The Institute of Philosophy (IFS) is CSIC’s own research centre whose objective is carrying out research projects of philosophy related to the ethical, political, religious and sciences requirements: ethical and juridical thinking, philosophy of history and religion, philosophy and history of science, the studies of science, technology and society as well as gender studies, applied ethics, bioethics, immigration, multiculturalism, the functional diversities and the relations between philosophy, literature and iconology among others.