INTRODUCTION
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The purpose
of this site is to organize, develop, present, and promote computational
philosophy. Computational Philosophy is a philosophical subdiscipline
that utilizes computers as a subject matter, intuition pump, and
research tool. For more information see About
CP or the FAQ. If you are interested
in current events in CP, syndicate
this site.
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NA-CAP@OSU 2005 Computing and Philosophy @ Oregon State University August 4, 5, 6 2005
Call for Proposals
Each year, thinkers and creators gather to investigate the ways that information technology is transforming our world. Philosophers, engineers, historians, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, and IT professionals across the spectrum meet for three days of discussion and exploration.
We are looking for thought-provoking presentations in information ethics, cognitive science, AI, robotics, social and cultural issues, simulations and modeling, distance learning, computational logic and linguistics, electronic and teaching resources.
Please submit electronically an extended abstract of approximately 1000 words, targeted to one of the topic areas below. The file should also contain a 300 word abstract to be used in the conference web site and booklet.
Submission deadline: February 28, 2005
Please send a copy to the committee member for the appropriate topic area and to Patrick Grim as program director at pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu. Submission can also be done directly at http://oregonstate.edu/groups/cap/ by clicking on Proposal Submission.
Information and Computer Ethics Terry Bynum bynum@scsud.ctstateu.edu
Cognitive Science, AI, and Robotics Selmer Bringsjord brings@rpi.edu
Social, Cultural, and Metaphysical Issues Charles Ess cmess@drury.edu
Simulations and Computational Modeling Branden Fitelson branden@fitelson.org
Issues in Distance Learning Ron Barnette rbarnett@valdosta.edu
Computational Logic and Lingustics Patrick Grim pgrim@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Student Track – Grads and Undergrads John Taylor johntayl@andrew.cmu.edu
~johnny logic
8:29 AM
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Message from IACAP
This memo has three parts. The first is a reminder to register for the North American CAP at Carnegie Mellon; the second is an announcement of the next Asia-Pacific CAP conference (in Thailand); the third gives the results of recent IACAP elections and notes organizational changes (along with other IACAP varia).
********* Please be sure to register online for NA-CAP at Carnegie Mellon (Pittsburgh, USA, August 4-6, 2004) Early registration helps us better plan for the event in terms of housing and catering. Note also the hotel and dorms have cut-off dates. For more information on NA-CAP04, go to http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/CAAE/CAP/
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We are pleased to announce that the second annual AP-CAP will take place January 7 - 9, 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand (Chulalongkorn University). The submission deadline for proposals is August 27th, 2005. For more information on AP-CAP05, go to http://www.stc.arts.chula.ac.th/CAP/AP-CAP.html
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The IACAP Steering Committee has voted Jon Dorbolo as next IACAP President and Luciano Floridi as Vice President. With Jon and Luciano in the lead, the organization is well positioned to enter into the next phase of its development.
Special thanks are due to Tony Beavers and David Stern for managing the election process.
There are now three CAP Regions in place and each region will be establishing its own Steering and Program Committees. Hopefully, these committees will be filled by the time of the NA-CAP August meeting. The Directors of the current CAP Regions are John Weckert for AP-CAP, Susan Stuart for E-CAP, and Marvin Croy for NA-CAP. Information on these regional organizations will be made available on the IACAP website.
My term as current President of IACAP will expire this August. It has been a pleasure to serve in this capacity and to see CAP grow into a truly international organization.
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Congratulations are in order to Lorenzo Magnani and all those who made E-CAP 04 (Pavia, Italy) a success. And we are looking forward to announcing the details for E-CAP 05 (to be held in Sweden).
Finally, the IACAP website continues to develop in both design and content. Seth Casana is our webmaster and welcomes any comments and suggestions.
Robert Cavalier iacap.org
~johnny logic
1:09 PM
Thursday, May 06, 2004
Paper Archive and CP Site Syndication
I have replaced the paper section with a link to a searchable archive of 550+ 650+ entries composed of papers, notes and books; an RSS link for syndication; and a JavaScript reporting the seven most recent papers added:
- abduction - visual, spatial, imagistic modeling and reasoning - simulative modeling - the role of diagrammatic representations - computational models of visual and simulative reasoning - causal and counterfactual reasoning in model construction - visual analogy - thought experimenting - logical analyses related to model-based reasoning - manipulative reasoning - distributed model-based reasoning - embodiment in model-based reasoning - model-based reasoning and technological innovation
This is a whopper of an update for the Computational Philosophy site. changed the layouts, removed the forum, added a glossary (Warning: largish file 208KB; ouch, my wrists!), removed some other extraneous stuff, edited some content and am working on more onsite papers.
