Abstract
How does microbiota research impact our understanding of biological individuality? We summarize the interdisciplinary summer school on "Microbiota, symbiosis and individuality: conceptual and philosophical issues"(July 2019), which was supported by a European Research Council starting grant project "Immunity, DEvelopment, and the Microbiota"(IDEM). The summer school centered around interdisciplinary group work on four facets of microbiota research: holobionts, individuality, causation, and human health. The conceptual discussion of cutting-edge empirical research provided new insights into microbiota and highlights the value of incorporating into meetings experts from other disciplines, such as philosophy and history of science. [MediaObject not available: see fulltext.]
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 117 |
| Journal | Microbiome |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Aug 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Conceptual analysis
- Downward causation
- Ecology
- History of biology
- Holistic
- Holobiont
- Hologenome
- Microbiome
- Philosophy of biology
- Physiological individuals
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