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Franck Varenne, a Supélec engineer, is a lecturer in epistemology at the University of Rouen and a researcher at Gemass (UMR 8598 - CNRS/Paris Sorbonne).
Latest publication
The ‘race for power’: fatalistic reductionism or an opportunity for pro-active slowdown?
- By Franck Varenne
- and Arnaud Crétot
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2025/3 Vol. 33)
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The ‘race for power’: fatalistic reductionism or an opportunity for pro-active slowdown?
- By Franck Varenne
- and Arnaud Crétot
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2025/3 Vol. 33)
The Mathematical Theory of Categories in Biology and the Concept of Natural Equivalence in Robert Rosen
In Revue d’histoire des sciences (2013/1 Volume 66)
Philosophy of simulation and finitude
In Revue philosophique de la France et de l’étranger (2021/2 Volume 146)
Visions of Complexity. New Challenges for Revisited Laplace’s Demon
- By Guillaume Deffuant,
- Arnaud Banos,
- David Chavalarias,
- et al.
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2015/1 Vol. 23)
Alain Badiou: A Philosopher Facing the Concept of Model
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2008/3 Vol. 16)
Special Report: Interdisciplinarity. Philosophy and Sciences of the Complex: Dialogue on “Discontinuities”
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2005/3 Vol. 13)
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The ‘race for power’: fatalistic reductionism or an opportunity for pro-active slowdown?
- By Franck Varenne
- and Arnaud Crétot
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2025/3 Vol. 33)
Marc Parmentier, Archives du virtuel, Vrin, 2023, 848 pages
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In Revue d’histoire des sciences (2024/2 Volume 77)
Comparing models using the characteristic vector: function, nature, principle, and use of models
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2022/1 Vol. 30)
Philosophy of simulation and finitude
In Revue philosophique de la France et de l’étranger (2021/2 Volume 146)
Visions of Complexity. New Challenges for Revisited Laplace’s Demon
- By Guillaume Deffuant,
- Arnaud Banos,
- David Chavalarias,
- et al.
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2015/1 Vol. 23)
The Mathematical Theory of Categories in Biology and the Concept of Natural Equivalence in Robert Rosen
In Revue d’histoire des sciences (2013/1 Volume 66)
Some Aspects of Jean-Marie Legay’s Legacy
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2012/4 Vol. 20)
Alain Badiou: A Philosopher Facing the Concept of Model
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2008/3 Vol. 16)
Special Report: Interdisciplinarity. Philosophy and Sciences of the Complex: Dialogue on “Discontinuities”
In Natures Sciences Sociétés (2005/3 Vol. 13)