THE TWO CULTURES: SHARED PROBLEMS

PROGRAMME


cover drawing Arrigo Marcolini		INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM THE TWO CULTURES: SHARED PROBLEMS Fifty years after Charles P. Snow October 24th-25th-26th, 2007 Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti venue of Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti Campo Santo Stefano, Venezia October 26th, 2007 from 14.30 Istituto Svizzero di Roma, Spazio Culturale di Venezia, Campo Sant’Agnese, Venezia
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The aim of the Symposium is to encourage an in-depth discussion of problems of fundamental importance that are common to the two cultures, but that are traditionally seen from different perspectives. The forum will bring together scientists, philosophers, humanists, musicians with the aim of fostering comprehension of problems that have traditionally troubled humankind, and establish more fertile grounds for the communication between the two cultures. An outline of the themes of the Symposium: the concept of time, infinity, the concept and meaning of nothingness, numbers, intelligence and the human mind, basic mechanisms in the production of thought and of artistic creation, the relationship between artistic and scientific creativity. The symposium is promoted by the Istituto Veneto, in association with Istituto Svizzero di Roma. Lo scopo del convegno è promuovere una discussione approfondita su problemi di fondamentale importanza che sono comuni alle culture scientifica e artistica, ma che tradizionalmente vengono considerati da prospettive differenti. La discussione riunirà scienziati, filosofi, umanisti, musicisti con lo scopo di promuovere la comprensione dei problemi che da sempre l’umanità si pone e di creare un fertile terreno per la comunicazione tra le due culture. Tra i temi che verranno trattati: il concetto di tempo, l’infinito, il nulla, i problemi dei numeri , il rapporto tra creatività e pensiero, la mente umana, il rapporto tra creatività artistica e scientifica. Il convegno è promosso dall’Istituto Veneto, con la collaborazione dell’Istituto Svizzero di Roma.

PROGRAMME	(Programma in italiano)	Simultaneous translation avalaible (italian/english and viceversa)

Wednesday october 24th		CONCERT 19.30 venue of Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti [go to ...]
16.00 arrival - registration 18.00 welcome LEOPOLDO MAZZAROLLI, President of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti introductory remarks ERNESTO CARAFOLI 18.20 OPENING LECTURE chairperson DOMENICO LUCCHINI Artistic Director of the Istituto Svizzero di Roma MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO Mirror: an optical prosthesis that multiplies the reflective capacities of the mind 19.30 Concert (Trio E. Rovner, K. Schatz, E. Walker)
Thursday october 25th		CONCERT 19.00 venue of Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti [go to ...]
THE CONCEPT OF TIME chairperson FRANCESCO BERTOLA 9.00 GABRIELE VENEZIANO Did time have a beginning? A meeting point for science and philosophy 9.40 HANS MOOIJ The flow and the map: on the dynamic and static views of time 10.20 discussion 10.50 coffee break INFINITY AND NOTHINGNESS chairperson HANS MOOIJ 11.20 LUCIANO BOI Creating the physical world ex nihilo? On the quantum vacuum and its fluctuations 12.00 EUGENIO MAZZARELLA World nihilism and theological nihilism: a possible definition 12.40 discussion 14.30 RUTH DURRER The evolution of the universe 15.10 PIERGIORGIO ODIFREDDI Eternity breaks through Zeno 15.50 discussion 16.20 coffee break NUMBERS chairperson PIERGIORGIO ODIFREDDI 16.50 MARCUS DU SAUTOY Symmetry 17.30 discussion 18.00 General discussion on the themes of the first day chairperson GIANCARLO SETTI 19.00 Concert (J. Rasche)
Friday october 26th		CONCERT 20.00 ISR, Spazio Culturale Svizzero di Venezia campo S. Agnese, Dorsoduro 810 [go to ...]
INTELLIGENCE AND EMOTIONS chairperson GIOVANNI BERLUCCHI 9.00 GIORGIO VALLORTIGARA Intelligence and human cognition: mental processing in humble brains 9.40 ELKHONON GOLDBERG Many faces of intelligence 10.20 discussion 10.50 coffee break BRAIN AND MUSIC chairperson ALBERTO ANTONIO SEMI 11.20 JOERG RASCHE Cycles of re-creation: psychoanalytical approach to music 12.00 discussion Transfer to ISR, Spazio Culturale Svizzero di Venezia, Campo Sant’Agnese CREATIVITY IN ARTS AND SCIENCE chairperson MANLIO PASTORE STOCCHI 14.30 ARTHUR MILLER Art and science: two cultures or two sides of same coin? 15.10 ERNESTO CARAFOLI Scientific and artistic creativity. Towards a unifying concept 15.50 discussion 16.20 coffee break BEAUTY: BEYOND EMOTIONS? chairperson ARTHUR MILLER 16.50 MAURIZIO FERRARIS Things and artworks 17.30 GIUSEPPE O. LONGO The dynamics of beauty 18.10 discussion ARTS AND SCIENCE: A FINAL JOURNEY chairperson CHARLES KLEIBER 18.40 MARIO BOTTA Architecture between art and science 19.20 discussion 19.45 GIUSEPPE O. LONGO Closing remarks 20.00 Concert (E. Colombo, E. Fioravanti, S. Meyer, M. Siniscalchi)