SUO: [Fwd: Dynamic Ontology]
DYNAMIC ONTOLOGY
An Inquiry into Systems, Emergence, Levels of Reality, and Forms of
Causality
Trento, 8-11 September 2004
Call for papers
Many scientific results of the twentieth century, in different fields of
research, seemingly converge on the conclusion that science is changing
its nature. Quantum indeterminacy, computational limitations,
complexity, chaos and turbulence, non-linear dynamics and
far-from-equilibrium systems, defects in phase transitions, the
far-reaching importance of intentionality, emergent properties and
emergent objects, forward, upward and downward forms of causation are
all facets of a general view claiming that we are approaching a new
scientific agenda. The four-centuries-old Galileian vision of science
inadvertently but inexorably seems to be giving way to a new one in
which formal, material, mental and social sciences are developing new
forms of interaction and are beginning to integrate with each other.
Many aspects of this new scenario are still unknown; many others are
emerging; and many blind alleys lie in wait, especially if we lack
awareness of where we are and where we are heading. A selected group of
well-known and innovative scholars working in different fields ‑
sociology, psychology, computer science, mathematics and philosophy ‑
will present and discuss the basic conceptual issues of this new,
incipient vision.
Ample time will be allocated to discussion. If you are interested in
attending the conference and/or contributing your own ideas, please send
a mail (with a two-page abstract if you intend to give a paper) to the
address below before February 2003. All submissions will undergo review
by at least two of the invited speakers.
Invited speakers:
* Kenneth D. Bailey (UCLA)
* Mark Bickhard (Lehigh)
* Brian Goodwin (Schumacher College, UK)
* Stuart A. Kauffmann (Santa Fe)
* Jack Katz (UCLA)
* Giuseppe Longo (Paris)
* Roberto Poli (Trento)
* Victor Rosenthal (Paris)
* David Weissman (New York)
* Harrison White (Columbia)
The conference will be organized by the Faculty of Sociology of Trento
University
Applications should be sent to Roberto Poli, Department of Sociology and
Social Research
26, via Verdi, I-38100 Trento; Phone: 0039-0461-881403; e-mail :
roberto.poli@soc.unitn.it <mailto:roberto.poli@soc.unitn.it>
Conference’s website: http://www.unitn.it/events/do/
<http://www.unitn.it/events/do/index2.htm>
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Dr Roberto Poli, PhD
Editor-in-chief of Axiomathes, Kluwer:
http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1122-1151
Papers and other information
http://www.mitteleuropafoundation.it
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Dynamic ontology conference:
http://www.unitn.it/events/do/index2.htm