A series of articles offering philosophical perspectives on the life sciences.

The interactions between communities of microbial species and their human hosts raise questions about the nature of health and disease.

Scientists should be aware of the non-empirical assumptions that influence all kinds of research.

A lexicon to help scientists and philosophers discuss the meaning of function in molecular biology more clearly is proposed.

Understanding how data were collected and processed is an essential element of big data biology.

Discussions about biological individuality and immunogenicity continue the long history of dialogue between philosophers and immunologists.

Drawing may be a way to better understand a biological process and to explore and develop scientific ideas.

Historical texts offer researchers in neuroscience, philosophy and literature the opportunity to work together to explore mysteries of the mind and human behavior.

Ideas about causality from philosophy can help scientists to better understand how cancerous tumors grow and spread in the body.

Philosophy may help to explore the potential impacts of synthetic cells.