4-10 August 2013
Athens, Greece
Call for Papers for the Philosophy of Communication and Information Session XXIII World Congress of Philosophy Athens (Greece) 4?10.8.2013 http://www.wcp2013.gr/ __________________________________________________ The XXIII Congress will include 1) An Invited Session on The Philosophy of Information http://www.wcp2013.gr/en/invited-sessions/invited-sessions.html 2) a Philosophy of Communication and Information Session for Contributed Papers (track n. 46) http://www.wcp2013.gr/en/sections-contributed-papers/contributedpapers.html This call for papers concerns (2). Research on any aspect of the philosophy of communication and information is welcome. All philosophical approaches and methods are equally welcome. Anyone interested in submitting a paper is invited to - follow the instructions available here http://www.wcp2013.gr/en/submisssion-papers/submission-papers.html - use the online system available here http://reservations.afea.gr/Register.php?FN=F%20%20%20%20324 - and also send the submission to my address here: l.floridi@herts.ac.uk<mailto:l.floridi@herts.ac.uk> Important Dates Abstract and Paper Submission Deadline: February 1, 2013 Early Registration Deadline: February 1, 2013 Online Registration Closing: June 30, 2013 Online Hotel Reservation Closing: June 30, 2013 Tour Reservation Closing: July 30, 2013 I enclose below some official information about the Congress. Best regards, Luciano Floridi __________________________________________________ The World Congresses of Philosophy are organised every five years by the International Federation of Philosophical Societies in collaboration with one of its member societies. The XXIII World Congress of Philosophy will be held from August 4 through August 10, 2013, in Athens, Greece, under the auspices of the Hellenic Organising Committee, which has been constituted by the Greek Philosophical Society. The Congress has several aims, which are to be understood as complementary: - To inquire into the world?s philosophical traditions and compare them in terms of their diverse contributions and possible mutual cross-fertilization. - To reflect on the tasks and functions of philosophy in the contemporary world, taking account of the contributions, expectations, and gaps in philosophical awareness associated with other disciplines, with political, religious, social, economic, technological, etc., activities and with diverse cultures and traditions. - To emphasize the importance of philosophical reflection for public discourse on global issues affecting humanity. Because of its cultural history and geographical situation, Athens is an ideal location for stimulating encounters between scholars from across the world. The main theme of the 2013 Congress, ?Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life?, emphasizing both theory and practice, recalls the declaration of Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living. The 2013 Congress invites discussion of the nature, roles, and responsibilities of philosophy and philosophers today. It is committed to paying heed to the problems, conflicts, inequalities, and injustices connected with the development of a planetary civilisation that is at once multicultural and techno-scientific. The main theme of the Congress will be developed, according to the tradition of the World Congresses, in the following four plenary sessions and seven symposia: Plenary Sessions 1. Philosophical Method Chair: Evandro Agazzi (Italy / Mexico) Speakers: Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Senegal / USA) Dagfinn Føllesdall (Norway) John McDowell (South Africa / United States) 2. Philosophy and the Sciences Chair: Maria Carla Galavotti (Italy) Speakers: Susan Haack (USA) Alberto Cordero (Peru / United States) Keiichi Noe (Japan) 3. Philosophy as Practical Wisdom Chair: Juliana González (Mexico) Speakers: Alexander Nehamas (Greece / USA) Kwame A Appiah (Ghana / United States) Chen Lai (China) 4. Philosophy and Public Life Chair: Hans Lenk (Germany) Speakers: Seyla Benhabib (USA) Abdussalam Guseinov (Russia) Wole Soyinka (Nigeria) Abdolkarim Soroush (Iran) [to be confirmed] Symposia 1. The relevance of Ancient Greek Philosophy Today Chair: Georgios Anagnostopoulos (USA/Greece) Speakers: Enrico Berti (Italy) Dorothea Frede (Germany) Noburu Notomi (Japan) 2. Eros Chair: Gerasimos Santas (Greece / USA) Speakers: Aminata Cissé Diaw (Senegal) A.V. Afonso (India) Jonathan Lear (USA) Simon Critchley (UK / USA) 3. Philosophy and Religions Chair: Jean Ferrari (France) Speakers: Michael von Brück (Germany) Suwanna Satha-Anand (Thailand) Seizo Sekine (Japan) 4. Art and Cultures Chair: Marina Lambraki-Plaka (Greece) Speakers: Jos De Mul (Netherlands) Yacouba Konaté (Ivory Coast) Wolfgang Welsch (Germany) Han Zhen (China) 5. Technology and the Environment Chair: Workineh Kelbessa (Ethiopia) Speakers: Kristin Schrader-Frechette (USA) Esa Saarinen (Finland) Konrad Ott (Germany) Junichi Murata (Japan) 6. Current Trends in Epistemology Chair: Ernest Sosa (USA) Speakers: Jean Petitot (France) Dismas A. Masolo (Kenya / USA) Jason Stanley (USA) Pascal Engel (France / Switzerland) 7. Philosophy in Modern and Contemporary Greece Chair: Athanasia Glycofridi-Leontsini (Greece) Speakers: Evangelos Moutsopoulos (Greece) Panagiotis Noutsos (Greece) Georgia Apostolopoulou (Greece) Kostantinos Petsios (Greece) Sections for Contributed Papers 01. Aesthetics and philosophies of art 02. Ancient Greek philosophy 02.i Presocratic philosophy 02ii Classical Greek philosophy 02.iii Hellenistic philosophy 02iv. Neoplatonic philosophy 03. Bioethics 04. Buddhist philosophy 05. Business ethics 06. Byzantine philosophy 07. Christian philosophy 08. Comparative and intercultural philosophy 09. Confucian philosophy 10. Contemporary philosophy 11. Environmental philosophy 12. Ethics 13. Existential Philosophy 14. History of philosophy 15. Human rights 16. Indian philosophies 17. Islamic philosophy 18. Jewish philosophy 19. Logic 20. Medical ethics 21. Medieval philosophy 22. Metaphilosophy 23. Metaphysics 24. Modern and contemporary Greek philosophy 25. Moral psychology 26. Ontology 27. Phenomenology 28. Philosophical anthropology 29. Philosophical approaches to gender 30. Philosophical hermeneutics 31. Philosophical issues about race 32. Philosophical traditions in Africa 33. Philosophical traditions in Asia and the Pacific 34. Philosophical traditions in Europe 35. Philosophical traditions in Latin America 36. Philosophical traditions in North Africa and the Middle East 37. Philosophical traditions in North America 38. Philosophy and linguistics 39. Philosophy and literature 40. Philosophy and media 41. Philosophy and oral traditions of knowledge 42. Philosophy and psychoanalysis 43. Philosophy for children 44. Philosophy of action 45. Philosophy of cognitive sciences 46. Philosophy of communication and information 47. Philosophy of culture 48. Philosophy of development 49. Philosophy of economics 50. Philosophy of education 51. Philosophy of globalization 52. Philosophy of history 53. Philosophy of language 54. Philosophy of law 55. Philosophy of logic 56. Philosophy of mathematics 57. Philosophy of mind 58. Philosophy of nature 59. Philosophy of neuroscience 60. Philosophy of physics 61. Philosophy of religion 62. Philosophy of science 63. Philosophy of sport 64. Philosophy of technology 65. Philosophy of the body 66. Philosophy of the life sciences 67. Philosophy of the social sciences 68. Philosophy of values 69. Political philosophy 70. Renaissance and modern philosophy 71. Russian philosophy 72. Social philosophy 73. Taoist philosophy 74. Teaching philosophy 75. Theories of knowledge and epistemology Abstract and Papers Submission All persons who want to participate in the Congress are welcome to submit their abstract and paper. Abstract and paper should be intended to one of the 75 Sections for contributed papers. There are three ways of submitting the abstract and paper: - Online submission; - As attachment to an email message; - The archaic way of sending the documents by post. We strongly recommend all participants to use the online abstract and paper submission for their convenience and for reduction of costs. For details please see: http://www.wcp2013.gr/en/submisssion-papers/submission-papers.html Important Dates Abstract and Paper Submission Deadline: February 1, 2013* Early Registration Dealine: February 1, 2013 Online Registration Closing: June 30, 2013 Online Hotel Reservation Closing: June 30, 2013 Tour Reservation Closing: July 30, 2013 *Abstract and Paper are submitted simultaneously. Later submissions may be considered, depending on availability of space. Submissions and registrations after the 1st of April 2013 may not appear in the Program of the 23rd World Congress of Philosophy Contact: 23rd World Congress of Philosophy School of Philosophy University of Athens ELTA-University Campus 15703 Zografos - Athens Greece Phone: +30 210 7277545, +30 210 7277548 Fax: +30 210 7248979 Email: secretariat@wcp2013.gr<mailto:secretariat@wcp2013.gr> Web: http://www.wcp2013.gr