New paper (2025): Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change

30 October 2025

New paper (2025): Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change

Leo Bich and Laura Menatti hey argue that life is not primarily about preserving equilibrium but about adapting and transforming in response to changing circumstances. Building on recent philosophical and biological work, they propose a shift from understanding health as stability to seeing it as the capacity for adaptive change — a dynamic process that […]

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New paper: Menatti, L., Bich, L., & Saborido, C. (2022). Health and environment from adaptation to adaptivity: a situated relational account. 

7 October 2022

New paper: Menatti, L., Bich, L., & Saborido, C. (2022). Health and environment from adaptation to adaptivity: a situated relational account. 

Published open access in History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences,  44(3), 38 Abstract: The definitions and conceptualizations of health, and the management of healthcare have been challenged by the current global scenarios (e.g., new diseases, new geographical distribution of diseases, effects of climate change on health, etc.) and by the ongoing scholarship in humanities […]

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