SEE 1997 Conference

Semiosis. Evolution. Energy

University of Toronto, Victoria College.

October 17, 18, 19, 1997

Time Friday, October 17 Saturday, October 18 Sunday, Oct 19

8:30 Registration - -

9:00-9:15 Welcome:
President of Victoria University: Prof. Runte
Overview: B. Rutland & E. Taborsky - -

9:15-10:30 Keynote Speaker:
Stuart Kauffman
Intro. by L. Trainor Keynote Speaker:
Ilya Prigogine
Intro. by T. Sebeok Keynote Speaker:
T.A. Sebeok
Intro. by. R. Kevelson

10:30-10:45 Coffee Coffee Coffee

10:45 - 12:15 Panel 1
Chair: Hoffmeyer
Matsuno. Contextualization of Material Origin
Brooks Living Systems as Autocatalytic Information Systems
Salthe Energy, Development and Semiosis Panel 4
Chair: Danesi
Kevelson Peirce and the Evolution of Complex Ideas
Deely From Ancient Physics to Postmodern Semiotics: The Need for a New Philosophy
Merrell From Chaos to Order: Borges and Calvino Panel 7
Chair: Godzich
Collier The Dynamic Basis of Information
Coletta The Evolution of Cognitive and Syntactic Digitalization
Rutland Dialogism and Semiosis

12:15-1:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch

1:30-3:30 Panel 2
Chair: T.Sebeok
Emmeche Biosemiotics and a Pluralist Ontology
Hoffmeyer The Biosphere is a Semiosphere
Szathmary From Simplicity to Complexity and Beyond Panel 5
Chair: Kevelson
Godzich Celerity Effects on the Logoperiphery
Danesi Poetic Logic as Originating Force Panel 8
Chair: Rutland
Taborsky Architectonics of Semiosis
Watt When Words Collide

3:30-3:45 Coffee Coffee Coffee

3:45-5:15 Panel 3
Chair: Salthe
Christiansen Quantum
Semiotics: Physical Embodiment of Peirce's Sign Relation
Smith Evolution, Homeostasis and Information
Weber The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis and Complex Systems Dynamics Panel 6
Chair: Deely
Noth Origin and Evolution of Meaning in Natural & Conceptual Signification
Van de Vijver The Materiality of the Signifier Afternoon Symposium
3:45-6:30
Speakers and graduate students
Chairs: Brooks, Kevelson, Hoffmeyer, Salthe, Sebeok.
Closing Remarks

5:30-6:30 Reception - -

6:30-7:30 Supper Supper -

7:30-9:30 Undergraduate and Graduate Students Round Table: Discussion Groups with Speakers
Chairs: Students from various departments: Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Comparative Literature, English, Physics, Semiotics, Zoology. Undergraduate and Graduate Students Round Table: Discussion Groups with Speakers -

Time	Friday, October 17	Saturday, October 18	Sunday, Oct 19
8:30	Registration	-	-
9:00-9:15	Welcome: President of Victoria University: Prof. Runte Overview: B. Rutland & E. Taborsky	-	-
9:15-10:30	Keynote Speaker: Stuart Kauffman Intro. by L. Trainor	Keynote Speaker: Ilya Prigogine Intro. by T. Sebeok	Keynote Speaker: T.A. Sebeok Intro. by. R. Kevelson
10:30-10:45	Coffee	Coffee	Coffee
10:45 - 12:15	Panel 1 Chair: Hoffmeyer Matsuno. Contextualization of Material Origin Brooks Living Systems as Autocatalytic Information Systems Salthe Energy, Development and Semiosis	Panel 4 Chair: Danesi Kevelson Peirce and the Evolution of Complex Ideas Deely From Ancient Physics to Postmodern Semiotics: The Need for a New Philosophy Merrell From Chaos to Order: Borges and Calvino	Panel 7 Chair: Godzich Collier The Dynamic Basis of Information Coletta The Evolution of Cognitive and Syntactic Digitalization Rutland Dialogism and Semiosis
12:15-1:30	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:30-3:30	Panel 2 Chair: T.Sebeok Emmeche Biosemiotics and a Pluralist Ontology Hoffmeyer The Biosphere is a Semiosphere Szathmary From Simplicity to Complexity and Beyond	Panel 5 Chair: Kevelson Godzich Celerity Effects on the Logoperiphery Danesi Poetic Logic as Originating Force	Panel 8 Chair: Rutland Taborsky Architectonics of Semiosis Watt When Words Collide
3:30-3:45	Coffee	Coffee	Coffee
3:45-5:15	Panel 3 Chair: Salthe Christiansen Quantum Semiotics: Physical Embodiment of Peirce's Sign Relation Smith Evolution, Homeostasis and Information Weber The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis and Complex Systems Dynamics	Panel 6 Chair: Deely Noth Origin and Evolution of Meaning in Natural & Conceptual Signification Van de Vijver The Materiality of the Signifier	Afternoon Symposium 3:45-6:30 Speakers and graduate students Chairs: Brooks, Kevelson, Hoffmeyer, Salthe, Sebeok. Closing Remarks
5:30-6:30	Reception	-	-
6:30-7:30	Supper	Supper	-
7:30-9:30	Undergraduate and Graduate Students Round Table: Discussion Groups with Speakers Chairs: Students from various departments: Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Comparative Literature, English, Physics, Semiotics, Zoology.	Undergraduate and Graduate Students Round Table: Discussion Groups with Speakers	-