RKS9S | Event

9th edition of international seminar RELIGION, KNOWLEDGE, SOCIETY

Reality and Virtual Space. Philosophical and Theological Approaches

June 23-26, 2024 Vatra-Dornei (Romania)

The human is a self-aware being who, throughout life, is in the process of understanding and knowing himself. He seeks to understand himself in relation to reality, to what it means to him. The interpretation of reality, in its philosophical, theological, cultural and scientific variations, has projected a multitude of positions on what the content of reality is, what qualifies something as real or imaginary.

In a general formulation, the concept of reality encompasses everything that exists in concrete terms. However, in recent decades, a new type of reality, namely virtual reality, has entered the conceptual field on the basis of new technological developments. In essence, virtual reality is a new form of human experience. Unlike traditional theatre and film, which position the human as a passive spectator of an external performance, virtual reality places the “user” within the scene, becoming an active participant.

More than that, we have to recognize the context of the world we live in: a highly technologically developed society, where the inflation of images, of information transmission through new technological communication channels, the projection of the self in the online spaces of social platforms, risks substantially reshaping our perception of concrete reality. We risk making the virtual, the online, the artificially screened reality on the computer, laptop or phone an everyday purpose in itself in the trend of consumption.

The seminar proposes a double analysis, theological and philosophical, on the meaning of physical reality and virtual reality, seeking answers to questions such as: What makes something real or virtual? How real is virtual reality? What are the ethical norms in the use of new technologies?

Chairman

Ioan DURA - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Scientific Committee

Teodosie PETRESCU - “Ovidius” University of Constanta (Romania)

Bogdan MOISE - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Claudiu Ștefan TURCULEȚ - University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest (Romania)
Michal VALCO - Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia)
Nicu GAVRILUTA - “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi (Romania)

Katarina VALCOVA - Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia

Cristina GAVRILUTA - “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi (Romania)

Abdul RASHID - University of Karachi (Pakistan)

Iulian DAMIAN - “Al. I. Cuza” University of Iasi (Romania)

Mendo HENRIQUES - Catholic University of Portugal (Portugal)

Mustafa ALICI - Erzincan Binali Yildirim University (Turkey)

Organizing Committee

Iustin DĂNILĂ - “Ovidius” University of Constanta (Romania)

Iulian ORDINSCHI - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Marina Roxana CREȚU - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Florin BUZILĂ - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)

Alina HAGEA - “Ovidius” University of Constanța (Romania)