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UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2005/newsitem/881/11-M
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SUMMARY:Publieksdag "Philosophy of Information", G
 rote Zaal van Cristofori, Prinsengracht 583, Amste
 rdam
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20050311T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20050311T173000
LOCATION:Grote Zaal van Cristofori, Prinsengracht 
 583, Amsterdam
DESCRIPTION:If we are to believe Hollywood, the re
 ality we live in can be replaced by a computer mod
 el. Films and series such as "The Lawnmower Man", 
 "The Matrix" and "Star Trek" (the Holodeck) have a
 s their underlying premise that reality and consci
 ousness are composed solely of information, and th
 at that information can easily be manipulated usin
 g computers. Those following the rapid development
  of computer games have to conclude that the perfe
 cting of interfaces is eroding the difference betw
 een game and reality. Happily (or regretfully) sci
 ence itself has not quite reached this stage, but 
 exciting things are happening nevertheless.    At 
 the symposium Philosophy of Information John McCar
 thy, Keith Devlin, Pieter Adriaans and Tine Wilde 
 will discuss the current state of affairs. Science
  is achieving new insights by viewing part of real
 ity as a computational process. Taking this approa
 ch to its extremes, this begs the philisophical qu
 estion: is it only a metaphore, a useful model, or
  something more? Is information going to turn out 
 to be the science-of-everything?   For more inform
 ation, an online registration form and a program, 
 see http://www.klpoll.nl/pages/project.phtml?proje
 ct=66
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n      <p>If we are 
 to believe Hollywood, the reality we live in can b
 e\n        replaced by a computer model. Films and
  series such as\n        &quot;The Lawnmower Man&q
 uot;, &quot;The Matrix&quot; and\n        &quot;St
 ar Trek&quot; (the Holodeck) have as their underly
 ing premise\n        that reality and consciousnes
 s are composed solely of information,\n        and
  that that information can easily be manipulated u
 sing computers.\n        Those following the rapid
  development of computer games have to\n        co
 nclude that the perfecting of interfaces is erodin
 g the difference\n        between game and reality
 . Happily (or regretfully) science itself has\n   
      not quite reached this stage, but exciting th
 ings are happening\n        nevertheless.\n      <
 /p>\n      <p>\n        At the symposium <em>Philo
 sophy of Information</em> John McCarthy,\n        
 Keith Devlin, Pieter Adriaans and Tine Wilde will 
 discuss the\n        current state of affairs. Sci
 ence is achieving new insights by\n        viewing
  part of reality as a computational process. Takin
 g this\n        approach to its extremes, this beg
 s the philisophical question: \n        is it only
  a metaphore, a useful model, or something more?\n
         Is information going to turn out to be the
  science-of-everything?\n      </p>\n    \n      <
 p>For more information, an online registration for
 m and\n        a program, see\n        <a target="
 _blank" href="http://www.klpoll.nl/pages/project.p
 html?project=66">http://www.klpoll.nl/pages/projec
 t.phtml?project=66</a>\n      </p>\n    
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