Proceeding of the Third International Conference of the French-Speaking Society for Theoretical Biology

摘要

The definition of theoretical biology may be controversial. Indeed, the basic definition of theoretical biology classifies it as biomathematics. It assumes that theoretical biology is divided into, at least, four subfields: Biological mathematical modeling, Relational biology/Complex systems biology, Bioinformatics and Biomodeling Computation. In epistemology, theoretical biology is defined as the action of "theorizing" life sciences. It aims to introduce laws; it highlights some biological phenomena and makes possible the identification of new biological principles. The latter definition does not imply a direct relationship with mathematics. In both cases, theoretical biology is a strongly multidisciplinary science, for the tools imported from other science and for the shared ideas.