Contextual Emergence. Ulrich Blau (Marburg, Germany). Eternal Riddles and
Future Mathematics. Thomas Filk (Freiburg, Germany). Aspects of Self-Reference
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Circular for the Parmenides-IGPP Workshop
Matter, Life, Mind – Common Foundational Problems Munich-Pullach, Germany, June 8th - 10th, 2011 Dear Colleagues and Friends, the week of our workshop is approaching and we are really looking forward to seeing you in Pullach. This circular contains some information about the schedule and some organisational issues. Hotel: All participants (except Albrecht von M¨ uller) will stay at the Waldgasthof Buchenhain (www.hotelbuchenhain.de/), Tel. +49-89-7448840, in Baierbrunn. You reach the hotel with the S-Bahn S 7, the same S-Bahn which also leads to Pullach. Coming from Munich, Buchenhain is two stations after Pullach. When you exit the train, the Hotel is on the other side of the tracks, just a two minutes walk. All rooms are “non-smoking”. How to get to the hotel: If you arrive at Munich airport: Two S-Bahn – the S 1 and the S 8 – leave from Munich airport, both going to Munich center. In particular, both S-Bahn will pass “Donnersberger Br¨ ucke” where you should change to the S-Bahn S 7 (direction Wolfratshausen). The 9th station from Donnersberger Br¨ ucke is “Buchenhain”. You should buy a ticket at the airport (there are vending machines on the platform, but there is also a ticket counter before you take the escalator down to the platform. The easiest possibility is to buy a Einzelfahrt (one-way ticket) for 4 Fahrzonen (10,00 Euro). Note that you have to stamp (validate) the ticket at one of the blue stamping machines on the plattform. In case you arrive by train at Munich main station, you can directly take the S-Bahn S 7 (direction Wolfratshausen) to Buchenhain (11 stations). You may buy a Einzelfahrt for 2 Fahrtzonen (4,80 Euro) or a Streifenkarte (which costs 12,00 Euro, but you only need to stamp four of the ten stripes). Location The Workshop will take place in the premises of the Foundation in Pullach where we have a small conference room with overhead, projector, and flip chart. If you need anything else for your talk, please let us know. Furthermore, WLAN will be available in the rooms of the Foundation. From the hotel we will take the S-Bahn (S 7) from station Buchenhain to station Pullach. These are only two stations. We will give out Streifenkarten for all participants and for the trip from Buchenhain to Pullach you will only need to stamp one stripe. See attached map for your way from Pullach station to the foundation.
Confirmed Speakers (alphabetical order) Harald Atmanspacher (Freiburg, Germany) Contextual Emergence Ulrich Blau (Marburg, Germany) Eternal Riddles and Future Mathematics Thomas Filk (Freiburg, Germany) Aspects of Self-Reference Domenico Giulini (Hannover, Germany) Is Spacetime Merely in the Eye of the Beholder? Stephan Hartmann (Tilburg, Netherlands) Who’s Afraid of Nagelian Reduction J¨ urgen Hennig (Gießen, Germany) Psychological and Biological Self: Synergism and Conflicts Aloisius Louie (Ottawa, Canada) Closure to Efficient Causation in Relational Biology Alan C. Love (Minneapolis, USA) Revisiting Evolutionary Emergence in Contemporary Biology William Seager (Toronto, Canada) Emergentist Panpsychism E¨ors Szathm´ ary (Budapest, Hungary) Tibor G´ anti’s Work on the Principles of Life – “und dar¨ uber hinaus” Dieter Vaitl (Gießen, Germany) tba Albrecht von M¨ uller (M¨ unchen, Germany) Crucial Pitfalls in the Categorial Foundations of Modern Science – what they are, where they come from and how they might be overcome Jiri Wackermann (Freiburg, Germany) Spontaneity, Continuity and Necessity: Speculations on Time and Life Dan Zakay (Tel Aviv, Israel) Time-awareness space: A framework for understanding the relationship between subjective and objective reality
Preliminary Schedule Even though we scheduled 80 minutes per presentation, we should like to ask the speakers to limit their talks to a maximum length of about 50-60 minutes such that there will be enough time for fruitful discussions. Wednesday, June 8th 9:15-10:35 Albrecht von M¨ uller (who will also welcome the participants) Coffee break 11:00-12:20 Alan C. Love Lunch break 14:15-15:35 Stephan Hartmann 15:35-16:55 Harald Atmanspacher Coffee break 17:20-18:40 William Seager 20:00 Dinner at the “Waldgasthof Buchenhain” Thursday, June 9th 9:15-10:35 Jiri Wackermann Coffee break 11:00-12:20 Dan Zakay Lunch break 14:15-15:35 Thomas Filk 15:35-16:55 Ulrich Blau Coffee break 17:20-18:40 Domenico Giulini 20:00 Dinner (location not yet decided) Friday, June 10th 9:15-10:35 E¨ ors Szathm´ ary Coffee break 11:00-12:20 Aloisius H. Louie Lunch break 14:15-15:35 J¨ urgen Hennig 15:35-16:55 Dieter Vaitl Discussion session
Map of central part of Pullach Munich B B B B B B B Gistlstraße B BB B B B B B B B B B B S-Bahn Station Margarethenstraße B B B platform B B B B B B B B M¨unchener Str. B B B B B B ` ``` B B ``` ``` B B ` ` ``` `` ``` Pater-Rupert` B B `` ` B B Mayer-Str. Karl-Schr¨ oder-Str. B B B Bahnhofstraße Heilmannstraße Schwanthaler straße Gartenstraße H H H H H H H Kirchplatz H H H H H H H H HH H Foundation Johann-BaderH Straße HRabenwirt Habenschadenstr. 50 m
