https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Neuroethics-a-New-Frontier-in-the https://booksandideas.net/Neuroethics-a-New-Frontier-in-the 2014-01-09T09:00:00Z text/html en Stanislas Dehaene responsibility freedom science neurosciences ethics Institut du monde contemporain <p>What does the science of the brain tell us about our moral judgments and behavior? Two books address that question in presenting a new discipline: neuroethics.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Bacteria-can-think-too https://booksandideas.net/Bacteria-can-think-too 2013-10-28T08:00:00Z text/html en Ariane Poulantzas Philosophy genetics drama science epistemology neurosciences Institut du monde contemporain <p>Alain Prochiantz, a professor in the Morphogenetics Department at the Collège de France, retraces the twists and turns – what he calls “accidents” – in his scientific career. One such “accident,” a major unexpected discovery, has redrawn the theoretical contours of his discipline and paved the way for new therapeutic approaches. Prochiantz speaks here as a scientist, but also as a philosopher of science and as an artist, all of which he feels are mutually complementary pursuits.</p>