[Nettime-nl] Fifth European Conference on Computing and Philosophy @ University of Twente

[Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl>]

http://www.roboethics.org/ecap07/

Philosophy and Ethics of Robotics

Welcome to the track Philosophy and Ethics of Robotics of the Fifth 
European Conference on Computing and Philosophy (ECAP), to be held on 
the campus of the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 
21-23, 2007. Ecap07 ‘s Program Chair is Philip Brey.

E-CAP (is the European conference on Computing and Philosophy, the 
European affiliate of the International Association for Computing and 
Philosophy (IACAP, President: Luciano Floridi). The conference will 
deal with all aspects of the “computational turn” that is occurring 
through the interaction of the disciplines of philosophy and computing. 
The conference is interdisciplinary: it will host contributions from 
philosophy, computer science, social science and related disciplines.
Why Robotics at E-CAP? Because it is rapidly becoming one of the 
rapidly developing scientific and technological field, so that very 
soon humanity is going to coexist with a new class of technological 
artefacts: robots. From the user’s side, the human/robot coexistence 
will involve inexperienced psychological ethical, social and economic 
problems. From the side of the designers, the engineers, and the 
scientists, the robotics invasion is increasing their responsibilities 
and ethical dilemmas towards society.

That’s why E-CAP 2007 will have the 11th track, chaired by Gianmarco 
Veruggio, dealing with Philosophy and Ethics of Robotics.

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