This is a Call for nominations for BBS Multiple Book Review.
In the past, Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) had only been able to
do 1-2 BBS multiple book treatments per year, because of our limited
annual page quota. BBS's new expanded page quota will make it possible
for us to increase the number of books we treat per year, so this is an
excellent time for BBS Associates and biobehavioral/cognitive scientists in
general to nominate books you would like to see accorded BBS multiple
book review.
(Authors may self-nominate, but books can only be selected on the basis
of multiple nominations.) It would be very helpful if you indicated in
what way a BBS Multiple Book Review of the book(s) you nominate would
be useful to the field (and of course a rich list of potential
reviewers would be the best evidence of its potential impact!).
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BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES (BBS)
Multiple Book Review
BBS offers authors the service of Multiple Book Review to authors of
important new books on which it is judged that international,
interdisciplinary peer feedback will be useful to the cognitive and
biobehavioral science community.
Instructions for Authors and Commentators
Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) is a unique scientific
communication medium, providing the service of Open Peer Commentary
for reports of significant current work in psychology, neuroscience,
behavioral biology or cognitive science. If a manuscript is judged
by BBS referees and editors to be appropriate for Commentary (see
Criteria below), it is then circulated to a large number of
commentators selected (with the aid of systematic bibliographic
searches) from the BBS Associateship* and the worldwide
biobehavioral science community, including individuals recommended
by the author.
Once the Commentary stage of the process has begun, the author
can no longer alter the article, but can respond formally to all
commentaries accepted for publication. The target article,
commentaries, and authors' responses then co-appear in BBS.
Continuing Commentary and replies can appear in later issues.
CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTANCE: To be eligible for publication, a paper
should not only meet the standards of a journal such as
Psychological Review or the International Review of Neurobiology in
terms of conceptual rigor, empirical grounding, and clarity of
style, but should also offer a clear rationale for soliciting
Commentary. That rationale should be provided in the author's
covering letter, together with a list of suggested commentators.
A BBS target article can be (i) the report and discussion of
empirical research that the author judges to have broader scope and
implications than might be more appropriately reported in a
specialty journal; (ii) an unusually significant theoretical
article that formally models or systematizes a body of research; or
(iii) a novel interpretation, synthesis, or critique of existing
experimental or theoretical work. Occasionally, articles dealing
with social or philosophical aspects of the behavioral and brain
sciences will be considered.
MULTIPLE BOOK REVIEW: The service of Open Peer Commentary will be
primarily devoted to original unpublished manuscripts. However, a
recently published book whose contents meet the standards outlined
above may also be eligible for Commentary. In such a BBS Multiple Book
Review, a comprehensive, article length Precis by the author is
published together with the commentaries and the author's response. The
author must confirm the commitment of his publisher to provide the
review copies for those reviewers who have been selected and have
agreed to do the review by the deadline (minimum number 25 needed in
the NY office of BBS/CUP). In special cases, Commentary will also be
extended to a position paper or an already published article dealing
with particularly influential or controversial research. Submission of
an article implies that it has not been published or is not being
considered for publication elsewhere. Multiple book reviews and
previously published articles appear by invitation only. The
Associateship and professional readership of BBS are encouraged to
nominate current topics and authors for Commentary.
In all the categories described, the decisive consideration for
eligibility will be the desirability of Commentary for the submitted
material. Controversiality simpliciter is not a sufficient criterion for
soliciting Commentary: a paper may be controversial simply because it
is wrong or weak. Nor is the mere presence of interdisciplinary aspects
sufficient: general cybernetic and "organismic" disquisitions are not
appropriate for BBS. Some appropriate rationales for seeking Open Peer
Commentary would be that: (1) the material bears in a significant way
on some current controversial issues in behavioral and brain sciences;
(2) its findings substantively contradict some well-established aspects
of current research and theory; (3) it criticizes the findings,
practices, or principles of an accepted or influential line of work;
(4) it unifies a substantial amount of disparate research; (5) it has
important cross-disciplinary ramifications; (6) it introduces an
innovative methodology or formalism for consideration by proponents of
the established forms; (7) it meaningfully integrates a body of brain
and behavioral data; (8) it places a hitherto dissociated area of
research into an evolutionary or ecological perspective; etc. In order
to assure communication with potential commentators (and readers) from
other BBS specialty area, all technical terminology must be clearly
defined or simplified, and specialized concepts must be fully
described.
NOTE TO COMMENTATORS: The purpose of the Open Peer Commentary
service is to provide a concentrated constructive interaction
between author and commentators on a topic judged to be of broad
significance to the biobehavioral science community. Commentators
should provide substantive criticism, interpretation, and
elaboration as well as any pertinent complementary or supplementary
material, such as illustrations; all original data will be refereed
in order to assure the archival validity of BBS commentaries.
Commentaries and articles should be free of hyperbole and remarks
ad hominem.
STYLE AND FORMAT FOR ARTICLES AND COMMENTARIES: Target articles
must not exceed 14,000 words (and should ordinarily be considerably
shorter); commentaries should not exceed 1000 words, including
references. Spelling, capitalization, and punctuation should be
consistent within each article and commentary and should follow the
style recommended in the latest edition of A Manual of Style, The
University of Chicago Press. It may be helpful to examine a recent
issue of BBS.
BBS has a new policy of temporarily mounting on-line the manuscripts
submitted for refereeing (with the author's permission) on the BBS Web
Site [http://bbs.cogsci.soton.ac.uk] as "BBS Submitted Manuscripts
Under Review," accompanied by a flag indicating that the author holds
the copyright. The purpose of this is two-fold: (1) to accelerate and
facilitate the refereeing process and (2) to establish priority
publicly for submitted manuscripts while they undergo refereeing.
Please indicate with your submission whether you authorise BBS to
archive your submitted manuscript on the Web during refereeing (it is
not compulsory). After refereeing is completed, your manuscript will be
withdrawn, and if it is accepted, the final draft will be archived for
potential commentators in BBS's Preprint Archive.
All submissions must include an indexable title, followed by the
authors' names in the form preferred for publication, full
institutional addresses, email addresses and WWW URLs.
Target article authors must also provide numbered headings and
subheadings to facilitate cross-reference by commentators. Two
abstracts, one of 100 and one of 250 words, should be submitted with
every target article. The shorter abstract will appear one issue in
advance of the article; the longer one will be circulated to potential
commentators and will appear with the printed article. A list of 5-10
keywords should precede all target article texts. Notes,
acknowledgments, appendices, and references should be grouped at the
end of the target article or commentary.
BBS has a new policy that commentaries and responses now
also require Abstracts: ~60 words, summarizing as specifically as
possible the content of your contribution.
Illustrations: Tables and figures (i.e., photographs, graphs,
charts, or other artwork) should be numbered consecutively. Every
table should have a title; every figure, a caption. At least one
reference in the text must indicate the appropriate location. (For
sizes, see below)
References: Bibliographic citations in the text must include the
author's last name and the date of publication and may include page
references. Complete bibliographic information for each citation
should be included in the list of references. Please also include the
WWW URL for any paper for which it exists. Examples of correct
style are: Brown(1973); (Brown 1973); Brown 1973; 1978); (Brown
1973; Jones 1976); (Brown & Jones 1978); (Brown et al. 1978).
References should be typed on a separate sheet in alphabetical
order in the style of the following examples. Do not abbreviate
journal titles:
Freeman, W.J. (1958) Distribution in time and space of prepyriform
electrical activity. Journal of Neurophysiology 2: 644-66
http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/abs/neuro/199806009
Dennett, D.C. (1991) Two contrasts: Folk craft versus folk science
and belief versus opinion. In: The future of folk psychology:
Intentionality and cognitive science, ed. J. D. Greenwood,
Cambridge University Press.
http://cogprints.soton.ac.uk/abs/phil/199804005
Bateson, P. P. G. & Hinde, R. A., eds. (1978) Growing points in
ethology, Cambridge University Press.
Preparation of the manuscript The original, double-spaced target
article plus eight single-spaced, double-sided copies must be
submitted, along with a screen-readable, web-ready electronic version
sent by email or on disk or deposited in the BBS Archive on the Web. The entire manuscript, including notes and
references, must be typed double-spaced (1/4" space between lines) on
8-1/2 by 11 inch paper, with margins set to 70 characters per line (not
"justified") and 25 lines per page, and should not exceed 50 pages.
Pages should be numbered consecutively. Commentators should submit their
original plus two copies, as well as a screen-readable electronic
version sent by email or on disk. It will be necessary to return manuscripts
for retyping if they do not conform to BBS format.
Each table and figure should be submitted on a separate page, not
interspersed with the text. Tables should be typed to conform to BBS
style. Figures should be ready for photographic reproduction; they
cannot be redrawn by the printer. Charts, graphs, or other artwork
should be done in black ink on white paper and should be drawn to
occupy a standard area of 8-1/2 by 11 or 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches before
reduction. Photographs should be glossy black-and-white prints; 8 by 10
inch enlargements are preferred. All labels and details on figures
should be clearly printed and large enough to remain legible even after
a reduction to half size. It is recommended that labels be done in
transfer type of a sans-serif face such as Helvetica.
Send all submissions, plus a screen-readable, Web-ready version
by email, Web submission or on disk to:
Stevan Harnad, Editor
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Electronics and Computer Science Department
University of Southampton
Highfield, Southampton
SO17 1BJ UNITED KINGDOM
bbs(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk
http://bbs.cogsci.soton.ac.uk
In case of doubt as to appropriateness for BBS commentary, authors
should write to the editor before submitting eight copies.
EDITING: The publishers reserve the right to edit and proof all
articles and commentaries accepted for publication. Authors of articles
will be given the opportunity to review the copy-edited manuscript and
page proofs. Commentators will be asked to review copy-editing only
when changes have been substantial; commentators will not see proofs.
Both authors and commentators should notify the editorial office of all
corrections within 48 hours or approval will be assumed.
Authors of target articles receive 50 offprints of the entire
treatment, and can purchase additional copies. Commentators will also
be given an opportunity to purchase offprints of the entire treatment.
___________________________________________________________
*Individuals interested in serving as BBS Associates are asked to
write to the editor.
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
OXFORD SUMMER SCHOOL ON CONNECTIONIST MODELLING
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford
18th - 30th July 1999
Applications are invited for participation in a 2-week residential
Summer School on techniques in connectionist modelling. The course is
aimed primarily at researchers who wish to exploit neural network
models in their teaching and/or research and it will provide a general
introduction to connectionist modelling, biologically plausible neural
networks and brain function through lectures and exercises on
Macintosh's and PC's. The course is interdisciplinary in content
though many of the illustrative examples are taken from cognitive and
developmental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. The instructors
with primary responsibility for teaching the course are Kim Plunkett
and Edmund Rolls.
No prior knowledge of computational modelling will be required though
simple word processing skills will be assumed. Participants will be
encouraged to start work on their own modelling projects during the
Summer School.
The cost of participation in the Summer School is stlg950. This figure
covers the cost of accommodation (bed and breakfast at St. John's
College), registration and all literature required for the Summer
School. Participants will be expected to cover their own travel and
meal costs. A number of partial bursaries will be available for
graduate students. Applicants should indicate whether they wish to be
considered for a graduate student scholarship but are advised to seek
further funding as well, since in previous years the number of
graduate student applications has far exceeded the number of
scholarships available.
There is a Summer School World Wide Web page describing the contents
of the 1999 Summer School available on:
http://www-cogsci.psych.ox.ac.uk/summer-school/ Further information
about contents of the course can be obtained from
Steven.Young(a)psy.ox.ac.uk
If you are interested in participating in the Summer School, please
contact:
Mrs Sue King
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3UD
Tel: (01865) 271353
Email: susan.king(a)psy.oxford.ac.uk
Please send a brief description of your background with an explanation
of why you would like to attend the Summer School (one page maximum)
no later than 31st January 1999.
Csaba Pleh
Department of Psychology
Attila Jozsef University, Szeged
Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary
Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary, (36)(23) 453932 or 933
Editor, Hungarian Review of Psychology
Historians of Psychology,
As we approach the Winter Break, I just wanted to ask you to consider
using the "CLASSICS IN THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY" web site in conjunction
with your history of psychology course next year. Since the site was
launched a year ago, it has received over A QUARTER OF A MILLION requests.
If you haven't been to the site recently, you might be interested to learn
that there have been a number of improvements over the past few months.
The full texts of 50 BOOKS AND ARTICLES are now available on-line. In
addition to the "old favorites" (James, Freud, Watson, Skinner, Terman,
etc.), we have recently added articles by Koehler, Titchener, Lashley,
Heider, and many others. We are also quite close to completing Wundt's
_Outlines of Psychology_.
In addition, we recently installed a SEARCH ENGINE to make it easier for
you to find what you're looking for, and we have added a list of links to
over three dozen relevant documents posted on other sites.
"CLASSICS IN THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY" makes it easy to supplement the
text you use in your course with primary source documents, without having
to worry about limited library resources or expensive printing costs.
Access to the site is absolutely FREE.
http://www.yorku.ca/dept/psych/classics/
Best regards,
Christopher D. Green office: (416) 736-5115 ext. 66164
Department of Psychology FAX: (416) 736-5814
York University
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 e-mail: christo(a)yorku.ca
CANADA
http://www.yorku.ca/faculty/academic/christo
Csaba Pleh
Department of Psychology
Attila Jozsef University, Szeged
Petofi sgt 30-34, 6722 Hungary
Home: Budakeszi Zichy P. u. 4 2092 Hungary, (36)(23) 453932 or 933
Editor, Hungarian Review of Psychology
A Matkut es a Logika tanszek kozos szervezeseben,
dec. 15. du. 4-kor lesz az alabbi eloadas, malyre mindenkit szeretettel
varunk
a Matemetikai Kutato nagytermeben (Realtanoda u. 13-15. I. em.):
Strukturalizmus; altalanos rendszerelmelet, kibernetika, relativitaselmelet
es logika, kozmologia.
Andreka Hajnal, Nemeti Istvan es Madarasz Judit.
Absztrakt: a cimben emlitett tudomanyteruletek latszolag tavol allnak
egymastol. De mindegyikben felmerultek struktura-orientalt matematikai
gondolatok (vagy expliciten, vagy impliciten). Esetleg van remeny bizonyos
struktura orientalt aspektusok szintezisere (mint azt pl. Lee Smolin nemreg
megfogalmazta). Struktura-orientalt kozelitesmod (strukturalizmus) van a
matematikan belul is es van a tarstudomanyokban is (pl. a cimben emlitett
teruleteken is). Matematikan belul ilyen pl. a (Lawvere es Makkai fele)
kategoria elmelet orientalt matematika, a logika es modellelmelet orientalt
matematika. Konkretabb pelda Tarski axiomatikus geometriaja. Az eloadasban
megvizsgaljuk a kapcsolatokat, kozos celkituzeseket, keressuk a dolog
"lenyeget"; es azt, hogy mi jo remelheto ettol a kibontakozoban levo "uj
paradigmatol". (Semmikeppen nem allitjuk, hogy ez a "bolcsek kove" es hogy
mar minden mast helyettesitene.)
Kulcsszavak: absztrakcio, lenyeg kereses, egyszerusetes, erthetoseg.
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Andras Mate CSc, assoc. prof. -- Dept. of Symbolic Logic
Lorand Eotvos University Budapest, Faculty of Arts and Humanities
H-1364 Budapest, POB 107
Phone: (36 1) 266 9100/5328 -- TAD/Fax: (36 1) 266 41 95
e-mail:mate@isis.elte.hu
Home: H-1119 Budapest, Nandorfehervar koz 11 / Phone: (36 1) 204 0489
Resent-From: "csaba pleh" <PLEH(a)IZABELL.elte.hu>
Rejected message: sent to koglist(a)cogpsyphy.hu by RJOHNSON(a)LIBRARY.UCLA.EDU
follows.
Reason for rejection: sender not subscribed.
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The UCLA Brain Research Institute has changed web servers, making web
addresses/URLs even longer than before! (Hint to deciphering the
hierarchy of our new URLs: "SOM" = School of Medicine; "BRI" = Brain
Research Institute, "ARCHIVES" = Neuroscience History Archives)
Please change your bookmarks or links for any of the following
Neuroscience History web sites to which you are linked.
Thanks,
Russell Johnson
NEW URLs:
(1a) HISTNEUR-L Information Sheet ["How to Subscribe to HISTNEUR-L: The
History of Neuroscience Internet Forum"]
http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/archives/histneur.htm
N.B.: only the web archives and information sheet have moved;
the listserv itself is still hosted by the UCLA Library
server, so new messages should still be posted to
<histneur-l(a)library.ucla.edu>
(1b) HISTNEUR-L Archives - Main Index
http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/archives/hnl/msghnl.htm
(1c) HISTNEUR-L Archives - 1998 Message Index
http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/archives/hnl/msg98hnl.htm
(2) ISHN: International Society for the History of the Neurosciences
http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/archives/ishnhome.htm
(3) RETICULUM: Neuroscience History Resources
http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/archives/RETICULM.htm
(4) Neuroscience History Archives (Brain Research Institute, UCLA)
http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/archives/nhahome.htm
___________________________________________________
Russell A. Johnson rjohnson(a)library.ucla.edu
Archivist and Cataloger (310) 825-6940
History & Special Collections Division
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA
Box 951798 Los Angeles CA 90095-1798
<http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/biomed/his/hisdiv.htm>
Archivist (310) 825-3191 or 206-2753
Neuroscience History Archives
Brain Research Institute, UCLA
Box 951761 Los Angeles CA 90095-1761
<http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/som/bri/archives/nhahome.htm>
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 1999 Meeting of the Merleau-Ponty Circle
MERLEAU-PONTY, MIND AND BODY:
PHILOSOPHICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH STUDIES
July 29-August 2, 1999
Deadline for submissions: March 15, 1999
Papers should be 12-15 double spaced pages to be read in 20-30 minutes.
Title of paper, name of author, address, and an abstract should be typed on a
separate page.
The purpose of this year's conference venue in Britain is to facilitate a
productive exchange with European colleagues and to promote Merleau-Ponty
studies to as diverse an audience as possible. To this end, papers from all
disciplines and aspects of Merleau-Ponty studies will be considered primarily
on the basis of academic quality. Furthermore, because the summer venue will
provide increased program space, it may be possible to include more papers
than is usually the case. Well written abstracts will be considered for
inclusion, though full drafts will receive priority. French language panels
will be possible so long as abstracts are provided in English.
Conference Publication:
Several major publishing houses are encouraging contributions in the area of
psychology and philosophy. There is an acknowledged paucity of publications on
Merleau-Ponty and psychology at a time when interest in this area is
increasing; a publication of a selection of papers on this theme is expected
to find a wide audience. The interdisciplinary nature of the book will appeal
both to health care specialists and a general academic audience. Psychology
would, in this context, be understood in broad terms to include existential-
phenomenology, gestalt theory, psychoanalysis and psychiatry generally, as
well as neuropsychiatry, cognitive science, theoretical biology and all forms
of systems theory. Because these latter fields stand to benefit most from
Merleau-Ponty scholarship, paper submissions that critically engage with
natural science from the perspective of Merleau-Ponty's philosophical
psychology are most likely to be considered for the publication.
Wrexham has good transportation facilities and comfortable, cheaply priced
accommodations will be available. See the conference web page for all
details: http//www.newi.ac.uk/morleyj/
Please send submissions and inquiries to:
James Morley, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
N.E. Wales Institute, p.p. 20
Wrexham, LL11 2AW, UK
Fax: 00-44-1978-290008;
E-mail: morleyj(a)newi.ac.uk
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George Kampis, Associate Professor, Chairman,
Department of History and Philosophy of Science,
ELTE University, 1518 Budapest, P.O. Box 32, Hungary
Phone/FAX: (36) 1 372 2924 email: gk(a)hps.elte.hu
http://hps.elte.hu/~gk ftp://hps.elte.hu
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Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 13:47:24 -0500
From: Michael Heidelberger <heidelb+(a)PITT.EDU>
Reply-To: A Forum for Discussion of the History of the Philosophy of
Science <HOPOS-L(a)LISTSERV.ND.EDU>
To: HOPOS-L(a)LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: announcement: HOPOS 2000
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"HOPOS 2000": THIRD INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE CONFERENCE
The History of Philosophy of Science Group (HOPOS)/ Institute Vienna Circle
(IVC)
Vienna (Austria), July 6-9, 2000
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The History of Philosophy of Science Group (HOPOS) announces its Third
International Conference to be held in conjunction with the Institute Vienna
Circle (IVC) in Vienna from July 6th to July 9th, 2000. Contributions to the
history of philosophy of science from all time periods and from all
scholarly approaches are invited.
The call for papers with full details will be made in Spring, 1999.
Submissions may be in English, German or French.
Michael Heidelberger (Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin),
Program Committee Co-chair,
Friedrich Stadler (Universitaet Wien and IVC),
Program Committee Co-chair.
Address inquiries to:
Institute Vienna Circle,
Museumstrasse 5/2/17,
A-1070 Wien, Austria.
Tel./Fax.: +431-526-1005
Email: i_v_c(a)ping.at (please refer to "HOPOS 2000" in the subject line)
Websites: http://scistud.umkc.edu/hopos/index.htmlhttp://hhobel.phl.univie.ac.at/wk
(Please disseminate this message widely.)
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:13:37 +0000
From: Stephen Clark <srlclark(a)LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
To: PHILOS-L(a)LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK
Subject: Consciousness Conference, April 1999 (fwd)
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 18:01:50 +0000
From: Tony Dale <a.dale(a)kcl.ac.uk>
To: philosop(a)usl.edu, psyche-d(a)listserv.uh.edu, spp(a)umiacs.umd.edu,
psyc(a)pucc.princeton.edu
Consciousness
An International Conference
24-25 April 1999
Speakers & Titles:
Professor Ned Block (New York University)
Consciousness and Representation
Professor David Chalmers (University of Arizona)
What is a Neural Correlate of Consciousness?
Professor Daniel Dennett (Tufts University)
The Hard Question: And Then What Happens?
Professor Susan Greenfield (University of Oxford)
The Chemistry of Consciousness
Professor Nicholas Humphrey (London School of Economics)
How to Solve the Mind-Body Problem
Professor John O'Keefe (University College London)
Consciousness as a Brain Process
Professor David Papineau (King's College London)
Are Theories of Consciousness Misconceived?
Professor John Searle (University of California, Berkeley)
The Structure of Consciousness
The Registration Fee is L75 until February 28th 1999.
After February 28th 1999 a late registration fee of an additional L20 will
be charged. (Cheques should be made payable to "King's College London".)
The Registration fee will include the cost of coffee and tea on both days.
and a Conference Reception to which all registered members of the
conference are invited.
In addition to the registration fee there will be charges for lunch on
April 24th (L14.00), dinner on April 24th (L18.00) and lunch on April 25th
(L14.00) for those who wish to eat on campus. For those who do not wish to
eat on campus there are many caf�s, pubs and restaurants in the immediate
vicinity.
There are 50 rooms available (23rd and 24th April only) at a cost of L25.00
per night for bed and breakfast at Rosebery Hall (LSE) on a first come,
first served basis. Because of the limited number of rooms early booking
is essential.
The Conference is being held by the Centre for Philosophical Studies at
King's College London
The Conference will take place in the Great Hall at the Strand Campus of
King's College on April 24th and April 25th 1999.
This conference is supported by the New Scientist.
The Centre for Philosophical Studies is supported by Shell UK.
Application forms are available from and should be returned to:
Dr Tony Dale
Centre for Philosophical Studies
King's College London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
Tel: 0171 8732585
e-mail: a.dale(a)kcl.ac.uk
world wide web:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/hrc/CDSev.htm
Dr A.J.Dale
Centre for Philosophical Studies
King's College
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
Telephone: 0171 8732585
email: a.dale(a)kcl.ac.uk
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Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:45:37 +0000
From: notturno(a)magnet.at
To: George Kampis <gk(a)hps.elte.hu>
Subject: Open Society, Friendship, and Trust
Open Society, Friendship, and Trust II
Funded by the Higher Education Support Program
of The Open Society Institute
Is open society an ideal that we cannot achieve, or a reality
from which we cannot escape? What are the `reactionary'
attempts to return to tribalism reacting against? Is tribalism
necessarily bad? Is friendship impossible in an open society,
or something that is protected by it? How do institutions differ
from collectives? Is rule of law really a better alternative than
friendship? Does freedom depend upon good institutions, or
upon the individuals that man them? Is democracy enough to
make a society open? Is free market a necessary component?
Does trust facilitate open society, or is it an impediment to it?
Should we make friendship and trust our political ideals? How
do open society and civil society differ? What are open and
closed societies open and closed to?
A workshop on `Open Society, Friendship, and Trust' will be held from 17-22
February at the Central European University in Budapest. This workshop will
consist of a series of round-table discussions devoted to questions raised by Karl
Popper's book The Open Society and Its Enemies.
Philosophers and scientists with interests in these areas are encouraged to
apply.
`Open Society, Friendship, and Trust II' will be directed by Dr. Mark Notturno
and Dr. Kira Viktorova. Travel to and accommodations in Budapest, plus a
book allowance and a workshop participant's grant, are available for
participants from Central and Eastern Europe.
Those interested in participating should send a cover letter and curriculum vitae
to Mark Notturno in (email: <notturno(a)magnet.at>. Tel: 43-1-315-7422.
Fax: 43 - 1 - 315-7423) and a copy to Riccardo Chelleri in Budapest (email:
<chellerir(a)yahoo.com>. Tel: 36-1-327-3000, ext. 3189. Fax:
36-1-327-3091.) Applications must be received no later than 10 January 1999.
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:58:14 MET
From: "R. van Baaren" <R.vanBaaren(a)kub.nl>
To: espp(a)mailnews.kub.nl
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EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY
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The Euro-SPP is calling for papers and posters to be presented at its
Eighth Annual Meeting in Warwick, Great-Britain, July 23-27, 1999.
The aim of the Society is "to promote interaction between philosophers
and psychologists on issues of common concern". Psychologists,
neuroscientists, linguists, computer scientists and biologists are
encouraged to report experimental, theoretical and clinical work that
they judge to have philosophical significance. In recent years ESPP
sessions have covered such topics as spatial concepts, simulation
theory, attention, problems of consciousness, emotion, perception,
early numerical cognition, memory and time, motor imagery, counterfactuals,
reasoning, vagueness, mental causation, action, thought without language,
externalism, connectionism, and the interpretation of neuropsychological
results.
Submitted papers are refereed and selected on the basis of quality and
relevance to both psychologists and philosophers. Papers should not
exceed a length of 20 minutes (about 8 double-spaced pages). Papers
must be accompanied by a camera-ready 300-word abstract (to be
included in the conference booklet). There will also be poster
presentations. A submission for a poster presentation should consist
of a 500-word abstract. Submitted papers may also be considered for
presentation as posters. The deadline for submission is March 1st,
1999.
Electronic submissions are preferred and should be sent to both
Elisabeth Pacherie and Beate Sodian:
<pacherie(a)poly.polytechnique.fr, sodian(a)psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de>
If you cannot send your submission through email, please send three copies to:
Dr. Elisabeth Pacherie or Dr. Beate Sodian
CREA Department of Psychology
Ecole Polytechnique Universitaet Wuerzburg
1, rue Descartes Roentgenring 10
75005 Paris - France D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany
Local arrangements are being handled by Dr. Naomi Eilan. She can be
contacted by e-mail at pysau(a)csv.warwick.ac.uk
For information on membership of the European Society for Philosophy
and Psychology, contact Susan Struycken at S.Struycken(a)kub.nl
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