Venue:

Pontifical Lateran
University
Piazza S. Giovanni in Laterano, 4
00184 Rome 


- The Official Language of the Conference is English.
- Simultaneous Translation into Italian is available.
- Concluding each day of the Conference, Panel Sessions will give all the participants an opportunity to intervene in open debate on these topics.

Lateran University, Conference venue

 

STOQ’05 – THE STOQ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

 

«INFINITY IN SCIENCE,
PHILOSOPHY, AND THEOLOGY»

November 9-11, 2005

Pontifical Lateran University
Vatican City

Conference Chairman


 Card. Paul Poupard

President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
President of the STOQ Project

FINAL PROGRAM

Wednesday, November 9th
Mercoledì 9 Novembre


 Room/Aula: Pio XI

Morning Session

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
11:00 Coffee Break/Pausa Caffé
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
12:30 Lunch break/Pausa Pranzo

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
16:30 Coffee Break/Pausa Caffé
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: I nfinity 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
11:00 Coffee Break/Pausa Caffé

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
12:30 Lunch Break/Pausa Pranzo

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
17:00 Coffee Break/Pausa Caffé
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
11:00 Coffee Break/Pausa Caffè
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
12:30 Lunch Break/Pausa Pranzo

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
16:00 Coffe Break/Pausa Caffé
16:15 Panel Session/Tavola Rotonda
17:00 Conference End/Fine del Congresso

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