E-Cap2004_Italy Call for papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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                     COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY

                          E-CAP2004_ITALY

         Pavia, Italy, Collegio Ghislieri, June 3-5, 2004

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                      Up-to date information
               on the conference will be found at
       http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/courses/progra2.html

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GENERAL INFORMATION

 From Thursday 3 to Saturday 5 June 2004 (three days) the International 
European
Conference ``COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY'' will be held at the University
of Pavia (near Milan, Italy).

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Computational Philosophy Laboratory and the Department of Philosophy
of the University of Pavia will be hosting the European Computing and
Philosophy (CAP) conference from the 3rd to the 5th of  June.

PROGRAM

The conference will deal with all aspects of the "computational turn"
that is occurring within the discipline of Philosophy. The Programme
Committee are particularly interested in submissions in  Cognitive
Science, Epistemology and Metaphysics.

RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS

We call for papers that cover topics pertaining to
computing and philosophy from the following list:

    * Cognitive Science, Epistemology, and Metaphysics
    * Abductive reasoning, Scientific discovery,  Creative processes
    * Internal and External Representations in Cognitive Science
    * Simulation, Embodiment, and Distributed Reasoning in
      Computational Models of Cognitive    
    * Problem of Consciousness in PhilosophyI
    * New Models of Logic Software
    * Computer-based Learning and Teaching Strategies and Resources
    * Ethics
    * The Impact of Distance Learning on the Teaching of Philosophy
    * The Role of Computers as Tools for Philosophical Research

SUBMISSIONS OF PAPERS

The deadline for submission is 19th December 2003 -
though late submissions will be considered.

Papers submitted for contributed sessions or poster presentations must
not exceed a total word count of 3500 words. Papers must be accompanied
by a word count and an abstract of not more than 500 words (to be
included in the conference program booklet).
Authors may submit only one paper and should submit it in either RTF or
PDF format by using the MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
(in http://www.unipv.it/cap2004).

The

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Registration, Accommodation, Submissions,
Participants and Reviewers) in http://www.unipv.it/cap2004

Conference Email Address: infoCAP04 at unipv.it

in case of problem with the above address please use
lmagnani at unipv.it or
lmagnani at cc.gatech.edu or
elena at acrossevents.com

REGISTRATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION
(to register please use the Management System,
in http://www.unipv.it/cap2004

Registration Fees:

Before 15 April 2004:

          Standard:   ? 150,00          (to participate in all the 
activities of the Conference Reception Included)

          Phd Students: ? 90,00

          Students: Free

After  15 April 2004:

          Standard:   ? 180,00           (to participate in all the 
activities of the Conference Reception Included)

          Phd Students: ? 110,00

          Students: Free

One day only:  ? 80,00

No refunds will be granted after May 12th, 2004

Terms & Conditions: an administration fee of ? 75,00 will be charged for 
cancellations confirmed in writing by 12th May. We regret that no refund 
can be made after that date, for whatever reason, although substitutions 
will be acceptable if notified in writing before the event.

ACCOMMODATION

(to book a reservation please use the Management System, in 
http://www.unipv.it/webphilos_lab/courses/progra2.html)

All accomodation is hotel-based with en-suite facilities.

Hotel Moderno ****   EURO 100,00 (single b&b)      EURO 135,00 (double b&b)

Hotel Ariston ***    EURO 80,00  (single b&b)      EURO 110,00 (double b&b)

Hotel Excelsior ***  EURO 50,00  (single)          EURO 73,00 (double)
EURO  62,00  (D/S)  breakfast  EURO 6,00

A very limited number of less expensive rooms is available
in the several Colleges (some of them historical) of the ancient 
University of Pavia.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline...........................19 December 2003
Notification of acceptance................... 19 March 2004
Conference................................... 3-5 June 2004
Final papers............................due.. 15 July 2004

PROGRAM CHAIR

Lorenzo MAGNANI

Professor of Logic and Epistemology
Department of Philosophy and Computational Philosophy Laboratory
University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Office: +39-0382-506283, Home: +39-0383-371067
Fax: +39-0382-23215
&
Weissman Distinguished Visiting Professor
Department of Philosophy, Baruch College,
1 Bernard Baruch Way, New York , NY 10010
Office: +646-312-4367, Fax: +646- 312-4361, Home: 646-432-9309
Email: lmagnani at unipv.it, lmagnani at cc.gatech.edu

PROGRAM COMMITTEE  (provisional, TO BE UPDATED)

- Atocha Aliseda, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas Universidad
  Nacional  Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, MEXICO
  e-mail: atocha at minerva.filosoficas.unam.mx  
- Diderik Batens, Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science,
  Universiteit Gent,  Ghent, Belgium
  e-mail: Diderik.Batens at rug.ac.be
- Robert Cavalier, Department of Philosophy,  Carnegie Mellon, 
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  e-mail: rc2z at andrew.cmu.edu
- Simon Colton, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, UK
  e-mail: sgc at doc.ic.ac.uk
- Roberto Cordeschi, Department of Philosophy, University of Salerno,
  Salerno , ITALY
  e-mail: cordeschi at caspur.it
- Chris Dobbyn, Faculty of Maths and Computing,The Open 
University,Walton Hall,
  Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
  e-mail: c.h.dobbyn at open.ac.uk
- Roy Dyckhoff, School of Computer Science,University of St 
Andrews,North Haugh,
  St Andrews,Fife, KY16 9SS, Scotland
  e-mail: rd at dcs.st-and.ac.uk
- Luciano Floridi, Wolfson College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK and
  University of Bari,Bari, ITALY
  e-mail: luciano.floridi at philosophy.oxford.ac.uk
- Theo Kuypers, Dept. of Philosophy,  University of Groningen, Groningen,
  The  Netherlands
  e-mail: T.A.F.Kuipers at philos.rug.nl
- Lorenzo Magnani, Department of Philosophy, University of Pavia,
  Pavia, ITALY and Baruch College, The City University of New York,
  New York, USA
  e-mail: lmagnani at unipv.it, lmagnani at cc.gatech.edu
- Nancy J. Nersessian, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of
  Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
  e-mail: nancyn at cc.gatech.edu
- Claudio Pizzi, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences,
  University of Siena, Siena, ITALY
  e-mail: pizzic at unisi.it,claudiopizzi at everyday.com
- Susan Stuart, Humanities Advanced Technology and Information
  Institute,  University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  e-mail: S.Stuart at philosophy.arts.gla.ac.uk
- Guglielmo Tamburrini, Department of Philosophy, University of Pisa,
  Pisa, ITALY
  e-mail: gugt at inwind.it
- Riccardo Viale, Fondazione Rosselli,Via San Quintino, 18/c, 10121 Torino,
  Italy
  e-mail: riccardo.viale at fondazionerosselli.it

LOCAL ORGANIZER

dr. Elena Gandini  
Across Events s.r.l.
Via A. Moro, 
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27021 Bereguardo (PV) Italy
mobile +39 349 55 41 915
e-mail: elena at acrossevents.com
www.acrossevents.com

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Elena Gandini (elena at acrossevents.com), Alberto Gatti 
(gatti_alberto at hotmail.com),
 Riccardo Dossena (riki.dox at libero.it),Lorenzo Magnani 
(lmagnani at cc.gatech.edu),
Matteo Piazza (pimat at yahoo.com), (Department of Philosophy,
University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy)

IMPORTANT ADDRESSES

PROGRAM CHAIR

Lorenzo MAGNANI

Department of Philosophy and Computational Philosophy Laboratory
University of Pavia,
Piazza Botta 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Office: +39-0382-506283, Home: +39-0383-371067
Fax: +39-0382-23215
Email: lmagnani at unipv.it

also

Department of Philosophy,
Baruch College, The City University of New York
1 Bernard Baruch Way, New York , NY 10010
Office: +646-312-4364
Fax: +646- 312-4361

CONFERENCE SITE:

Collegio Ghislieri, Piazza Ghislieri, 27100 PAVIA, Italy,
phone +39 0382 37861. http://www.ghislieri.it/

The Conference is sponsored by
UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA, ITALY
UNIVERSITY OF SIENA, ITALY
MIUR (Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca Scientifica e
Tecnologica),
ITALY

HOW TO REACH PAVIA

LINATE Airport: www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/linate People arriving by 
plane at LINATE should take the bus to the CENTRAL STATION of Milan (cf. 
below from this Station to Pavia). In LINATE it could be convenient to 
take a Taxi because the airport is close to the center of Milan. 
Moreover,the bus company SGEA ( www.sgea.it ) offers six runs from 
LINATE to Pavia at 9.00, 10.00, 12.00 AM and 2.00, 5.00, 8.30 PM. The 
last stop is Pavia, near the station (see again our updated web page for 
possible alterations of this time-table) (from Pavia to LINATE six runs 
at 5.00, 7.30, 10.00 AM, 1.00, 4.00, 6.00 PM) (one hour trip; _13,00 
return ticket, _8,00 one way ticket). In Pavia there is only one 
station. The easiest way to reach the center of the town is to get off 
at the station and than take the bus n. 3.

MALPENSA 2000 and OLD MALPENSA Airports: 
www.sea-aeroportimilano.it/malpensa (usually people arrive to Malpensa 
2000 and not to OLD MALPENSA): People arriving by plane at MALPENSA 2000 
(also called MALPENSA 2000 Terminal 1) or at "old" MALPENSA (now called 
MALPENSA NORTH but also called Malpensa 2000 Terminal 2) should  take 
the bus to the CENTRAL STATION of  Milan. There is also a bus AND A 
shuttle TRAIN (Malpensa Express) from Malpensa 2000 to the NORTH STATION 
(Piazzale Cadorna) of Milan, in this case from NORTH Station you will 
have to take the underground MM2 (green line) to the Central Raylway 
Station: trains to Pavia leave from Central station. Moreover, the bus 
company SGEA offers various runs from MALPENSA 2000 to Pavia at  9.00, 
11:00 AM, 1:30 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:30, PM (from Pavia to MALPENSA 2000 
and to OLD MALPENSA various runs at 7.00, 9:00, 11:00 AM, 1:00, 3:15, 
5:00, 7:00 PM) (one hour and half trip; _18,00 retourn ticket, _12,00 
one way ticket).
The last stop is Pavia, near the rail station

In Pavia there is only one rail station.
The easiest way to reach the center of the town is to get off at the 
station and than take the bus n. 3.

There are trains from MILAN (Central Raylway Station) to PAVIA and vice 
versa about every an hour www.trenitalia.it (routes: MILAN-GENOVA; 
MILAN-VENTIMIGLIA; MILAN-LA SPEZIA; MILAN-SAVONA; MILAN-SESTRI LEVANTE; 
MILAN-IMPERIA; MILAN-ALBENGA; Pavia is the first stop only if the train 
is not slow, that is, if it is not, in ITALIAN, "L", locale).

(see again our updated web page for possible  alterations of this 
time-table)

For any further information do not hesitate to contact our local
organizer, Elena Gandini at elena at acrossevents.com