Artificial by Nature Philosophy of Life and the Life Sciences and Helmuth Plessner’s Philosophical Anthropology Invitation and call for papers for the IVth International Plessner Conference, Erasmus University, Rotterdam Wed. 16-Fr.18 Sep

Location:	Netherlands
Call for Papers Begins:	2009-09-16 (Archive)
Date Submitted:	2009-03-23
Announcement ID:	167757

Artificial by Nature

Philosophy of Life and the Life Sciences and Helmuth Plessner’s Philosophical Anthropology

Invitation and call for papers for the IVth International Plessner Conference,
Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Wed. 16-Fr.18 September, 2009

http://socgeo.ruhosting.nl/plessner

Five conference themes

1. Evolution and human life (philosophical anthropology, philosophy of biology)
2 Embodied cognition (philosophy of mind, philosophy of cognitive sciences and neuroscience)
3. Bio-ethics (medical anthropology, ethics, medical science)
4. Living culture (philosophy of culture, aesthetics, cultural sciences)
5. Beyond man: protheses, cyborgs and artificial life (philosophy of technology, AI and AL, robotics)
(See further: http:socgeo.ruhosting.nl/plessner).

Prof. Jos de Mul
Department of Philosophy
Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Email: plessner@fwb.eur.nl
Visit the website at http://socgeo.ruhosting.nl/plessner

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