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Function and Malfunction in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences and Social Sciences

Fourth European Advanced Seminar in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Klosterneuburg, Austria, 5–9 September 2016

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  1. Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

    Thomas Bonnin

  2. Centro Lombardo, Mexico City, Mexico

    Paola Hernández-Chávez

  3. Department of Philosophy, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Michal Hladky

  4. Department of Evolutionary Biology, Sciences School, UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), Mexico City, Mexico

    C. David Suárez Pascal

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Bonnin, T., Hernández-Chávez, P., Hladky, M. et al. Function and Malfunction in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences and Social Sciences. Biol Theory 13, 39–43 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-017-0273-7

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