Monday August 3
8:15 a.m. Registration, coffee, Department of Architecture,
9:15-10:15 a.m. Opening Session, (HUT, Auditorium E)
Chairs: George L. Farre and Tarkko Oksala
HUT: Rector Paavo Uronen, opening
ISSE: George L. Farre
Local Committee: Tarkko Oksala
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10:15 a.m. Plenary Session 1 (Auditorium E)
Theory and Philosophy of Emergence
Themes: Emergent Materialism, Pluralistic Ontologies, Scientific
Explanation and Emergence, Logic and Philosophy of Space and Time,
Mathematical and Categorial Modelling, Philosophy of Evolution
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Chairs: George L. Farre and Veikko Rantala
10:15-11:00 George L. Farre, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
Cosmic Evolution: Characteristics and Implications for the Philosophy of
Nature 1998
11:10-12:00 Invited speaker, Harald Atmanspacher, Max-Planck-Institute
Many Realisms (Harald Atmanspacher and Frederick Kronz, University of Texas
at Austin)
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12:00 Lunch and Late Registration
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13.15 p.m. Plenary Session 1 continues
13:15-14:05 Invited speaker, Rom Harr~, Oxford University
Melody as Emergent Property of Sounds (Rom Harr~ and Phillip Tacka)
14:10-14:50 Wolfgang Hofkirchner, Vienna University of Technology
Emergence and the Logic of Explanation. An Argument for the Unity of Science
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15:00 Coffee
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15:15 (Auditorium E) Evening Session 1
Theory and Philosophy of Emergence
Ontology and Philosophy of Emergence
Chairs: N.N. and M.M.
15:15-15:55 Ron Cottam, Willy Ranson and Roger Vounckx, University of
Brussels
Emergence: Half a Quantum Jump?
16:05-16:45 Dick Bird, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne
Atoms, Monads and Emergence: Order and Sequence in the Production of
Emergent Properties
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19:15 Get-together, Department of Architecture
Tuesday August 4
9:15 a.m. Plenary Session 2 (Auditorium E)
Emergence and Self-Organization in Natural Sciences
Themes: Evolution of Universe, Hierarchical Modelling, Non-Linear Modelling
and Chaos Theory, Origins of Life, Ecological Balance
Chairs N.N. and M.M.
9:15-10:05 Invited Speaker, Hans Primas, ETH, Zuerich
Emergence in Exact Natural Sciences
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10:05 Coffee
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10:15-11:05 Invited speaker, Walter Schempp, University of Siegen
Quantum Teleportation and Spin Echo
11:15-11:55 Koichiro Matsuno, Nagaoka University of Technology
Emergent Phenomena of Time in Quantum Mechanics
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12:00 Lunch
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13.15 p.m. Plenary Session continues
13:15-13:55 John E. Gray, Naval Surface Warface Center, Dahlgren
The Persistence of Memory: Can We Reconstruct the Past? The Role of Time in
Emergent Systems
14:05-14:45 M. Dudziak and M. Pitk{nen, Moscow State University and
University of Helsinki
Quantum Self-Organization Theory with Applications to Hydrodynamics and the
Simultaneity of Local Chaos and Global Particle-Like Behaviour
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Short pause
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15:05-15:45 R. Thomas, University of Bruxelles
Labyrinth Chaos: Emergence of a Chaotic Attractor of Increasing Size and
Complexity by the Mere Decrease of a Parameter
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15:45 Coffee
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16:15 p.m. Evening Session 2 (HUT, Auditorium E)
Theory and Philosophy of Emergence
Spatial and Temporal Logic and Philosophy
Chairs: N.N. and M.M
16:15-16:55 Yukio-Pegio Gunji, Kobe University, Nada
Asynchronous Tuning and Invalidating Boundary
17:00-17:40 Michael Manthey, Aalborg University
A Combinatorial Bit Bang Leading to Quaternions
Wednesday August 5
9:15 a.m. Plenary session 3 (Auditorium E)
Emergence, Cognition and Language
Themes: Emergence of Mind, Intentionality, Cognitive Modelling, Logic and
Linguistics, AI
Chairs: N.N. and M.M.
9:15-10:05 Invited Speaker, Karl Pribram, University of Stanford
The Study of Emergence in Neurology
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10:05 Coffee
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10:15-10:55 Richard K. Khuri, Council for Research in Values and
Philosophy, Falls Church
Emergence: Of or From Mind?
11:05-11:45 Brian D. Josephson, University of Cambridge
Extensibility of Activities and the Design of the Nervous Systems
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12:15 Lunch
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13:15 p.m. Plenary Session continues
13:15-13:55 Veikko Rantala, University of Tampere
Connectionism and the Emergence of Propositional Knowledge
14:05-14:45 Mark H. Bickhard, Lehig University, Betlehem
A Process Model of the Emergence of Representation
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14:45 Coffee
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15:15 Evening session 3 (Auditorium E)
Emergence and Self-Organization in Natural Sciences
Hierarchical Modelling of Complex Systems
Chairs: N.N. and M.M.
15:15-15:55 J. S. Shiner and Matt Davison, University of Bern and Deutsche
Bank, Toronto
Order, Disorder and Complexity in Hierarchies
16:05-16:45John D. Collier and Scott J. Muller, University of Newcastele,
Callaghan
The Dynamical Basis of Emergence in Natural Hierarchies
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18:30 Meeting at Hotel and short walk to the Espoo City reception
Thursday August 6
9:15 p.m. Plenary Session 4 (Auditorium E)
Emergent Phenomena in Eco-Social Organization and Communication
Themes: The Emergence of Ego vs. the Social, Autonomy, Social Agents,
Co-operation and Synergy, Games, AL-Models
Chairs: N.N. and M.M.
9:15-9:55 Michael Hauhs and Holger Lange, University of Bayreuth
Emergence of Observational Hierarchies in Natural Evolution
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10:00 Coffee
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10:15-10:55 Erminia Vaccari, Maria D'Amato and William Delaney, University
of Bari
Hierarchical Modelling: A Systemic Framework
11:05-11:45 Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo and Alvaro Moreno, University of the Basque
Country
Autonomy and Emergence: How Systems Become Agents Through the Generation of
Functional Constraints
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12:00 Lunch
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13:15 Plenary Session continues
Takashi Ikegami and Makoto Taiji, University of Tokyo and Institute of
Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo
Structures of Possible Worlds in a Game of Players with Internal Models
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14:15 p.m. Evening Session 4 (Auditorium E)
Emergence and Self-Organization in Natural Sciences
Biosciences and Emergence: Evolutionary and Semiotic Aspects
14:15-14:55 Jesper Hoffmeyer, University of Copenhagen
Life: The Invention of Externalism
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15:00 Coffee
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15:15-15:55 Kalevi Kull, University of Tartu
Baerian Biology: Evolution by Means of Organisms' Interpretation
16:00-16:40 Yukihiko Toquenaga, University of Tsukuba
Taming Chaotic Dynamics in Gene-for-Gene Systems
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Short Pause
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16:55-17:35 Tommi Vehkavaara, University of Tampere
Extended Concept of Knowledge for Evolutionary Epistemology and
Biosemiotics: Hierarchies of Knowledge Storages and Knowing Subjects
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19.00 Conference Dinner
Friday August 7
9:15 Plenary Session 5 (Auditorium E)
Emergence in Humanities and Cultural Study
Themes: Ontology of Art, Theory of Cultural Objects and Artifacts,
Creativity, Music, Painting, Architecture
Chairs N.N. and M.M.
9:15-9:55 Cynthia M. Grund, University of Copenhagen
The Emergence of Music from Sound
10:00 Coffee
10:15-10:55 Patrik A. Heelan, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
The Emergence of New Perspective Practice in Vincent Van Gogh
11:05-11:45 Tarkko Oksala, Helsinki University of Technology
Complex-City
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12.15 Lunch
Theory of Emergence
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13.15 Evening Session 5 (Auditorium E)
Summary
Chairs: George L. Farre and Tarkko Oksala
13:15-13:55 A. Karim Ahmed and George L. Farre, World Resources Institute,
Washington D.C. and Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
Incompatibility of Electromagnetic, Gravitational and Dark Matter Fields:
Is there a Hidden Conceptual Bias in Modern Physical Theories?
Discussion
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Closing, Tarkko Oksala
Social Program
Lunches from Monday to Thursday at 12:00-13:00 or 13:00-14:00 depending of
daily program. Coffees around 10:00 a.m. and 15:00 p.m. (Refreshments on
short pauses)
Evening Program (Meeting at Rivoli Hotel Espoo 18:30 or at target in due
time)
3.8. Monday - Get-together, Department of Architecture, 19:00
4.8. Tuesday- Free for shopping, meetings etc.
5.8. Wednesday - Espoo City, Coctails 19.00 at Karhusaari
6.8. Thursday-Conference - Dinner 19.00
7.8. Friday - Closing and free evening
Rights to changes reserved to Local committee (only)