Re: The History of Concepts of Space Workshop.

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Forwarded by Howard, thanks to Barry. Is anyone attending from the list?
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>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 11:57:32 -0500
>To: Howard Ray Lawrence <hrl@xxxxxxx>
>From: Barry Smith <phismith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: The History of Concepts of Space Workshop.
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>THE HISTORY OF THE
>CONCEPTS OF SPACE
>Center for Inquiry, Buffalo NY, April 18-19, 1997
>Workshop sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, the Center for
>Cognitive Science, and the National Center for Geographic Information and
>Analysis, University at Buffalo
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>
>Friday 18 April
>
> 1-2pm Istvan Bodnar (Philosophy, Buffalo/Budapest)
> ANCIENT THEORIES OF SPACE
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> 2-3pm Paul Cornish (Political Science, Buffalo)
> ST. AUGUSTINE'S CRITIQUE OF EMPIRE: A DEFENSE OF SMALL REPUBLICS
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> 3.30-4.30pm Barry Smith and Leonardo Zaibert (Philosophy, Buffalo)
> THE STATE AS WORK OF ART: THEORIES OF SPACE IN BAROQUE PHILOSOPHY
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> 4.30-5.30pm Timothy Engström (Philosophy, Rochester Institute of
>Technology)
> VIRTUAL ART AND THE HISTORY OF SPACE
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> Saturday 19 April
>
> 10-11am Michael Curry (Geography, UCLA)
> ONTOLOGIES OF SPACE AND PLACE IN 20TH-CENTURY GEOGRAPHIC THOUGHT
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> 11-12am David Mark (Geography and NCGIA, Buffalo)
> GEOGRAPHIC SPACE IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE
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> 1-2pm Max Egenhofer (Computer Science and NCGIA, Maine)
> THE HISTORY OF CONCEPTS OF SPACE IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE
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> 2-3pm Adrijana Car (Geoinformation, Vienna/Pittsburgh)
> THE HISTORY OF SPATIAL HIERARCHIES
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> 3.30-4.30pm Achille Varzi (Philosophy, Columbia)
> THEORIES OF SPACE IN FORMAL PHILOSOPHY
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> 4.30-5.30pm David Koepsell (Philosophy, Buffalo)
> THE METAPHYSICS OF CYBERSPACE
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>The Center for Inquiry is located on the western boundary of the North
>Campus of SUNY Buffalo, at 1310 Sweet Home Road. Exit highway 290 at
>Millersport North. Turn left at first traffic light onto Flint, turn left
>at first intersection onto Maple, turn right at first intersection onto
>Sweet Home. Watch for red sign "Center for Inquiry" set back on left after
>100 yards. Registration is free. For accommodation call 716 688 0811. For
>further information call Eileen McNamara, 716 645 2444, Ext. 778,
>eam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
>
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>Barry Smith, Department of Philosophy, University at Buffalo
>NY 14260-1010 Tel. 716 645 2444 X 711 Fax. 716 645 6139
> http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/faculty/smith
>Ontology site: http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/ontology
>The Monist: http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/Publications/Monet
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