Call for papers: The History and Philosophy of Astrobiology
Call for papers:
The History and Philosophy of Astrobiology
A Symposium on the history and philosophy of astrobiology will be held on Tycho Brahe’s island Ven, Sweden, September 27–28, 2011. The Symposium is arranged by the astrobiology research theme ”Astrobiology: Past, Present, and Future” arranged by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Lund University. The Pufendorf IAS research program in astrobiology now invite abstracts for oral or poster presentations. We are open for submission until July 15, 2011.
The two-day symposium will explore:
• The history of astrobiology from antiquity to the present, concerning its theories, methods, instrumentation, organization, and its interaction with society and popular culture.
• The philosophy of astrobiology, including ethical, societal, epistemological questions, theory of science, interstellar message construction, and cognitive science.
The main goal of the conference is to bring together researchers from all over the world to share their newest results and insights into the wide field of the history and philosophy of life in the Universe.
The conference will provide an opportunity for historians, philosophers, linguists, cognitive scientists, astronomers, chemists, biologists, geologists, and scholars and scientists from other disciplines to meet and discuss research of mutual interest in the history and philosophy of human conceptualization of and actual search for extraterrestrial life in the Universe.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Milan M. Ćirković
Steven J. Dick
Michael Perryman
Margaret Race,
Woodruff T. Sullivan, III
For further information on topics, conference venue, registration &c
Organizing committee:
David Dunér, Dainis Dravins, Gustav Holmberg, Erik Persson
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Gustav Holmberg
Forskningspolitiska institutet, Lunds universitet
tel 046 - 222 15 33, 070 - 327 78 10
http://www.gustavholmberg.com/
Gustav.Holmberg@fpi.lu.se
The History and Philosophy of Astrobiology
A Symposium on the history and philosophy of astrobiology will be held on Tycho Brahe’s island Ven, Sweden, September 27–28, 2011. The Symposium is arranged by the astrobiology research theme ”Astrobiology: Past, Present, and Future” arranged by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Lund University. The Pufendorf IAS research program in astrobiology now invite abstracts for oral or poster presentations. We are open for submission until July 15, 2011.
The two-day symposium will explore:
• The history of astrobiology from antiquity to the present, concerning its theories, methods, instrumentation, organization, and its interaction with society and popular culture.
• The philosophy of astrobiology, including ethical, societal, epistemological questions, theory of science, interstellar message construction, and cognitive science.
The main goal of the conference is to bring together researchers from all over the world to share their newest results and insights into the wide field of the history and philosophy of life in the Universe.
The conference will provide an opportunity for historians, philosophers, linguists, cognitive scientists, astronomers, chemists, biologists, geologists, and scholars and scientists from other disciplines to meet and discuss research of mutual interest in the history and philosophy of human conceptualization of and actual search for extraterrestrial life in the Universe.
Confirmed keynote speakers:
Milan M. Ćirković
Steven J. Dick
Michael Perryman
Margaret Race,
Woodruff T. Sullivan, III
For further information on topics, conference venue, registration &c
Organizing committee:
David Dunér, Dainis Dravins, Gustav Holmberg, Erik Persson
====================================
Gustav Holmberg
Forskningspolitiska institutet, Lunds universitet
tel 046 - 222 15 33, 070 - 327 78 10
http://www.gustavholmberg.com/
Gustav.Holmberg@fpi.lu.se