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Call for Book Nominations for BBS Mutiple Book Review

by Stevan Harnad

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!). ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.

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oxford summer school

by csaba pleh

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

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Classics in the History of Psychology

by csaba pleh

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

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Nemetiek eloadasa

by Andras Mate

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. ============================================================================== 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

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Neuroscience History web address/URL changes: HISTNEUR-L, ISHN

by Gergely Csibra

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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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>

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Call for Papers: Merleau-Ponty Conference (fwd)

by Kampis Gyorgy

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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announcement: HOPOS 2000 (fwd)

by Kampis Gyorgy

===================================================================== 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 ===================================================================== ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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 ============================================================ "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 ============================================================ 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.html http://hhobel.phl.univie.ac.at/wk (Please disseminate this message widely.)

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Consciousness Conference, April 1999 (fwd)

by Kampis Gyorgy

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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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Open Society, Friendship, and Trust (fwd)

by Kampis Gyorgy

---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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.

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Euro-SPP Call for Papers (fwd)

by Kampis Gyorgy

Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 20:58:14 MET From: "R. van Baaren" <R.vanBaaren(a)kub.nl> To: espp(a)mailnews.kub.nl ********************************************** EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY ********************************************** 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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