This week, we meet our first philosopher guest - Thomas Pradeu tells us what scientist can learn from philosophers
Thomas shares his journey navigating from philosophy to immunology and biology
He explains the difference between ‘philosophy IN biology’ compared to ‘philosophy OF biology’
He mentions ‘mutual ignorance’ - that scientists often don’t know about philosophers who would be interested in their science
Thomas argues that philosophers should be brought in at the beginning of a project rather than at the end. He describes his model for embedding philosophers within a biology research environment
He gives lots of specific examples, from immunology and beyond, where philosophers made an impact on science by intervening upstream
Thomas stresses the importance of challenging the foundations (in the lab and at home)
He also stresses the importance of reading every day
Thomas talks honestly about the difficulties of improving life-work balance and gender balance in academia
Thomas is proud of his success in creating examples of the Philosophy IN Biology networks as a model for interdisciplinary collaboration
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