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<bstyle="font-weight:900;">On biological and cognitive autonomy</b><br/>
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In this talk I will introduce the central notions of the theory of autonomy, as it is being currently developed in biology and cognitive science. The theory of autonomy puts forward the capacity of self-determination of organisms as whole systems, and constitutes thereby an alternative to more reductionist and mechanistic approaches. I will discuss how the theory of autonomy provides a justification for the scientific use of notions as function, norm, agency and teleology, whose epistemological legitimacy is highly debated. I will conclude by describing the difficult challenges that poses the transition from biological to cognitive autonomy. <br/>
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<bstyle="font-weight:900;">A mind set in stone: fossil traces of human brain evolution</b><br/>
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Brains do not fossilise, but as they grow and expand during fetal and infant development, they leave an imprint in the bony braincase. Such imprints of fossilised braincases provide direct evidence of brain evolution, but the underlying biological changes have remained elusive. Combining data from fossil skulls, ancient genomes, brain imaging and gene expression helps shed light on the evolutionary changes shaping the human brain. I will highlight two examples separated by more than 3 million years: the evolution of brain growth in Lucy and her kind, and differences between modern humans and Neanderthals. <br/>
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<bstyle="font-weight:900;">Biosketch</b><br/>
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Matteo Mossio is Chargé de recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), full member of the <ahref="https://ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr" target="_blank">IHPST</a>, Paris, France. He works mainly in philosophical and theoretical issues related to biological autonomy. He <ahref="http://perso.univ-paris1.fr/mmossio" target="_blank">published</a> several articles in international philosophical and scientific journals as well as chapters in collective volumes. In 2015, he published (together with Alvaro Moreno) a full monograph on the <ahref="https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789401798365" target="_blank">theory of autonomy</a>. Matteo Mossio supervises several PhD and Master students, and regularly teaches in the Philosophy Program of the University of Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne. <br/><br/>
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Dr. Philipp Gunz is a biological anthropologist who studies the evolution of human development. Philipp obtained his PhD at the University of Vienna (2005), and works as a group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. He is a specialist for the reconstruction of fossil skulls from computed tomographic scans, and the statistical analysis of shape. You can find out more about his research on: <ahref="https://www.evodevo.de" target="_blank">https://www.evodevo.de</a>. <br/><br/>
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