Spyridon A. Koutroufinis

Spyridon A. Koutroufinis is a Privatdozent (Associate Professor by habilitation) at the Institute of Philosophy at the Technical University of Berlin/Germany. His primary areas of expertise are biophilosophy, process philosophy (Whitehead, Bergson et al.), the theory of self-organization of complex dynamical systems, and classical metaphysics (Aristotle, Leibniz). Koutroufinis investigates the philosophical underpinnings of biological form and process, drawing on ideas from systems theory (critically) and process thought (positively) to understand life’s organization. He has authored and edited numerous books, articles, and book chapters in these areas, aiming to develop a process-oriented ontology for the theory of the organism.