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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose

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Facilitating interdisciplinary research on complex living phenomena - agency, cognition, development, function, and goal-directedness - across spatial and temporal scales

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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 11h
The paper & symposia submission deadline (15 November 2026) is approaching for the International Congress of Logic, Methodology & Philosophy of Science & Technology. The 2027 edition will be at Kobe University in Japan (23-28 Aug 2027). The theme is Dialogues Across Borders. clmpst2027.org #philsci
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CLMPST 2027 | 18th International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Website of the 18th International Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology.
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you, @oscarw.bsky.social for the discussion last week on "Understanding to Some Purpose." The video, our latest in the International Postdoc Forum series, is now available to watch on the MCPS YouTube channel. youtu.be/AOVUywOVFVs?... #philsci
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IPDF September 2026: Oscar Westerblad, University of Iceland
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Agent" might be the wrong word for AI. In another portion of MCPS Director Alan Love's interview with The Well, he argues that biology offers a more careful way to think about goal-directed behavior, function, and, eventually, machine intelligence. Watch on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAFf...
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"Agent" might be the wrong word for AI | Alan Love
Our ability to build machine intelligence has outrun our ability to understand it. Professor Alan Love, director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, thinks biology can help close that…
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Celebrating 2026 National Postdoc Appreciation Week! So proud of the MCPS’ cohort of postdocs! We have three in post right now, with earlier postdocs now in a variety of jobs in different countries! Thank you, All, for your contributions to the MCPS community! www.nationalpostdoc.org
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Membership CASP is open to researchers around the world. We offer a range of opportunities, including networking, conferences/workshops, writing fellowships and more! There is an annual fee for established scholars; all early career researchers receive a waiver. www.biologicalpurpose.org/members
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
CASP scholar video series launched! In Ep1, authors César Flores López, Natsuko Rivera-Yoshida, Alejandro V. Arzola, Adrian Arturo Huerta Hernández, &Mariana Benítez discuss work they are doing with Myxococcus bacteria. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9294...
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Making Their Own Way
Research video Authors: César Flores López, Natsuko Rivera-Yoshida, Alejandro V. Arzola, Adrian Arturo Huerta Hernández, and Mariana Benítez
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Excited to introduce new CASP staff team member Rida Al-Adsani, a program specialist supporting development of funding opps&events.She has an MSc in GlobalHealth&Development from UCL& previously worked in research funding&program delivery at National Institute for Health&Care Research& IRD Global.
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Thanks to @siddhantpusdekar.bsky.social for hosting S2 of the Purpose Podcast. In this episode, Siddhant talks to Richard Boyle about Richard's paper describing an attempt to Darwinize Gaia: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/reader/1... rss.com/podcasts/pur....
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The Purpose Podcast | Podcast on RSS.com
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Philosopher Alan Love interviewed on The Well, a publication by the @templetonfdn.bsky.social and @bigthink.com. "Does life have a purpose?" MCPS Director Alan Love argues that the answer is not as simple as yes or no. www.youtube.com/watch?v=boYo...
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Your life has purpose — just not the kind you think | Alan Love
Philosopher Alan Love on why ‘do I have purpose?’ is the wrong question to ask yourself. ❍ Subscribe to The Well on YouTube: https://bit.ly/welcometothewell Does life have a purpose? Philosopher…
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Membership in the Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose (CASP) is now open to interested individuals. There is an annual fee for established researchers; we waive the fee for early career academics. Please check it out and consider getting involved.
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CASP - Capacity, Community, Synergy
Capacity building of conceptual, theoretical, and empirical resources to facilitate new research configurations across disciplines and foster novel investigative strategies that advance life science…
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Lovely article by Dr. Joshua M. Moritz about one of CASP's projects, "Cognition All the Way Up." www.biologicalpurpose.org/subaward-pro... PI Pierrick Bourrat - www.kli.ac.at/en/people/cu... @templetonfdn.bsky.social @kli.ac.at
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Cognition all the way up? | CASP
Evolution has been marked by a small number of major transitions that explain the emergence of new structures. This idea has been applied to both individuality and cognition. In both cases, a…
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Applications invited for three-year postdoctoral position that is part of a new grant-funded project, the "Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose" (CASP). More details, including how to apply, online: cla.umn.edu/mcps/news-ev... #philsci
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Applications invited for three-year postdoctoral position
Part of a new grant-funded project
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American Historical Association @historians.org · 23/04/2026
AHA member Alix Genter built a career beyond the “grand academic career” she once imagined, launching an editing business after earning her PhD. “Helping other scholars refine their writing... is enormously fulfilling.” Read her Member Spotlight:
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AHA Member Spotlight: Alix Genter – AHA
Alix Genter is a freelance academic editor. She lives in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and has been a member since 2019.
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Sino-Australian Philosophy of Life Sciences Network (SAPoLSN) invites applications for the 2026 Intntl Grad Summer School, “Agents of Evolution,” Macquarie Uni, Aug 17–22. Reg deadline: 5 May (Sydney time, UTC+10). Registration: www.wjx.top/vm/YqwATWz.a... About: sapolsn.com/event/2026-s...
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Application for SAPoLSN 2026 Summer School
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The deadline for applications is 15 May 2026.
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Lots of great summer events coming up! History and Philosophy of Science: Past, Present, and Future 24 - 26 June 2026 Academic Building, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology www.shanyafeng.com/hps26
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HPS26 - Yafeng Shan
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CASP: Consortium for Advancing a Science of Purpose @casp-life-science.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We are excited to share the good news that the Consortium is fully funded &will run through March 2031. We have now begun work on some of the many activities we have planned for the next five years (for example, interdisciplinary workshops in early 2027). www.biologicalpurpose.org #philsci #AlanLove
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CASP - Capacity, Community, Synergy
Capacity building of conceptual, theoretical, and empirical resources to facilitate new research configurations across disciplines and foster novel investigative strategies that advance life science i...
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