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APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers2002 ReportProceedings And Addresses May, 2003 (Volume 76, Issue 5) Reports of APA Committees Committee on Philosophy and Computers Robert Cavalier, Chair During 2001-2002 the PAC committee sponsored two special sessions at the Division Meetings of the APA. In December we co-sponsored with the APA Committee on Teaching a Special Symposium entitled "The Impact of Computing on the Teaching of Philosophy." The session featured panels on the following topics: Course Management Systems, The "Computational Turn" and Its Impact on the Teaching of Logic, Ethics, and Epistemology, and the Issue of Distance Learning. At the Central Division Meeting, the committee sponsored a session on philosophical issues relating to the Internet. The two featured presentations were entitled: "Who and Where Are the Others? Communication, Imagination and Resonance in Virtual Spaces" and "The Internet, Globalization and Global Community." On matters relating to PAC's interest in furthering the arena for Computing and Philosophy (CAP) conferences, positive growth continues. The January CAP@OSU conference honored Douglas Englebart, who commented at the end of the meeting: "This is one of the best conference I've been to in years." There really is something unique about CAP and its ability to generate books, grant proposals, and initiatives far beyond the boundaries of the actual meetings. At the international level, CAP conferences will be held in the UK and Australia during 2003. Information on this, and all matters relating to CAP, is now housed at the website for the International Association of Computing and Philosophy at www.iacap.org. PAC received
permission from the APA to establish an annual Jon Barwise Prize for
significant and sustained contributions to Computing and Philosophy.
The Prize will serve to credit those within our profession for their
life-long efforts in this field. It will also serve to acknowledge and
to encourage work in all areas relevant to the "computational turn"
that is occurring in our profession. Examples of areas that are of interest
to the Committee in selecting candidates for The Committee selected the name of Jon Barwise for this Prize because his life's work exemplifies a concern with research and teaching; his efforts are often embodied in the production of courseware and changes of curriculum. His contributions were significant and sustained. Jon, in fact, is a model for the kind of philosopher we seek to acknowledge with the awarding of an annual Barwise Prize. The first Barwise Prize (a framed medallion with ribbon) was awarded to Patrick Suppes of Stanford University at the August 2002 Computing and Philosophy Conference at Carnegie Mellon. This year
we want to welcome S.D. Noam Cook (San Jose State University) and Patrick
Grim (SUNY at Stony Brook) to the committee. I look forward to working
with them and the other members of the committee during this, my final
year as Committee Chair. |