Considerations on legal and philosophical problems in experimental botany: case of plant in vitro cultures

Authors

  • Iwona Kleszcz Uniwersytet Jagielloński
  • Marek Jakubiec Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/ss.1081

Keywords:

experimental botany, in vitro cultures, plant’s axiology, scientific experiments and law

Abstract

The present paper consists of two parts. In the first, some issues related to the character of biological experiments conducted under in vitro cultures are portrayed. The relevant aspects of these procedures are explicated from the viewpoint of the experimental botanist. It is a case study for the considerations in the second part, which presents selected philosophical and legal issues involved in biological experiments from the general perspective of philosophical investigations concerning the problem of plants’ axiology. Obviously, the nature of the considerations is limited; not all important questions from the perspective of biology and philosophy have been raised. Nevertheless, the authors hope that the analyzed issues may be interesting for both biologists and philosophers.

Author Biographies

  • Iwona Kleszcz, Uniwersytet Jagielloński
    Doktorantka w Zakładzie Cytologii i Embriologii Roślin Instytutu Botaniki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. W swoich badaniach poświęca szczególną uwagę kwestiom związanym z roślinnymi kulturami in vitro, szczególnie w kontekście możliwości regeneracyjnych bielma. Obecnie pracuje na kulturach in vitro kiwi, różnych odmian pszenicy i pszenżyta, a wkrótce także słonecznika. Poza zagadnieniami związanymi z roślinami i ich rozwojem interesuje się tematyką dydaktyki szkolnej i akademickiej.
  • Marek Jakubiec, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
    Absolwent studiów filozoficznych I i II stopnia na Uniwersytecie Papieskim Jana Pawła II w Krakowie i prawa na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim; doktorant na Wydziału Prawa i Administracji Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego oraz Wydziału Filozoficznego Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie. Zajmuje się głównie filozofią prawa, filozofią języka i filozofią nauki.

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