Target participants: ECREA section members (but open to all)
Affiliation: ECREA Philosophy and Communication Section
Venue: University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
Date: Mar 02 2007
Contact: Johan Siebers
Website: www.philosophy-of-communication.eu
The section for Philosophy and Communication invites all members and prospective members for a one-day inaugural meeting.
The main objective of the meeting will be to discuss and agree on the Section's objectives and modus operandi and plan activities for the coming year. Two documents, outlining our ideas about what we want to do and how, have been prepared by the Board. They can be downloaded from our website (see above).
The meeting takes place in the Harrington Building, room HA108.
Programme:
10:00-10:30 Arrival, Welcome and Opening
10:30-12:30 Plenary meeting about objectives and modus operandi of the Section
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-17:30 Symposium.
Colin Grant (University of Surrey): The Intentional Gap.
Bart Vandenabeele (University of Ghent): Embedding Communication in Life Practices.
Victor Zlokazov (Frank Laboratory for Neutron Physics, Moscow): On the Cybernetical Paradigm in Communication Philosophy.
[14:30 – 15:00 Break]
Tino Meitz (University of Münster): The Impertinence of Implicity – The Phenomenology of Communication.
Francesca Vidal (University of Landau): Die steigende Bedeutung der Rhetorik in der Wissensgesellschaft.
Johan Siebers (University of Central Lancashire): Towards a Philosophy of Dialogue.
16:00-17:30 Plenary discussion.
The Philosophy of Communication Section of ECREA was established in the fall of 2006. We aim to provide a European platform for a wide range of research interests at the intersection of philosophy, communication studies and communication theory.
The founders and current board members, Prof. Dr. Colin Grant (Surrey), Vice-Chair Dr. Tino Meitz (Essen/London) and Vice-Chair Dr. Johan Siebers (London/Lancashire) invite all members and prospective members to this one-day inaugural symposium.
The aim of the symposium is to provide an overview of current fundamental approaches and themes in the philosophy of communication, and to discuss desired future developments.
We are currently organising a conference on "Landmarks - at the crossroads; contemporary communication theory and philosophy", to be held in November at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. The conference will be on the agenda as well.
