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IAS Research is a group of the UPV/EHU, comprising philosophers and scientists, engaged in the investigation of the organisation of living systems.

University of Basque Country
Joined September 2024
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Critical metaphors reduced misinformation. The authors argue that metaphors act as epistemic conditioning devices: they shape judgments by structuring understanding. #DeExtinction #Biotech #Conservation #Biodiversity #Misinformation #Metaphor #PhilSci #PhilBio #xphi
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Congratulations to Dr. Alberto Monterde Fuertes, who today defended his PhD thesis "Pain beyond nociception" with the highest honours! Supervised by Leonardo Bich & Cristian Saborido. Thank you for everything, Alberto! 👏
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🎓 Tomorrow, Alberto Monterde Fuertes defends his PhD thesis "Pain beyond nociception: Reductionism, functional individuation, and biological autonomy"! 📅 Wed, Oct 7 · 10:00 
📍 Salón de Grados, HEFA I Supervised by @Leo_Bich & Cristian Saborido. All welcome!
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🆕 New paper by William Bechtel & Leonardo Bich Physiological control is not a top-down hierarchy, but heterarchical architecture in which multiple control mechanisms act on the same production mechanisms dialecticalsystems.eu/public…...
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New paper by Leonardo Bich (@Leo_Bich) with William Bechtel in the Journal of Physiology 🧠 Latest in their heterarchy series: where is control ultimately integrated? At the last step, they argue: in the production mechanisms themselves, not the CNS. doi.org/10.1113/JP291403
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Live from KLI for #EASPLS2026, whose consortium we're part of 🌍 How is human impact reshaping the way organisms reproduce and evolve? Our senior researcher Arantza Etxeberria (UPV/EHU) argues that reproduction is a web of developmental, physiological & ecological relations.
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Happening now at our #IASSeminar: Daniel S. Brooks (University of Wuppertal) on ‘Scale Ranges, the Variety of Matter’s Forms, and Levels of Organization as Local Maxima.’ #PhilosophyofBiology #PhilSci
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🔔 IAS Seminar | Upcoming Session 📅 Friday, May 15th · 13:00h 📍 Room 5, Centro Carlos Santamaría Laura Mojica & Ezequiel Di Paolo (UPV/EHU + Ikerbasque) will present: 🧠 Sensorimotor Incorporation: An Operational Definition Everyone welcome! #CognitiveScience #Philosophy
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📣 Next IAS Seminar | Fri, 17 Apr, 13:00 This week we’ll be joined by David Cortés-García (Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research) to discuss “The ontology of biological reproduction in evolutionary biology: a philosophical analysis”. #PhilosophyOfBiology
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📣 Next IAS Seminar | Fri, 17 Apr, 13:00 This week we’ll be joined by David Cortés-García (Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research) to discuss “The ontology of biological reproduction in evolutionary biology: a philosophical analysis”. #PhilosophyOfBiology
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👋🎓 PhD defense IAS Researcher Marta Pérez Verdugo successfully defended her PhD on March 20. Huge congratulations! 📝 “Personal Autonomy Through Technology: How Hyperdesigned Digital Environments Structure Human Behaviour.” We’re proud of her work and contributions. 👏
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👋🎓 PhD defense IAS Researcher Marta Pérez Verdugo successfully defended her PhD on March 20. Huge congratulations! 📝 “Personal Autonomy Through Technology: How Hyperdesigned Digital Environments Structure Human Behaviour.” We’re proud of her work and contributions. 👏
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📣 Next IAS Seminar | Fri, 27 Feb 2026, 13:00 This week we’ll have Vincenzo Politi (University of Seville) with us to talk about “Science, society, and the normativity of science governance”. 📍 Room 4, Centro Carlos Santamaría (San Sebastián) #ScienceGovernance @unisevilla
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📣 Next IAS Seminar | Fri, 27 Feb 2026, 13:00 This week we’ll have Vincenzo Politi (University of Seville) with us to talk about “Science, society, and the normativity of science governance”. 📍 Room 4, Centro Carlos Santamaría (San Sebastián) #ScienceGovernance @unisevilla
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