*Dear Colleagues, This is a final reminder about our forthcoming workshop 'Worldviews and religiosity' organized by the Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group (ECCO) at the VUB. This email includes the updated workshop program and additional abstracts and references. Please notice the starting and ending hours. We still have a few places left so late registration is possible. Please forward this email to anyone who may be interested.
* *Worldviews and religiosity: * *a non-theististic perspective on human experience, meaning and purpose * * * In this age of change, uncertainty, and confusion, many people experience the need for a coherent worldview that would give direction and meaning to their life, and that would help them to feel part of a larger whole. Such feelings are sometimes described as "spirituality" or "religiosity", and are often used as a justification for a return to the traditional religions, such as Christianity, Islam or Hinduism. On the other hand, the philosopher Leo Apostel has eloquently pleaded for the development of an "atheist religiosity". We too would like to separate the experience of religiosity from the a-priori belief in a personal God(s), and investigate in the most fundamental way how an integrated worldview could give meaning to people's lives. This workshop is intended to bring together a number of scholars who have worked on this issue from different perspectives, and to foster a constructive discussion. Workshop Organization: *Date:* Friday, Dec 2, 2011 *Time**:* 9.30-18.30h *Place:* VUB Campus Etterbeek<http://www.vub.ac.be/english/infoabout/campuses/index.html>, Room 3B217 (building B, 3rd floor, end of corridor) *Organizers*: Francis Heylighen, Clément Vidal & David A. Weinbaum (Weaver), Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/>, VUB * Participation*: Free, but to facilitate the organization, please *register * by sending your full name & affiliations (if any) to Weaver<[email protected]?subject=My%20participation%20in%20the%20Workshop%3A%20Worldviews%20and%20Religiosity>. Due to space limitations, we cannot guarantee non-registered participants a place to sit. Coffee and tea are freely available, but lunch is on your own responsibility. Program: *Time* *Speaker* *Subject* 09.30-10.00 Francis Heylighen <http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html> & Clement Vidal<http://clement.vidal.philosophons.com/> (ECCO & Center Leo Apostel, VUB) Introduction: Worldviews and Meaning 10.00-10.50 Wim Van Moer <http://vub.academia.edu/WimVanMoer> (Dep. of Philosophy, VUB) Religious atheism - a framework and a case study<http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/158> 10.50-11.10 -- Coffee Break -- 11.10-12.00 Jan Van der Veken <http://upers.kuleuven.be/en/titel/9789061869863> (Prof. Em. in Metaphysics and Theology, KULeuven) From atheistic to non-theistic religiosity 12.00-12.50 David R. Weinbaum (Weaver) <http://clea.academia.edu/DavidWeinbaum> (ECCO, VUB) God is dead, where do we go from here? <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/156> Nietzsche and a post human perspective on spirituality<http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/156> 12.50-13.15 General Discussion 13.15-14.20 -- Lunch Break at the VUB Student restaurant -- 14.20-15.10 S.N. Balagangadhara <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._N._Balagangadhara> (aka Balu) (Center for Comparative Science of Cultures, University of Ghent) Who needs a World View? 15.10-16.00 Anja Van Rompaey<http://www.ulb.ac.be/rech/inventaire/chercheurs/0/CH12720.html> (Center for the Study of Religions and Secularity, ULB) From exemplarism to representationalism: the difficulty of creating an atheistic concept of truth <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/160> 16.00-16.20 -- Coffee Break -- 16.20-17.10 Francis Heylighen <http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html> (ECCO & Center Leo Apostel, VUB) Animism, Evolution, and the Meaning of Life: <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/157> how God helped to alienate us from our true nature<http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/157> 17.10-18.00 Clement Vidal <http://clement.vidal.philosophons.com/> (ECCO & Center Leo Apostel, VUB) Cosmological Immortality: <http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/155> Evolutionary Developmental Ethics on a Universal Scale<http://ecco.vub.ac.be/?q=node/155> 18.00-18.30 General Discussion -- David R. Weinbaum (Weaver) ECCO Seminar Coordinator http://clea.academia.edu/DavidWeinbaum
