Towards a Theory of Development
Edited by Alessandro Minelli and Thomas Pradeu
Author Information
Alessandro Minelli, Professor of Zoology - retired, University of Padova,Thomas Pradeu, Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science, Paris-Sorbonne University
Alessandro Minelli was Professor of Zoology at the University of Padova, Italy, until his retirement in 2011. Following long years of research in biological systematics and phylogenetics, he later moved the focus of his activity towards evolutionary developmental biology. Founding member and former vice-president of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology, Minelli is member of the editorial board of Evolution & Development, Theory in Biosciences and Frontiers in Zoology.
Thomas Pradeu is Associate Professor in Philosophy of Science at Paris-Sorbonne University. Trained in both philosophy and biology, he is particularly interested in conceptual and theoretical issues of immunology and developmental biology. His research has been published in scientific and philosophical journals, including Biological Theory, Biology and Philosophy, The Lancet, Nature Reviews Immunology, and The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA.
Contributors:
Wallace Arthur
School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Jonathan Bard
Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
Roberto Carrer
Department of Mathematics, V. Volterra Institute, San Donà di Piave, Italy
Giuseppe Fusco
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Italy
Scott F. Gilbert
Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA and Biotechnology Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
James Griesemer
Department of Philosophy, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Isaac Hernández
Department of Philosophy, University of Toulouse 2, France
Johannes Jaeger
CRG - Centre de Regulació Genòmica, Barcelona, Spain
Jean-Jacques Kupiec
Centre Cavaillès, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Lucie Laplane
Department of Philosophy, University of Paris X, Nanterre, Paris, France
Alan C. Love
Department of Philosophy, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Margaret J. McFall-Ngai
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Alessandro Minelli
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Armin P. Moczek
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA and National Center for Evolutionary Synthesis (NESCent), Durham, North Carolina, USA
Michel Morange
Centre Cavaillès, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Stuart A. Newman
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
Spencer V. Nyholm
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Thomas Pradeu
Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France
Emanuele Serrelli
Riccardo Massa Department of Human Sciences, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
James Sharpe CRG - Centre de Regulació Genòmica, Barcelona, Spain
Davide Vecchi
Department of Philosophy, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile and Institute of Philosophy and Sciences of Complexity (IFICC), Santiago, Chile
Michel Vervoort
Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France and Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
