[PhilPhys] CfP - Emergence: Conceptual and Philosophical Aspects

[Sebastian De Haro]

*Emergence: Conceptual and Philosophical Aspects*

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Workshop of the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena (DIEP)


Organising committee: Jay Armas, Jeremy Butterfield, Sebastian De Haro, 
Klaas Landsman


Dates of the workshop: 9 to 11 of May 2019.


Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 15th of November 2018.

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https://www.d-iep.org/workshopemergence


Description:The phenomenon of emergence seems to pervade a broad class 
of disciplines while simultaneously being notoriously difficult to 
define in precise terms. Philosophers and scientists have attempted to 
catalogue different aspects and distinguish between distinct types of 
emergent behaviour. Artists, inspired by some of these ideas, have 
attempted to portray it in a variety of forms. The result of this 
multiplicity of endeavours is far from a unified theory or common 
perspective on emergence. The usefulness of the notion of emergence in 
terms of its explanatory power and ability to provide understanding of 
new phenomena depends on the possibility of taming its pervasiveness. A 
conceptual analysis should help in giving generalized accounts of the 
phenomenon of emergence, to distinguish different kinds of emergence as 
well as to shed light on the importance of emergence for the 
understanding and explanation of scientific phenomena.


The workshop aims at bringing together conceptual analyses and examples 
of emergence in different sciences (including physics, astronomy, 
cosmology, chemistry, earth science, biology) in order to better 
understand its scientific importance. Thus, it invites contributions on 
any of the following questions:


· What is emergence?

· Case studies about emergence.

· Taxonomies for emergence: what kinds of emergence are there and how do 
they relate to each other?

· What is the logical structure of emergence?

· What is the scientific and conceptual importance of emergence?

· How does emergence explain or help understand scientific phenomena?

· How does emergence relate to other philosophical notions such as 
fundamentality, levels, causation, etc.?

· What is the relation between emergence and other phenomena in nature, 
such as self-organisation? How do those phenomena differ from emergence?


Invited speakers include:

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    Robert Batterman, University of Pittsburgh, philosophy.

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    Stephen Blundell, University of Oxford, physics.

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    Elena Castellani, University of Florence, philosophy.

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    Max Cooper (TBC), emergence artist, http://emergence.maxcooper.net.

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    Alexandre Guay, Université catholique de Louvain, philosophy.

 6.

    Nigel Goldenfeld, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and
    NASA Astrobiology Institute, physics and biology.

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    Eleanor Knox, King’s College London, philosophy.

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    James Ladyman, University of Bristol, philosophy.

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    Martha Lewis, University of Amsterdam, linguistics and logic.

10.

    Angelo Vulpiani, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, physics.

11.

    Piers Coleman, Rutgers University, physics.


AboutDIEP: DIEP is an interdisciplinary research centre across 
fundamental sciences and philosophy, with the purpose of furthering the 
understanding of emergent phenomena. Integrated in the National Research 
Agenda in the Netherlands, it brings together physicists, chemists, 
biologists, mathematicians, and philosophers across the Netherlands and 
beyond. For more information, see: https://www.d-iep.org


How to register and apply:for registration, information and application 
see https://www.d-iep.org/workshopemergence. After registering you can 
also send an email with your abstract of 500 to 1,000 words to 
info at d-iep.org by the 15th of November 2018 with the subject line: CfP: 
Emergence.

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Sebastian De Haro
Amsterdam University College
Vossius Center for History of Humanities and Sciences, University of Amsterdam
Trinity College, Cambridge
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
http://www.uva.nl/en/profile/s.deharoolle
Tel. +31 - 20 5258170

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