Marta Bertolaso is Assistant Professor for Philosophy of Science at University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy. After a degree in Biological Sciences and some years in the lab, she developed her academic career in the Philosophy of Life Sciences. Her expertise in philosophy of cancer, scientific practice and philosophy of complex organized systems has allowed her to collaborate with various journals and to publish monographs and papers sometimes in collaboration with established scientists. Supported by Visiting or Scholar Fellowships, she has worked in prestigious international research centres for Philosophy of Science including Pittsburgh (PA, USA), Exeter (UK), Paris (France) and the European Oncology Institute (IEO). She promotes and coordinates an international and interdisciplinary research network, participates in funded national and international research and educational projects. Lecturer for philosophy and epistemology in scientific practice in different courses at Campus Bio-Medico, she has been giving seminars and talks in different Universities and countries.

“Bertolaso’s book offers a useful perspective to disentangle the shift in cancer’s research from the short-lived thrill of simplicity, which pervaded it at the early time of its molecularization, to more cautious approaches to real-life complexity.” (Silvia Caianiello, Acta Biotheoretica, Vol. 66, 2018)

• 1. Cancer Biology.- 2. The Evolution of Explanatory Models of Cancer.- 3. The Systemic Approach to Cancer: Models and Epistemology.- 4. The Tissue Organization Field Theory and an Anti-Reductionist Campaign.- 5. Towards a Relational Ontology for Cancer.- 6. On Biological Explanations.- 7. Complementary Issues of a Relational View of Biological Determination.

Marta Bertolaso is Assistant Professor for Philosophy of Science at University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy. After a degree in Biological Sciences and some years in the lab, she developed her academic career in the Philosophy of Life Sciences. Her expertise in philosophy of cancer, scientific practice and philosophy of complex organized systems has allowed her to collaborate with various journals and to publish monographs and papers sometimes in collaboration with established scientists. Supported by Visiting or Scholar Fellowships, she has worked in prestigious international research centres for Philosophy of Science including Pittsburgh (PA, USA), Exeter (UK), Paris (France) and the European Oncology Institute (IEO). She promotes and coordinates an international and interdisciplinary research network, participates in funded national and international research and educational projects. Lecturer for philosophy and epistemology in scientific practice in different courses at Campus Bio-Medico, she has been giving seminars and talks in different Universities and countries.

“Bertolaso’s book offers a useful perspective to disentangle the shift in cancer’s research from the short-lived thrill of simplicity, which pervaded it at the early time of its molecularization, to more cautious approaches to real-life complexity.” (Silvia Caianiello, Acta Biotheoretica, Vol. 66, 2018)

• 1. Cancer Biology.- 2. The Evolution of Explanatory Models of Cancer.- 3. The Systemic Approach to Cancer: Models and Epistemology.- 4. The Tissue Organization Field Theory and an Anti-Reductionist Campaign.- 5. Towards a Relational Ontology for Cancer.- 6. On Biological Explanations.- 7. Complementary Issues of a Relational View of Biological Determination.

Marta Bertolaso is Assistant Professor for Philosophy of Science at University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy. After a degree in Biological Sciences and some years in the lab, she developed her academic career in the Philosophy of Life Sciences. Her expertise in philosophy of cancer, scientific practice and philosophy of complex organized systems has allowed her to collaborate with various journals and to publish monographs and papers sometimes in collaboration with established scientists. Supported by Visiting or Scholar Fellowships, she has worked in prestigious international research centres for Philosophy of Science including Pittsburgh (PA, USA), Exeter (UK), Paris (France) and the European Oncology Institute (IEO). She promotes and coordinates an international and interdisciplinary research network, participates in funded national and international research and educational projects. Lecturer for philosophy and epistemology in scientific practice in different courses at Campus Bio-Medico, she has been giving seminars and talks in different Universities and countries.

“Bertolaso’s book offers a useful perspective to disentangle the shift in cancer’s research from the short-lived thrill of simplicity, which pervaded it at the early time of its molecularization, to more cautious approaches to real-life complexity.” (Silvia Caianiello, Acta Biotheoretica, Vol. 66, 2018)

• 1. Cancer Biology.- 2. The Evolution of Explanatory Models of Cancer.- 3. The Systemic Approach to Cancer: Models and Epistemology.- 4. The Tissue Organization Field Theory and an Anti-Reductionist Campaign.- 5. Towards a Relational Ontology for Cancer.- 6. On Biological Explanations.- 7. Complementary Issues of a Relational View of Biological Determination.