The Philosophy of Computer Games 2007

"The Philosophy of Computer Games"An Interdisciplinary ConferenceReggio Emilia, Italy 25-27 January 2007[ http://game.unimore.it/game/Benvenuto.html ]Conference Venue:Department of Social, Quantitative and Cognitive SciencesUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia Viale A. Allegri 9, I-42100 Reggio Emilia, ItalyConference AimsThe purpose of the conference is to initiate an investigation into how current research on computer games touches upon philosophical issues. In line with this purpose, the conference is interdisciplinary, drawing together researchers from very diverse fields: philosophy, computer game-theory, semiotics, aesthetics, sociology, psychology, and anthropology.The conference is a collaboration between the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo; the Center for Computer Game Research at the IT-University of Copenhagen; Department of Social, Cognitive and Quantitative Science at the University of Modena/Reggio Emilia and the Philosophical Project Centre (FPS), Oslo.The conference is the second international instalment of The Third Place, an ongoing project on philosophical problems arising from the increasing cultural/societal significance of computer games. The first instalment of the project, the conference “The Third Place: Computer Games and Our Conception of the Real”, was a shared initiative of FPS in Oslo and the Center for Computer Game Research at the IT-University of Copenhagen. That conference took place at the IT-University of Copenhagen on May 20-21, 2005.OrganizationThe organizing committee consists of the following people:• Olav Asheim, professor at Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo• Anita Leirfall, Ph D. candidate Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo• John Richard Sageng, Ph. D. candidate Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo• Tarjei Mandt Larsen, Ph. D. candidate Department of Philosophy, University of Tromsø, Norway• Hallvard Fossheim, assistant professor, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at the University of Oslo• Espen Aarseth, director at the Center for Computer Game Research at the IT-University of Copenhagen• Patrick Coppock, assistant professor Department of Social, Cognitive and Quantitative Science at the University of Modena/Reggio Emilia