Mihaela Pop – Multiculturalism and Identity- The case of the Polish community in Romania

Doamna Conferentiar dr. Mihaela Pop va participa la conferinţa internaţională Identity in a Multicultural Context la Varşovia, in zilele de 7-8 noiembrie 2011. Conferinţa este organizată de Departamentul de Sociologia culturii din cadrul Universităţii Catolice « Ioan Paul al II-lea » din Lublin si Centrul European Natolin din Varşovia. Contribuţia doamnei Mihaela Pop se intitulează : „Multiculturalism and Identity- The case of the Polish community in Romania”. Mai multe amănunte despre conferinţă se găsesc la adresa: www.natolin.edu.pl

Conferinţa Explanation through scientific models – Richard David-Rus

Facultatea de Filosofie a Universităţii din București organizează miercuri, 2 noiembrie 2011, conferinţa Explanation through scientific models, susţinută de Richard David-Rus.

Richard David-Rus este membru al Institutului de Antropologie „Francisc J. Rainer”. Interesele sale de cercetare sunt metodologia cercetării ştiinţifice, filosofia ştiinţei, modelarea statistică a datelor biomedicale.

Conferinţa face parte din seria seminarului săptămânal al Departamentului de Filosofie teoretică al Facultăţii de Filosofie din cadrul Universităţii din Bucureşti. Acesta este un seminar de cercetare deschis, în care profesori şi cercetători din ţară şi străinătate îşi expun rezultatele cercetărilor şi discută liber cu participanţii prezenţi la fiecare întâlnire.

Conferinţa Explanation through scientific models, se va desfăşura începând cu ora 18:00 în Amfiteatrul Titu Maiorescu al Facultăţii de Filosofie (Splaiul Independenţei, nr. 204, sector 6).

International conference – Evolution and Norms: Concepts, Models, Challenges

Program

Friday, November 11th

Keynote session (chair E. Socaciu):

9 – 9.30: Opening addresses

9.30 – 10.30: Kenneth Binmore (UCL) : The Origins of Fairness Norms

10.30 – 10.45: Coffee break

10.45 – 11.45: Mircea Dumitru (University of Bucharest):  Metaphysics of Norms

11.45 – 12.45: Mihail-Radu Solcan (University of Bucharest): On the Survival of Scientific Theories

 

12.45 – 15.00: Break

Panel 1: Epistemology and Cognition (chair L. Staicu)

15.00 – 15.30: Virgil Iordache (University of Bucharest): Ontological and Epistemic Assumptions of the Theories of Selection

15.30 – 16.00: Teodor Negru („Al. I. Cuza” University of Iaşi): Emergence of the Self: Consciousness in Dynamic Cognitive Systems

16.00 – 16.30: Sorin Costreie (Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch): What Can Mathematical Cognition Tell Us About Norms?

16.30 – 17.00: Andreea Esanu (University of Bucharest): What Is the Difference between the Process of Evolution in a Computer and the Process of Evolution Outside the Computer?

17.00 – 17.15: Coffee break

Panel 2: Evolutionary Modelling (chair L. Gheorghe)

17.15 – 17.45: Marcel Cremene, Ligia Cremene, D. Dumitrescu (Technical University Cluj-Napoca): Cooperation. Why doesn’t it simply happen?

17.45 – 18.15: Alexandru Dragomir (University of Bucharest): Reaching Common Knowledge in Multi-Agent Systems Through Public Announcements

18.15 – 18.45: Richard David-Rus (Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch): Some Considerations on Explanation through Evolutionary Models and Simulations

18.45 – 19.15: Gabriel Istrate (Babes Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca): Towards a Logic of Stylized Facts in Computational Social Science

Saturday, Nov. 12th

Panel 3: Evolution and Culture (chair S. Costreie)

09.00 – 09.30: Laurentiu Staicu (University of Bucharest): Cultural Change and Human Enhancement. A Tale of Coevolution

09.30 – 10.00: Dan Chitoiu („Al. I. Cuza” University of Iaşi): The East European Cultural Area: a Special Case in the Evolution of Norms?

10.00 – 10.30: Coffee break

10.30 – 11.00: Constantin Vica (University of Bucharest): Cooperation within networks

11.00 – 11.30: Gabriel Radu (SNSPA Bucharest): A Local Case of Norm Evolution: Integenerational Justice

11.30 – 12.00: Constantinos Maritsas (Sofia University): The Principle of Natural Selection in Nature and Civilization

 

12.00 – 14.00: Break

Panel 4: Evolving Norms (chair K. Binmore

14.00 – 14.30: Jonathan Grose, Cedric Patternote (University of Bristol): Social Norms and Game Theory: Harmony or Discord?

14.30 – 15.00: Emanuel Socaciu (University of Bucharest): Ethics and Game Theory: a Coordination Game?

15.00 – 15.30: Emilian Mihailov (University of Bucharest): De Waal’s Moral Evolutionism and Kantian (Empirical) Ethics

15.30 – 16.00: Radu Uszkai (University of Bucharest): Robert Nozick and the Evolutionary Approach to Ethical Norms. A Philosophical Reconstruction

16.00 – 16.30: Coffee break

Panel 5: Order and Institutions (chair E. Socaciu)

16.30 – 17.00: Ionut Sterpan (University of Bucharest): On Institutional Incoherence

17.00 – 17.30: Ioana Anton, Georgiana Nenciu (University of Bucharest): Evolution and Subjectivity in Hayek

17.30 – 18.00: Laurentiu Gheorghe (University of Bucharest): Political Order and the Evolution of Norms

18.00 – 18.30: Dan Panaet (University of Bucharest): A Reconstruction of Hayek’s Account of Social Evolution, Centered on the Idea of Order Selection