EVENTS

STOQ 2005 – THE STOQ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON «INFINITY IN SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY»

November 09-11, 2005; Rome, Italy. Pontifical Lateran University, Vatican City; under the high patronage of Pontifical Council for Culture, and inside STOQ - Science, Theology and the Ontological Quest - Project

- Presentation

- Program

 

Wednesday, November 9th/ Mercoledì 9 Novembre

Room/Aula: Pio XI

09:00 Bishop Rino Fisichella, Rector of the PUL, Welcome Address/
Indirizzo di saluto

09:30 Card. Paul Poupard, Introductory Speech/Relazione Introduttiva

10:00 Vincenzo Cappelletti, State University of Rome III, Historical Introduction/ Introduzione Storica

10:45 Discussion /Discussione

11:30 Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, Israel Institute for Talmudic Pubblications, Israel. Infinity in Science and Faith/L'infinito nella Scienza e nella Fede

12:15 Discussion /Discussione


Afternoon Session

SECTION A: Infinity in Physics and Cosmology
SEZIONE A: L’infinito in Fisica e Cosmologia

Chairman/Presiede: Rodolfo Guzzi , ASI, Italian Space Agency
14:30 Joseph Silk , Oxford University, UK. Is the Universe Finite?/L’universo è finito?

15:15 Discussion/Discussione

15:30 Juan Maldacena , IAS- Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA. Infinity as Simplification/L’infinito come semplificazione

16:15 Discussion /Discussione

16:45 George V. Coyne, Director of the Vatican Observatory, Vatican. The Measurements of the Universe Age and their Significance/Misure dell’età dell’universo e loro significato

17:30 Discussion /Discussione

17:45 Panel Session/Tavola Rotonda

18:45 Session End/Fine della Sessione

Thursday, November 10 th/Giovedì 10 Novembre

Room/Aula: Pio XI

Morning Session

S ECTION B: Infinity in Mathematics and Logic
SEZIONE B: L’Infinito in Matematica e Logica

Chairman/Presiede: Gianfranco Basti, Lateran University. Vatican

09:00 E nrico Bombieri , IAS- Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA. The Mathematical Infinity: How It Has Shaped Today’s Mathematics/L’infinito matematico: come ha plasmato la matematica odierna

09:45 Discussion /Discussione

10:00 Edward Nelson , Princeton University , USA . Completed vs. Incomplete Infinity in Arithmetic/Infinito completato vs. incompleto in aritmetica

10:45 Discussion /Discussione

SECTION C: Infinity in Ontology and Mind Philosophy
SEZIONE C: L’infinito in ontologia e nella filosofia della mente

Chairman /Presiede: Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

11:30 Nino B. Cocchiarella, Indiana University, USA. Infinity in Ontology and Mind/L’infinito in ontologia e nella mente

12:15 Discussion /Discussione

Afternoon Session

15:00 Franz von Kutschera, University of Regensburg , Germany . Dimensions of the Mental. Dimensioni del Mentale

15:45 Discussion/Discussione

16:00 Dominique Lambert , Université Notre Dame de la Paix, Belgique. Scientific and philosophical meaning of infinity in theoretical biology/Significato scientifico e filosofico dell’infinito nella biologia teoretica

16:45 Discussion /Discussione

17:15 Sergio Galvan , Catholic University of Milan, Italy. Theory Incompleteness and Intending of Abstract Non-finitary Concepts/Incompletezza delle teorie e comprensione dei concetti astratti non-finitari

18:00 Discussion /Discussione

18:15 Panel Session/Tavola Rotonda

19:00 Session End/Fine della Sessione



Friday, November 11th/Venerdi 11 Novembre

Room/Aula: Pio XI

Morning Session

SECTION D: God’s Infinity in the Different Theological Traditions
SEZIONE D: L’Infinità di Dio nelle Diverse Tradizioni Teologiche

Chairman/Presiede: Ignazio Sanna, Lateran University, Vatican.

09:00 Bishop Józef M. Zycinski, Arcibishop of Lublin, Poland. Infinity, Contingency, and God: Between Cosmology and Theology/Infinito, contingenza e Dio: fra cosmologia e teologia.

09:45 Discussion /Discussione

10:00 Rabbi Benedetto Carucci, Director of the Rabbinic Seminary of Rome, God, Nothing and Infinity.

10:45 Discussion /Discussione

11:30 Robert J. Russell, CTNS Berkeley, USA. The God Who Infinitely Transcends Infinity/Il Dio che trascende infinitamente l’infinito

12:15 Discussion /Discussione

Afternoon Session

Chairman/Presiede: Luis Ladaria, Gregorian University, Rome.

15:00 Card. George Cottier, Theologian of the Pontifical House, Vatican. God’s Infinity in St.Thomas Aquinas/L’infinità di Dio in S. Tommaso d’Aquino

15:45 Discussion /Discussione

16:15 Panel Session/Tavola Rotonda

17:00 Conference End/Fine del Congresso