The infinite multiplicity of existing life forms calls for equally multiple approaches to studying the living. However, no approach will ever be capable of exhausting the various perspectives required for research on life. This impossibility is not only given by the unmanageable task of establishing an infinitely multidisciplinary approach but also by the diverse and ever-changing subject matters that can potentially fall under the category of the living. This book is nevertheless an eort in that direction: acknowledging a multiplicity of ways in which life forms may be studied, and a diversity of disciplinary perspectives suited for this task.

Nicolas Lema Habash

He is an assistant professor in the philosophy department at the Universidad de los Andes. He earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a master's degree in ancient philosophy from the University of Oxford. He completed his undergraduate training in philosophy, aesthetics and history. He has specialized in the history of modern philosophy, with an emphasis on the 17th century, especially the work of Spinoza's Benedictus. He is currently developing a project on the problem of work in Spinoza. He also carries out research in the field of aesthetics and the philosophy of art (especially cinema). His interests also expand to the work of authors and storytellers such as Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Emma Goldman and Raúl Ruiz.

Gustavo, Chirolla Ospina

Philosopher, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; Professor of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Universidad Javeriana and member of the Aesthetics Research Center of the same university; In addition to aesthetics, in recent years he has oriented his research towards issues of biopolitics. Since 2010, he has participated as a teacher-lecturer in the bioethics programs of the Universidad del Bosque.