[alife] Computing and Philosophy August 4th-6th 2005

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COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY
North American CAP Conference      August 4th-6th 2005
University of Oregon, Corvallis

Keynote speakers:

Paul Churchland, “Chimerical Colors: Some Phenomenological  Predictions
from Computational Neursocience”

Mark Bedau, “Computational models of Evolutionary Creativity”

Each year, thinkers and creators gather to investigate philosophical
aspects of computing and information technology.  Philosophers, computer
scientists, cognitive scientists, and IT professionals meet for three days
of discussion and exploration.  Their topics include:

Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics
Information and Computing Ethics
Social, Cultural and Meteaphysical Issues in Computing
Electronic and Teaching Resources
Computational Logic & Linguistics

The attendance is international, the milieu is collegial, the interaction
is dynamic

Speakers include Selmer Bringsjord, Branden Fitelson, Patrick Grim, William
Harms, Peter VAnderschraaf, CTA Schmidt, Maralee Harrell, John Sullins,
Christopher Chapman, Archana Barua, Scott Dexter, Kenneth Himma, Kevin
Zollman, Ryan Muldoon, Seth Casana, William Braynen, and Robert Rosenberger

More information available at http://oregonstate.edu/groups/cap