Thursday, June 21, 2007
Conference E-CAP ‘07 - Computing & Philosophy
Scientific conference, June 21-23
The philosophy department of the University of Twente is proud to host the fifth European Conference on Computing and Philosophy (ECAP). Program chair is our member Philip Brey. E-CAP is the European conference on Computing and Philosophy, the European affiliate of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP, president: Luciano Floridi).
The conference will deal with all aspects of the “computational turn” that is occurring through the interaction of the disciplines of philosophy and computing. The conference is interdisciplinary: papers from philosophy, computer science, social science and related disciplines are invited.
Keynote speakers:
- Jeroen van den Hoven (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands), scientific director of the 3TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology
- Giovanni Boniolo (University of Padua, Italy)
- Mark Bedau (Reed College, USA and ProtoLife and the European Center for Living Technology, Italy)
Organisation
Local organisation is in the hands of our members Katinka Waelbers and Johnny Soraker.
More information
For more information, see the conference website.
