Possible Life: The Philosophical Significance of Extending Biology

Project Information

LIFEMODE

Grant agreement ID: 818772

DOI

10.3030/818772

Project closed

EC signature date 30 April 2019

Start date 1 June 2019

End date 30 September 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 999 566,00

EU contribution

€ 1 999 566,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAT WIEN
Austria

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (28)

Understanding, Virtually: How Does the Synthetic Cell Matter?

Author(s): Daphne Broeks; Tarja Knuuttila; Henk de Regt
Published in: Perspectives ion Science, Issue 32(3), 2024, Page(s) 394-414, ISSN 1063-6145
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.1162/posc_a_00612

Epistemology of Modality: Between the Rock and the Hard Place

Author(s): Ilkka Orjo Tapani Pättiniemi, Rami Koskinen, Ilmari Hirvonen
Published in: Acta Philosophica Fennica, Issue 97, 2021, Page(s) 33-53, ISSN 0355-1792
Publisher: Finland

Deidealization: No Easy Reversals

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Mary S. Morgan
Published in: Philosophy of Science, Issue 86(4), 2019, ISSN 0031-8248
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.1086/704975

"""Molecular Biology”—Pleonasm or Denotation for a Discipline ofIts Own? Reflections on the Origins of Molecular Biology and Its Situation Today"

Author(s): Gregor P. Greslehner
Published in: Biomolecule, Issue 13(10), 2023, Page(s) 1511, ISSN 2218-273X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom13101511

Holistic idealization: An artifactual standpoint

Author(s): Natalia Carrillo, Tarja Knuuttila
Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A,, Issue 91, 2022, Page(s) 49-59, ISSN 0039-3681
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.10.009

How localized are computational templates? A machine learning approach

Author(s): Maximilian Noichl
Published in: Synthese, Issue 201, 2023, Page(s) 107, ISSN 0039-7857
Publisher: D. Reidel Pub. Co.
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-023-04057-x

Minding the gut: extending embodied cognition and perception to the gut complex

Author(s): Boem, F., Greslehner G.P., Konsman, J.P., Chiu, L.
Published in: Frontiers in Neuroscience, Issue 17, 2023, Page(s) 1172783, ISSN 1662-4548
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1172783

Representations of and by the Extended Mind

Author(s): Moritz Kriegleder
Published in: Constructivist Foundations, Issue 17(3), 2022, Page(s) 236–238, ISSN 1782-348X
Publisher: Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Could We Really Be Made of Swiss Cheese? Xenobiology as an Engineering Epistemology for Biological Realization

Author(s): Rami Koskinen
Published in: ChemBioChem, Issue 21/18, 2020, Page(s) 2591-2594, ISSN 1439-4227
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202000063

(Un)Easily Possible Synthetic Biology

Author(s): Knuuttila, Tarja; Loettgers, Andrea
Published in: Philosophy of Science, Issue 89(5), 2022, Page(s) 908 - 917, ISSN 0031-8248
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.1017/psa.2022.60

Divide & Rule: The Future of Enactivism

Author(s): Moritz Kriegleder
Published in: Constructivist Foundations, Issue 19(1), 2023, Page(s) 27-28, ISSN 1782-348X
Publisher: Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Exploring biological possibility through synthetic biology

Author(s): Tero Ijäs, Rami Koskinen
Published in: European Journal for Philosophy of Science, Issue 11, 2021, ISSN 1879-4912
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s13194-021-00364-7

Synthetic fictions: turning imagined biological systems into concrete ones

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Rami Koskinen
Published in: Synthese, 2019, ISSN 0039-7857
Publisher: D. Reidel Pub. Co.
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-020-02567-6

Model templates: transdisciplinary application and entanglement

Author(s): Knuuttila, Tarja; Loettgers, Andrea
Published in: Synthese 201(6), Issue 201(6), 2023, ISSN 0039-7857
Publisher: D. Reidel Pub. Co.
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-023-04178-3

Mechanisms and the problem of abstract models

Author(s): Natalia Carrillo; Tarja Knuuttila
Published in: European Journal for Philosophy of Science, Issue 13(27), 2023, ISSN 1879-4912
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s13194-023-00530-z

Models as Epistemic Artifacts for Scientific Reasoning in Science Education Research

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Marvin Rost
Published in: Education Sciences, Issue 12(4), 2022, ISSN 2227-7102
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/educsci12040276

Insider apology for microeconomic theorising?

Author(s): Maarten Janssen,Tarja Knuuttila, Mary S. Morgan
Published in: Journal of Economic Methodology, 2024, ISSN 1350-178X
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/1350178x.2024.2326895

Epistemic artifacts and the modal dimension of modeling

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila
Published in: European Journal for Philosophy of Science, Issue 11/3, 2021, ISSN 1879-4912
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s13194-021-00374-5

Biological Control Variously Materialized: Modeling, Experimentation and Exploration in Multiple Media

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Andrea Loettgers
Published in: Perspectives on Science, Issue 29 (4), 2021, Page(s) 468–492, ISSN 1063-6145
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.1162/posc_a_00379

Explanatory power by vagueness. Challenges to the strong prior hypothesis on hallucinations exemplified by the Charles-Bonnet-Syndrome

Author(s): Franz Roman Schmid, Moritz F. Kriegleder
Published in: Consciousness and Cognition, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 103620, ISSN 1053-8100
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2023.103620

Modal inferences in science: a tale of two epistemologies.

Author(s): Ilmari Hirvonen, Rami Koskinen, Ilkka Pättiniemi
Published in: Synthese, 2021, ISSN 0039-7857
Publisher: D. Reidel Pub. Co.
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-021-03399-8

The vaccinologist’s “dirty little secret”: a better understanding of structure-function relationships of viral immunogens might advance rational HIV vaccine design

Author(s): Gregor P. Greslehner
Published in: Archives of Virology, 2021, Page(s) 1297-1303, ISSN 0304-8608
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-021-04982-7

Understanding immunity: an alternative framework beyond defense and strength

Author(s): Martin Zach; Gregor P. Greslehner
Published in: Biology & Philosophy, Issue 38(7), 2023, ISSN 0169-3867
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-023-09893-2

Towards an extended view of immunity: A philosophical perspective

Author(s): Martin Zach; Gregor P. Greslehner
Published in: Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, Issue 41(6), 2022, Page(s) 101156, ISSN 2352-5568
Publisher: Elsevier Masson SAS
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2022.101156

Modelling gene regulation: (De)compositional and template-based strategies

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttilaa, Vivette García Deisterb
Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Issue 77, 2020, Page(s) 101-111, ISSN 0039-3681
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2017.11.002

Multiple Realizability and Biological Modality

Author(s): Rami Koskinen
Published in: Philosophy of Science, Issue 86(5), 2019, ISSN 0031-8248
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
DOI: 10.1086/705478

Kinds of modalities and modeling practices

Author(s): Rami Koskinen
Published in: Synthese, Issue 201(196), 2023, ISSN 0039-7857
Publisher: D. Reidel Pub. Co.
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-023-04185-4

Perceptual Presence as Enactive Inference

Author(s): Moritz Kriegleder
Published in: Constructivist Foundations, Issue 16 (3), 2021, Page(s) 313-314, ISSN 1782-348X
Publisher: Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Possible life: philosophical essays on biological modalities

Author(s): Rami Koskinen
Published in: 2025
Publisher: University of Vienna

Book chapters (16)

Synthetic models in biology

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Andrea Loettgers
Published in: The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modeling, 2024, Page(s) 482-496, ISBN 9781003205647
Publisher: Routledge

Philosophical Perspectiveson Neuroendocrine–Immune Interactions: The Building Block Model and ComplementaryNeuro-Endocrine-Immune-Microbiota Systems Approaches. I

Author(s): Gregor P. Greslehner, F. Boem, L. Chiu, J.P. Konsman
Published in: Neuroendocrine-Immune System Interactions. Masterclass in Neuroendocrinology, vol 13., Issue vol 13, 2023
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-21358-8_2

Introduction

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Till Grüne-Yanoff, Rami Koskinen, Ylwa Sjölin Wirling
Published in: Modeling the Possible, 2025, Page(s) 1-24, ISBN 9781003342816
Publisher: Routledge

Scientific Models in the Philosophy of Science

Author(s): Tarja Knuttila, Rami Koskinen, Natalia Carrillo
Published in: The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientif modelling, 2024, Page(s) 1-8, ISBN 9781032071510
Publisher: Routledge

Models of the nerve impulse

Author(s): Natalia Carrillo
Published in: The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modeling, 2024, Page(s) 549-560, ISBN 9781032071510
Publisher: Routledge

Are Pandemics a Necessary Evil? The Role of Epidemiological and Immunological Models in Understanding and Preventing Diseases

Author(s): Gregor P. Greslehner
Published in: 2025, ISBN 9781003342816
Publisher: Routledge

Beyond Networks

Author(s): James DiFrisco, Johannes Jaeger, Andrea Loettgers
Published in: Modeling the Possible, 2025, Page(s) 158-175, ISBN 9781003342816
Publisher: Routledge

An Artifactual Perspective on Idealization: Constant Capacitance and the Hodgkin and Huxley Model

Author(s): Knuuttila, Tarja; Carrillo, Natalia
Published in: Models and Idealizations in Science, 2021, ISBN 978-3-030-65801-4
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4483156

Models, Fictions and Artifacts

Author(s): Knuuttila, Tarja
Published in: Language and Scientific Research, Issue 1, 2021, ISBN 978-3-030-60536-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4478276

Introduction

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Natlia Carrillo, Rami Koskinen
Published in: The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modeling, 2024, Page(s) 1-8, ISBN 9781003205647
Publisher: Routledge

The Metaphoric Sources of Scientific Innovation

Author(s): Sergio F Martínez, Natalia Carrillo
Published in: Metaphors and Analogies in Sciences and Humanities, 2022, Page(s) 33-47, ISBN 978-3-030-90687-0
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90688-7_2

Abstraction as Material Translation: An Artistic Reflection of (Re)Presentation

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Hanna Johansson, Natalia Carrillo
Published in: Abstraction in Science and Art Philosophical Perspectives, 2024, ISBN 9781032462875
Publisher: Routledge

Magnetized Memories: Analogies and Templates in Model Transfer

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Andrea Loettgers
Published in: Living Machines? Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology., 2020, ISBN 9780815380788
Publisher: Routledge

The Combinatorial Possibilities of Synthetic Biology

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Andrea Loettgers
Published in: Modeling the Possible, 2025, Page(s) 141-158, ISBN 9781003342816
Publisher: Routledge

Climate Models

Author(s): Ikka Pättiniemi, Rami Koskinen
Published in: The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modeling, 2024, Page(s) 443-455, ISBN 9781003205647
Publisher: Routledge

The artifactual approach to modeling

Author(s): Tarja Knuttila
Published in: The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modeling, 2024, Page(s) 111-125, ISBN 9781003205647
Publisher: Routledge

Monographic books (2)

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Scientific Modelling

Author(s): Tarja Knuuttila, Natalia Carrillo, Rami Koskinen
Published in: Routledge Handbooks, 2024, ISBN 9781032071510
Publisher: Routledge

Modelling the Possible

Author(s): Knuuttila, Tarja, Till Gruene-Yanoff, Rami Koskinen, and Ylwa Sjölin Wirling
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Routledge