From: plongo@vax.clarku.edu
Subject: PUB: CFP: Philosophy & Computers for IDEALISTIC STUDIES (journal)
Date: 3 Sep 92 00:49:29 GMT
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Organization: Clark University


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                          CALL FOR PAPERS
             ON THE TOPIC OF PHILOSOPHY AND COMPUTERS

               A Special Issue of Idealistic Studies
      An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy and Science


I. Idealistic Studies

    Idealistic Studies is a journal of philosophy that is entering its
twenty-third year of publication. Since its inception, articles
published have focussed on idealist themes in many areas of
philosophy. One of the important tasks of each generation of
philosophers is to recast and interpret the perennial questions of
philosophy in terms of the idioms of their time. Among the most
important idioms of our time is science. Thus, we want to expand the
scope of Idealistic Studies to include idealist and nonidealist issues
in contemporary science in addition to the topics we have
traditionally covered. 

    In addition to the claims made by researchers in artificial
intelligence, interesting philosophical problems surface in such
diverse areas as theoretical biology, systems theory, quantum
mechanics, and computing theory. The role of mind in nature and
science, the resurgence of the notion of self-organizing systems, the
appearance of chaos in both classical and quantum dynamics, and the
advent of virtual realities sustained by digital computers: these and
other issues have emerged in just the last thirty years. 

   We hope to attract philosophers with interests in science and
scientists with interests in philosophy to reflect on these
developments. Idealistic Studies publishes thrice yearly, and the new
format includes reserving the first issue of each year for a special
topic.


II. Topics For the Special Issue of 1993

    The premier issue of the new journal will focus on the topic:
Computers and Philosophy. We construe this subject very broadly.
Papers may engage, but are not limited to, such topics as:

* the uses of computers in teaching and doing philosophy, 
* the role, if any, of "expert systems" in philosophy: the 
  plausibility of algorithms for deciding moral situations 
* the role of computers in visualizing and even creating new      
  problems and proofs in science and mathematics, 
* the role of the computer in the humanities, 
* the status of the debate on artificial intelligence,      
* the implications of artificial life, 
* the role of the computer in society and our daily lives,
* the ontological and ethical issues concerning virtual reality 
  reality including: virtual identities, software agents, and  
  cyberspace entities
* the evidential value of computer generated photoimages
* the claims made about the computer-born and sustained
  disciplines of chaos theory and fractal geometry: so they
  constitute a revolution in science? 

III. Deadline for Submissions

   Papers should be submitted before December 15, 1992.

IV. Format

   All papers will be rigorously refereed, and should conform to the
following rules.

* All manuscript submissions should include three versions: two
on disk and one hardcopy:
 
 a. On disk
   i. a copy of the manuscript in ASCII format
   ii. a copy of the manuscript in the format of your word
       processor 
 
 b. Hardcopy
   i a copy of the manuscript on paper

* No submissions over the net.

* Please provide a short abstract of the paper in a separate file.

* The formatted version of the paper should 
   i. contain no page formatting
   ii. contain no imbedded footnotes 
   iii contain no page numbers
   iv. be single spaced
   v. use italics for emphasis

   Questions and submissions should be delivered to:


	Idealistic Studies
	Philosophy Department
	Clark University
	950 Main Street
	Worcester, MA 01610-1477
	Attention: Editors

	Telephone: (508) 793-7414