Lecture Series by Erwin Schadel

Erwin Schadel

This is an open invitation to a series of public lectures by Prof. Dr. Erwin Schadel from Bamberg University, Germany:

28. July: “Dialogue as effective chance for an enriching development of mankind: Some outlines inspired by the pansophy of John Amos Comenius”

29. July: “Do we live in the best of all possible worlds?: Some commentaries on Leibniz’ ‘Monadology’ and ‘Theodicy’

30. July: “The principle of harmony: Ontological elucidations of the basic structures of tonality (with a special reference to Johannes Kepler)

All talks will begin at 13.00 hours and will last for about three hours. The first two talks on 28th and 29th of July will be at Room 708, Boromratchakumari Building, Faculty of Arts, and the last talk on the 30th will be at the Recital Hall, Third Floor, Faculty of Fine Arts at the same time. Prof. Schadel will play the piano as part of his talk on the 30th too.

Erwin Schadel is professor of philosophy at Bamberg University, Germany. He is interested in early modern Western philosophy, especially the thoughts of Liebniz and Comenius. He is also very interested in how music is related with the world and with metaphysics. One of his books is on “Music as a Symbol of the Trinity: An Introduction to the Metaphysics of Harmony” (Musik als Trinitätssymbol. Einführung in die harmonikale Metaphy­sik).

For more information please see

http://www.uni-bamberg.de/?id=29165

Leibniz

John Amos Comenius

The 3rd Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference

THE 3RD ASIA-PACIFIC COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE

FEBRUARY 15, 16, 17, 2007
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
DILIMAN, QUEZON CITY

CALL FOR PAPERS

THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY (IACAP,
www.ia-cap.org) is inviting interested parties to submit abstract
papers for its 3rd Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference.
IACAP conferences are high profile conferences whose purpose is to
draw together people from variety of disciplines to discuss issues in
the intersection between computing and philosophy.

Previous conference topics included, among other things, the following:

Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Sciences
Artificial Life/Computer Modeling Biology
Computer Ethics
Computer Mediated Communication
Culture and Society
Distance Education and Electronic Pedagogy
Electronic Publishing
Logic and Logic Software
Metaphysics (Distributive Primacy, Emergent Properties, Formal
Ontology, Network Structure)
Electronic Publishing
Robotics
Virtual Reality
Computational Logics
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Problem of Consciousness

Topics other than those mentioned may be submitted

ABSTRACTS DUE: DECEMBER 16, 2006 (new deadline!)

Abstracts should be limited to no more than 1 to 2 pages, single
spaced and should include the author’s name, institutional
affiliation and contact details (mailing address, phone numbers, fax,
e-mail address). They should be sent via email to
iacap_up@yahoo.com.ph or dmagat47@gmail.com. Please indicate “3rd
IACAP Abstract as Subject in the email. Authors of accepted abstracts
will be notified through their email, or other contact details.

REGISTRATION FOR THE CONFERENCE COMMENCES ON AUGUST 30, 2006
CONFERENCE FEE: $120; BUT $110 for early registrants before November
30, 2006.

Please contact the organizing commitee through iacap_up@yahoo.com.ph
or dmagat47@gmail.com

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
3RD AP-IACAP CONFERENCE
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
DILIMAN, QUEZON CITY

DAN REYNALD R. MAAGAT dmagat47@gmail.com; dmagat47@yahoo.com
Professor/Chaiman
Department of Philosophy
University of the Philippines
Diliman Quezon City
Philippines

Feeds from the Center for Ethics of Science and Technology, Chulalongkorn University.