Process-Philosophical Perspectives on Biology

Spyridon A. Koutroufinis is Privatdozent (Associate Professor) for philosophy at the Technical University of Berlin. Between 2012 and 2014 he was Visiting Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He has specialized in process philosophy, biophilosophy, classical metaphysics and complexity theory. His research focus is the establishment of a new theory of the organism. He is the author and editor of six books and numerous articles and book chapters.Arthur Araujo obtained his PhD in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2001). He is a Professor of Philosophy with a focus on the following fields: Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Biology. His other interests include: Pragmatism, Biosemiotics and Semiotics, Philosophy of Ordinary Language, Evolution and Organism. He is a founding member and the current coordinator of the Semiotics and Pragmatism Work Group, at the National Association of Graduate Studies in Philosophy, in Brazil.