The World Knowledge Dialogue at a glance

The World Knowledge Dialogue Symposium 2008 is an institutional initiative to bridge the gap between the natural and the human/social sciences starting from new, revolutionary discoveries with potential impact at the scale of paradigmatic changes.Click for more information and summaries of sessions.

Speakers and Chairpersons

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Paul Boghossian

Silver Professor of Philosophy and Provost Fellow at New York University, USA
Paul Boghossian held the Chair of Philosophy at NYU from 1994 to 2004. His research interests are in the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of language and epistemology. He is the author of Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism and the forthcoming Content and Justification: Philosophical Essays. He has written numerous articles on topics that include; color, rule-following, naturalism, self-knowledge, a priori knowledge, analytic truth, realism, relativism, the aesthetics of music and the concept of genocide. He has held research fellowships from several institutions in USA, UK and Australia and has been a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
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Dialogue between the sciences

I COLLABORATIVE BEHAVIOUR, ALTRUISM AND CONFLICT: from animal behaviour to economics and prevention of violence

II COLLECTIVE NETWORK KNOWLEDGE AND HUMAN INDIVIDUAL INTELLIGENCE: convergences and divergences

Special Focus

Focus on Young Scientists

"When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong."

-- Arthur C. Clarke's First Law

Many Young Scientists have been selected from around the world to actively participate in The World Knowledge Dialogue.

Speakers and Chairpersons

Paul Boghossian

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