FROM ELEMENTARY PARTICLES TO HUMAN NATURE
Under the Honorary Presidency of Daniel Dennett
San Sebastian 1-6 October 2012 / Barcelona 8-9 October 2012
Since its first edition in 1993, the aim of the International Ontology Congress has been to establish the state of affairs with regard to the main questions in fundamental philosophy, examined from a contemporary perspective. That explains the presence in the International Scientific Committee of outstanding figures of contemporary sciences and art, together with philosophers. Most editions of this Congress have been held under the auspices of UNESCO.
It is obvious that the philosophical and ontological reflection about nature, what was known in other times as natural philosophy, cannot happen without the support of the “natural science of our times”, using Heisenberg's words. Thus, we may apply to quantum mechanics, genetics or paleontology what the mathematician Hilbert said about the Cantorian infinite, that is, that the contemplation of the issues arising out of it “far from concerning just the interests of a specialized discipline, affect the dignity of the human spirit”. READ MORE 
