Colloque
« Intersecting paths across mathematics, biology, and epistemology.
A colloquium in honor of
Giuseppe Longo and Ana Soto »
21 & 22 octobre 2022
Adresse :
Ecole normale supérieure
45, rue d’Ulm
Paris Ve
Organisé par :
Maël Montévil (Centre Cavaillès/République des savoirs/CNRS),
Barbara Bravi and José Antonio Pérez Escobar
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Program
Day 1
Morning – Session 1: The Society of Cells. Chair: Matteo Mossio
09:30 General introduction by the organizers
09:45 Daring to ask why and why not? Carlos Sonnenschein (Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine. Associated to Centre Cavaillès, République des Savoirs)
10:15 A propos de « la société de cellules », de Soto et Sonnenschein. Paul-Antoine Miquel (Equipe de Recherche sur les Rationalités Philosophiques et les Savoirs, Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès)
10:45 Questions to the speakers and Ana Soto
11:00 Break
Morning – Session 2: Foundations of Mathematics and Computing. Chair: Barbara Bravi
11:15 Giving meaning to computations: the birth of a mathematical theory of computation Simone Martini (Università di Bologna Dipartimento di Informatica, Scienza e Ingegneria)
11:45 From the semantics of programming languages to the Condorcet paradox. Pierre-Louis Curien (IRIF, CNRS & Université Paris Cité)
12:15 Questions to the speakers and Giuseppe Longo
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
Afternoon – Session 3: Endocrine disruptors. Chair: Mathias Girel
14:00 Introduction by Mathias Girel (Responsable du Centre Cavaillès, Maître de conférences ENS- PSL, UAR 3608 République des Savoirs, ENS-Collège de France-CNRS)
14:10 Endocrine disruptors: from their epistemology to our exposome, invading our daily products, until reaching our plates… Nicolas Cabaton (INRAE, Research Centre in Food Toxicology, Université de Toulouse, INRAE, ENVT, INP-Purpan, UPS)
14:40 From Wingspread and Even More. Barbara Demeneix (in streaming) (Physiologie moléculaire et adaptation, UMR 7221, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle)
15:10 Round table with Ana Soto
15:40 Break
Afternoon – Session 4: Interface of Mathematics with Physics and Biology. Chair: Josè Antonio Perez Escobar
16:00 Short introduction by Josè Antonio Perez Escobar
16:05 After « Le hasard et la nécessité », the conceptual necessity of randomness and more general presences of mathematics in quantum mechanics. Thierry Paul (streaming) (CNRS Laboratoire Ypatia des Sciences Mathématiques and CNRS, Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions)
16:35 Mathematical counterfactuals and biological understanding: a number of problems and new directions. Josè Antonio Perez Escobar (Centre Cavaillès, UAR 3608 République des Savoirs, ENS-Collège de France-CNRS)
17:05 Assemblage dynamics. Alessandro Sarti (CAMS, CNRS-EHESS)
17:35 Round table with Giuseppe Longo
18:00 Conclusions
19:30 Dinner for the speakers
Day 2
Morning – Session 5: Theory of Organisms. Chair: Alberto Vianelli (Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria)
9:30 Short introduction by Maël Montévil
9:40 Teosinte in Spain – The birth of an invasive species and a missed opportunity. Angelika Hilbeck (in streaming) (Institute for Integrative Biology in the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich and ENSSER)
10:10 A brilliant theory can be destroyed by a single experiment. But does it also happen the other way round? Denis Noble (in streaming) (Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford)
10:45 Questions to the speakers
10:55 Break
11:10 Organisms as autonomous systems. Matteo Mossio (CNRS, Institut d’histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques, UMR 8590, Paris 1)
11:40 Towards a theory of organisms: state and directions. Maël Montévil (CNRS, Centre Cavaillès, UAR 3608 République des Savoirs, ENS-Collège de France-CNRS)
12:10 Round table on the theory of organism, with: Paul-Antoine Miquel, Carlos Sonnenschein, Maël Montévil, Matteo Mossio, Ana Soto and Giuseppe Longo.
13:00-14:30 Lunch
Afternoon – Session 6: Interface with humanities. Chair: Paul-Antoine Miquel
14:30 Short introduction by Paul-Antoine Miquel
14:35 How to do science with words – A tribute to Giuseppe Longo’s work. Jean Lassègue (Centre Georg Simmel – Recherches franco-allemandes en sciences sociales, EHESS)
15:05 tbd Alain Supiot (Collège de France et Université de Nantes) 15:35 Questions to the speakers
15:50 Break
Afternoon – Session 7: Taking care of the biosphere. Chair: Marie Chollat
16:10 Introduction by Marie Chollat (Co-vice présidente de l’AAGT, Ingénieure Agroparistech, Docteur en Onco-immunologie)
16:20 Ecosystème, régulation, santé : un regard critique sur la médecine environnementale. Andrea Angelini (EA 4008 Laboratoire d’études et de recherches sur les logiques contemporaines de la philosophie, Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis)
16:50 Disruption relationnelle et développement des jeunes humains d’aujourd’hui. Marie-Claude Bossière (Institut de Recherche et d’Innovation)
17:20 Round table with Giuseppe Longo and Ana Soto
18:00 Conclusions by Giuseppe Longo and Ana Soto
18:10 Cocktail