From: "Kurt Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Final Calling Notice - 2nd International Workshop on Complexity Theory and Philosophy - Rio de Janeiro - Nov 2004
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apologies to those of you who have received this workshop calling notice via another route or have no interest in the event.
Hi All
For those for you interested in attending the 2nd International Workshop on Complexity and Philosophy in Brazil this coming November, please be advised that abstracts are now due.
Please send your abstracts to Caroline Richardson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) as soon as possible. Please also contact Caroline if you are hoping to attend the event.
We look forward to receiving your abstracts and meeting some of you in Rio in November!
Kind regards,
Kurt Richardson
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Workshop on Complexity and Philosophy
Co-hosted by:
Federal university of Rio de Janeiro
Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence
Cathedra for the Study of Complexity (Instituto de Filosofia de La Habana)
Final Calling Notice
18-19 November 2004, Rio de Janeiro
Hotel Florida - Rua Ferreira Viana, 81 - Flamengo - RJ
Call for Participants
I am writing to you today to remind you about the upcoming two-day Complexity and Philosophy workshop to be held this November (2004) in Rio de Janeiro and hosted by the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (http://www.isce.edu), U.F.R.J. (Federal university of Rio de Janeiro), and the Cathedra for the Study of Complexity (Instituto de Filosofia de La Habana). The aim of this meeting is to explore the philosophical implications of the fledgling 'science' of complex systems.
This workshop complements the 2nd Biennial International Seminar on the Philosophical, Epistemological and Methodological Implications of Complexity Theory that was held in Havana, Cuba, January 2004. The larger international seminar provides a forum to discuss complexity and philosophy-related issues in general, whereas the aim of the smaller workshop event is to explore specific issues at a greater length with more time made available for discussion rather than presentation.
The location for the workshop event is expected to change location each time it is held. In 2002 the event was held in Norwood (just outside Boston) in the US. This time we are pleased to announce that the next event will be held in Rio de Janeiro, with the very generous assistance of the Federal university of Rio de Janeiro.
Call for Papers
Potential attendees are encouraged to submit papers on the following topics:
- Status, limits and legitimacy of knowledge regarding complex systems
- Relationship between linear and nonlinear philosophies
- Complexity-based ethics
- Frameworks for the analysis of complex systems
- Complex limits to theories of everything
- Complexity and the social sciences
- Complexity and globalization
- Complexity and human subjectivity
All paper submissions will be considered for publication in the international journal Emergence: Complexity and Organization (depending upon suitability), and/or publication in an edited book of papers to be published by IAP Press as part of I.S.C.E.'s Managing the Complex Book Series. Selected papers from the previous event have appeared in Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and the Life Sciences, and this journal may again prove to be a publishing avenue for selected papers. All papers will be considered for publication even if time cannot be found for the papers to be presented at the conference itself (the emergent properties of such an event and the organizer's hope to focus on discussion/dialogue rather than a standard presentation format may at times dictate the proceedings).
Please bear in mind that the workshop is NOT an organizational management event. We only mention this as for the last workshop we received a lot of 'management' papers. We expect the issue of control in complex systems will be of great interest, but at the general philosophical level rather than the specific organizational management level. Please bear this in mind when preparing your abstract.
Timetable
Please let Caroline Richardson ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ) know of your interest in attending this event as soon as possible - thanks to those of you who have already done so. Attendance at the event will be strictly limited to 30 so as to encourage genuine dialogue amongst participants - selection of attendees will be determined simply on a first come first serve basis (with an additional consideration of paper relevance).
A block of 30 rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Florida for the event and a reduced room rate (that includes breakfast) negotiated (US$65 single, US$70 double per night).
Extended abstracts of at least 1000 words to be submitted to Dr. Kurt Richardson ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ) by end of July, 2004.
The decision by the academic board (which will chiefly comprise members of I.S.C.E.'s fellowship) to encourage submission of a full paper - to be no longer than 5000 words - will occur first week of August, 2004.
Full papers to be submitted by end of October, 2004.
The decision as to what papers will be published and in what form will occur shortly after the closing of the conference. It is hoped that participants will play an integral role in the development of the event timetable before and during the event. Currently we plan to have paper sessions in the morning followed by 4-5 breakout groups in the afternoon to discuss particular aspects of complexity and philosophy (so expect to do some work :-)
The cost of registration will be US$300 and must be paid in full before the event - a registration form will sent to participants after the decision regarding paper acceptance has been made. As well as administrative and location costs, fees will also cover lunch and coffee/tea breaks during the event as well as a Brazilian-style dinner event at the close of the second day. Participants will be responsible for their own hotel costs.
If you would like to attend the workshop please send an email to Caroline Richardson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with the following information: Name, academic affiliation and status if any, address, phone, fax, and email. Caroline will contact you for further information re hotel confirmation and payment of workshop fees.
If you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to contact Kurt or Caroline ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
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Francis Heylighen
Center "Leo Apostel"
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
Francis Heylighen
Center "Leo Apostel"
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
