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COMPLEXITY, SCIENCE, AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE http://www.liv.ac.uk/ccr/2005_conf/ 11-14 September 2005 (Sunday-Wednesday) Liverpool, UK SESSION ON PHILOSOPHY AND COMPLEXITY http://complexity.vub.ac.be/phil/ 2nd Call for Abstracts Liverpool will be the host for an exciting conference on Complexity, Science and Society between 11-14 September 2005. One of the many sessions planned for this conference will be devoted to Philosophy and Complexity. MOTIVATION Scientific, technological, and cultural changes have always had an impact in philosophy, since they force a change in the way we perceive the world. Complexity science, immersed in a culture of information, is having an impact in philosophy. Previous ideas need to face the new knowledge. For this event, we would like to discuss philosophical ideas that take into account complexity science. It is clear that traditional philosophy has become obsolete in certain aspects. We would like to notice in which aspects philosophy needs to adapt to complexity, and in which not. TOPICS related to the session include (but are not limited to): Determinism, Predictability, and Certainty Ontology and Metaphysics Epistemology Ethics and Society Logics Causality Nonlinear thinking Philosophy of Science Reductionism and Emergentism Evolution Computability These topics can be approached from different backgrounds, such as physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, philosophy, computer science, cognitive science, social sciences, artificial intelligence, artificial life, etc. PARTICIPATION Intending participants are requested to submit an abstract (500-1000 word) in PDF format to [EMAIL PROTECTED] by April 15th, 2005, with the subject Philosophy and Complexity. We will use the abstracts for selecting the presentations at the session. It is currently planned that papers arising from the session will be published subsequently in a refereed forum, such as a journal special issue or an edited volume. An open invitation will be made to participants and others to submit a paper for post-conference publication in this forum. The arrangements and formatting instructions for post-conference publication will be announced following negotiations with appropriate publishers. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE William Bechtel Mark Bedau Jacques Dubucs Bruce Edmonds Carlos Gershenson Francis Heylighen Alicia Juarrero Michael Lissack Chris Lucas Edgar Morin Robert Pennock Kurt Richardson John Symons Pedro Sotolongo Jean Paul Van Bendegem Franz Wuketits Roger Young IMPORTANT DATES 15 April 2005: Abstract submissions 13 May 2005: Acceptance decisions 11 June 2005: Early registration due 11-14 September 2005: Conference 1 November 2005: Full papers for post-conference publication. CONTACT http://complexity.vub.ac.be/phil/ Carlos Gershenson Centrum Leo Apostel Vrije Universiteit Brussel Krijgskundestraat 33 B-1160 Brussel - Belgium Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +32-2-644.26.77 Fax: +32-2-644.07.44