InternationalConference

OurSpeciesandItsResponsibilities.AnOntologyfortheEnvironmentalCrisis

1&2February2018 - UniversityofTurin

CampusLuigiEinaudi,Lungo DoraSiena100/ASalalauree blu

TheconferenceispartoftheactivitiesoftheprojectSOFEE-SocialOntologyForEnvironmentalEmergenciesfundedbytheEuropeanUnion’sFp7ResearchandInnovationProgrammeunderthe MarieSklodowska-CuriegrantagreementNo609402– 2020(TraintoMove) hostedbytheLabOnt,LaboratoryforOntology(UniversityofTurin)andisorganizedincollaborationwiththe UNESCOChairinSustainableDevelopmentandTerritoryManagement andthe MasterinSocio-environmentalSustainabilityofAgrifood Networks.

ScientificCommittee:SimonaBonelli, UniversityofTurin; VincenzoCrupi,UniversityofTurin;MaurizioFerraris,UniversityofTurin; PhilippeHuneman,IHPST-CNRS/Université Paris1Sorbonne; PhilipKitcher,ColumbiaUniversity; FedericaLiveriero,UPO- UniversityofPiemonte Orientale; JorgeMarquesdaSilva,UniversityofLisbon; Sahotra Sarkar,UniversityofTexasatAustin,USAandPresidencyUniversity,Kolkata,India.Convenors:ElenaCasetta,FrancescoCamboni,DavidePala,VeraTripodi.

Whoisresponsibleforthecurrentenvironmentalcrisis—includingthetwointertwinedphenomenaofclimatechangeandbiodiversitydeclining?Typically,ourspecieswithitsactivities—habitatinterruption,pollution,overexploitationofnaturalresources,etc.—ispointedatbothasthemaincauseandtheallegedagentwhohasthedutytoredressthecrisis.Butwhatdoesthatactuallymean?Doesitmakeanysensetospeakof species responsibility? Couldaspecies,asdistinctfromitsindividualmembers,beamoralagent?Answeringthesequestionsrequiresapreliminaryreflectiononthenature,ontheonehand,oftheverynotionofcollectiveresponsibility(andtherelatednotionsofpersonalandsharedresponsibility);and,ontheotherhand,ontheontologicalstatusofour(andother)species,aswellascollectivesubjectssuchasgroupsandcommunities.

February 1 9.00 – 9.30 Greetings

Renato Grimaldi, Director of the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, University of Turin Dario Padovan, Scientific Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management, University of Turin

Maurizio Ferraris, Vice Rector for Humanities Research and President of LabOnt, University of Turin

9.30-10.15 Chair Elena Casetta

Virginie Maris (Keynote address) Centre d’écologie fonctionnelle et évolutive (CNRS), Montpellier Another “Great Divide” - Rethinking wild nature in a human-dominated world

February 2

10.15-10.45 Davide Vecchi Center for the Philosophy of Sciences, University of Lisbon Organismality, not centralised control, grounds species collective responsibility

10.00-10.45 Chair Simona Bonelli

Markku Oksanen (Keynote address) Dept. of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland Environmental crisis - Can we put the blame on human(‘s) rights?

10.45-11.15 Livia Luzzatto Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading Personhood and climate change: responsibilities towards future generations

10.45-11.15 Sebastian Muders Dept. of Philosophy, University of Zurich, Switzerland Two kinds of human dignity?

11.15-11.45 Coffee Break 11.15-11.45 Coffee Break 11.45-12.15 Sandro Bertolino

Dept. of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin Not to choose is not an option: we can only direct our actions, which exist anyhow

11.45-12.15 Franco Andreone Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Turin Wildlife and socio-economic depletion in a bio-diversity hotspot: Madagascar as a case study for global engagement

12.15-12.45 Raluca Voda Dept. of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin Cryptic matters. The importance of hidden biodiversity

12.15-12.45 Alvise Lucarda e Cecilia Mugnai Dept. of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin Evolution of the concept of wildlife conservation. New indications from the fishing planet and from the recent changes in distribution of freshwater fish species

12.45-14.30 Lunch 12.45-14.30 Lunch 14.30-15.15 Chair Vera Tripodi

Tiziana Andina (Keynote address) Dept. of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, University of Turin / LabOnt Transgenerational actions and responsibility toward our species

14.30-15.00 Chair Vincenzo Crupi

Ezio Venturino Dept. of Mathematics, University of Turin Does mathematical modeling have something to say in the environmental crisis?

15.15-15.45 Francesca De Vecchi Faculty of Philosophy, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan Qualitative social ontology and the problem of the ontological status of both natural and social entities

15.00-15.45 Jan Sprenger (Keynote address) Dept. of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, University of Turin Environmental decision-making, uncertainty and the precautionary principle

15.45-16.15 Coffee Break 15.45-16.00 Conclusive remarks 16.15-16.45 Davide Pala

CAS-SEE (Center for Advanced Studies, South Eastern Europe), University of Rijeka Experts, good citizens, democratic public debates and global warming

16.30 - Visit to the exhibition dedicated to extinctions ESTINZIONI biodiversità dei vertebrati in allarme rosso

Sala mostre Regione Piemonte, Piazza Castello 165 16.45-17.30 Dirk Maes (Keynote address) Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Brussels Are citizen science data fit for purpose in nature conservation?