Popular articles
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In this two parts article, Fabian Hundertmark, Jakob Roloff and I argue that if we want to have a satisfactory notion of function we need to include selection. We do so in response to an article published on The Brains Blog by Dong and Piccinini.
Our article has been followed by a short response.
Target article: Rethinking Biological Functions (Dong, Piccinini)
Part I: Selection is Inescapable (Part 1: Do We Need to Rethink Biological Functions?)
Part II: Selection is Inescapable (Part 2: Re-rethinking Biological Functions)
Response: Rethinking Functions: The Role of Selection (Dong, Piccinini)
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In this article for Jargonium, I explore three main reasons why the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2024 is interesting and exciting for both science and philosophy of science.
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In this Chemistry World article, I discuss the relationship between structure and function in biochemistry and how it can allow us to interpret the relation between chemistry and biology.
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What does it mean for something like a vitamin, a biochemical macromolecule, to have a function? In this BJPS short-read I summarise the main thesis of my article “Biochemical functions” (BJPS, 2025).
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This letter to Chemistry World discusses the philosophical questions that underline Assembly theory.
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This article for Chemistry World discovers the importance of scientific categories for scientific discovery.
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This short blog post describes the history of the discovery of the genes.
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This blog post presents and discusses proteins functions and how it informs the relation between the sciences.
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This blog post presents the question of the unity of science.
Videos, Podcasts and Interviews
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In this Podcast Episode I discuss with Rahul Sam my research in the Assembling Life Project, my forthcoming book, process philosophy and much more.
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In this episode, I talk with Ricardo Lopez about philosophy of science, with a focus on functions and kinds. We discuss what functions and kinds are, broadly speaking. We discuss natural kinds, and then we get into biochemistry, and talk about biochemical kinds, and biological and chemical functions. We discuss whether genes are natural kinds, and all the complexity of genetics, epigenetics, and the production of proteins. Finally, we talk about virtue ethics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In this talk for the TedX Royal Holloway, I explore the nexus between science and philosophy and the questions concerning the nature of objects.
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CEFISES Seminar in Philosophy of Chemistry, UC Leuven (December 2023).
In this talk, I explore a form of functional reductionism for biochemical cases.
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In this talk for the MetaScience Project Final Conference, I explore which unities can be found in biochemistry and for biochemical entities. This talk summarises some of the main outputs of my PhD thesis “Biochemical kinds and the Unity of Science”.
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This short video presents the final event of the MetaScience Project.
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Interview for LSE Philosophy blog.
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Talk for the 26th conference of the IS for Philosophy of Chemistry (2022).
In this talk, I discuss whether biochemical molecules are instances of biological or chemical kinds. I argue that biochemical molecules aren’t instance of either and that we need to introduce the notion of biochemical kinds.
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This podcast episode for Condensed Matter discusses the BJPS paper Biochemical functions (2022).
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In this interview, I discuss my role in the Metascience project and other metaphysical views.