18-21 Oct 2013
Call for Papers for the International Conference on Philosophy of Information (ICPI 2013) Dear Colleagues: As the study of the philosophy of information (PI) is developing in the world, the 1st International Conference on Philosophy of Information in China will be held. Here we call for papers of this conference. The followings are information of this Conference, we are cordially looking forward to your active response. ?. TOPICS 1. Meta-theoretical Aspects of the Philosophy of Information: · information ontology · information epistemology · theory of information evolution · theory of informational value · informational thinking way 2. Philosophy of Information and Philosophical questions in Frontiers of Contemporary Sciences : · informational and computational philosophy · information and knowledge, logic, semantics · PI and the philosophy of cognitive science · information and philosophy of science · information and biology · PI and complexity theory · PI and theory of quantum information · PI and philosophy of system 3. Comparison of Philosophy of Information and Other West Philosphical Thoughts: · PI and mind philosophy · PI and language philosophy · PI and phenomenology · PI and post-modern philosophy · PI and philosphy of religion · PI and political philosophy · PI and philosophy of law · PI and ancient Greek philsophy · PI and Chinese philsophy · PI and Indian philosophy 4. Philosophical Issues of Information Economy and Information Society: · information ethics · philosophical issues of virtual reality and network culture · ecological civilization and PI · philosophical questions in logistics information management · research on information production and information productivity · knowledge and philosophical problems in information economy · information society and philosophical problems in information civilization 5. Inter-disciplinary research in PI and questions in science Attention: people working on topics in the philosophy of information not covered by the list are also welcome. ?. CONFERENCE TIME, LOCATION AND LANGUAGE Time: October 18-21, 2013. Location: Xian, China. Languages: English, Chinese ?. CONFERENCE SCALE AND COST Scale: 100 people or so. Register fees: 800 RMB. Accommodation will be arranged by the Conference, but the round-trip flight, accommodation and meal expenses of participants will be supported by participants themselves. ?. PAPERS SUBMISSION Conference papers should be written in English. The suggested length of full paper is 6000-15000 words, the abstract, 300-500 words. Please send the abstract and full paper (in PDF or MS Office WORD) to: wukun@mail.xjtu.edu.cn or amandawxh@sina.com or joe.brenner@bluewin.ch Important Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: 1 May, 2013 Full Paper Submission Deadline: 1 August, 2013 ?. CONTACT Wukun: 86-29-8262-6736, 133-9928-4026(cell), Email: wukun@mail.xjtu.edu.cn Wang Xiaohong: 86-29-8267-1651, 136-7910-5619(cell), Email: amandawxh@sina.com Joseph E. Brenner?joe.brenner@bluewin.ch Initiators: International Center for Philosophy of Information, Xian Jiaotong University, China Department of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire, UK Joint Initiators: International Association for Computing and Philosophy International Society for Information Science Institute of Informatics Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Digital Humanity Laboratory, University of Evansville, USA Program in Cognitive Science, Indiana University, USA Committee of complexity and system science, China Association of Dialectics of Nature, China School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Xian Jiaotong University, China Department of Information Management, Peking University, China Institute of Science, Technology and Society, Tsinghua University, China Center for Social Information Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Department of Intelligence Science and Network Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Research Base for Beijing Modern Logistics, Beijing Wuzi University, China Research Center for Psychology of Information, Wuhan University, China Research Center for Development, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Information Society 50 Forum, China Shaanxi Association of Dialectics of Nature, China Society for Value Philosophy, China