----- Original Message -----
From: "Umberto Straccia" <straccia(a)iei.pi.cnr.it>
To: <oai-general(a)oaisrv.nsdl.cornell.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: [OAI-general] questionnaire
> Dear sirs,
>
> The CYCLADES consortium aims to elicit potential users' views on the
> functionality and services provided by the CYCLADES environment. A
> questionnaire has been devised for this purpose. We would like to ask
> you to take a few moments and familiarize yourself with the description
> and purpose of CYCLADES and also fill out the user requirements
questionnaire
> at the following location:
>
> http://sappho.ics.forth.gr:5000/User_Requirements/questionnaire.html
>
>
> Your effort in filling out this questionnaire is greatly appreciated.
> This questionnaire has been devised for the elicitation of user
requirements
> for the project CYLADES (IST-2000-25456). A brief description of the
> project and its objectives is given below as well as at the aforementioned
> web site.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The CYCLADES Consortium,
>
>
>
>
>
> Project Description
>
> The main objective of CYCLADES (http://www.iei.pi.cnr.it/cyclades/) is to
> develop advanced Internet accessible services to support scholars both
> individually and as members of networked communities when interacting with
> large interdisciplinary electronic (e-print) archives}. CYCLADES aims at
> supporting the transition of e-print systems into genuine building blocks
> of a transformed scholarly communication model by developing a set of
> leading-edge technologies providing innovative methods for information
access,
> dissemination, sharing and collaborative work.
>
> The proposed open archives environment consists of two components: the
> archives and the services. To the former contribute the Open
> Archives initiative (OAI). CYCLADES will base the development of the
service
> environment on these specifications. In particular, a core set of
cross-archive
> value-added services will be developed to constitute a federation of
> independent but interoperable services. The Service Environment will
provide
> OAi compliant functionality. The CYCLADES services comprise the
following:
>
> Search and Browse Service: develops plans for the execution of user
> queries. An ad-hoc or a profile-based user query will be decomposed into
> more simple sub-queries to be sent to the Access Service for execution.
> The results of the sub-queries are fused and returned to the user.
> A browse facility is also supported.
>
> Collection Service: provides mechanisms for dynamically building
meaningful
> collections.
>
> Personalization Service: supports personalization of information
> access on the basis of individual user profiles and of profiles of
scholarly
> communities to which users belong.
>
> Recommendation Service: provides recommendations to satisfy information
needs
> of a user based on ratings provided by other users or groups.
>
> Collaborative Work Service: supports collaboration between members of
virtual
> communities. Community working areas are created to use the OAi content in
> collaborative work.
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Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University
Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR
(http://hps.elte.hu/seminar)
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Tobbek kertek, hogy majus 14-en, a bizonyara sokunkat erdeklo Martin
Davis: Goedel's Legacy eloadas (Mat. Kutato, 14:00, lasd
http://hps.elte.hu/events) miatt, tekintettel a delutani
csucsforgalomra, a Tudomanyfilozofiai Szeminarium (Gnadig Peter) 15
perccel kesobb kezdodjon. Tehat, majus 14-en 16:15-kor kezdunk!
Udvozlettel,
E. Szabo Laszlo
--
Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Home: (36-1) 200-7318
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University
Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR
(http://hps.elte.hu/seminar)
________________________________________________
Dear All!
I would like to remind you that there will be NO seminar on 30 April.
Peter Gnadig's lecture, previously scheduled on this date, is moved to
14 May. The next seminar will be held on 7 May (Katalin Farkas).
Have a nice holiday,
Laszlo E. Szabo
--
Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Home: (36-1) 200-7318
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
Budapesti baratai neveben szomoru szivvel tovabbitom a hirt, hogy
aprilis 22-en WESLEY C. SALMON egy tragikus autobalesetben eletet
vesztette.
Wesley Salmon 1981-tol volt a University of Pittsburgh filozofia
professzora. Ezt megelozoen a vilag szamos nagyhiru egyetemen tanitott.
Palyafutasa soran elnoke volt tobb amerikai tudomanyos tarsasagnak,
Philosophy of Science Association, American Philosophical Association
(Pacific Division), History and Philosophy of Science Section of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science. Az utobbi evekben
az International Union of History and Philosophy of Science elnoki
tisztseget toltotte be.
Filozofiai erdeklodesenek kozeppontjaban a kauzalitas es a tudomanyos
magyarazat, a valoszinusegelmelet es a tudomanyos elmeletek
konfirmaciojanak kerdese, az indukcio-problema, es nem utolsosorban,
a fizikaval kapcsolatos, mindenekelott a relativitaselmelettel
osszefüggo
filozofiai kerdesek alltak.
Fobb muvei a kovetkezok:
Logic (1963)
Foundations of Scientific Inference (1967)
Statistical Explanation and Statistical Relevance (1971)
Space, Time and Motion: A Philosophical Introduction (1975)
Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World (1984)
Four Decades of Scientific Explanation (1989)
Szerkesztoje volt olyan sokat idezett cikkgyujtemenyeknek, mint a Zeno's
Paradoxes (1970), vagy a Hans Reichenbach: Logical Empiricist (1979).
2001. aprilis 23.
E. Szabo Laszlo
--
Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Home: (36-1) 200-7318
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
Wesley Salmon meghalt, ha jol ertem kozlekedesi balesetben (?).
udv kgy
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Wesley Salmon
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:54:26 -0400
From: "Fisher, Saul" <SF(a)MELLON.ORG>
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
Friends,
The note below from Marta Spranzi Zuber relays the terrible news
concerning
Wesley Salmon. The world of philosophy is all the poorer today.
--Saul
-----Original Message-----
From: Marta Spranzi Zuber [mailto:zuber.spranzi@wanadoo.fr]
Sent: Mon, April 23, 2001 1:22 PM
To: educasup.philo(a)ml.free.fr; RISC; THEUTH
Subject: Wesley Salmon
Cher(e)s collègues,
C'est avec beaucoup de tristesse que je vous fais part du décès hier
dimanche 22 avril de Wesley Salmon de l'Université de Pittsburgh (USA)
lors
d'un accident de voiture sur les routes de l'Ohio.
Ceux parmi nous qui l'ont connu se souviennent de ses qualités humaines,
de
sa gentillesse et de sa générosité. On ne pourra oublier sa contribution
à
la réflexion philosophique de notre temps.
Sa femme Merrilee a survécu. Nous pensons à elle.
Marta Spranzi Zuber
Meghívó
Az ELTE Esztétikai Doktori Program és a BTK Doktori Tanácsa meghívja
Kollár József Hattyú a komputer vizén (elme- és művészetfil. kognitív
tud.) című doktori disszetációjának védésre, mely 2001. április 27-én 11
órakor lesz, a Pesti Barnabás utca 1. I emeleti tanácstermében.
Opponensek: Pléh Csaba és Pataki Gábot
Lehet, hogy csak vaklarma, de mintha a koglistra ment volna ki
egy level Muranyi Istvan nevevel femjelezve. Nagyobb merevlemezt
iger, es a levelhez egy futtathato fajl van csatolva. Eleg
virusgyanus, en nem nyitnam meg.
Udv,
Krajcsi Attila
Tisztelt Erdeklodok,
szeretettel varunk mindenkit Wittgenstein halalanak 50. evforduloja
alkalmabol megrendezesre kerulo konferenciankon, (2001. aprilis 26.
csutortok) az MTA Filozofiai Kutatointezeteben (1054 Budapest, Szemere u. 10.)
A mellekletben talalhato a konferencia programja.
Honlap: http://www.phil-inst.hu/events/wkonf.htm
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University
Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE SEMINAR
(http://hps.elte.hu/seminar)
________________________________________________
23 April 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
(Language: English)
H o w a r d R o b i n s o n
CEU, Budapest, Philosophy Program
University of Liverpool
Various kinds of reductionism
Reductionism in the philosophy of science is associated with the
logical positivists' attempt to produce a unified science. In their
eyes, as they disliked ontology, this unity was essentially a matter of
the relation of theories one to another. For those who fear ontology
less, it can be conceived in a more realist fashion. The different
sciences, and many things we say in ordinary, non-scientific language,
are all true of the same physical world. What constraints are there on
theories for it to be possible for them to be different ways of
conceptualising the same reality? Reductionism can be seen as the
principle attempt explain these constraints.
I shall look at the different accounts of reduction that have been
given. First, I shall give a typology of the various accounts that have
been given of the relations between the ontologies of different
theories, stretching from the most reductive to those that are
explicitly emergentist. Second I shall focus on the 'weak reductionism'
defended by
Jerry Fodor in 'Special sciences: the disunity of science as a working
hypothesis', (Synthese, 1974: variously reprinted, including in The
Philosophy of Science, eds Boyd, Gasper and Trout). I shall question
whether this kind of weak reduction is adequate for a naturalist, on the
grounds that it presupposes that the science-producing subject is
external to the world about which he is producing his theories.
The organizer of the seminar: László E. Szabó
--
Laszlo E. Szabo
Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
H-1518 Budapest, Pf. 32, Hungary
Phone/Fax: (36-1)372-2924
Home: (36-1) 200-7318
Mobil/SMS: (36) 20-366-1172
http://hps.elte.hu/~leszabo
