Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

 

The aim is to acquire the basic scientific knowledge necessary for the analysis of questions of philosophy of biology.

Goals

The aim is to introduce the basic elements of biology by working on the plant kingdom, in order to distance oneself from the animal kingdom and thus grasp the contrast between both logic.

Content

This teaching is structured around three main themes that will each time help to put in a parallel relationship the logic of plants with that of the animal world:

 

 

  • A definition of the organism including the environment: plant architecture, mode of nutrition (carbon, nitrogen fixation, evapotranspiration, etc.), and reproductive system.

 

  • Secondary metabolism and relationship to otherness: attraction/repulsion; cooperation/defence; herbivore learning.

 

  • Architectural, genomics and metabolic plasticity: immobility management.

Assessment method

The evaluation will be based on two criteria:

 

- The interaction of the student in the tutorials,

- The quality of laboratory work

Sources, references and any support material

Campbell, Neil ; Reece, Jane, Biologie, septime édition, Paris, Pearson Education, 2007.

 

Murray, R. K., Granner P. K., Mayes P. A., Rodwell, V. W. Biochimie de Harper, Les Presses de l’Université Laval, de Broeck, 2003.

Language of instruction

Français
Training Study programme Block Credits Mandatory
Bachelier en philosophie Standard 0 3
Bachelier en philosophie Standard 2 3
Bachelier en philosophie Standard 3 3