Biography:Mark Bedau

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Mark A. Bedau is an American philosopher who works in the field of artificial life. He is the son of the philosopher Hugo Bedau (1926–2012).

Bedau teaches philosophy at Reed College. He is also the co-founder of the European Center for Living Technology (ECLT)[1] and Visiting Professor, Ph.D. Program in Life Sciences: Foundations and Ethics, European School of Molecular Medicine.[2] Bedau is also the editor of the Artificial Life Journal.[3]

He has been the COO of Protolife, a biotechnology start-up based in Venice, Italy.[4]

Recent books

  • M. A. Bedau and E. C. Parke, eds. The prospect of protocells: social and ethical implications of the recreation of life. Cambridge: MIT Press. 2009.
  • Mark A. Bedau, Carol E. Cleland, eds. The Nature of Life: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives from Philosophy. 2011.
  • Mark A. Bedau and Paul Humphreys, eds. Emergence: contemporary readings in philosophy and science. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2008.
  • Mark. A Bedau, George Myro, and Tim Monroe, eds. Rudiments of Logic. 1987.

References

  1. ↑ "European Centre for Living Technology". Archived from the original on 2011-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20111214010917/http://www.ecltech.org/ecltech_j/. Retrieved 2011-12-23. 
  2. ↑ "Mark A. Bedau". http://people.reed.edu/~mab/. 
  3. ↑ "MIT Press Journals". http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/artl. 
  4. ↑ "ProtoLife: People". Archived from the original on 2011-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20110417075516/http://www.protolife.net/about_people.shtml. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 




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