LATINI DIES

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September, 2007, Cluj-Napoca

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THE CLUJ-NAPOCA CIRCLE

CRITICAL THINKING ON FRONTIER SCIENCE

AIM
 To promote a critical and interdisciplinary approach of frontier topics in scientific knowledge (preferably, with implications for health).

REGULATIONS
 Moderator:
Discussions are moderated by Dr. Daniel DAVID, president of the International Institute. Monthly meetings are organized, starting 8 PM at the site of the Institute (Nr. 37 Republicii Street). Meetings last for about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Each topic is introduced by the moderator, followed by the introduction of the participants (5 minutes). There is a Keynote Speaker on each topic (30 minutes), followed by group discussions (max. 50 minutes) and a summary by the moderator (5 minutes), who at the end announces the next topic. The Keynote Speaker is a national and/or international expert on the topic (videoconference are also accepted).     
 Basic principles:
(1) All members must be university graduates, representative professionals in their field, (e.g., health professionals, priests, journalists, philosophers, artists, physicists, mathematicians, IT professionals etc.); non-graduates and paraprofessionals can take part at the discussions only if sponsored by one of the Circle Members (a Member cannot simultaneously sponsor more than two such participants to a meeting).
(2) Members must be able to argumentatively and critically sustain a debate, without generating animosities with those holding different points of view, regardless of how “odd” they may seem; on the contrary, such exercises can foster intellectual closeness among participants to the debate. The “fight” takes place among different ideas of people who respect and appreciate one another, not among people!
(3) Members must be attracted and interested in frontier science, and should be able to challenge and question things that are apparently clear!
(4). Members must know how to listen and talk (maybe criticize) in a responsible manner.
(5) Mutual respect and equality among Circle Members is the background for all discussions; this background does not preclude “battles” among ideas.

TOPICS - 2006    
 May 2006 – What is Reality?
 June 2006 – Scientometrics and Peer Review
 July 2006 - Misconduct in Science
 August 2006 – Free Will
 September 2006 – Mind versus Matter (brain)
 October 2006 – Scientific Knowledge versus Theological Knowledge versus Philosophical Knowledge.
 November 2006 – to be announced (cancelled)
 December 2006 – to be announced (cancelled)

TOPICS - 2007