks). The topics range through a very broad set of themes, from the philosophy of molecular biology to biology education, history of early medicine, the environmental crisis, etc. We are happy that this conference has drawn together such a wide range of interests, representing the overall scope of the Society. In the margins of the Meeting, we hope that you will be able to appreciate the beautiful setting of a city with such a rich history and, also, the biggest ratio of students in France in any city. Please experience the varieties of provençal cuisine, as well as the diversity and sophistication of the local wines, the Languedoc Roussillon is a country of vineyards and the quality of the wines produced here has been steadily increasing in recent years. Our local organisation team, here, consisting of biology and philosophy scholars and students from Paris and Montpellier, will be happy to help you during the conference and to help you with any query you may have about the Meeting, the City, and your stay in general. We wish you a very happy, fruitful and friendly ISHPSSB meeting in Montpellier. Jean Gayon and Philippe Huneman, chairs of the Organizing Committee. 4 Acknowledgments ISHPSSB 2013 is supported by: Région Languedoc Roussillon Ville de Montpellier Agropolis International (Montpellier) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Institut Écologie et Environnement (INEE) du CNRS Institut Universitaire de France Université Montpellier 1 Université Montpellier 2 — Sciences et Techniques Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Université Paris-Sorbonne — Paris IV And the following research teams: Centre d’écologie fonctionnelle & évolutive (CEFE), Montpellier Centre Méditerranéen de l’environnement et de la biodiversité (LaBEx CeMEB), Montpellier Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (IHPST), Paris Institut des sciences de l’évolution (ISEM), Montpellier Laboratoire Epsylon, Montpellier Sciences, Normes, Décision (SND), Paris Sciences, Philosophie, Histoire (SPHERE), Paris 5 Committees Program Committee Patrice David (CEFE, Montpellier) Michel Morange (Ecole Normale Supérieure & IHPST, Paris) (co-chair of the program committee) Thomas Pradeu (Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris) (co-chair of the program committee) María Jesús Santesmases (Computensa Universidad, Madrid), Judy John Schloegel (Argonne Laboratory, Chicago) Karola Stotz (University of Sydney, Sydney), Edna Suárez (UNAM, Mexico), Chris Young (Alverno College, Milwaukee) Organizing Committee Brigitte Cabantous (Agropolis International, Montpellier) Vincent Devictor (ISEM, Montpellier) Jean Gayon (IHPST/Paris I) (co-chair of the organizing committee) Bernard Hubert (Agropolis International, Montpellier) Philippe Huneman (IHPST, Paris) (co-chair of the organizing committee) Finn Kjellberg (CEFE, Montpellier) Annick Lesne (CNRS & Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Paul Luu (Agropolis International, Montpellier) Virginie Maris (CEFE, Montpellier) Francesca Merlin (IHPST, Paris) Michel Morange (Ecole Normale Supérieure & IHPST, Paris) François Munoz (AMAP, Montpelier) Antonine Nicoglou (IHPST, Paris) Pascal Nouvel (Université Montpellier 3, Montpellier). Thomas Pradeu (Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris) 6 Introductory speeches (Sunday July 7th) Paul Griffiths, president of the ISHPSSB For the Région Languedoc-Roussillon: one representative of the Region For the University of Montpellier 3: Patrick Gilli, vice-president of the Scientific Board of the University & Pascal Nouvel, Department of Philosophy & Epsilon Team For the program committee: Michel Morange and Thomas Pradeu For the organizing committee: Jean Gayon and Philippe Huneman Meetings of the Society General Meeting of the Society: Thursday 11th, 2:30pm-4:30pm, Amphi Giraud All members are strongly encouraged to attend. This is the best way to influence the future of the Society! The Hull and Greene Prizes will be awarded during the general meeting. First Council Meeting: Monday 8th, 1pm-3pm Second Council Meeting: Thursday 11th, 12:30pm-2:30pm Student