M.S. Geosciences. Ecole Normale Supérieure, University Paris XI.

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1 ( ) Sébastien Dutreuil 10 rue Fagon Paris Nationality: french Single, no children Born: May, 3rd, 1988, Charenton-Le-Pont (94), France. AOS Philosophy of biology, Gaia hypothesis, Epistemology of modelling, Earth system sciences AOC History of Earth Sciences, Environmental humanities, General philosophy of science, Astrobiology EDUCATION PhD in philosophy of science, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Institut d Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques (IHPST, Paris), under the supervision of Jean Gayon and Philippe Huneman. The Gaia hypothesis: scientific hypothesis, research program or philosophy of nature? 2012 Graduate in Geosciences from Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris Master degree in natural sciences, Interdisciplinary Approaches of Life (AIV) University Paris 7 and Paris 5. Summa cum laude. Ranked: 4 th Master degree in philosophy, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Summa cum laude. Ranked: 2 nd. Specialty : Logic, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Knowledge (LOPHISC, Paris 1 and Paris 4). Philosophical evaluation of the Gaia hypothesis, supervised by Jean Gayon and Philippe Huneman Agrégation of Life and Earth sciences, option Earth Sciences. Ecole Normale Supérieure and University Paris XI. Ranked: 19 (1766 registered, 80 admitted). (highly competitive examination for becoming a teacher of Earth and life sciences in public schools) M.S. Geosciences. Ecole Normale Supérieure, University Paris XI B.S. Geosciences. Ecole Normale Supérieure, University Paris XI. Cum Laude Preparatory classes (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Earth Sciences). Saint-Louis, Paris. Highly competitive exams for entering Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris. Ranked: 8. (893 registered, 21 admitted). GRANTS 2014 Grants attributed to young researchers by the Comité National Français d Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences (CNFHPS) for the participation to the congress of the french society of philosophy of science, Lille, 200 euros. 2014, Grant for international mobility attributed by the «Collège des Ecoles Doctorales», for a Jan. to April research internship at Exeter University (with J. Dupré and T. Lenton), 3 months, 2100 euros.

2 Doctoral grant allocated by the department of philosophy of the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, Ulm, for a PhD at Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, ED0280. PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Franck Varenne, Marc Silberstein, Sébastien Dutreuil and Philippe Huneman (Eds) "Modéliser et Simuler: Epistémologies et pratiques de la modélisation et de la simulation", Tome 2, Editions Matériologiques, 2014, 770 pages (Interdisciplinary book on the epistemology of the modelling practices) ARTICLES IN JOURNALS WITH PEER REVIEWING COMMITTEES International S. Dutreuil, "What good are abstract and what-if models? Lessons from the Gaïa hypothesis", History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 36(1): 16 41, T.M. Baetu, A-S. Barwich, D. Brooks, S. Dutreuil, P-L. Germain, (alphabetic order) "Model thinking in the life sciences : complexity in the making", Biological Theory, 8: , S. Dutreuil, L. Bopp and A. Tagliabue, "Impact of enhanced vertical mixing on marine biogeochemistry : lessons for geo-engineering and natural variability.", Biogeosciences, 6: , National (French) S. Dutreuil & A. Pocheville, (ordre alphabétique), Les organismes et leur environnement : la construction de niche, l hypothèse Gaïa et la sélection naturelle, Bulletin de la Société d Histoire et d Epistémologie des Sciences de la Vie (SHESVIE), 22(1), S. Dutreuil, L hypothèse Gaïa : pourquoi s y intéresser même si l on pense que la Terre n est pas un organisme?, Bulletin de la Société d Histoire et d Epistémologie des Sciences de la Vie (SHESVIE), 19(2) : , 2012 (I offer a state of the art of the debate over the Gaia hypothesis in evolutionary biology and philosophy of biology literature and argue that contrary to what has been taken for granted the Gaia hypothesis does raise interesting scientific and philosophical issues). Book reviews S. Dutreuil, review of The Gaia hypothesis, science on a pagan planet, Michael Ruse, USA : Oxford University Press, 2013, 272 pages, Bulletin de la Société d Histoire et d Epistémologie des Sciences de la Vie, in press. S. Dutreuil, review of The Gaia hypothesis, science on a pagan planet, Michael Ruse, USA : Oxford University Press, 2013, 272 pages, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 36(1): , 2014.

3 CHAPTERS IN COLLECTIVE BOOKS English S. Dutreuil, James Lovelock and the Gaia hypothesis: a new look at life on Earth for the life and the Earth sciences. in Michael Dietrich & Oren Harman Dreamers, Romantics and Visionaries in the Life Sciences, Chicago University Press, in prep. French P. Huneman & S. Dutreuil, Considérations épistémologiques sur la modélisation mathématique en biologie, in Francesca Merlin & Thierry Hoquet (Eds), Précis de Philosophie de la biologie, (Chapter for a french handbook of philosophy of biology; the chapter offers an epistemological analysis of mathematical modelling in biology). S. Dutreuil, L hypothèse Gaïa une hypothèse détonante, in Stéphane Tirard & Olivier Néron de Surgy (Eds), La science des sixties, Belin, (Chapter of a collective book of history of science and techniques focused on the 1960 s, written for the great public; I here recall the historical context and the intellectual motivations which lead to the formulation of the Gaia hypothesis). S. Dutreuil, Comment le modèle Daisyworld peut-il contribuer à l hypothèse Gaïa?, in Franck Varenne & Marc Silberstein (Eds), Modéliser et simuler. Epistémologies et pratiques de la modélisation et de la simulation, tome 1, Editions Matériologiques, (This chapter in a collective book on the epistemology of modelling practices reviews the literature about the Daisyworld model in order to assess its contribution within the larger debate over Gaia and the epistemic status of the model). S. Dutreuil, L hypothèse Gaïa : quelle analogie de la Terre à un organisme?, in José Quaresma (Ed), Analogia e Mediaçao, Transversalidade na Investigaçao em Arte, Filosofia e Ciência), CIEBA-FBAUL / CFUL, (This chapter in a philosophical volume dedicated to analogy clarifies the epistemic status of the analogy between Gaia and on organism in Lovelock s writings). TRANSLATION A. Pocheville and S. Dutreuil, P. Huneman, J.-S. Bolduc, translation and introduction of Adaptation, Richard Burian, originally published in Marjorie Grene, ed., Dimensions of Darwinism (New York and Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1983), pp , J. Gayon & T. Pradeu (Eds), Philosophie de la biologie Textes, Vrin, forthcoming. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS S. Dutreuil, Pour quelles raisons cherche-t-on une définition de la vie? Quel genre de mot est vie?, Philonsorbonne, 9, (This article is a proceeding from an annual workshop gathering PhD students in philosophy at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; focusing on the recent revival of discussions about definitions of life in philosophical journals and disciplines related to astrobiology, I call for a distinction between two very different scientific projects in astrobiology which are involved in the task of defining life).

4 S. Dutreuil, Pourquoi des écologies politiques font-elles appel à Gaïa?, Proceedings of Penser l écologie politique : sciences sociales et interdisciplinarité, Paris, 13 et 14 janvier 2014, organisé par : Paris 7 CSPRP / Paris 10 Sophiapol / Sciences Po Lille CERAPS / LADYSS / SET Pau / TEM-Institut Mines-Télécom. OTHER ARTICLES S. Dutreuil, James Lovelock, request for a special issue in the journal L écologiste (french version of The ecologist), in press. S. Dutreuil, Lynn Margulis, request for a special issue in the journal L écologiste (french version of The ecologist), in press. SUBMITTED S. Dutreuil, La vie en biologie: enjeux et problèmes d une définition ; usages du terme, submitted to Philosophie. IN PREPARATION S. Dutreuil & A. Pocheville (alphabetic order), Natural Selection, Niche Construction and the Gaïa hypothesis. S. Dutreuil, Was the Gaia hypothesis dismissed by all scientists? A reappraisal of the reception of the Gaia hypothesis in different scientific communities. COMMUNICATIONS SEMINAR INVITATIONS 2015 IdeaSunrise Paris Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Symposium, Frontières du Vivant, June, Paris What philosophy of science can do for scientists? Lessons from the Gaia hypothesis Seminar of the Centre d Ecologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (CESCO), UMR 7204, Museum National d Histoire Naturelle, April, Paris L hypothèse Gaïa: hypothèse testable, métaphore pseudo-scientifique, ou philosophie de la nature? Apérosciences, Museum National d Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), January, Paris L hypothèse Gaïa a-t-elle été rejetée par l ensemble de la communauté scientifique? 2014 S. Dutreuil and A. Pocheville, Earth System Science group, dir. Lenton, March, Exeter University, Natural selection, Niche Construction and the Gaïa hypothesis

5 A. Pocheville and S. Dutreuil, Cary Institute, February, New York ; Natural selection, Niche Construction and the Gaïa hypothesis A. Pocheville and S. Dutreuil, New York Medical College, February, Valhalla ; Natural selection, Niche Construction and the Gaïa hypothesis 2013 Seminar Histoire, philosophie et sociologie de l écologie (HPSE), laboratory BIOEMCO, Ecole Normale Supérieure, June, Paris L hypothèse Gaïa et l écologie WITH PEER-REVIEWING COMMITTEES INTERNATIONAL 2015 ISHPSSB Congress, July, Montréal Poster : What is the Gaia Hypothesis? The standard account, the critical one and a new one Oral presentation in the symposium Functions, teleology, and normativity at various levels of organization organized by Antoine C. Dussault et Sophia Rousseau-Mermans Congress of the Société de Philosophie des Sciences (SPS), Lille, France. Symposium L individualité biologique : niveaux et frontières. Questions d individualité dans l hypothèse Gaïa 2013 ISHPSSB congress, July, Montpellier, symposium: Explaining adaptation : Organism/environment interactions accross time and spatial scales. Explaining the emergence of a global order out of biosphere-environment interactions : a critical appraisal of the Gaïa hypothesis theoretical foundations Consortium for the History and Philosophy of Biology, Duke University, June. The Gaïa hypothesis : what good are abstract and what if models? Congress of the Société de Philosophie du Québec (SPQ), Québec, May. A quelles conditions la biosphère ( la Terre, Gaïa ) constitue-t-elle un niveau authentique d organisation biologique autorisant l attribution de fonctions à ses parties? 2012 Second Europeran Advanced Seminar in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences (EASPLS), Geneva, September. How and why should one model the interactions between organisms and their environment? NATIONAL 2014 Journées jeunes chercheurs en histoire des sciences et des techniques (organized by SFHST, la SHESVIE, le COFRHIGEO), November, Paris. Qui s intéresse à l hypothèse Gaïa? Un cas d étude pour le problème de la démarcation Congress of the Société d Histoire et d Epistémologie des Sciences de la Vie (SHESVIE), Oxford, GB, (collaboration with A. Pocheville). La sélection naturelle, la construction de niche et l hypothèse Gaïa Colloquium Penser l écologie politique : sciences sociales et interdisciplinarité, Paris, 2014, January, 13 and 14th, organiséed by : Paris 7 CSPRP / Paris 10 Sophiapol

6 / Sciences Po Lille CERAPS / LADYSS / SET Pau / TEM-Institut Mines-Télécom. Pourquoi des écologies politiques font-elles appel à Gaïa? 2012 Congress of the Société d Histoire et d Epistémologie des Sciences de la Vie (SHESVIE), April, Amiens. L hypothèse Gaïa : pourquoi s y intéresser même si l on pense que la Terre n est pas un organisme? OTHER (WORKSHOPS, LABORATORY SEMINARS) 2015 Workshop Pragmatique des discours environnementaux: biodiversité et ingénierie écologique, Paris. Un argument épistémologique contre la géo-ingénierie 2014 Workshop How can we redefine inheritance beyond the gene-centered approach?, organized by Francesca Merlin et Gaëlle Pontarotti, October, IHPST, Paris. Comment of Etienne Danchin s talk. Workshop IAS-IHPST, Boundaries and levels of biological organization, July, IAS, San Sebastian. What is Gaïa about? Clarification of the explanandum, discussion about individuality issues Presentation at a meeting of the ANR program EXPLABIO (PI -Philippe Huneman), IHPST, June, Paris. Notes sur la sélection de lignages. Presentation of a paper (co-written with A. Pocheville) at the reading group Biology Interest Group, Egenis (dir. John Dupré), Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology department of Exeter University, March, Exeter. Natural Selection, Niche construction and the Gaïa hypothesis 2013 Workshop organised by Michael Ruse and Jean Gayon, IHPST, June, Paris. The Gaïa hypothesis - a clarification of its explanandum and of the conceptual difficulties it faces RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Seminar of the PhilbioMed club organised by Matteo Mossio, IHPST, February, Paris. A. Pocheville and S. Dutreuil La construction de niche et l hypothèse Gaïa PhD student presentations, IHPST, January, Paris. Comment le modèle Daisyworld peut-il contribuer à (comprendre) l hypothèse Gaïa? InSHS Prospective days Système Terre, Monde Social - Environnement et SHS, questions émergentes et approches réflexives, IHPST, January, Paris L environnement global et la biosphère : questions épistémologiques et enjeux éthiques dans les sciences du système Terre et l hypothèse Gaïa Member of the ANR project EXPLABIO, PI: Philippe Huneman.

7 2014 Co-organisation, with Eric Calais (ENS, dept. of geosciences), of a seminar of philosophy of geosciences (ENS, january, 14 th 2015). Invited speaker: Derek Turner. Title: Prediction in the Earth Sciences. Co-organisation, with Franck Varenne, Marc Silberstein and Philippe Huneman of a workshop around the publication of the book Modéliser et simuler, tome 2. IHPST, Paris, January 12 th Co-organisation, with Arnaud Pocheville, of a symposium session at the congress of International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB), Montpellier, July. "Explaining adaptation: organism-environment interactions across time and spatial scales". Co-organisation, with Philippe Huneman, of the InSHS propective days - "Système Terre, Monde Social - Environnement et SHS, questions émergentes et approches réflexives", IHPST, Paris, January today Co-responsible of the monthly seminar of philosophy of biology (PHILBIO), IHPST, with Gladys Kostyrka ( ), Lucie Laplane ( ) and Gaëlle Pontarotti ( ). RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (INTERNSHIPS) 2014 Internship at the Exeter University in two groups: Egenis, dir. John Dupré, and the Earth System Sciences group, dir. Timothy Lenton, 3 months Parametrised study of the reaction of continental lithosphere to extension, under the supervision Loic Labrousse, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (ISTEP, Univ. Paris 6), 3 months Petrographic, mineralogical, geochemical characterization of 2.1Ga Gabon samples proposed to be the fossils of the oldest pluricellular organisms : which criteria to recognize the biological affinity of the samples? under the supervision of Karim Benzerara and Olivier Beyssac, Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés (IMPMC, Paris 6), 3 months Characterization and consequences of the apparition of photosynthesis and aerobic respiration during the Great Oxidation Event, 2.2 Ga. Under the supervision of J.L. Kirschvink, California Institute of Technology, 5 months Impact of enhanced vertical mixing on marine biogeochemistry : lessons for geo-engineering and natural variability, under the supervision of Laurent Bopp, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l Environnement, LSCE, 2 months. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Epistemology/philosophy of science for Licence 2 (Undergrad, second year) in the philosophy department of University Paris 1, first semester, 3h per week.

8 Epistemology/philosophy of science for Licence 2 (Undergrad, second year) in the philosophy department of University Paris 1, first semester, 3h per week. Introduction to biology for Licence 1 (Undergrad, first year) in the philosophy department of University Paris 1, first semester, 3h per week Introduction to biology for Licence 1 (Undergrad, first year) in the philosophy department of University Paris 1, second semester, 1h30 per week. General philosophy for Licence 1 (Undergrad, first year) in the philosophy department of University Paris 1, second semester, 2h per week. Notion discussed: Life. Philosophy of science, for Licence 1 University paris 5 and Paris 7 at the «Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity, 7h Tutorials of chemistry for Licence 1 University paris 5 and Paris 7 at the «Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity. MISCELLANEOUS LANGUAGES French - native English - fluent Spanish - reading and listening skills TECHNICAL SKILLS Programming : Matlab Office : LateX OTHER Breakdance, regular practice of various sports: yoga, freerunning, apnea, rock climbing, hiking, surfing, kitesurfing, spearfishing.