BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T083432Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20190615T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20190615T080000 SUMMARY:Money: What Is It? How Should It Function? UID:20240329T083432Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Oude Boteringestraat 52\, Groningen\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:
Money used to be a simple thing in practice: a set of coins and notes. It was of course more complicated in theory\, and scholars throughout history have discussed what it is that makes those coins and notes into money: certain natural properties (that are inherent in gold or silver) or certain social properties (being generally accepted and used or being backed by the state).
\nWhile these discussions continue\, over the last few decades money has also become more complicated in practice. Besides the old coins and notes\, we now have electronic money of various sorts\, including a large array of digital currencies such as Bitcoin. This is a good time to take the age-old philosophical discussions to a new and more complex level.
\nSome of the puzzles that new forms of money raise are:
\nThe ontological issues here often lie close to normative issues and debates. For example\,
\nThis conference brings together experts on the ontology\, economics\, ethics and politics of money to develop novel answers to questions such as these.
\nDeadline: Please submit an abstract before June 15 to: r.d.doody@rug.nl
\nNumber of words: 1\,000. A limited number of submissions will be accepted for presentation.
\nFull papers are due on October 1\, 2019.
\nThe Journal of Social Ontology (JSO) will publish a special issue dedicated to papers presented at this conference.
ORGANIZER;CN=Ryan Doody;CN=Frank Hindriks;CN=Joakim Sandberg: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR