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Ontological Issues in the Life Sciences

Third European Advanced Seminar in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Klosterneuburg, Austria, 1–5 September 2014

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  1. Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    James DiFrisco

  2. Institut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (IHPST), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

    Gaëlle Pontarotti

  3. European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, Italy

    Federico Boem

  4. Department of Health Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Federico Boem

  5. Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Guillaume Schlaepfer

  6. Department of Government, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

    Ewelina Sokolowska

  7. Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastián, Spain

    Eva Fernández-Labandera

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In memoriam: Werner Callebaut.

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DiFrisco, J., Pontarotti, G., Boem, F. et al. Ontological Issues in the Life Sciences. Biol Theory 10, 176–181 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-015-0207-1

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