ECAP 2008

COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY

E-CAP 2008@LIRMM, France, June 16-18, 2008

http://www.lirmm.fr/ECAP08/

Conference Chair: Jean Sallantin js@lirmm.fr

E-CAP 2008 is generously supported by CNRS, Province Languedoc/Roussillon, University Montpellier II

ECAP is the European conference on Computing and Philosophy, the European affiliate of the International Association for Computers and Philosophy (IACAP): see www.ia-cap.org for further information.

IMPORTANT DATES

February 15 , 2008 Submission of extended abstracts

March 17, 2008 Notification of acceptance

April 30, 2008 Early registration deadline

June 16-18, 2008 Conference

GENERAL INFORMATION

From Monday 16 to Wednesday 18 June 2008 the Sixth International European Conference on COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY will be held on the Campus of the University for Science and Technology, Montpellier, France.

PROGRAM

Continuing the foci of the E-CAP conferences (beginning in Glasgow, 2003), ECAP'08 will deal with all aspects of the "computational turn" that has emerged over the past several decades, and continues to expand and develop as a result of the multiple interactions between philosophy and computing.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

1. Igor Aleksander Imperial College London UK Virtual Phenomenology

2. Jean-Yves Beziau Université de Neuchatel Switzerland : in the research area - "Intersections" - work at the crossroads of logic, epistemology, philosophy of science

3. Didier Ferrier Université Montpellier II : Norms and Globalization

RELEVANT RESEARCH AREAS

We invite papers that address all topics related to computing and philosophy, including cross- and interdisciplinary work that explores the computational turn in new ways. Hence, the following is intended to be suggestive, but not exclusive:

- Philosophy of Computer Science

- Ontology (Distributed Processing, Emergent Properties, Formal Ontology, Network Structures, etc)

- Computational Linguistics

- Global Information Infrastructures

- Philosophy of Information and Information Technology (Including: Information as structure; Semantic information)

- Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Problem of Consciousness and Cognition

- Computer-based Learning and Teaching Stra

tegies and Resources & The Impact of Distance Learning on the Teaching of Philosophy and Computing

- IT and Gender Research, Feminist Technoscience Studies

- Information and Computing Ethics

- Biological Information, Artificial Life, Biocomputation

- New Models of Logic Software

- "Intersections" - e.g., work at the crossroads of logic, epistemology, philosophy of science and ICT/Computing, such as Philosophy of AI

- Ethical and Political Dimensions of ICTs in Globalization

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Authors should submit an electronic version of an extended abstract (total word count approximately 1000 words). The file should also contain a 300 word abstract that will be used for the conference web site/booklet.

To submit papers visit http://www.lirmm.fr/ECAP08/submission.php

The extended abstract submission deadline is 15 February 2008.

For information about paper submission and the program that is not available on the conference web site (http://www.eu-cap.org/), please contact the Conference Chair.

REGISTRATION AND FEES

Registration will take place through the conference website:
www.lirmm.fr/ECAP08/registration.php

The registration fee includes the conference reception, conference lunches and coffee and tea breaks, and one ticket to the conference banquet.

Earlybird Registration - prior to April 30, 2008

Members: 160 Euro

Non-Members: 180 Euro

Members PhD students: 80 Euro

Non-Members PhD students: 87 Euro

Regular Registration - after April 30, 2008

Members: 220 Euro

Non-Members: 240 Euro

Members PhD students: 100 Euro

Masters and undergraduate students may register for the conference at no cost: a fee will be assessed, however, to cover the costs of the lunches and catering.

ACCOMMODATION

To book accommodation, please visit the conference web site:

www.lirmm.fr/ECAP08/accomodation.php