Christian Sachse
06/18/2005 “Reduction of biological properties by means of functional sub-types”
International colloquium on: “Causation in biomedical sciences” (June 17th to 19th), organized by the Institut d’histoire de la médicine et de la santé, University of Geneva (Genève), and the Centre romand de logique, histoire et philosophie des sciences. Centre Crêt Bérard, Puidoux, Switzerland.
09/29/2005 “Argumente für eine Typen-Identität von Eigenschaften”
XX. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie on: “Kreativität” (September 26th to 30th), organized by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (DGPhil). Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.
10/14/2005 Commentary on Terry Horgan (University of Arizona): “Causal compatibilism and the phenomenology of agency”
International colloquium on “Mental causation, externalism, and self-knowledge” (October 13th to 15th), organised by Research Project Self-Consciousness, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany.
12/09/2005 “Le nouveau réductionnisme en philosophie des sciences”
Cycle of conferences, organized by PhilEAs, l’association des étudiants en philosophie, and the philosophy department of University of Geneva (Genève). University of Geneva (Genève), Switzerland.
02/12/2006 “Reductionism – From an ontological to an epistemological point of view”
Colloquium with John Heil on: “John Heil. Symposium on his ontological point of view” (February 9th to 10th), organized by Centre romand logique, histoire et philosophie des sciences. University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
05/15/2006 “Déduction inter-théorique en philosophie des science”
Research seminar, organized by Martine Nida-Rümelin and Jiri Benovsky. Philosophy department of University of Fribourg. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
05/19/2006 “Réduction de concepts en philosophie des sciences”
Symposium on: “Qu’est-ce que la philosophie?” (May 19th to 20th), organized by the Société Suisse de Philosophie. University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
06/13/2006 “Une nouvelle stratégie réductionniste en philosophie des sciences”
Research seminar, philosophy department of University of Neuchâtel. University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
09/01/2006 “Déduction inter-théorique en philosophie des sciences”
4th International congress of Société de Philosophie Analytique (SoPHA) (September 1st to 3rd). Aix-en-Provence, France.
09/13/2006 “The ABC of theory reduction”
International congress of Gesellschaft für analytische Philosophie (GAP) (September 11th to 14th). Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
01/19/2007 “The causal argument for ontological reductionism”
Workshop on: “Contemporary problems in causation” of the philosophy department of the university of Lausanne and the Centre romand de logique, histoire et philosophie des sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
03/30/2007 “La compatibilité de l’unité et de la pluralité des sciences”
2nd conference of the Société de Philosophie des Sciences (SPS) (February 29th to March 31th). University of Geneva (Genève), Switzerland.
09/06/2007 together with Michael Esfeld “Functional properties and functional reduction”
International conference on: “Mental causation and externalism” (September 5th to 7th), organised by the philosophy department of the university of Lausanne. Hôtel de Sonloup, Les Avants, Switzerland.
11/17/2007 “Relation of theories and concepts”
1st conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA) (November 14th to 17th). Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
03/31/2008 “The status of the pragmatic value of biologie”
2nd interenational colloquium on: “Causation in biomedical sciences” (March 31th to April 2nd), organised by the Institut d’histoire de la médicine et de la santé, University de Genève und der Section de Philosophie der Universität von Lausanne. Hôtel de Sonloup, Les Avants, Switzerland.
08/15/2008 “Scientific pragmatic abstractions”
31th international Wittgenstein Symposium on: “Reduktion und Elimination in Philosophie und den Wissenschaften”. Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society (ALWS) (August 10th to 16th). Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria.
12/01/2008 “Simplify complexity. An argument from selection”
International colloquium on: “Métaphysique de la science / Metaphysics of science” (December 1st and 2nd). Grenoble: University Pierre-Mendes, France.
12/12/2008 “How biological kinds can be natural ones”
International colloquium on: “Neurobiological explanations of the mind” (December 11th and 12th), organised by the philosophy department of the university Lausanne. University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
09/03/2009 “Le libre arbitre sous une nouvelle perspective”
5th International colloquium of the Société de Philosophie Analytique (SoPHA) (2th to 5th september). Geneva: University of Geneva, Switzerland.
09/15/2009 “A new approach to metaphysical free will”
7th congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP) on “Reflection and projections - challenges to philosophy” (14th to 17th september). Bremen: University of Bremen, Germany.
09/18/2009 “Conservative reductionism”
International workshop on “Reductionism, explanations and metaphors in the philosophy of mind”, at the 7th congress of the GAP. Bremen: University of Bremen, Germany.
11/13/2009 “Une nouvelle approche du libre arbitre”
IIIrd congress of the Société de la philosophie des sciences (SPS) on “Science et décision” (12th to 14th november). Paris: University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), France.
01/26/2010 “On evolutionary theory”
Invitation for a contribution at the “IGTG Microeconomic theory workshop” by Christian Bach, Lausanne: University of Lausanne, Switzerland,
02/03/2010 “Le libre arbitre et le sélectionnisme cérébral”
Invitation for a contribution at the “Séminaire de philosophie des sciences” by Thierry Martin, Besançon: University of Besançon, France.
04/02/2010 Commentary on Jean Gayon:
“Les théories de portée intermédiare des sciences biologiques”
4th conference Pierre Duhem. Paris: University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV), France.
10/12/2010 “Overview on models of reduction”
European Graduate School on “Philosophy of mind, reduction, neuroscience” (12th to 16th october). Lausanne: University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
10/15/2010 “Free will and selection”
European Graduate School on "Philosophy of mind, reduction, neuroscience" (12th to 16th October). Lausanne: University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
12/10/2010 “Wissenschaftliche Qualität und Reduktion der Biologie”
Conference on “Probleme des Reduktionismus”. Frankfurt: Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Germany.
12/13/2010 Commentary on Mauro Dorato:
“Ceteris paribus laws in physics and biology”
European Science Foundation Research Networking Program, Workshop on “Points of Contact between the Philosophy of Physics and the Philosophy of Biology” (13th to 15th december). London: LSE, England.
05/11/2011 "Functional Reduction by means of Subtypes – part one"
International Workshop on "Multiple realization in the special sciences". University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
07/21/2011 "Conservative reduction of biology"
14th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of science (CMLPS). Nancy, France.
09/12/2011 "Conservative reduction of biology"
XXII. Deutscher Kongress für Philosophie. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (DGPhil). Munich, Germany.
09/17/2011 "On reduction and multiple realization"
Cognitive Science Conference (16th to 17th September). University of Delaware, USA.
05/06/2012 "Is there metaphysical free will?"
6th International congress of the Société de Philosophie Analytique (SoPHA) (4th to 6th May). University Paris 1 - Pantheon-Sorbonne, France.
07/12/2012 "Multiple realization and essentialism"
Workshop on: The metaphysics of mind and brain: Realization, mechanisms, and embodiment (12th to 14th July). Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany.
11/07/2012 "An argument for essentialism in biology"
Research seminar, University of Bern, Switzerland.
11/23/2012 "Commentary on: Cristian Saborido: Causes and dispositions. Functions in biological explaantions"
ESF-Workshop on: Causation, dispositions, and probabilities in physics and biology (22th to 24th November). University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
03/14/2013 "Organisms and biological individuals"
Conference of the Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie (GWP) (11t to 14th March), University of Hanover, Germany.
05/01/2013 "Natural kinds and laws in biology"
Workshop with John Heil (1st to 2nd Mai), University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
06/14/2013 "On the function-dysfunction distinction"
Research seminar, UNED, Madrid, Spain
01/30/2014 "Biologie et physique"
Conference (30th to 31st January) on the book project: "Précis de Philosophie de la biologie", Université Lyon III, Lyon, France.
06/10/2014 "Biological functions and multiple realization"
Workshop (10th to 12th June) on "Realizability and levels of reality", IHPST, Paris, France.
06/27/2014 "Le réductionnisme conservatif - Conserver les sciences spéciales par réduction"
5th congress (25th to 27th June) of the Société de Philosophie des Sciences (SPS), University Lille 3, Lille, France.
11/27/2014 "Philosophical perspectives on stem cell research"
Doctoral School (FBM) "Stem cells in neuroscience" (24th to 28th November), Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
12/11/2014 "La notion de l'individualité biologique"
Master and doctoral seminar on current research in philosophy of science (Vincent Lam), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
07/22 2015 "Possible limits of reductive explanations"
Workshop on "Explanation of cognition" (Zoe Drayson), Stirling University, Scotland.
07/27-31 2015 "Superorganisms, organisms and suborganisms as biological individuals" (Summerschool)
Co-Organisation (together witht Marie I. Kaiser, Thomas Reydon, and Marianne Schark). 21 participants from 10 countries; invited guests: Yulia Egorova, Mathias Grote, Philippe Huneman and Staffan Müller-Wille. Siggen, Germany.
03/03 2016 "Determinism, indeterminism, and free will"
Presentation within the program "Science and Ethics: Inputs from Neuroscience, Genetics and Evolution" (Christine Clavien), University of Geneva, Switzerland.
03/07 2016 "Possible limits of reductive explanationss"
Presentation within the GWP-SPS-Symposium "From genetics to culture – lines, gaps and bridges" (together withFrancesca Merlin & Cédric Paternotte), 2. Meeting (7th to 10th March) of the Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie (GWP), University of Düsseldorf, Germany.
05/03 2016 "On the notion of biological function and dysfunction"
Paper-discussion at the "lake geneva Biological Interest Group" (lgBIG), University of Geneva, Switzerland.
09/15-17 2016 "On the notion of dysfunction in etiological approaches"
2nd Meeting (15th to 17th September) der The Society for the metaphysics of science (SMS), University of Geneva, Switzerland.