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SUMMARY:Biological Reductionism: Does it describe life or Life? - Dr David
  Summers\, Head of Genetics Department
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CONTACT:Lloyd West
DESCRIPTION:The title ‘What is life?’ derives from a book written in 1
 944 by the physicist Erwin Schr¨odinger which\ncontroversially merges phy
 sics and biology in order to describe life processes. We want to ask both\
 nthe sciences and humanities how the phenomenon of life\, and human life i
 n particular (but not exclusively)\nis transformed into understanding and 
 representation in their disciplines. How is the gulf\, in Kant’s sense\,
 \nbetween actual life and rational understanding of life overcome\, if at 
 all? How can materialistic and subjective treatments of ‘life’ be reco
 nciled? Finally\, what are the consequences for the ethical human being of
  any changed conception of life?\n\nFor more information please refer to o
 ur website: http://www.srcf.ucam.org/think
LOCATION:Lloyd Room\, Christ’s College
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