REMINDER about Symposium V (P) of BAC 2001 towards Unity through Diversity

CALL for PAPERS and COMMENTS in order to participate in the Symposium V (P)

"Development of Perspectivism, as a Systems Epistemology"

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This Symposium is one of the events that has been planned as an Homage to
Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy. It has been conceived as a FORUM for
presentation of papers, lectures, speeches, posters and also an Open Space
for self-organized debates and discussions. It will take place in the

International Conference on Systems Thinking Globally Concerned

Bertalanffy Anniversary Conference BAC 2001

UNITY <==> through <==> DIVERSITY

November 1-4, 2001

University of Vienna and Vienna University of Technology

http://www.bertalanffy.org

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It aims firstly at making explicitly evident how the validity of knowledge
depends on the PERSPECTIVE from which that knowledge is perceived and
secondly at making clearer how the disciplinary and mutidisciplinary
validity of the Bertalanffian Perspectivism is a way of getting closer and
closer, though diversely, to the 'absolute truth' of every aspect of the
whole reality. Obviously all the perspectives, as views explicitly
expressed of a certain aspect of the reality, are valid. At the same time
none of them is more authentic than the other. This perspectivism is the
proper alternative between nihilism - the rejection to make an effort
towards the absolut truth because it is something impossible to reach - and
absolutism - the dogmatism that has generated the scientism, which assigns
value to nothing but science itself; and has produced the bloodstained
fanaticism in religious and political actions

The Bertalanffy's perspectivism in practice oblige every learned person,
while learning, to be aware of his/her relative ignorance, to recognize
that using his/her brain to the utmost he/she must increasingly try to be
aware of the limits of his/her (human) powers of cognition, because
"perception is not a reflection of 'real things' [but rather] is an
interaction between knower and known". It means that the result of every
observation is partly the result of the viewpoint and methodology of the
observer

The Perspectivism as Systems Epistemology is derived from the belief that
all what seems to be objective perception of real facts and events is
filtered by the biological features of the observer and his/her
psychocultural achievements.

Dear Reader, you are invited to send a 'position text ' (around 1000
words), arguments, comments and questions, for the Conversazione on P that
may take place before the Conference.

Abstracts of papers (500 -1000 words), for being submitted in the
Conference, may also be sent for being considered to elohimjl
<elohimjl@mail.zserv.tuwien.ac.at>

Your contribution is welcome in a normal e-mail message.

No attachments please

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Everybody may visit http://www.bertalanffy.org/discus where all the
previous and following contributions for the debate will be included

Conference Fee:
Rich countries EURO 140
Poor countries EURO 70
Students EURO 50
Received on Mon Sep 10 19:36:09 2001