We are delighted to invite you to our workshop, which marks the culmination of our seminar series on Agency between Biology and Philosophy.The workshop will take place on 22-23 September 2026 • in per...

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.Next session10 June, 4.15 to 5.15 PM UK timeSession led by Christopher J...

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.Next session13 May, 4 to 5 UK timeSession led by Leonard DungTitle: Dist...

TRIBUNE. Le projet du CNRS d’extension de l’élevage de primates à des fins d’expérimentation à Rousset, dans les Bouches-du-Rhône, va à l’encontre d’une trajectoire de réduction de l’utilisation de ce...

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...

Que ressentent les animaux face à la mort de leurs congénères, et qu’en comprennent-ils ? À travers des exemples passionnants, une exploration d’un champ d’études en plein essor : la thanatologie anim...

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...

Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...

Peut-on confronter la philosophie bergsonienne aux problèmes de la biologie contemporaine de l'évolution ? Entre finalisme et mécanisme, M. Tahar montre la fécondité toujours actuelle de l'élan vital.

À propos de : Mathilde Tahar, Du finalisme en biologie, Puf

The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.

Behavioral innovativeness—the propensity of an individual organism or higher group to innovate—is frequently invoked as a measurable trait allowing for cross-species comparisons. Individuals or specie...

Les découvertes de la biologie contemporaine donnent un contenu empirique à l'idée bergsonienne selon laquelle les animaux insèrent de l'indétermination dans le monde. Bergson apparaît dès lors comme le complément philosophique nécessaire aux avancées de l'éthologie et de la biologie de l'évolution.

Pouvons-nous penser comme la chauve-souris, jouer comme le poulpe ou encore collaborer comme le corbeau avec le loup ? Tous ces animaux perçoivent-ils et ont-ils conscience d’eux mêmes comme nous l’en...

Penser la créativité non humaine à partir de la philosophie bergsonienne

Here’s a puzzle: how could evolution favour such a costly, frivolous and fun activity as animal play?

Here’s a puzzle: how could evolution favour such a costly, frivolous and fun activity as animal play?

Here, you will find the programme of the upcoming sessions, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.Next SessionsThe seminar series will continue on the seco...

This essay summarizes work on the origins, evolution and ethology of play over several decades. We now know that play occurs, although sporadically, in many animals other than birds and mammals inc...