From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sat Dec  1 08:59:30 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 08:59:30 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] INFO: Bioethics Journal Club
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112010857590.21083-100000@uxd.liv.ac.uk>

Reply to Prof Bernstein (not to me)

To: Recipients of BIOMED-L digests <BIOMED-L@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU>
From:    DoktorMo@aol.com

    I just wanted to let the list subscribers know that I have instituted a
Bioethics Journal Club on my "Bioethics Discussion Pages" website
(http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~mbernste/).  We have 4 members so far and three have
written reviews to our first paper.  If you have time, take a look at my site
and the club and if you would like to join and participate please let me know.
..Maurice.

Maurice Bernstein, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
mbernste@hsc.usc.edu
doktormo@aol.com

"Bioethics Discussion Pages": http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~mbernste/

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From mer0090@IPERBOLE.BOLOGNA.IT  Sat Dec  1 09:35:28 2001
From: mer0090@IPERBOLE.BOLOGNA.IT (Sebastiano Moruzzi)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:35:28 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] "Wittgenstein Today" Conference, Bologna 20-22 december
Message-ID: <3C08B270.2014.43F70A@localhost>

                   SIFA International Conference

                         WITTGENSTEIN TODAY

               http://sifa.vc.unipmn.it/2eve/bo01.htm
                   20-22 december, Bologna, Italy

The schedule of the international conference "Wittgenstein Today"
is now online:

http://sifa.vc.unipmn.it/2eve/bo01.htm

The conference will take place in Bologna (Italy)from the 20th to the
22nd of december 2001.

INVITED SPEAKERS:
Marilena Andronico, Ansgar Beckermann, Stewart Candlish,
Cesare Cozzo, Piergiorgio Donatelli, Alberto Emiliani, Pasquale
Frascolla, Aldo Gargani, Hans-Johann Glock, Saul Kripke, Diego
Marconi, Marie McGinn, Brian McGuinness
Kevin Mulligan, Luigi Perissinotto, Davide Sparti, Goeran
Sundholm, Alberto Voltolini


50 years after the death of one of the greatest philosophers of our
time,is a widespread need of a critical reflection on both his
generalof the aims of philosophy (in relation to the practice ofand
other features of human experience), and the specific aspectshis
doctrines. The current prevealing perspectives in some areas
ofphilosophy with respect to the naturalisation of
intentionalitysemantics, the re-descovery of mentalism, the loss of
centrality ofreflection on language as the starting point for dealing
with (and) metaphysical, epistemological and ontological problems,
aresymptoms of an intellectual climate that is very distant from the
of Wittgenstein, or at least from the current interpretationshis
thought.
The aim of this conference is to promote a critical reflection on's
legacy in four main areas:

(a) Philosophy of language
(b) Logic, epistemology and philosophy of mathematics
(c) Ethics, anthropology, meta-philosophy
(d) Philosophy of psychology



________

dott. Sebastiano Moruzzi

Universita' di Bologna
Dipartimento di Filosofia

Universita'del Piemonte Orientale
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici

recapito:
via Magini 3
40138 Bologna, Italia
tel. 0039 051 6240122
cell. 340 5292489
email mer0090@iperbole.bologna.it

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sat Dec  1 15:10:47 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Stephen R.L.Clark)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 15:10:47 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP:  LOGICA 2002 <fwd>
Message-ID: <SIMEON.10112011547.E@pc059004.liverpool.ac.uk>

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To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com

LOGICA 2002

Zahrdky Castle in central Bohemia), June 18 - 21, 2002.

The Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
announces the 16th event in the series of annual international symposia.

Since 1987 the annual LOGICA symposia have become an inter
disciplinary
platform for discussion of topical issues in logic among
both
internationally renowned scholars and young researchers.
Traditionally,
the symposia have no single theme. The official language of the
symposium is English.

Jaakko Hintikka (Boston), Per Martin-L ff Stockholm) Jeff Paris
(Manchester), Rom Harre (Oxford) are invited speakers.

Contributions devoted to any of the wide range of logical problems are
welcome except those focused on specialised technical applications.
Particularly welcome are contributions that cover the issues interesting
both for philosophically an for mathematically oriente logicians. The
deadline for submitting contributed papers is February 28th. The
notification of acceptance will be distributed by March 31st.

Selected contributions to LOGICA symposia are published by the
Institute's publishing house Filosofia.

Recent volumes collecting the contributions included, among others,
papers from Nuel Belnap, Paul Benacerraf, Johan van Benthem, Jaakko
Hintikka, David Lewis, Barbara Partee, Graham Priest, Wlodek Rabinowicz,
Michael Resnik, Mark Sainsbury, Gabriel Sandu, Stewart Shapiro, G ran
Sundholm, and Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer.

There is a registration fee for the symposium covering full boar an lo
ging at Zahrdky Castle during the symposium, travel expenses from Prague
to Zahrdky and back, an a copy of the volume containing most of the
contributions to the symposium. The fee amounts to US$ 250 for
participants or US$ 200 for accompanying persons (volume not included).

If you are interested in reading a paper at the symposium, please send
us a two-page abstract of the paper accompanied by a separate sheet with
your name, contact adress, an affiliation to the adress below by 28
February 2002. E-mail submissions of postscript, pdf or MS Word
compatible files are possible. Those who might have problems covering
the expenses connecte with taking part in the symposium are invited to
apply for a grant. The organising committee will cover the registration
fee for up to five selected applicants. Those who wish to apply for the
grant shoul explicitly state this when submitting their abstract, which
should be extended to five pages. The organising committee also may be
able to contribute to travel expenses, in particular for scholars from
countries with severely underfunded academic institutions.

For up-to-date information visit:
http://www.flu.cas.cz/Logica/Logica2002-1.htm. Please direct all
correspondence concerning the symposium to e-mail adress:
logica@mbox.cesnet.cz or to:

Timothy Childers & Vladimir Svoboda

Co-chairs of the Organising Committee of LOGICA 2002

Institute of Philosophy, ASCR

Jilsk 1, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic

fax: +420-2/22220138


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From R.J.Norman@UKC.AC.UK  Mon Dec  3 09:35:55 2001
From: R.J.Norman@UKC.AC.UK (Richard Norman)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:35:55 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Integrating Ethics & Technology: SAP Workshop 7/12/01 <fwd>
Message-ID: <SIMEON.10112030955.G@PCSECL208.ukc.ac.uk>

 Society for Applied Philosophy Announcement

 First Friday Workshop

 I N T E G R A T I N G . E T H I C S . & . T E C H N O L O G Y

 6 to 8 p.m., Room 331
 Friday 7th December 2001

 University of London, Senate House, Malet St, London
 Nearest Tube, Russell Square

 Speakers:

 Willem deVries, Professor of Philosophy, New Hampshire
  & Visiting Fellow, Philosophy Programme
 Looking beyond the Technical:
  The First Step in Integrating Ethics into Technical Education

 Shahrar Ali, Department of Philosophy, University College London
  & Assistant to Director, Philosophy Programme
 Looking within the Technical: One Step to Integrating Technology

 Professor deVries will explore how best to meet the challenge
 of integrating ethics into a technical education, such as
 incorporation into courses for engineering students.

 Shahrar Ali, by reply, will question whether the idea of
 integration does not underestimate the ethical burden
 faced by technological advancement today.

___________________
End of Announcement
Visit the Society's homepage for details of future workshops
http://www.sas.ac.uk/philosophy/sap

----------------------
Richard Norman
R.J.Norman@ukc.ac.uk

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From m.brumsen@TBM.TUDELFT.NL  Mon Dec  3 10:51:54 2001
From: m.brumsen@TBM.TUDELFT.NL (Brumsen, Michiel)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:51:54 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] final cfp: 'research in ethics & engineering', Delft, april 25+26
Message-ID: <1AAAE6BA7E5ED411B9C500500411CF63299CB9@tb0nt1.tbm.tudelft.nl>

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING

The Department of Philosophy, Delft University of Technology, organises a
conference with the title 'Research in Ethics and Engineering', on April
25th + 26th, 2002.

This conference aims to explore what are the most pressing questions for
research in the field of Ethics and Engineering. Further aims are to work on
developing a solid basis for the teaching initiatives in this area, and to
explore what philosophical ethics, (other branches of) applied ethics, and
ethics and engineering can learn from each other.

The conference is organised around three themes:
1) Autonomy and Professional Context
2) Risk
3) Ethics and Engineering, and other Applied Ethics

For further details, see http://www.ethiek.tudelft.nl/conference2002

Abstracts are invited for presentations of about 30 minutes (excl. question
time) on any of the three above themes. The intended audience consists of
philosophers, engineering educators, and engineers. Contributions should
therefore both be of philosophical character, and be relevant to engineering
practice, or more broadly, to technological development.
This email is the final call for abstracts; CLOSING DATE FOR ABSTRACTS IS
DECEMBER 15th.

Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Thank you for your attention.

Michiel Brumsen
dept. of philosophy
Delft University of Technology

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From pege@email.unc.edu  Mon Dec  3 06:36:14 2001
From: pege@email.unc.edu (Thomas Pegelow)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 01:36:14 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Senate Committee's Compromise Bill on Student Visas Adds Flexibility
Message-ID: <200112030636.BAA25179@nagps.nagps.org>

FYI.

As you can see below, the compromise still includes a ban to issue visa to
students from seven countries the government has identified as sponsors of
terrorism. Yet, there is now a provision for exceptions. This is less than
NAGPS policy calls for, but more than Feinstein et al. were willing to
grant. Also note that the question of who will pay for the tracking system
has not been decided yet.

Best,
Thomas

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  Monday, December 3, 2001



  Senate Committee's Compromise Bill on Student Visas Adds
  Flexibility Sought by College Groups

  By SARA HEBEL
  
   
  
  Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee
  introduced compromise legislation on Friday that would place
  new restrictions on the issuance of some student visas and
  would require colleges and federal officials to more closely
  track the movements of foreign students in the United States.
  
  College lobbyists praised the bill, which they said provides
  important flexibility on student visas that was not contained
  in other plans that senators have proposed since September 11.
  In addition, the lobbyists said the new legislation would
  tighten the visa system in ways that would help improve the
  nation's security.
  
  "I think it's a very good compromise, and we're pleased," said
  Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president for government and
  public affairs at the American Council on Education.
  
  Congressional aides and higher-education lobbyists said Friday
  that it remained unclear, however, whether the Senate
  Judiciary Committee or the full Senate would schedule a vote
  on the visa-reform bill this year. The debate may have to wait
  until next year, as members of Congress frantically work to
  finish appropriations legislation and other key bills before
  adjourning for the holidays.
  
  The senators' visa legislation would generally prohibit the
  federal government from issuing student visas to individuals
  from countries that the U.S. State Department considers to be
  sponsors of terrorism. Those countries are Cuba, Iran, Iraq,
  Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. 
  
  However, the bill would allow some individual applicants to be
  exempted from that restriction if the U.S. secretary of state,
  in consultation with the U.S. attorney general, determines
  that they pose no safety or security threat to the United
  States. 
  
  Higher-education lobbyists were happy that the measure would
  provide the exception. They had voiced concerns about a
  previous plan -- by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, a California
  Democrat, and Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican, who have signed
  on to the compromise version -- that did not allow any
  flexibility for students from countries on the State
  Department list. Keeping such individuals off American
  campuses might only harden anti-American sentiments in those
  countries, the lobbyists argued.
  
  In the 1999-2000 academic year, a total of 3,370 students from
  those seven countries attended American colleges, according to
  the Institute of International Education. Of those countries,
  Iran sent the most students, with a total of 1,885 that year.
  
  Other provisions in the compromise legislation contain new
  requirements for colleges and federal officials to track the
  activities of foreign students in the United States. Under the
  bill, the Justice Department would be required to notify
  college officials when a student who was expected to attend
  their institution entered the United States. College officials
  then would have to notify the U.S. Immigration and
  Naturalization Service if a student who entered the country
  did not show up on campus within 30 days after the deadline
  for registering for classes.
  
  If the bill is enacted, colleges also would have to report
  more information about foreign students to the immigration
  service. That includes the student's date of entry, port of
  entry, date of enrollment, date of graduation or date of
  dropping out of the college, and degree program or field of
  study.
  
  In addition, the legislation would set up temporary procedures
  to provide added scrutiny of foreign students while the
  immigration service puts in place the new safeguards,
  including a database to monitor foreign students that is
  supposed to be up and running by 2003. Under the interim
  rules, State Department officials would be required to obtain
  evidence that a student had been accepted to an approved
  academic institution in the United States and to review that
  person's visa record before the department could issue a
  student visa.
  
  Finally, the INS would have to periodically review educational
  institutions to make sure they comply with the record-keeping
  and reporting requirements of the law. State Department
  officials would have to conduct similar reviews of exchange
  visitor programs.
  
  Among those who expressed support for the bill on Friday were
  officials of the University of California, which has 9,000
  foreign students in undergraduate and graduate programs and
  about 23,000 more in extension programs. University officials
  have been negotiating with Senator Feinstein on student-visa
  issues for several weeks. "The University of California is
  happy that the senators have developed compromise legislative
  language that reflects efforts made by the University of
  California and the higher-education community, with the
  senators, to strengthen the student-visa system," said Chris
  Harrington, a spokesman for the university's Washington
  office.
  
  Mr. Hartle, of the American Council on Education, said the
  only problem he had with the bill was that it failed to
  confront an important issue to colleges: who will pay for the
  immigration service's new computerized system to monitor
  students. College officials want the federal government to pay
  for developing and operating the database. But some senators,
  including Ms. Feinstein and Mr. Kyl, have said they expect
  foreign students to help finance it.
  

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From penco@UNIGE.IT  Mon Dec  3 15:33:16 2001
From: penco@UNIGE.IT (Carlo Penco)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:33:16 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Wittgenstein in Bologna
Message-ID: <E16Av5o-0004ZS-00@listserv2.liv.ac.uk>

SIFA International Conference

                         WITTGENSTEIN TODAY

               http://sifa.vc.unipmn.it/2eve/bo01.htm
                   20-22 december, Bologna, Italy

The schedule of the international conference "Wittgenstein Today"
is now online:

http://sifa.vc.unipmn.it/2eve/bo01/wittgensteintoday.html

The conference will take place in Bologna (Italy)from the 20th to the
22nd of december 2001.

INVITED SPEAKERS:
Marilena Andronico, Ansgar Beckermann, Stewart Candlish, Manuel Garcia
Carpintero, Cesare Cozzo, Piergiorgio Donatelli, Alberto Emiliani, Pasquale
Frascolla, Aldo Gargani, Hans-Johann Glock, Saul Kripke, Diego
Marconi, Marie McGinn, Brian McGuinness, Kevin Mulligan, Luigi Perissinotto,
Davide Sparti, Goeran Sundholm, Alberto Voltolini

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From dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com  Mon Dec  3 07:33:00 2001
From: dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com (Doris Dirks)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 02:33:00 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Fwd: NAFSA.news Vol. 6, No. 45
Message-ID: <200112030733.CAA25268@nagps.nagps.org>

Dear internationals and friends,
Th latest NAFSA newsletter. Please have a look at it, as there are a number 
of important updates, particularly on the new compromise bill sponsored by 
Feinstein and Kennedy.
Regards,
Doris
NAGPS President


>From: "NAFSA.news" <news@NAFSA.ORG>
>To: NAFSANEWS@LISTS.NAFSA.ORG
>Subject: NAFSA.news Vol. 6, No. 45
>Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:05:32 -0500
>
>****************
>NAFSA.news
>****************
>
>Vol. 6, No. 45
>December 3, 2001
>
>Published weekly, NAFSA.news is the association's channel for direct
>electronic communication to its members, providing authoritative
>information, advocacy, and professional education news.
>
>=========
>CONTENTS
>=========
>
>1. Focus
>-- NAFSA Responds to '20/20' Report on International Students
>-- NAFSA Offers Media Relations Guidelines for Members
>-- Nominations Now Being Accepted for Elected Positions
>
>2. Government Relations and Public Affairs Update
>-- Kennedy, Feinstein Introduce Compromise Border Security Bill
>-- New Name-check Clearance Required for Some; TNC Visa Processing
>Temporarily Halted
>-- Commerce, Justice, and State FY2002 Appropriations Signed Into Law
>-- Regulatory Notices
>
>3. International Education Briefs
>-- Secretary Riley Letter in 'USA Today' Stresses Importance of Educational
>Diplomacy
>-- College Board Offers New Seminar on Student Recruitment
>
>4. Upcoming Deadlines
>-- Congressional Education Day--Deadline December 7
>-- Winter COOP Mini-Grants--Deadline January 2
>-- Central, East Europe, Eurasia Research and Training Program--Deadline
>February 8
>
>5. Accessing Federal Register Notices
>
>
>============
>NAFSA FOCUS
>============
>
>
>**NAFSA Responds to '20/20' Report on International Students**
>
>As many NAFSA members are aware, the November 14 edition of ABC's "20/20"
>television program included a highly biased and inaccurate segment about
>international students. Brief excerpts of correspondent Lynn Sherr's
>interview with NAFSA Executive Director Marlene Johnson were included in 
>the
>piece.
>
>On November 20, Johnson sent an open letter to 20/20 Executive Producer
>David Sloan in response to the piece. The letter is accessible on NAFSA's
>Web site at:
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/PublicPolicy/FortheMedia/abcletter.htm.
>
>
>**NAFSA Offers Media Relations Guidelines for Members**
>
>To help members handle increased media inquiries, the NAFSA Web site
>includes guidelines for dealing with such inquiries during a crisis. During
>this challenging time, it is important to develop a plan to work 
>effectively
>with the media to disseminate accurate information and a balanced
>perspective about issues affecting the field.
>
>To view NAFSA's general media guidelines, visit the following page in the
>members-only section of the NAFSA Web site:
>http://www.nafsa.org/Template.cfm?Section=ProfessionalandEducationalResource
>s&NavMenuID=30&Template=membersOnly.cfm&Page=talkingtopress.htm. (These
>guidelines are not intended as a comprehensive guide to media relations.)
>
>Also, NAFSA's online press center includes additional resources for 
>handling
>media inquiries, including NAFSA press releases and statements, citations 
>of
>relevant news articles, and links to updated information about NAFSA's
>advocacy efforts. Go to:
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/PublicPolicy/FortheMedia/forthemediahome.htm.
>
>NAFSAns who feel a reporter would be interested in a national or policy
>perspective on an international education issue should refer that reporter
>to Ursula Oaks, associate director for press relations. She can be reached
>at 202.737.3699, ext. 253. Members interested in learning about NAFSA's
>local press relations network can contact Ursula at ursulao@nafsa.org.
>
>
>
>
>================================================
>GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE
>================================================
>
>
>**Kennedy, Feinstein Introduce Compromise Border Security Bill**
>
>A largely favorable compromise has been reached on competing border 
>security
>legislation in the Senate. On the evening of November 29, Sen. Edward M.
>Kennedy's (D-Mass.) office made available to NAFSA the final version of the
>compromise that has been negotiated between the competing Kennedy-Brownback
>and Feinstein-Kyl bills on border security. Because both bills have
>extensive provisions affecting international students, NAFSA has been very
>closely involved in these negotiations.
>
>NAFSA had strongly opposed the original Feinstein-Kyl bill because of its
>onerous reporting requirements and its numerous provisions hostile to
>international students. NAFSA had supported the Kennedy-Brownback bill
>because we believed it struck an appropriate balance that would introduce
>responsible controls while minimizing the impact on students and schools.
>NAFSA's objective in the negotiations was to secure the removal of the
>objectionable provisions and to maintain the basic Kennedy-Brownback
>framework. We are pleased to report that we have been largely successful in
>achieving that outcome.
>
>The most important issue that the bill fails to address is the SEVIS fee.
>NAFSA, along with our colleague associations, will continue to seek ways to
>eliminate the fee or, failing that, to reduce it and make it easier to pay.
>
>The compromise bill, introduced November 30, is cosponsored by Sens.
>Kennedy, Sam Brownback (R-Kans.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Jon Kyl
>(R-Ariz.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Orin Hatch (R-Utah), John Edwards
>(D-N.C.), Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Strom Thurman
>(R-S.C.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Kit Bond (R-Mo.), Hillary Rodham Clinton
>(D-N.Y.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), and Kay Bailey
>Hutchison (R-Texas). Hatch is chair and ranking member of the Judiciary
>Committee, which will consider the bill. With this bipartisan 
>cosponsorship,
>the bill is likely to have fairly clear sailing through the Senate, 
>although
>it is unclear if action will be possible before the Senate adjourns for the
>year.
>
>To view a NAFSA analysis of the foreign student-related provisions of the
>bill, and a summary of the entire bill provided by the sponsors, go to our
>Web site and select Public Policy, then "NAFSA on the Issues."
>
>
>**New Name-check Clearance Required for Some; TNC Visa Processing
>Temporarily Halted**
>
>Effective November 13, 2001, some visa applicants from certain countries
>became subject to an additional name-check clearance procedure before being
>issued a nonimmigrant visa. The procedure requires consular officers to 
>send
>the visa applicant's name to be checked against information in various
>security, law enforcement, and intelligence databases. The Department of
>State (DOS) has stated that the procedure can take up to 20 business days
>(i.e., four weeks). Additionally, the DOS Visa Office has said that
>nonresident third country nationals (TCNs) will not be able to make
>appointments to apply for visas at Mexican and Canadian border posts. It is
>uncertain how long this change in policy will be in effect. For those TCNs
>who had previously scheduled appointments in Canada or Mexico, it is
>recommended to check the Web sites of those border posts for any updates 
>and
>to call the posts to ascertain whether appointments will still be honored.
>
>To view the DOS notice on this change in processing, go to
>http://travel.state.gov/specialnotice.html. NAFSA has prepared a Practice
>Advisory on the name-check and TCN issues, available on the Web at:
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/Immigration
>AdvisingResources/PA2001E.htm.
>
>For updates on these as well as other regulatory and legislative issues,
>periodically check the "NAFSA on the Issues" section under Public Policy on
>the NAFSA Web site. NAFSA staff is keeping the site as up to date as
>possible in light of the rapidly changing legislative and regulatory
>environment.
>
>
>**Commerce, Justice, and State FY2002 Appropriations Signed Into Law**
>
>On November 28, 2001, President Bush signed into law the FY2002 Commerce,
>Justice, and State (CJS) Appropriations Bill. Within the bill, $237 million
>will go to State Department educational and cultural exchange programs, a
>2.5 percent increase above last year. The accompanying conference report
>includes a wide range of educational and cultural exchange program 
>earmarks,
>most notably $3.5 million for educational advising and student services, 
>and
>$1.5 million for foreign study grants for U.S. undergraduates (the Gilman
>Scholarship Program.) The report also includes policy language on the
>importance of international education and overseas advising. Although only 
>a
>modest increase in spending over last year's appropriation for the State
>Department, many thanks go out to NAFSAns who wrote to Congress asking for
>support for these important programs. The efforts of those NAFSAns in
>Colorado who wrote to Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) are greatly
>appreciated, as Campbell provided key support in the final bill.
>
>To view more detailed information on the FY2002 CJS Appropriation Bill,
>access the Library of Congress Web site at http://thomas.loc.gov, and then
>scroll down and click on "Status of FY2002 Appropriations Bills." The
>conference report language on international education and overseas advising
>can be accessed by going to the "NAFSA on the Issues" section of the NAFSA
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>**Regulatory Notices**
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>- On November 13, 2001, President Bush issued an order authorizing 
>detention
>and military trials of noncitizens who commit, conspire towards, aid, or
>abet terrorism against the United States. To view this order, published in
>the Federal Register on November 16, 2001, access:
>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&doci
>d=01-28904-filed.
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>- Filers must begin using the latest edition of the following forms
>beginning January 1, 2002: 1) Form N-400, Application for Naturalization,
>(latest edition date 05/31/01) is available on the INS Web site at:
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>Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, (latest
>edition date 09/04/01. Prior editions of these forms will not be accepted
>after December 31, 2001. The latest editions of all INS forms can be found
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>- INS has extended the deadline for comments on Form G-325, Biographic
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>and petitions submitted for benefits under the Immigration and Nationality
>Act. Additionally, this form is required for applicants for adjustments to
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>Language Students, for 30 days. This form is used to collect information
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>INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION BRIEFS
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>
>
>**Secretary Riley Letter in 'USA Today' Stresses Importance of Educational
>Diplomacy**
>
>On November 13, "USA Today" published a letter written by former U.S.
>Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley about the importance of
>international education and exchange for a more peaceful world. To read the
>letter, go to:
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/PublicPolicy/FortheMedia/rileyusatoday.htm.
>
>Secretary Riley served as secretary of education from 1993 to 2001 and is
>currently a distinguished senior fellow at NAFSA.
>
>
>**College Board Offers New Seminar on Student Recruitment**
>
>The College Board is offering a new fast-track seminar in its Higher
>Education series--"Recruiting International Students: A Roadmap for the
>Future," to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, February 21-22, 2002.
>Participants will be briefed on strategies and resources for overseas
>recruiting, the tools needed for a successful international program
>(credential evaluation, student services, English language assessment,
>networks), security awareness for staff and students, and the impact of
>September 11 on international education. Learn more about this one and a
>half day seminar at http://www.collegeboard.org/offals/pdfs/IntRecruit.pdf.
>Direct e-mail inquiries to: oals@collegeboard.org.
>
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>====================
>UPCOMING DEADLINES
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>
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>21-22, 2002, in Washington, D.C. All NAFSA members are invited to
>participate in the event, an integrated set of advocacy training and
>practice activities spanning two days during NAFSA's annual Washington
>Leadership Meetings and anchored by a morning of visits to each member's
>congressional delegation on Capitol Hill to advocate for international
>education.
>
>Registration is open until December 7 for members not staying at the event
>hotel. For more detailed information, an itinerary, and to print out a
>registration form, access
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/publicpolicy/ced2002.htm.
>
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>study abroad students. Mini-Grants are awards of up to $2,000.
>
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>made available through funding from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural
>Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, under the authority of the
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>with interest and expertise in conducting research and training to serve as
>intermediaries administering national competitive programs concerning the
>countries of Central and East Europe and Eurasia. The grants will be 
>awarded
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From C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK  Mon Dec  3 16:01:14 2001
From: C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK (Savery,C)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:01:14 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Forum Events this Week
Message-ID: <AC408C493D32BA4399F9BCC32BE07FE34DD6F3@ExF2.pc.lse.ac.uk>

Forum for European Philosophy

This Week



Book Forum (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE)
The Secret Artist - A Close Reading of Sigmund Freud
Tuesday 4th December 2001, 6.30 (drinks) for 7pm at New York University in
London, 6 Bedford Square, London, WC1B.

Author: Lesley Chamberlain
Text: The Secret Artist - A Close Reading of Sigmund Freud (Quartet Books,
2000)
Respondent: Malcolm Bowie (All Souls, Oxford)

In recent years Freud has come under repeated attack as a bad scientist and
a disreputable colleague.  But Lesley Chamberlain argues that Freud's
critics have been aiming at the wrong targets: it would have been more
accurate from the outset to see the value of his work as art rather than
science.  Lesley Chamberlain argues convincingly for Freud's importance to
humanity; her peacemaking study aims to defuse the Freud wars and enable us
to return to his work with renewed enthusiasm.

Lesley Chamberlain studied German and Russian in Exeter and Oxford, then
worked as a journalist in Moscow before settling in London to write and
teach.  Her numerous books range from food to philosophy and she is a
regular contributor to newspapers and journals in Britain and the United
States.




The Hayward Forum
Admission Free with Exhibition Ticket for the day

'Globalisation'
Wednesday 5th December 6.30 - 7pm at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank, London.

Experts in the field of philosophy open discussions to renegotiate the terms
and treaties through which art and the political can meet today.
Chair: Simon Glendinning Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Reading
Speaker: Alex Callinicos Professor of Politics, University of York




Introduction to Phenomenology
Reading Groups in Sheffield

In this reading group, running from October to March, we will discuss the
works of the major figures of the twentieth-century philosophical movement
"Phenomenology". Each meeting will begin with a short presentation designed
to stimulate discussion. Participants are asked to read the following pages
of Dermot Moran's Introduction to Phenomenology in preparation for each
session:

Heidegger
Wednesday 5th December on pp. 226-247

The Phenomenology Reading Group meets on alternate Wednesdays, 6.30-8.00pm
in The Common Room, The Philosophy Department, 12th Floor, The Arts Tower,
University of Sheffield.
For more information, please contact Jonathan Webber
Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN
Tel: 0114 222 0570
Email: j.m.webber@sheffield.ac.uk








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Forum for European Philosophy
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From C.Dutilh-Novaes@LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL  Mon Dec  3 16:06:49 2001
From: C.Dutilh-Novaes@LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Dutilh-Novaes, C.)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 17:06:49 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] about reference
Message-ID: <D121C2DF9DA8D311B96600508B7339FD01677E91@letsxc001.let.leidenuniv.nl>

Dear list members

Can anyone tell me when the term 'reference' entered the philosophical
jargon as the translation of Frege's 'Bedeutung'? I have been going through
all kinds of articles about 'new theories of reference', 'old theories of
reference' and alike, but nobody seems to think it is important to mention
where the term comes from.

I suspect it first appeared in M.Black and P. Geach's translation of Frege,
published in 1952. I know some people had been using the term 'denotation'
instead, such as Church in his article on the 'logic of sense ande
denotation' (1951), and of course Russell (and Mill for that matter). So why
'reference'?

Replies off-list please. Thank you in advance,

Catarina

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From editor@PHILOSOPHERS.CO.UK  Tue Dec  4 12:03:31 2001
From: editor@PHILOSOPHERS.CO.UK (Julian Baggini)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:03:31 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] New issue TPM - After Septemeber 11
Message-ID: <HDEKIIBEDLJJJLMFKHGIAEDLCCAA.editor@philosophers.co.uk>

The new issue of The Philosophers' Magazine is now out. It features artic=
les
on philosophy after September 11 by Nick Fotion, Richard Norman, Bat-Ami =
Bar
On,  William Morgan and James McCarney and a round table discussion of th=
e
theme with David Conway, Jennifer Hornsby, Anthony O=92Hear and Jonathan =
Ree

Other articles include:
How Wittgenstein=92s Tractatus was set to music
After Postmodernism by Jose Lopez and Gary Potter
Empirical Ethics by Robert Halliday
A report on The Standing Conference of Philosophy
Plus reviews, news, regular columns etc.

Full details at:

http://www.philosophers.co.uk/issue17.htm

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Wed Dec  5 09:40:02 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 09:40:02 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] FW: Postgraduate Forum on Genetics and Society (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112050938520.18857-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>

Via: "Ashcroft, Richard" <r.ashcroft@ic.ac.uk>
From: Adam Hedgecoe [mailto:ucrhamh@ucl.ac.uk]

Postgraduate Forum on Genetics and Society
6th Colloquium September 11-12 2002

The Postgraduate Forum on Genetics and Society (PFGS) will convene for its
sixth colloquium on 11-12 September 2002 at Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge, hosted by the Centre for Family Research, University of
Cambridge.  The colloquium offers a unique opportunity for graduate
researchers from all academic disciplines to meet in an informal and
friendly environment to discuss and exchange ideas about genetics and
society.  The meeting focuses on presentation of current work by delegates,
and includes research training sessions particularly aimed at postgraduate
students in this field.

The 2002 meeting will focus on 'Ethical Issues in the New Genetics'.  If you
would like to register for the colloquium or are interested in presenting a
paper, please contact the colloquium organiser, Georgina Haarhoff, Centre
for Family Research, University of Cambridge, CB2 3RF, or at
grh25@cam.ac.uk.  Papers are welcomed from all disciplines.  The closing
date for registration is 1 August 2002.  Visit the PFGS website to find out
more about us, and for details of previous colloquia, at www.pfgs.org

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From: beavers@noetic-labs.com (Tony Beavers)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:06:39 -0600
Subject: [Philnet] CAP@OSU Online for Virtual Attendance this January
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From cperring@YAHOO.COM  Thu Dec  6 19:31:54 2001
From: cperring@YAHOO.COM (Christian Perring)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:31:54 -0800
Subject: [Philnet] Books for Review on Metapsychology Online
Message-ID: <20011206193154.43270.qmail@web13402.mail.yahoo.com>

I am looking for prompt and careful reviewers for
Metapsychology Online Review.  Either Ph.D. or ABD in
Philosophy is preferable. Ideally reviews should draw
connections between the subject of the book and issues in
mental health and psychopathology.

Guidelines at
http://metapsych.topcities.com/revguide.htm

Deadline: March 15, 2002

If interested, please e-mail me at
METAPSYCHOLOGY@NETSCAPE.NET with

* your name
* e-mail address
* mailing address (even if you have given it previously)
* list of books you are interested in (the more you list,
the more likely you can get a book to review)
* an explanation of your competence to review the books
(especially for books that many people are likely to want
to review)
* details of your ability to write for a general audience

Rethinking Rape
Ann Cahill
Cornell UP 2001 230 pages

Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodies Action
 Paul Dourish
MIT Press 2001 233 pages

Hollow Promises Employment: Discrimination against People
with Mental disabilities
Susan Stefan
Guilford Press 2002 259 pages

The Forgetting : Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic
 David Shenk
Doubleday 2001 270 pages

Misconceptions Truth, Lies, and the unexpected on the
journey to motherhood
Naomi Wolf
Doubleday 2001 326 pages

In Our Own Image : Eugenics and the Genetic Modification of
People
David Galton
Little, Brown 2001 300 pages

Hollow Kids :
Recapturing the Soul of a generation lost to the
self-esteem myth
Laura Smith
Forum/Prima 2001 307 pages

A Beautiful Mind :
The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate
John Nash
Sylvia Nasas
Touchstone 2001 460 pages

Mind and Mechanism
Drew McDermott
MIT Press 2001 262 pages

The Art of Living : Socratic Reflections from Plato to
Foucault
Alexander Nehamas
U California Press 1998 283 pages

High Art Lite : British Art in the 1990s
Julian Stallabrass
Verso Books 1999 341 pages

The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America
Louis Menand
FSG 2001 546 pages

Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics Mental Illness in
Rural Ireland : 20th anniversary edition
Nancy Scheper_Hughes
U California Press 2001 389 pages

The Science of Happiness : Unlocking the Mysteries of Mood

Stephen Braun
Wiley 2000 192 pages

Information Arts : Intersections of Art, Science, and
Technology
Stephen Wilson
MIT Press 2002 945 pages

Emotional Reason : Deliberation, Motivation, and the Nature
of Value
Bennett W Helm
Cambridge University Press 2001 261 pages

The Science of Self-Control
Howard Rachlin
Harvard UP 2000 220 page

Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot : Unleasing Your
Brain's Potential
Richard Restak
Harmony Books 2001 220 pages

Umbra 2000: Science and Truth  : Journal of the Unconscious
SUNY Buffalo 2000 144 pages

Umbra 2001: Polemos   Journal of the Unconscious
SUNY Buffalo 2001 184 pages

Passionate Engines : What Emotions Reveal About Mind and
Artificial Intelligence
Craig Delancey
Oxford University Press 2002 254 pages

Freedom's Embrace
J. Melvin Woody
Penn State Press 1998 333 pages

The Theory of Options  : A Theory of the Evolution of Human
Behavior
Sean Gould
Universal Publishers 2000 182 pages

Upheavals of Thought : The Intelligence of Emotions
Martha Nussbaum
Cambridge University Press 2001 751 pages

Biotechnology and Culture
Paul Prodwin (ed)
Indiana University Press 2000 296 pages

Body Bazaar : The Market for Human Tissue in the
Biotechnology Age
Lori Andrews and Dorothy Nelkin
Crown 2001 244 pages


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Recent reviews with philosophical relevance:

The Nature of Intelligence
by Gregory Bock, Jamie Goode, and Kate Webb (editors)
Review by William D. Casebeer, Ph.D. on Nov 30th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=851

Brain Evolution and Cognition
by Gerhard Roth and Mario F. Wullimann (editors)
Review by Isabel Gois on Nov 25th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=843

The Social Construction of What?
by Ian Hacking
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 22nd 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=839

Reclaiming Cognition
The Primacy of Action, Intention and Emotion
by Rafael Núnez & Walter J. Freeman (editors)
Review by Chris Lindsay, Ph.D. on Nov 21st 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=838

Freud As Philosopher
Metapsychology After Lacan
by Richard Boothby
Review by Adrian Johnston, Ph.D. on Nov 19th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=836

Evolutionary Origins of Morality
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
by Leonard D. Katz (Editor)
Review by Maria Trochatos on Nov 19th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=835

How to Solve the Mind-Body Problem
by Nicholas Humphrey
Review by Gregg Caruso on Nov 18th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=833

The Ethics of Suffering
by Marinos Diamantides
Review by Ann Munro Iverson on Nov 17th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=829

Jokes
Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters
by Ted Cohen
Review by Janet D. Sisson, Ph.D. on Nov 16th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=827

Being Human
The Problem of Agency
by Margaret S. Archer
Review by Thomas Sturm on Nov 14th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=822

Fact and Value
Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson
by Alex Byrne, Robert Stalnaker and Ralph Wedgwood
(editors)
Review by Simon Kirchin, Ph.D. on Nov 11th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=816

Strong Feelings
Emotion, Addiction, and Human Behavior
by Jon Elster
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 10th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=814

Coherence in Thought and Action
by Paul Thagard
Review by Majid Amini on Nov 9th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=812

The Soul Knows No Bars
Inmates Reflect on Life, Death and Hope
by Drew Leder
Review by Talia Welsh on Nov 5th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=805

Models of the Self
by Shaun Gallagher andJonathan Shear (editors)
Review by Peter B. Raabe Ph.D. on Nov 3rd 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=801

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec  6 20:05:54 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:05:54 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Consciousness and Language (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112062005210.11452-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 21:00:15 -0000
From: Maxim Lebedev <lebedev@philosophy.ru>
To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com

Consciousness and Language

6th meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness

May 31 to July 3, 2002

Museum of Science in Barcelona

Consciousness and language are relate in many ways. We report our
conscious experiences using language, and these verbal reports are
perhaps the central tool for scientifically investigating human
consciousness. We consciously experience linguistic stimuli such as
words an sentences, and also process them unconsciously. A subject=92s
language arguably helps to structure his or her conscious experience,
not least by shaping the subject=92s conceptual system. Some theorists
have argued that language is essential to consciousness, and that
infants and animals without language lack consciousness altogether.

This conference will explore the many connections between consciousness
and language, from the perspectives of philosophy, neuroscience,
psychology, linguistics, cognitive ethology, and artificial
intelligence. Key questions include:

* What is the relationship between consciousness and verbal report?

* What is the role of verbal reports in the science of consciousness?

* What are the characteristics of conscious and unconscious processing
of language?

* What are the neural correlates of conscious and unconscious processing
of linguistic stimuli?

* What role do language and concepts play in structuring conscious
experience?

* What is the neural basis of conceptual and nonconceptual aspects of
consciousness?

* What role did language play in the evolution of consciousness?

* Is language necessary for consciousness?

* What sort of consciousness, if any, is present in infants and
non-human animals?

Confirme speakers include: Jose Luis Bermudez, Ned Block, Anthony Jack,
Ray Jackendoff, Daniel Povinelli, Jonathan Schooler, Luc Steels, Pio
Tudela, Larry Weiskrantz, Philip Zelazo.

ASSC6 Program Committee: Manuel Garcia-Carpintero chair), David
Chalmers, Axel Cleeremans, Josep Macia, Philip Merikle, Geraint Rees,
Larry Weiskrantz, Patrick Wilken

--------------------

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

--------------------

While the plenary sessions at ASSC6 will largely deal with the theme of
"Consciousness an Language", speakers in concurrent sessions are invited
to talk on any topic relevant to the scientific study of consciousness.
Submissions that include physiological, psychological, philosophical,
and computational perspectives are all welcome.

Submissions for both posters and talks will be accepted (please specify
preference). Any person may present only one submission, but may be
co-author on more than one. Oral presentations will be limited to 20
minutes, to be followed by a 10-minute discussion period.

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 15, 2002.

All submissions for oral and poster presentation must include the
following information in the order listed below:

1. Title.

2. Name, affiliation, an ASSC membership status of each co-author, with
presenting co-author designated.

3. An abstract of up to 200 words.

4. Complete contact information for the author with whom the scientific
programme committee will interact with about the submission: name,
institutional affiliation, postal adress, e-mail adress, telephone and
fax numbers.

5. An indication of whether the proposal is submitted as an oral or
poster presentation, and an indication of willingness to present in the
alternative format if your first preference cannot be accommodated.

To submit your proposal (s) for inclusion in the programme, please send
the information above by e-mail to logos@pcb.ub.es

------------

REGISTRATION

------------

Deadline for early registration: April 15, 2002

Registration fees: Early Late

Non-members 130 Euro 180 Euro

ASSC members 100 Euro 150 Euro

Students 60 Euro 100 Euro

Student ASSC members 40 Euro 80 Euro

Membership registration must be received by April 15, 2002 to ensure
discount.

To register, please follow the instructions available from the
conference website:

http://assc.caltech.e <http://assc.caltech.edu> du

Adress all enquiries about registration to lopez@trivium.gh.ub.es

-------------------

FURTHER INFORMATION

-------------------

Please check the conference website for further information about the
meeting, including information about paper and poster submissions;
registration and submission forms; information about travel to Barcelona
and accomodations; and information about the scientific programme of the
meeting:

http://assc.caltech.e <http://assc.caltech.edu> du

The site will be constantly updated to reflect the latest information.
To enquire about any aspect of the conference, please write to the local
organizer at lopez@trivium.gh.ub.es.

To find out more about the Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness, and to apply for membership, please consult:

http://assc.caltech.edu/

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec  6 20:14:51 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:14:51 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] journal: plato (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112062014120.11452-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:37:52 +0100
From: Christopher Gill <C.J.Gill@exeter.ac.uk>

The second issue of the IPS internet journal Plato is now
on the web at http://www.ex.ac.uk/plato

There is a focus on the issue of development in Plato, with
papers by Charles Kahn, Christopher Rowe, Enrico Berti and
M.M. McCabe. Luc Brisson reviews the latest volume of the
commentary of the Republic edited by Mario Vegetti and
Lloyd Gerson surveys recent work on Neoplatonism.
There is a call for submitted contributions (in five
languages) for Issue 3.

Issue I will remain on the web and Plato Extra (article by
Myles Burnyeat) until end of 2001 or until the article is
published by the British Academy Proceedings.

----------------------
Professor C J Gill
Department of Classics & Ancient History,
University of Exeter
Queen's Building, The Queen's Drive,
EXETER.     UK     EX4 4QH
Direct Line (01392) 264243
Dept Office (01392) 264202
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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec  6 20:15:41 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:15:41 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Intentionality: Past and Future (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112062015210.11452-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 11:37:33 -0000
From: Maxim Lebedev <lebedev@philosophy.ru>
To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com

Intentionality: Past and Future

Miskolc, June 21-23, 2002

Invited speakers include: Ned Block (NYU)

Tim Crane (UCL)

Ruth Garrett Millikan (University of Connecticut)

Organizers: Gabor Forrai (University of Miskolc), forrai@lu ens.elte.hu

Gyorgy Kampis (Lor nd E tv s University), gk@hps.elte.hu

Information: http://hps.elte.hu/intentionality.html

Intentionality has been a central issue in the analytical philosophy of
mind and in cognitive science since the seventies. The conference aims
at exploring the various problems connected with the notion, conceptual
as well as empirical: intentionality an the representational theory of
mind, mental content, intentionality and mental causation,
intentionality and consciousness, intentionality and the theory of
evolution, intentionality and agency, etc. An equally important
objective is to examine how the understanding of intentionality
prevalent in the analytic approach is related to the continental
approaches stemming from Brentano an Husserl.

The papers will be about 30 minutes long.

Abstracts shoul not exceed two pages (12 pts, Times New Roman, 1.5
line-spacing). Preferably they should be submitted as attached files to
Gabor Forrai, but they can also be sent by traditional mail to:

History of Philosophy Department, University of Miskolc, H-3515
Miskolc-Egyetemv ros, Hungary.

Deadline fo abstracts: January 31, 2002.

Venue

University of Miskolc (UM), Hungary (www.uni-miskolc.hu)

During the conference there will be an organized excursion to the famous
wine growing region of Tokaj. Miskolc is located in the northeast of
Hungary, two hours from Budapest by express train. UM is located on a
separate campus outside town with lots of green and a pleasant
atmosphere for discussion.

Program Committee:

Gabor Forrai (University of Miskolc), forrai@lu ens.elte.hu

Ferenc Huoranszki (Central European University), huoransz@ceu.hu

Gyorgy Kampis (Lor n E tv s University), gk@hps.elte.hu

Bal zs Mezei (Lor n E tv s University), bmmezei@lu ens.elte.hu

Csaba Pl h (University of Szege ). pleh@e psy.u-szege .hu

Tibor Schwendtner (University of Miskolc), h6171sch@ella.hu

The conference is partially sponsore by the Hungarian National Research
Foun ation OTKA) and the Hungarian Ministry of Education FKFP an NKFP
target programmes).

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec  6 20:16:01 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:16:01 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Second Workshop on Formal Topology (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112062015440.11452-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:21:36 -0000
From: Maxim Lebedev <lebedev@philosophy.ru>
To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com

Second Workshop on Formal Topology

Auditorium S. Margherita, Campo S. Margherita

Venice, April 4-6, 2002

organised by:

the EC Types Working Group

Dipartimento i Matematica Pura e Applicata, Universita=92 i Padova

Dipartimento i Informatica, Universita=92 Ca=92 Foscari, Venezia

This workshop is about a specific approach to formal, or pointfree,
topology, which stresses its constructive features. Its historical roots
include Brouwer=92s conception of the continuum, which was expressed in
terms of choice sequences. The later analysis and elimination of choice
sequences led to connections with locale theory and inductive
definitions, as in Martin-Loef=92s Notes on constructive mathematics. So
it aims at a theory of formal spaces, in some way similar to the present
impredicative theory of locales, but expresse in a predicative
constructive framework such as constructive type theory (Martin-Loef) or
constructive set theory (Aczel).

As time passed, the landscape of formal topology has become wider, and
its istinctive predicative foundation has given rise to some unexpected
mathematical developments (even the right approach to the notion of a
=91close set=92 needs a conceptually new approach, where =91close =92 is no=
t the
complement of =91open=92). Nowadays it includes a variety of themes and
novelties, which are of interest in:

- computer science, because of the methods of definition by induction
and recently also by co-induction, the techniques for the extraction of
constructive information from a priori non effective arguments and
connections with domain theory, implementation problems, etc.;

- logic and foundations, because of the interaction between the
foundations of mathematics and the actual development of mathematics,
methods from proof theory in the practice of mathematics, sheaf models,
the logical nature of topological definitions, etc.;

- mathematics itself, because of the process of constructivization -
which often is accompanied by a conceptual simplification - of classical
results of topology and of mathematics in general and also the
connections with category theory an locale theory, etc..

The first workshop of this series took place in Padova, October 1997. It
was widely appreciate for its relaxed and constructive atmosphere, and
for an open iscussion on various approaches. Hopefully with a similar
atmosphere, the aim of the second workshop will be to obtain an
up-to-date picture of the foundational and technical issues concerning
formal topology, and to clarify the connections with related approaches.

Invited speakers. The list of invited speakers at the moment includes
Martin Escardo, Henri Lombardi, Peter Johnstone, Erik Palmgren, Mike
Smyth, Steve Vickers.

Tutorials. The workshop will be preceeded by one day, 3 April 2002, of
tutorials to help those people who are interested but have little or
even no knowledge of formal topology. At the moment, Peter Aczel and
Giovanni Sambin have volunteered.

Contributed papers. Those who wish to contribute with a half hour talk,
should submit a summary of contents (from 1 to 10 pages) to Thierry
Coquand, coquan <mailto:coquand@cs.chalmers.se> d@cs.chalmers.se by 28
February 2002. The program committe will notify acceptance by 15 March
2002.

Proceedings. The proceedings will be published after the workshop,
probably, a special issue of some good journal hence with referees and
open also to nonparticipants)

Registration. Registration is free; the form below must be sent to
Giovanni Curi, gcuri@math.unip .it.

A convenient accomodation in Venice can be provided only to those
participants who register by 30 September 2001. For a low cost
accomodation (possibily in a common room), contact Claudia Faggian clau
<mailto:claudia@math.unipd.it> dia@math.unipd.it

Grants. We also plan to offer a limite number of grants for students and
young researchers covering accomodation an food. Please send a short CV
and motivations for participation to Giovanni Sambin

sambin@math.unip .it



The program committee:

Peter Aczel

Thierry Coquan

Per Martin-Loef (chair)

Giovanni Sambin (local organization)

Dieter Spreen

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec  6 20:19:29 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:19:29 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] INTER-UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP ON MIND, ART AND MORALITY (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112062019090.11452-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 21:17:43 -0000
From: Maxim Lebedev <lebedev@philosophy.ru>
To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com

I INTER-UNIVERSITY WORKSHOP ON MIND, ART AND MORALITY

(Murcia Spain), May 20th-22th, 2002.

Invited Speaker: Richard Wollheim (University of California in Berkeley)

Presentation

In 1989 took place in Donostia/San Sebastian (Spain) the 1st
Inter-University Workshop on Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Its aim
was to generate a group of discussion an co-operative work and to favour
the international integration of Spanish philosophers. These Workshops
have a simple structure that has prove to be efficient. Each edition is
hosted by a ifferent University and has a prominent philosopher as
invited speaker. In addition, a number of contributed papers are read
(in English or Spanish) on any aspect of his/her work. The list of
invited speakers includes Tyler Burge, Daniel Dennett, Fred Dretske,
Jerry Fodor, Jaegwon Kim, Ruth Millikan, Barry Stroud and, soon,
Christopher Peacocke. The prestige of the speakers, the blind selection
of papers, their limited number and the generosity of discussion time
made possible the creation of a stable discussion group and the
emergence of many young competent philosophers.

This group played an important role in the foundation of the European
Society for Analytic Philosophy ESAP) an the Spanish Society of Analytic
Philosophy SEFA) and has favoured the participation of Spanish
philosophers in the most relevant international meetings and the
increasing number of publications in prestigious journals an publishers.

The philosophical works and discussions encouraged by this initiative
have tended to focus on the disciplines more "typically analytic", like
the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind and epistemology,
while no equivalent strategy in areas like ethics or aesthetics has
crystallised so far. The main purpose of the Inter-University Workshop
on Mind, Art, and Morality is to fill this gap by stimulating the kind
of rigorous philosophical research and discussion of the analytic
tradition on some open and often slippery issues on aesthetic an moral
experience, argumentation, action and value assessment. These are issues
that underlied any genuine philosophical thinking and in which ethics,
aesthetics and the philosophy of mind converged and interweave.
Therefore it is our hope that this initiative will help to create a
space for discussion open to philosophers from different fields sharing
an interest in the rigorous analysis of such questions.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Papers are invited on all aspects of the work of Richar Wollheim.

Submissions from scholars in the field of aesthetics, philosophy of the
visual arts, philosophy of mind, epistemology, psychoanalysis, ethics
and related philosophical areas are welcome, and young scholars are
highly encouraged to participate.

Presentations shoul be 40 minutes long with 20 additional minutes for
discussion). Deadline for the receipt of papers or, alternatively,
abstracts of 1000 words) is March, 31st, 2002. Papers could be submitted
(and presented) either in English or Spanish. Each submission will be
sent for blind selection to two members of the Scientific Comittee.

Correspondence and submissions should be sent to:

Maria Jos Alcaraz (mariajose.alcaraz@wana
<mailto:mariajose.alcaraz@wanadoo.es> doo.es)

Francisca Perez Carre o (fpc@um.es)

Universidade Murcia

Departamento e Filosofia

30071 Murcia Spain

Tel. +34 968 36 34 65

Fax. +34 968 36 4266

For further information, please see the conference website.

http://www.um.es/~facfilos/siamm1.htm

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec  6 20:21:07 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:21:07 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Request of collaboration (fwd)
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From Jorge_Fernandez@BROWN.EDU  Thu Dec  6 23:36:21 2001
From: Jorge_Fernandez@BROWN.EDU (Jordi)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 15:36:21 -0800
Subject: [Philnet] ASSC6 dates
Message-ID: <p05100306b835b052818e@[128.148.67.39]>

I'm pretty sure there's a typo in the ad submitted by Prof. Clark
about the ASSC6. For the dates are mistaken. It should
read: May 31 to JUNE 3.

Don't miss it! Barcelona is a great city! (I'm biased, though.)
Jordi

--------
Consciousness and Language

6th meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness

May 31 to July 3, 2002

Museum of Science in Barcelona

Consciousness and language are relate in many ways. We report our
conscious experiences using language, and these verbal reports are
perhaps the central tool for scientifically investigating human
consciousness. We consciously experience linguistic stimuli such as
words an sentences, and also process them unconsciously. A subject=92s
language arguably helps to structure his or her conscious experience,
not least by shaping the subject=92s conceptual system. Some theorists
have argued that language is essential to consciousness, and that
infants and animals without language lack consciousness altogether.

This conference will explore the many connections between consciousness
and language, from the perspectives of philosophy, neuroscience,
psychology, linguistics, cognitive ethology, and artificial
intelligence. Key questions include:

* What is the relationship between consciousness and verbal report?

* What is the role of verbal reports in the science of consciousness?

* What are the characteristics of conscious and unconscious processing
of language?

* What are the neural correlates of conscious and unconscious processing
of linguistic stimuli?

* What role do language and concepts play in structuring conscious
experience?

* What is the neural basis of conceptual and nonconceptual aspects of
consciousness?

* What role did language play in the evolution of consciousness?

* Is language necessary for consciousness?

* What sort of consciousness, if any, is present in infants and
non-human animals?

Confirme speakers include: Jose Luis Bermudez, Ned Block, Anthony Jack,
Ray Jackendoff, Daniel Povinelli, Jonathan Schooler, Luc Steels, Pio
Tudela, Larry Weiskrantz, Philip Zelazo.

ASSC6 Program Committee: Manuel Garcia-Carpintero chair), David
Chalmers, Axel Cleeremans, Josep Macia, Philip Merikle, Geraint Rees,
Larry Weiskrantz, Patrick Wilken

--------------------

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

--------------------

While the plenary sessions at ASSC6 will largely deal with the theme of
"Consciousness an Language", speakers in concurrent sessions are invited
to talk on any topic relevant to the scientific study of consciousness.
Submissions that include physiological, psychological, philosophical,
and computational perspectives are all welcome.

Submissions for both posters and talks will be accepted (please specify
preference). Any person may present only one submission, but may be
co-author on more than one. Oral presentations will be limited to 20
minutes, to be followed by a 10-minute discussion period.

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 15, 2002.

All submissions for oral and poster presentation must include the
following information in the order listed below:

1. Title.

2. Name, affiliation, an ASSC membership status of each co-author, with
presenting co-author designated.

3. An abstract of up to 200 words.

4. Complete contact information for the author with whom the scientific
programme committee will interact with about the submission: name,
institutional affiliation, postal adress, e-mail adress, telephone and
fax numbers.

5. An indication of whether the proposal is submitted as an oral or
poster presentation, and an indication of willingness to present in the
alternative format if your first preference cannot be accommodated.

To submit your proposal (s) for inclusion in the programme, please send
the information above by e-mail to logos@pcb.ub.es

------------

REGISTRATION

------------

Deadline for early registration: April 15, 2002

Registration fees: Early Late

Non-members 130 Euro 180 Euro

ASSC members 100 Euro 150 Euro

Students 60 Euro 100 Euro

Student ASSC members 40 Euro 80 Euro

Membership registration must be received by April 15, 2002 to ensure
discount.

To register, please follow the instructions available from the
conference website:

http://assc.caltech.e <http://assc.caltech.edu> du

Adress all enquiries about registration to lopez@trivium.gh.ub.es

-------------------

=46URTHER INFORMATION

-------------------

Please check the conference website for further information about the
meeting, including information about paper and poster submissions;
registration and submission forms; information about travel to Barcelona
and accomodations; and information about the scientific programme of the
meeting:

http://assc.caltech.e <http://assc.caltech.edu> du

The site will be constantly updated to reflect the latest information.
To enquire about any aspect of the conference, please write to the local
organizer at lopez@trivium.gh.ub.es.

To find out more about the Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness, and to apply for membership, please consult:

http://assc.caltech.edu/

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http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
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From lebedev@PHILOSOPHY.RU  Fri Dec  7 00:18:38 2001
From: lebedev@PHILOSOPHY.RU (Maxim Lebedev)
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 00:18:38 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: ASSC6 dates
In-Reply-To: <p05100306b835b052818e@[128.148.67.39]>
Message-ID: <001401c17eb4$b84c3660$0901a8c0@olympicnet.ru>

Dear all,
Most probably it's a typo. My source is the ESAP's speaker - the
distinguished Prof. Carlo Penco. Check it at the ESAP site.
Barcelona is an incredible city.
Best regards,
=20
Maxim Lebedev
=20
lebedev@philosophy.ru=20
www.philosophy.ru/lebedev=20
____________________________________

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philosophy in Europe [mailto:PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk]=20
> On Behalf Of Jordi
> Sent: 6 =C4=C5=CB=C1=C2=D2=D1 2001 =C7. 23:36
> To: PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: ASSC6 dates
>=20
>=20
>=20
> I'm pretty sure there's a typo in the ad submitted by Prof.=20
> Clark about the ASSC6. For the dates are mistaken. It should
> read: May 31 to JUNE 3.
>=20
> Don't miss it! Barcelona is a great city! (I'm biased, though.) Jordi
>=20
> --------
> Consciousness and Language
>=20
> 6th meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of=20
> Consciousness
>=20
> May 31 to July 3, 2002
>=20
> Museum of Science in Barcelona
>=20
> Consciousness and language are relate in many ways. We report=20
> our conscious experiences using language, and these verbal=20
> reports are perhaps the central tool for scientifically=20
> investigating human consciousness. We consciously experience=20
> linguistic stimuli such as words an sentences, and also=20
> process them unconsciously. A subject's language arguably=20
> helps to structure his or her conscious experience, not least=20
> by shaping the subject's conceptual system. Some theorists=20
> have argued that language is essential to consciousness, and=20
> that infants and animals without language lack consciousness=20
> altogether.
>=20
> This conference will explore the many connections between=20
> consciousness and language, from the perspectives of=20
> philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, cognitive=20
> ethology, and artificial intelligence. Key questions include:
>=20
> * What is the relationship between consciousness and verbal report?
>=20
> * What is the role of verbal reports in the science of consciousness?
>=20
> * What are the characteristics of conscious and unconscious=20
> processing of language?
>=20
> * What are the neural correlates of conscious and unconscious=20
> processing of linguistic stimuli?
>=20
> * What role do language and concepts play in structuring=20
> conscious experience?
>=20
> * What is the neural basis of conceptual and nonconceptual=20
> aspects of consciousness?
>=20
> * What role did language play in the evolution of consciousness?
>=20
> * Is language necessary for consciousness?
>=20
> * What sort of consciousness, if any, is present in infants=20
> and non-human animals?
>=20
> Confirme speakers include: Jose Luis Bermudez, Ned Block,=20
> Anthony Jack, Ray Jackendoff, Daniel Povinelli, Jonathan=20
> Schooler, Luc Steels, Pio Tudela, Larry Weiskrantz, Philip Zelazo.
>=20
> ASSC6 Program Committee: Manuel Garcia-Carpintero chair),=20
> David Chalmers, Axel Cleeremans, Josep Macia, Philip Merikle,=20
> Geraint Rees, Larry Weiskrantz, Patrick Wilken
>=20
> --------------------
>=20
> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
>=20
> --------------------
>=20
> While the plenary sessions at ASSC6 will largely deal with=20
> the theme of "Consciousness an Language", speakers in=20
> concurrent sessions are invited to talk on any topic relevant=20
> to the scientific study of consciousness. Submissions that=20
> include physiological, psychological, philosophical, and=20
> computational perspectives are all welcome.
>=20
> Submissions for both posters and talks will be accepted=20
> (please specify preference). Any person may present only one=20
> submission, but may be co-author on more than one. Oral=20
> presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, to be followed=20
> by a 10-minute discussion period.
>=20
> SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 15, 2002.
>=20
> All submissions for oral and poster presentation must include=20
> the following information in the order listed below:
>=20
> 1. Title.
>=20
> 2. Name, affiliation, an ASSC membership status of each=20
> co-author, with presenting co-author designated.
>=20
> 3. An abstract of up to 200 words.
>=20
> 4. Complete contact information for the author with whom the=20
> scientific programme committee will interact with about the=20
> submission: name, institutional affiliation, postal adress,=20
> e-mail adress, telephone and fax numbers.
>=20
> 5. An indication of whether the proposal is submitted as an=20
> oral or poster presentation, and an indication of willingness=20
> to present in the alternative format if your first preference=20
> cannot be accommodated.
>=20
> To submit your proposal (s) for inclusion in the programme,=20
> please send the information above by e-mail to logos@pcb.ub.es
>=20
> ------------
>=20
> REGISTRATION
>=20
> ------------
>=20
> Deadline for early registration: April 15, 2002
>=20
> Registration fees: Early Late
>=20
> Non-members 130 Euro 180 Euro
>=20
> ASSC members 100 Euro 150 Euro
>=20
> Students 60 Euro 100 Euro
>=20
> Student ASSC members 40 Euro 80 Euro
>=20
> Membership registration must be received by April 15, 2002 to=20
> ensure discount.
>=20
> To register, please follow the instructions available from=20
> the conference website:
>=20
http://assc.caltech.e <http://assc.caltech.edu> du

Adress all enquiries about registration to lopez@trivium.gh.ub.es

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FURTHER INFORMATION

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Please check the conference website for further information about the
meeting, including information about paper and poster submissions;
registration and submission forms; information about travel to Barcelona
and accomodations; and information about the scientific programme of the
meeting:

http://assc.caltech.e <http://assc.caltech.edu> du

The site will be constantly updated to reflect the latest information.
To enquire about any aspect of the conference, please write to the local
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From jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET  Thu Dec  6 22:27:35 2001
From: jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET (Jeremy Bowman)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 22:27:35 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: ASSC6 dates
References: <p05100306b835b052818e@[128.148.67.39]>
Message-ID: <001f01c17ea5$34edfc40$33d9869f@oemcomputer>

Would someone please explain what "ASSC6 dates" are? I can think of half a
dozen things this pseudo-acronym might signify.

It has something to do with Barcelona, apparently, but I don't get the
secret handshake.

JB

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From jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET  Fri Dec  7 08:47:41 2001
From: jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET (Jeremy Bowman)
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:47:41 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: ASSC6 dates
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Oops! Jordi's post contains all the details - sorry about that! - JB

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From S.P.Sayers@UKC.AC.UK  Fri Dec  7 17:15:49 2001
From: S.P.Sayers@UKC.AC.UK (Sean Sayers)
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:15:49 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Radical Philosophy 110 table of contents
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R a d i c a l  P h i l o s o p h y  110
a journal of socialist and feminist philosophy
november/december 2001

www.radicalphilosophy.com
Cover: No. 5, 2000

CONTENTS

COMMENTARY

No to Kyoto
Chris Wilbert  2

One More Symptom: The Foot and Mouth Crisis in Britain
Ted Benton     7

ARTICLES

In Search of Community: Mouffe, Wittgenstein and Cavell
Alessandra Tanesini 12

Micropolitics: Leo Bersani and Conflicts in Contemporary Feminism
Rafeeq Hasan   20

No Man's Land: Reading Kant Historically
Howard Caygill 31

REVIEWS

Georg Lukacs, A Defence of History and Class
Consciousness: Tailism and the Dialectic
Fredric Jameson     36

Julia Kristeva, The Sense and Non-sense of Revolt: The Powers and
Limits of
Psychoanalysis
Dominique Lecourt, The Mediocracy: French Philosophy since the
Mid-1970s
David Macey    40

Christopher Norris, Minding the Gap: Epistemology and Philosophy
of Science in the
Two Traditions
Roger Harris   42

Jonathan Michael Kaplan, The Limits and Lies of Human Genetic
Research: Dangers
for Social Policy
Terence Sullivan    45

John Rawls, Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy
Sean Sayers    48

Jacques Godbout, The World of the Gift
Andrew McGettigan   49

Peter Osborne, ed., From an Aesthetic Point of View:
Philosophy, Art and the Senses
Dominic Willsdon    52

Brian Barry, Culture and Equality: An Egalitarian Critique of
Multiculturalism
Jocelyn Maclure     53

NEWS

Whose war?
Peter Hallward 55


CONTRIBUTORS

Chris Wilbert is a lecturer in geography in the Department of
Planning at Anglia
Polytechnic University. He is co-editor (with Chris Philo) of
Animal Spaces, Beastly
Places: New Geographies of Human-Animal Relations (Routledge,
2000).

Ted Benton is Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex.
His books include
Natural Relations (Verso, 1993).

Alessandra Tanesini teaches philosophy at the University of
Cardiff. She is the author
of An Introduction to Feminist Epistemologies (Blackwell, 1999)
and Wittgenstein and
Feminism (Polity, forthcoming).

Rafeeq Hasan is a recent graduate in philosophy from the
University of Chicago.

Howard Caygill is Professor of Cultural History at Goldsmiths
College, University of
London and author of A Kant Dictionary (Blackwell, 1995). His
latest book, Levinas and
the Political, is forthcoming from Routledge.


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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Fri Dec  7 22:34:59 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 22:34:59 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Australian Society for Legal Philosophy Essay Prize (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112072234420.3138-100000@uxd.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:39:48 +1100
From: Michael Smith <Michael.Smith@anu.edu.au>
To: aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au

Australian Society of Legal Philosophy
Founded 1961
Australian Section of the International Association for Philosophy of
Law and Social Philosophy (IVR)

President:                              Secretary:
Professor Tom Campbell                  Professor Peter Cane
Law Faculty                             Law Program, RSSS
Australian National University          Australian National University
CANBERRA  ACT  0200                     CANBERRA  ACT  0200
Tel: (02) 612 50630  Fax: (02) 612 50103        Tel: (02) 612 54162
Fax: (02) 612 54933
Email: tom.campbell@anu.edu.au          Email: peter.cane@anu.edu.au


ASLP ESSAY PRIZE

The Society is pleased to announce the establishment of an essay
prize designed to encourage original research and writing in legal
theory and the philosophy of law by young scholars.

Submissions are invited from any currently enrolled graduate student
in any discipline.

Submissions may be on any topic in legal theory or the philosophy of
law. Essays should be written in English and should not exceed 10,000
(ten thousand) words in length (including footnotes).

The author of the winning essay will receive a cash prize of AUD1,000
plus a contribution of up to AUD500 towards the cost of attendance at
the Society's annual conference to present the essay as a paper. The
winning essay will be published in the Australian Journal of Legal
Philosophy.

The closing date for submissions is 31 December, 2002. The winner
will be chosen by the executive committee of the Society, which
reserves the right not to award the prize if no submission of
sufficient quality is received.

Entries should be sent to the Secretary of the Society at the above
address. They should be submitted either in hard-copy with an
accompanying floppy disk or electronically as an email attachment in
a format readable by MS Word.
Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Essay_Competition.doc (WDBN/MSWD)
(00032C29)

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sun Dec  9 17:30:47 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:30:47 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: 25th International Wittgenstein Symposium (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112091730150.15825-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 12:46:00 -0000
From: Maxim Lebedev <lebedev@philosophy.ru>
To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com

25th International Wittgenstein Symposium

11-17 August 2002

Kirchberg am Wechsel, Lower Austria

Persons - An Interdisciplinary Approach

Sections

1. Wittgenstein

2. The Metaphysics of Mind and Body

3. Persons and the Theory of Mind

4. The Self: Philosophy, Psychology, Neurobiology

5. Persons as Agents

6. Personal Identity

Workshops:

A: Human Dignity and the Concept of a Person

B: Juridical Aspects of Persons

C: Medical Aspects of Persons

Organizing Institution:

The Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society

Organization and Scientific Direction:

C. Kanzian, J. Quitterer, E. Runggaldier

(University of Innsbruck)

Speakers:

Ansgar BECKERMANN (Bielefeld), Radu BOGDAN (Louvain), Johannes BRANDL
(Salzburg), Franz

BYDLINSKI (Wien), Antonella CORRADINI (Milano), Fred DRETSKE (Duke),
Peter FIEDLER

(Heidelberg), Alvin GOLDMAN (Rutgers), Robert M. GORDON (St. Louis),
Thomas HILL (Chapel

Hill), L. JANSEN (M=D8nster), Jaegwon KIM (Brown), Jens KULENKAMPFF
(Erlangen), Jonathan

LOWE (Durham), Johannes MAREK (Graz), Uwe MEIXNER (Notre Dame), Albert
NEWEN (Bonn),

Julian NIDA-R=F8MELIN (Berlin), Martine NIDA-R=F8MELIN (Fribourg), Georg
NORTHOFF (Harvard),

Josef PERNER (Salzburg), Klaus PUHL (Graz), G=D8nther RAGER (Fribourg),
Antti REVONSUO

(Turku), Sonja RINOFNER-KREIDL (Graz), Peter SCHABER (Z=D8rich), Barry
SMITH (Buffalo/Leipzig),

Markus STEPANIANS (Saarbr=D8cken), Ralf STOECKER (Bielefeld), Michael TYE
(Temple), Henrik

WALTER (Ulm), and others.

Call for Papers:

For an application form plus guidelines for papers (deadline: 30 April
2002) please contact: The Austrian

Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, Markt 63, A-2880 Kirchberg am Wechsel,
Austria, Phone and Fax: +43

2641 2557. The conference languages are English and German. Accepted
papers will be published before

the start of the symposium.

For further information consult:
http://www.sbg.ac.at/phs/alws/wittgenstein02.htm

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From counsel@ACTCOM.CO.IL  Sun Dec  9 17:46:02 2001
From: counsel@ACTCOM.CO.IL (Shlomit C. Schuster)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 19:46:02 +0200
Subject: [Philnet] Toolkit to End Violence Against Women -- Are there any
 philosophers working on the subject Violence Against Women?
Message-ID: <000601c180d9$7b967100$541673c0@vday>

> Dear List members
>
> I received the message below from a person on one of the other
> lists that I am on and have forwarded it for your information.
________________________________________________________
> > U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and U.S. Department of
> > Health and Human
> > Services Secretary Tommy Thompson issued a letter (reprinted
> > at the web site
> > below) citing some stats that underscore the widespread
> > problem of violence
> > against women and announcing that this month an online toolkit
> > for
> > addressing this problem has been made available.
> >
> > Here's how the web site describes the material:
> >
> > [begin quote from web site]
> >
> > To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders,
> > and individuals
> > engaged in activities to end violence against women, the
> > National Advisory
> > Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End
> > Violence
> > Against Women.  The recommendations contained in the Toolkit
> > were reviewed
> > by numerous experts in the fields of sexual assault, domestic
> > violence, and
> > stalking.
> >
> > Each Toolkit chapter focuses on a particular audience or
> > environment and
> > includes recommendations for strengthening prevention efforts
> > and improving
> > services and advocacy for victims.  We encourage you to
> > consult all chapters
> > of the Toolkit for instruction, guidance, and inspiration.
> >
> > CHAPTERS:
> >
> > Health & Mental Health Care
> > Community-Based Services
> > College and University Campuses
> > The Workplace
> > The U.S. Military
> > Sports
> > Children and Youth
> > Educating the Public
> > Civil Remedies
> > The Media and Entertainment Industries
> > Criminal Remedies
> > Faith-Based Groups and Organizations
> > Additional Justice System Responses
> > Economic Security
> > Native Women
> > The International Community
> >
> > [end quote from web site]
> >
> > The site, which presents the full version of each of the
> > chapters listed
> > above along with the "Letter from U.S. Attorney General and
> > Secretary of the
> > U.S. Department of Health & Human Services" is at:
> > http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/
> >
> > Please feel free to forward this message to other lists or
> > individuals who might be interested.


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From voss@BOUN.EDU.TR  Sun Dec  9 21:51:48 2001
From: voss@BOUN.EDU.TR (Stephen Voss)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 23:51:48 +0200
Subject: [Philnet] defining moral value...
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112091730150.15825-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112092349580.28389-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>

The question is sometimes raised whether the "arete" of Greek
philosophy is a moral value [perhaps "virtue"] or a nonmoral value
[perhaps "excellence" or even "success" as Nehamas suggests].

        Answering the question seems to require both sensitive
understanding of the texts and a clear understanding of what
distinguishes moral goodness from nonmoral excellence.

        The latter seems the logical place to start. Moreover it seems a
primary question in moral philosophy, since the very field is defined as
concerning moral value but not nonmoral value. Thus the question seems
conceptual rather than normative: it isn't 'Which character traits are
morally good?' so much as 'What sort of excellence in a character trait
would render it morally good?'

        Thoughts?

Stephen

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From stephen@CLEMSON.EDU  Sun Dec  9 22:22:16 2001
From: stephen@CLEMSON.EDU (Stephen Satris)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:22:16 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value...
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112092349580.28389-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.ed u.tr>
References: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112091730150.15825-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20011209171228.00c5aba0@mail.clemson.edu>

My first thought is that the Greek "arete" is applied more broadly than you=
=20
find "moral" being applied in Christian and Kantian traditions.  I can see=
=20
why you want to emphasize a sensitive understanding of the texts, but I'm a=
=20
bit dubious about the moral/nonmoral distinction that is being brought to=20
bear (partly because it seems that this distinction may be grounded in=20
Christian and Kantian traditions that are alien to the Greek tradition and=
=20
of doubtful use in helping us to come to grips with that tradition.)

At 11:51 PM 12/9/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>The question is sometimes raised whether the "arete" of Greek
>philosophy is a moral value [perhaps "virtue"] or a nonmoral value
>[perhaps "excellence" or even "success" as Nehamas suggests].
>
>         Answering the question seems to require both sensitive
>understanding of the texts and a clear understanding of what
>distinguishes moral goodness from nonmoral excellence.
>
>         The latter seems the logical place to start. Moreover it seems a
>primary question in moral philosophy, since the very field is defined as
>concerning moral value but not nonmoral value. Thus the question seems
>conceptual rather than normative: it isn't 'Which character traits are
>morally good?' so much as 'What sort of excellence in a character trait
>would render it morally good?'
>
>         Thoughts?
>
>Stephen
>
>Messages to the list are archived at=20
>http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
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From paulm@CISUNIX.UNH.EDU  Sun Dec  9 22:35:31 2001
From: paulm@CISUNIX.UNH.EDU (Paul F McNamara)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:35:31 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value...
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112092349580.28389-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.40.0112091722480.506019-100000@hypatia.unh.edu>

On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Stephen Voss wrote:

> The question is sometimes raised whether the "arete" of Greek
> philosophy is a moral value [perhaps "virtue"] or a nonmoral value
> [perhaps "excellence" or even "success" as Nehamas suggests].
>
>         Answering the question seems to require both sensitive
> understanding of the texts and a clear understanding of what
> distinguishes moral goodness from nonmoral excellence.
>
>         The latter seems the logical place to start. Moreover it seems a
> primary question in moral philosophy, since the very field is defined as
> concerning moral value but not nonmoral value.

I think this needs some qualification. For example, a dominant issue *in*
moral phil is whether moral reasons override non-moral reasons (cf. moral
values outweighing nonmoral values).

> Thus the question seems
> conceptual rather than normative: it isn't 'Which character traits are
> morally good?' so much as 'What sort of excellence in a character trait
> would render it morally good?'

Regarding the English, "excellence" sounds like a superlative that is
stronger than "goodness", so I have some doubts about why the question is
cast as if a certain sort of excellence in a character trait is what
renders it (the trait, not the excellence of it, I assume) morally good.
Why would it be the sort of excellence in the trait rather than the trait?
That is, I wonder why the question is not just "what character traits are
morally good"? --paul

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From Asussman3206@AOL.COM  Sun Dec  9 22:56:35 2001
From: Asussman3206@AOL.COM (Alan Sussman)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:56:35 EST
Subject: [Philnet] defining moral value
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On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Stephen Voss wrote:

> The question is sometimes raised whether the "arete" of Greek
> philosophy is a moral value [perhaps "virtue"] or a nonmoral value
> [perhaps "excellence" or even "success" as Nehamas suggests].

       If I may ask of those who know the material, was there any place in
Aristotle's ethics for the arete of a slave? (Being a good slave?) And is
there in Aristotle anything 'commensurable' to the moral goodness  that could
be achieved by the poor, more readily than the rich, in Christian ethics?

Alan Sussman

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From davisf@UNION.EDU  Sun Dec  9 23:32:18 2001
From: davisf@UNION.EDU (Felmon Davis)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 18:32:18 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value
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On Sunday 09 December 2001 05:56 pm, Alan Sussman wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Stephen Voss wrote:
> > The question is sometimes raised whether the "arete" of Greek
> > philosophy is a moral value [perhaps "virtue"] or a nonmoral
> > value [perhaps "excellence" or even "success" as Nehamas
> > suggests].
>
>        If I may ask of those who know the material, was there any
> place in Aristotle's ethics for the arete of a slave? (Being a good
> slave?) And is there in Aristotle anything 'commensurable' to the
> moral goodness  that could be achieved by the poor, more readily
> than the rich, in Christian ethics?
>
> Alan Sussman
>
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great questions! I don't know about 'slave virtues'. wouldn't the
'virtues' of a slave correspond to certain 'vices' in non-slaves?
you'd want a slave to be 'subservient' but subservience or poverty of
spirit is a vice normally. I'm curious what others would say.

Aristotle does distinguish between 'liberality' and 'luxuriousness'
(I've forgotten Ross's translations). if you're not as rich as Midas
and can't endow a chair of philosophy, you can still be 'liberal' and
do things for your friends and associates. a poor person, however,
cannot exercise these virtues so poverty vitiates.

I believe some of the Christian virtues such as 'humility' which is
incompatible with 'proper pride' would have no place.

others may shed more light....

Felmon

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From greenway@ANGELAKI.DEMON.CO.UK  Mon Dec 10 00:31:18 2001
From: greenway@ANGELAKI.DEMON.CO.UK (Gerard Greenway)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 00:31:18 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] ToC:  ANGELAKI  6.3:  General  Issue  2001
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ANGELAKI
journal of the theoretical humanities


"Fearless and inventive, this journal has reset the agenda for the
theoretical humanities."
-- Peggy Kamuf, University of Southern California, USA


Angelaki 6.3, the 2001 general issue, is now out. Contents list below.

The deadline for submission of material for consideration for the 2002
general issue is February 28.

Special issues published this year: _Subaltern Affect_ (6.1, edited by
J. Beasley-Murray and A. Moreiras), _Gift, Theft, Apology_ (6.2, edited
by C.V. Boundas).

Thank you -- Gerard Greenway, managing editor
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/0969725X.html


volume 6 number 3 december 2001
GENERAL ISSUE 2001
issue editor: Pelagia Goulimari

CONTENTS

Editorial Introduction
-- Pelagia Goulimari

Never Before, Always Already: Notes on Agamben and the Category of
Relation
-- Alexander Garcia Duttmann

Photography and the Exposure of Community: Sharing Nan Goldin and Jean-
Luc Nancy
-- Louis Kaplan (photographs by Nan Goldin)

Cave Paintings and Wall Writings: Blanchot's Signature
-- Lars Iyer

To Follow a Snail: Experimental Empiricism and the Ethic of Minor
Literature
-- Peter Trnka

Placing the Void: Badiou on Spinoza
-- Sam Gillespie

In the Space of the Cursor: An Introduction to John Kinsella's "A New
Lyricism"
-- Philip Mead

A New Lyricism: Some Early Thoughts on Linguistic Disobedience
-- John Kinsella

Foucault's Evasive Maneuvers: Nietzsche, Interpretation, Critique
-- Samuel A. Chambers

The Aesthetics of Affect: Thinking Art Beyond Representation
-- Simon O'Sullivan

Judgment is Not an Exit: Toward an Affective Criticism of Violence with
_American Psycho_
-- Marco Abel

The Comedy of Philosophy: Bataille, Hegel and Derrida
-- Lisa Trahair

Humanism After Auschwitz: Reflections on Jean Amery's _Freitod_
-- Andrew McCann

Human Rights, Humanism and Desire
-- Costas Douzinas

        .... DEBATE* ....

Just Hoaxing: A Reply to Margaret Soltan's "Hoax Poetry in America"
(Angelaki 5.1: _Poets on the Verge_)
-- Bill Freind

The Bicameral Mind: Response to Bill Freind's "Just Hoaxing"
-- Margaret Soltan

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From dkantar@EVE.ASSUMPTION.EDU  Mon Dec 10 02:07:44 2001
From: dkantar@EVE.ASSUMPTION.EDU (Demetri Kantarelis)
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:07:44 -0500
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From voss@BOUN.EDU.TR  Mon Dec 10 08:05:40 2001
From: voss@BOUN.EDU.TR (Stephen Voss)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:05:40 +0200
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value
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In other words:

You can excel without excelling morally;
you can be good in a way that has nothing to do with moral goodness.

What is it to excel or be good "morally"?

[I mean this as a question about the idea of moral goodness and not as a
question in normative ethics, of course.]

Stephen

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From pvl1@YORK.AC.UK  Mon Dec 10 08:35:41 2001
From: pvl1@YORK.AC.UK (Peter Lamarque)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:35:41 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] David Novitz
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I thought I should pass on to members of the list the sad news, announced
below, of the death of David Novitz of the Dept of Philosophy at the
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.  David was an
outstanding and original philosopher of art, author of such books as
Knowledge, Fiction and Imagination (1987) and The Boundaries of Art (1992).
He had friends round the world and will be hugely missed.
Peter Lamarque
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Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 10:09 PM
Subject: sad news


> Dear Phil, Jerry & Peter,
>
> I regret to have to pass on the news that David Novitz died yesterday,
Saturday
> December 8, at home with his family. As you know, David had been ill for
some
> time. He cut short a visit to Europe about six weeks ago to return home.
Until a
> few weeks ago he remained active, working on several new papers about
which we
> corresponded.  I read one of these papers at the conference of the NZ
Division of
> the AAP, dedicating it to him, on December 5th. David declined quickly
over the
> last few weeks.
>
> You will be familiar with David's work as a philosopher of art with
wide-ranging
> interests. You may not realise that he made a major contribution to social
life
> here, not only by co-editing two collections of socio-political articles
on New
> Zealand and its culture, but also by writing newspaper articles. He
brought that
> same commitment and integrity, as well as a gentle nature and fine sense
of
> humour, to all his personal relationships. He was a fine academic and
colleague
> who contributed a great deal to the University of Canterbury and to the
community
> of New Zealand philosophers over many years.
>
> I have known David for exactly twenty years and have lost a close and good
> friend. He will be greatly missed by all who had the pleasure to know him.
>
> You may wish to pass this information to relevant aesthetics lists.
>
> Stephen Davies
>
>
>
> *************************
> Stephen Davies,
> Department of Philosophy,
> University of Auckland,
> Private Bag 92019,
> Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.
> sj.davies@auckland.ac.nz

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From aristotelian.society@SAS.AC.UK  Mon Dec 10 14:21:59 2001
From: aristotelian.society@SAS.AC.UK (Aristotelian Society)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:21:59 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Call for papers for Joint Session 2002 (Mind Association and Aris
 totelian Society)
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CALL FOR PAPERS
2002 JOINT SESSION OF THE MIND ASSOCIATION AND ARISTOTELIAN SOCIETY
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW 5-8 JULY 2002
POSTGRADUATE SESSION AND OPEN SESSION
Submissions to both sessions is prohibited and only one paper may be
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POSTGRADUATE SESSION
Two parallel sessions on Saturday 6 July will be devoted to short
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postgraduate degree). Each student will speak for 20 minutes, followed by 10
minutes' discussion

Students wishing to participate should send to Mr. A. W. Price, Department
of Philosophy, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, by 1st March
2002, two copies of a paper, or an attachment (a.price@bbk.ac.uk). The paper
should be about 2000 words and must not exceed 2500 words. It should be
accompanied by a brief abstract, and a detachable front page detailing the
title of the paper, name, institution, postal and email address of the
author.

The papers will be sent to referees, and a maximum of eight will be selected
not later than the end of May for presentation at the Joint Session.

The authors will have their conference fee and accommodation expenses paid
by the Mind Association and the Aristotelian Society.

Some papers may subsequently be considered for publication in the
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.

OPEN SESSION
Two parallel sessions on the Sunday afternoon are set aside for
presentations of papers not previously invited and published. These
presentations will occur in addition to the existing graduate sessions.

Each presentation should last no more than 30 minutes and will be followed
by a further 30 minutes discussion. Presented papers should aim to introduce
material involving recent research for discussion. There are no restrictions
on the areas of philosophy which papers may address, but those selected will
be grouped thematically. The number of papers selected for presentation is
dependent upon the quality of those submitted. Anyone may submit a paper for
presentation in these sessions (including graduate students).

Those wishing to make a presentation should submit, by an email attachment,
a summary of their paper (c. 1000 words), together with an abstract of no
more than 250 words, by 1st  March 2002 to Professor Bob Hale
(b.hale@philosophy.arts.gla.ac.uk). Submissions will be refereed and final
decisions made by the end of April 2002.

Unlike the invited papers, papers accepted for presentation at the Joint
Session will not be published in the Supplementary Volume of the
Aristotelian Society. They may, of course, be submitted for publication in
MIND, the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society or any other journal.
Authors of selected papers will not have their expenses paid.


Invited speakers include:
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Paul Franks
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Adam Morton
Philip Percival
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Anthony Savile
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From phlmlk@ARTS-01.NOVELL.LEEDS.AC.UK  Mon Dec 10 18:51:04 2001
From: phlmlk@ARTS-01.NOVELL.LEEDS.AC.UK (M.L. KIERAN)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 18:51:04 GMT
Subject: [Philnet] call for papers
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Call For Papers

Understanding Narrative

Special Edition of *Philosophical Papers*
Guest editor: Matthew Kieran, School of Philosophy,
University of Leeds, U.K.

Recent analytic philosophy has seen an emergence of the
use of the concept of narrative. Various writers have argued
that narratives play a central role in scientific explanations,
the identity of the self, the nature of human agency, the
understanding and evaluation of character, and the
establishment of personal identity, ethical evaluation, and the
meaning of life.

Yet within the analytic tradition the notion of narrative has yet
to receive sustained and direct critical attention. This issue
will be devoted to developing an analytic framework for
understanding narrative and how it may illuminate issues
within particular areas of philosophy.

Article submissions are welcome on any topic relevant to the
nature of narrative and its relationship to central problems in
philosophy. This includes, but is not restricted to, such topics
as:

·The nature of narrative comprehension, explanation
and understanding
·Narrative, self-identity and self-constitution
·Narrative, self-knowledge and knowledge of others
·Narrative, agency, and character
·Narrative, ethics, and moral psychology
·Narrative, death, and the meaning of life

Deadline for submission of manuscripts is 31 July 2003. The
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Interested contributors should send two hard copies of the
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From jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET  Mon Dec 10 20:33:09 2001
From: jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET (Jeremy Bowman)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:33:09 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value
References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112101000340.8611-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>
Message-ID: <001f01c181ba$1a4c6940$9fd8869f@oemcomputer>

Stephen Voss:

> You can excel without excelling morally;
> you can be good in a way that has
> nothing to do with moral goodness.
>
> What is it to excel or be good "morally"?
>
> [I mean this as a question about the idea
> of moral goodness and not as a question
> in normative ethics, of course.]

-- If moral values have any "essential" aspect, I would say it's their
presumed *universality*. Even bitter moral opponents can agree about that.
For example, followers of Kant say we ought to follow rules that we could
want *everyone* to follow. Utilitarians say we ought to maximize the
satisfaction of desires (more traditionally, pleasure) -- but it still has
to be *everyone's* desires (or every sentient being's pleasure), not those
of a select group.

Stephen's question leads to a further question: what can we do when moral
values and non-moral values (of which there are many, and many of them
extremely important) come into conflict (as they inevitably do)?

It seems to me that love, loyalty, clarity, beauty, truth and eroticism (in
no special order) are all very valuable things, but all of them come into
conflict with morality.

It also seems to me that (academic) philosophers have not done a very good
job in dealing with this question. Isaiah Berlin had a fair stab at it,
but...

I think Francis Ford Coppola is the real genius here. In _The Godfather_, he
looks at the world from a vantage point that puts loyalty above morality. In
his masterpiece, _Apocalypse Now_, he looks at the way "excellence as a
soldier" comes into conflict with morality. (In good men, the result is
madness, apparently.)

By the way, FFC's comment that _Apocalypse Now_ is not "anti-war" but
"anti-lies" suggests that truth is the highest value of them all.

JB

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From davisf@UNION.EDU  Mon Dec 10 22:01:20 2001
From: davisf@UNION.EDU (Felmon Davis)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 17:01:20 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112101000340.8611-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>
References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112101000340.8611-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>
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On Monday 10 December 2001 03:05 am, Stephen Voss spake and saith:
> In other words:
>
> You can excel without excelling morally;
> you can be good in a way that has nothing to do with moral
> goodness.

put this way, I guess the point is obvious. a good baseball player
(or cricketeer) needn't be a good fellow elsewise.

>
> What is it to excel or be good "morally"?
>
> [I mean this as a question about the idea of moral goodness and not
> as a question in normative ethics, of course.]
>
> Stephen
>

I consider this, as someone else in the thread suggested, an
'essentially contestable' concept, there is no one standard
uncontroversial answer.

I'll only say I disagree with the person (sorry, I forgotten who) who
said morality is exclusively a legal-political concept in Plato. his
famous example of returning a weapon to a person you know will do
harm with it suggests it would not be a good thing. whatever Plato
and company are talking about, it includes this kind of behavior too.

F.

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From greenway@ANGELAKI.DEMON.CO.UK  Tue Dec 11 00:28:51 2001
From: greenway@ANGELAKI.DEMON.CO.UK (Gerard Greenway)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 00:28:51 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Absolutely Postcolonial  by  Peter Hallward  /  Angelaki
 Humanities
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ABSOLUTELY POSTCOLONIAL

WRITING between the SINGULAR and the SPECIFIC


Peter Hallward
King's College London


'Peter Hallward's book is perhaps the key theoretico-political
intervention of the last decade -- one of those few where one cannot but
exclaim: "Finally the word we were all secretly waiting for!" One can
only hope that his critique of postcolonial theory will set in motion
the much-delayed liberation of the academic Left from the postmodern
jargon which has long dominated cultural studies. If ever a book was a
weapon, this is it!'
-- Slavoj Zizek, Institute for Social Studies, Ljubljana

'A brilliant refusal of its established terms of engagement, this book
marks a major advance in thinking through and beyond postcolonial
theory.'
-- Diana Brydon, Professor of English, University of Western Ontario

'Bringing a real philosophical intelligence to bear on the field, this
extremely important book is a singular intervention in every sense of
the word.'
-- Keith Ansell Pearson, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick

'This monumental study transforms the terms within which critical
understanding of postcolonial culture has been conducted. Lucid,
difficult, highly original and sometimes contentious, Hallward's
stimulating book provides a new bench-mark for all future debate in this
field.'
-- Paul Gilroy, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies,
Yale University


CONTRARY to its usual characterisation in terms of plurality,
particularity and resistance, this book argues that the postcolonial is
best understood as an ultimately *singular* or non-relational category.
A singularity is something that generates the medium of its own
existence, to the eventual exclusion of other existences. Drawing on the
philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and Alain Badiou and guided by
comparisons with Buddhism and Islam, _Absolutely Postcolonial_ defends
this approach both through a detailed critique of postcolonial theory
and through comparative, comprehensive readings of four very different
contemporary writers: Edouard Glissant, Charles Johnson, Mohammed Dib,
and Severo Sarduy. Along the way, it also looks to some of these same
writers for resources with which we might develop a relational or
specific alternative to the postcolonial paradigm that has become so
influential in literary and cultural studies.


CONTENTS

Abbreviations. Preface. Acknowledgements

Introduction: singular or specific?

1 Postcolonial theory
I Postcolonial singularity. II Postcolonial specifications. III The
Marxist counter-attack. IV Towards a concept of the specific. V Edward
Said, between territory and de-territorialisation

Excursus I A postcolonial world?

2 Edouard Glissant: from nation to Relation
I The critical consensus. II Original and outcome: Glissant's
*totalite*. III National redundance, dialectical *depassement*. IV
Against folklore, against Creole. V _La Lezarde_ (1958): the promise of
national consciousness. VI _Malemort_ (1975): the dialectic *en panne*.
VII _La Case du commandeur_ (1981): despair and transition. VIII
_Mahagony_ (1987), _Tout-monde_ (1993): beyond national consciousness.
IX Beyond specificity: _Poetique de la Relation_ (1990) and after

Excursus II On the nation and its alternatives

3 Charles Johnson and the transcendence of place
I Critical contexts. II Johnson and the Good Thing. III Phenomenological
implications. IV Allmuseri immanence. V Becoming-impersonal. VI Writing
on the plane of immanence. VII The costs of singularisation

Excursus III The universal and the transcendental

4 Mohammed Dib and the 'alam al-mithal: between the singular and the
specific
I Models of development. II Territory deferred. III Toward the limits of
the specific. IV Ta'wil, Ishraq and the 'alam al-mithal. V Towards
extinction. VI And then?

Excursus IV Return to the specific

5 Severo Sarduy: _sunyata_ and beyond
I Territorial beginnings. II _Gestos_ (1963): toward paralysis of the
'sensory-motor schema'. III Organisation by frame. IV Sarduy's neo-
baroque. V _De donde son los cantantes_ (1967): at the limits of *lo
cubano*. VI Empty foundations. VII The Buddhist path. VIII _Cobra_
(1972). IX _Maitreya_ (1978). X Sarduy's singular univocity. XI
_Colibri_ (1984) and the renewal of situation. XII _Cocuyo_ (1990) and
disorientation. XIII From death to dying. XIV _Pajaros de la playa_
(1993)

Conclusion

Notes. Bibliography. Index


PETER HALLWARD teaches at King's College London and is the author of
_Subject to Truth: The Philosophy of Alain Badiou_ (2002).


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From j.m.preston@READING.AC.UK  Tue Dec 11 10:37:34 2001
From: j.m.preston@READING.AC.UK (John Preston)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:37:34 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Austin on Ryle, in the TLS?
Message-ID: <3C15E1ED.1BDBC158@reading.ac.uk>

In last week's THES, Terry Eagleton mentions that among the 'classically
memorable encounters' in the past history of the _Times Literary
Supplement_ was an occasion on which J.L.Austin wrote about Ryle's _The
Concept of Mind_. Does anyone know the reference for this encounter,
and/or whether it was ever published elsewhere (and if so, where)?

John Preston
Senior Lecturer,
Department of Philosophy,
The University of Reading,
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From conor@STAINTONPOLLAND.FREESERVE.CO.UK  Mon Dec 10 11:12:34 2001
From: conor@STAINTONPOLLAND.FREESERVE.CO.UK (Conor)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:12:34 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Morality, etc.
Message-ID: <00a701c1816b$926682c0$57b887d9@Office>

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"It seems to me that love, loyalty, clarity, beauty, truth and eroticism =
(in
no special order) are all very valuable things, but all of them come =
into
conflict with morality."

It is perhaps not so much that these things conflict with morality but =
it is within these things that morality belongs. If by "conflict" one =
means "encounter" then so they do, as within these spheres of existence =
one is often obliged to make a choice, preferably a choice that directs =
the individual toward the Good. There is rarely any cut and dry black =
and white answer in any situation as the moral action depends on the =
three moments of; intention, act and consequence. It is impossible to =
claim that Coppola's work represents "loyalty above morality" as the act =
of loyalty is in itself a moral act with its own intention, action and =
consequence in which the individual engages; loyalty and war are in =
conflict, morality belongs to both. To illustrate this consider Romeo =
and Juliet in which love is placed above loyalty, or it may be =
incorrectly expressed "morality above loyalty;" love and loyalty are in =
conflict, morality belongs to both. (Apocalypse now might itself be =
examined morally in terms of its own intention, action and consequence =
within the genre of war film.)

"Well, it's like this: if you were God (feeling bored on the sixth
> day of Creation), & about to create human beings, what kind of
> dicta would you try your critters to embody so that they are "nice,
> good, _lovable_ critters -- in parts"? Your reply will inform the
> contents of the Immanuel."

Why assume God felt bored! Perhaps assume that God created humanity in =
his image (something I think I have heard somewhere before!); with the =
capacity for "niceness, goodness and love," the freedom to choose these, =
and the inherent capacity to recognise difference enough to make that =
freedom viable. Experience of God's love (rather than fear of loosing =
it) may present the reason to emulate it in what way one can. Morality =
is the struggle between doing what I want and doing what I have the =
capacity to do, between the path of least resistance and the path of =
practicing virtue until it becomes a good habit.=20

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Tue Dec 11 13:04:02 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:04:02 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] summer seminar for undergraduates (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:19:47 -0700 (MST)
From: Robert Pasnau <Robert.Pasnau@Colorado.EDU>
To: philosop@louisiana.edu

                     COLORADO SUMMER SEMINAR
                        for Undergraduates
                         July 8-26, 2002
                     Topic: Moral Psychology

This July, the Philosophy Department at CU/Boulder will hold its
third annual summer seminar for undergraduates.

The seminar is intended for outstanding students who are considering
graduate school in philosophy. The aim is to introduce students to the
atmosphere of a graduate-level seminar, giving them a chance to
explore their philosophical abilities and interests before they commit
to a graduate program. The course will be extremely intensive, meeting
five days a week for three weeks, for three hours a day.

In 2002, the Seminar will focus on the intersection between ethics and
philosophical psychology.We will look at historical and
contemporary accounts, and explore such issues as:

     The nature of moral reasoning and knowledge
     The motivational bases of action
     Responsibility and alienation
     Weakness of will
     The nature and role of the emotions

The course will be team-taught by CU's faculty. Scheduled instructors
include

     David Boonin
     Gabriela Carone
     Alan Carter
     Elinor Mason
     Claudia Mills
     James W. Nickel
     Graham Oddie
     Robert Pasnau
     Christopher Shields
     Michael Tooley


Past seminars have attracted students from all over the country and
abroad. All kinds of schools have been represented, from prestigious
liberal arts colleges to major research universities. But we
especially encourage applications from students who don't have the
opportunity to take high-level courses at their own institution, and
from students coming from institutions with modest reputations in the
philosophical community.

Applicants should have done substantial work in philosophy, including
exposure to contemporary analytic methods. Preference will be given to
students who have not yet applied to graduate programs.

The seminar will take place on the campus of the University of
Colorado at Boulder. Located at the eastern edge of the Rocky
Mountains, 25 miles northwest of Denver, Boulder is perhaps the most
attractive college setting in the country. Participants will be
encouraged to explore the city of Boulder and the nearby mountains.
Weekend outings will be organized

Tuition: $600
Housing in the dorms: approximately $250.
Credit hours: 3.

There is no application form.
Applications should collect the following:

1. A cover letter including your name, mailing address, email
address, and an account of who you are and why you are interested in
the program.

2. A letter of recommendation from someone who has taught you
philosophy.

3. A copy of your college transcript. (An unofficial copy of an
official transcript is fine.)

Mail this information to

Summer Seminar
Department of Philosophy
232 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO  80309-0232


To receive full consideration, applications must be received by April
1st, 2002. Decisions will be made shortly thereafter.

For more information, contact Robert Pasnau: pasnau@colorado.edu

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Tue Dec 11 13:07:03 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:07:03 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] SC Modern Phil Sem: CF Proposals (fwd)
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:42:55 -0600 (CST)
From: sdaniel <sdaniel@unix.tamu.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <hume-l@wm.edu>

[Apologies to those receiving multiple copies of this announcement]

                        Last Call For Paper Proposals

        South Central Seminar in the History of Early Modern Philosophy
                        Loyola University
                        New Orleans, Louisiana
                        April 12-13, 2002

The third annual meeting of the South Central Seminar in the History of
Early Modern Philosophy will be held Friday-Saturday, April 12-13, 2002 at
Loyola University in New Orleans. Like similar seminars in other parts of
the country, the South Central Seminar is an informal group designed to
foster interaction among scholars working on topics in the history of
early modern philosophy.

Submissions of abstracts (1-2 pages) are invited on any topic or
interpretive strategy in early modern (especially pre-Kantian) philosophy.
Completed papers should be no more than 20 pages, for a reading time of 40
minutes or less. The deadline for submitting abstracts (preferably by
email) is January 15, 2002. Details about the April program will be
available by the end of January.

Presentation of papers will occur on Friday, April 12 (3 - 6 p.m.) and
Saturday, April 13 (9:30 - 5:30) in the Monroe Library on the Loyola
campus. Accommodations will be available at the nearby Dominican
Conference Center for $31/night. Rooms will also be available for
participants and attendees who would like to spend extra days in New
Orleans.

Springtime, uptown New Orleans, on the St. Charles streetcar line, for
$31/night, talking about modern philosophy: laissez les bons temps rouler.

To submit an abstract or to obtain further information, contact:

Steve Daniel
Department of Philosophy
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-4237
Phone: (979) 845-5660 or (979) 846-4649
Fax: (979) 845-0458
E-mail: sdaniel@philosophy.tamu.edu
Seminar web site: http://www-phil.tamu.edu/~sdaniel/seminar02.html

For information about local arrangements, contact:

Gary Herbert
Department of Philosophy
Loyola University
6363 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504) 865-3056
Email: gherbert@loyno.edu

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Tue Dec 11 13:14:08 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 13:14:08 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Conference on the Environment (Interdisciplinary) - IEA,
 Toronto 2002 (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:55:31 -0000
From: Maxim Lebedev <lebedev@philosophy.ru>
To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS. The 8th International Interdisciplinary
Conference
on the Environment will be held in Toronto, Canada, June 26-29, 2002
at Delta Chelsea Hotel. You may participate as session organizer,
presenter of one
or two papers, chair, moderator, discussant, or observer. The early
deadline for
abstract submission and participation is April 15, 2002. All papers will
pass a peer review process for publication consideration in the
Conference
Proceedings. For more information, please contact Kevin L. Hickey or
Demetri Kantarlelis through

Regular Mail: IEA/Hickey-Kantarelis
              Assumption College
              500 Salisbury Street
              Worcester, MA 01609-1296, USA

Tel: (508) 767-7296 (Hickey), (508) 767-7557 (Kantarelis)

Fax: (508) 767-7382

E-mail:
    (Hickey) khickey@assumption.edu
    (Kantarelis) dkantar@assumption.edu

or the World Wide Web at:
http://www.desu.edu/mreiter/iea.htm

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From thorsten.sander@UNI-ESSEN.DE  Tue Dec 11 14:16:57 2001
From: thorsten.sander@UNI-ESSEN.DE (Thorsten Sander)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:16:57 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Austin on Ryle, in the TLS?
References: <3C15E1ED.1BDBC158@reading.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <004101c1824e$7e5a6d80$220ffc84@de>

> In last week's THES, Terry Eagleton mentions that among the 'classically
> memorable encounters' in the past history of the _Times Literary
> Supplement_ was an occasion on which J.L.Austin wrote about Ryle's _The
> Concept of Mind_. Does anyone know the reference for this encounter,
> and/or whether it was ever published elsewhere (and if so, where)?

The essay can be found in a collection of papers on "The Concept of Mind"
(ed. by Pitcher & Wood).

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From srlclark@EASYNET.CO.UK  Tue Dec 11 16:51:38 2001
From: srlclark@EASYNET.CO.UK (Stephen Clark)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:51:38 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Correction: CONSCIOUSNESS AND LANGUAGE at Barcelona
Message-ID: <1008089498.3c16399ae52c8@easymessagecentre.easynet.co.uk>

ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

-----------------------------------
6TH ANNUAL MEETING: CALL FOR PAPERS
-----------------------------------

CONSCIOUSNESS AND LANGUAGE:
REPORTABILITY AND REPRESENTATION IN HUMANS AND ANIMALS
Museum of Science, Barcelona, Spain
May 31 - June 3, 2002

The sixth meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness will be held from May 31 to June 3, 2002, at the
Museum of Science in Barcelona, on the theme of "Consciousness and
Language".

Consciousness and language are related in many ways.  We report our
conscious experiences using language, and these verbal reports are
perhaps the central  tool for scientifically investigating human
consciousness.  We consciously experience linguistic stimuli such as
words and sentences, and also process them unconsciously.  A person's
language arguably helps to structure his or her conscious experience,
by shaping their conceptual system.  Some theorists have argued that
language is essential to consciousness, and  that infants and animals
without language lack consciousness altogether.

This conference will explore the many connections between
consciousness
and language, from the  perspectives of philosophy, neuroscience,
psychology, linguistics, cognitive ethology, and artificial
intelligence.
Key questions include:

  * What is the relationship between consciousness and verbal report?
  * What is the role of verbal reports in the science of
consciousness?
  * What are the characteristics of conscious and unconscious
processing
    of language?
  * What are the neural correlates of conscious and unconscious
processing
    of linguistic stimuli
  * What role do language and concepts play in structuring conscious
    experience?
  * What is the neural basis of conceptual and nonconceptual aspects
of
    consciousness?
  * What role did language play in the evolution of consciousness?
  * Is language necessary for consciousness?
  * What sort of consciousness, if any, is present in infants and non-
human
    animals?

Confirmed speakers include: Jose Luis Bermudez, Ned Block, Anthony
Jack,
Ray Jackendoff,  Daniel Povinelli, Jonathan Schooler, Luc Steels,
Petra Stoerig,
Pio Tudela, Larry Weiskrantz, Philip Zelazo.

ASSC6 Program Committee: Manuel Garcia-Carpintero (chair), David
Chalmers,
Axel Cleeremans, Josep Macia, Philip Merikle, Geraint Rees, Larry
Weiskrantz, Patrick Wilken.

--------------------
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
--------------------

SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 15, 2002.

While the plenary sessions at ASSC6 will largely deal with the theme
of
"Consciousness and Language", speakers in concurrent sessions are
invited
to talk on any topic relevant to the  scientific study of
consciousness.
Submissions that include physiological, psychological, philosophical,
and computational perspectives are all welcome.

Submissions for both posters and talks will be accepted (please
specify
preference). Any person may present only one submission, but may be
co-author on more than one.  Oral presentations will be limited to 20
minutes,
to be followed by a 10-minute discussion period.

All submissions must include the following information in the order
listed
below:

1. Title.

2. Name, affiliation, and ASSC membership status of each co-author,
with
presenting co-author designated.

3. An abstract of up to 200 words.

4. Complete contact information for the author with whom the
scientific
programme committee will interact with about the submission: name,
institutional
affiliation, postal address, e-mail address, telephone and fax
numbers.

5. An indication of whether the proposal is submitted as an oral or
poster
presentation,  and an indication of willingness to present in the
alternative
format if your first preference cannot be accommodated.

Submit by one of the following methods:

1. Send electronic mail to: logos@pcb.ub.es with the words "ASSC6
ABSTRACT
SUBMISSION" followed by the last name of the presenting co-author in
the
Subject: field of your message

2. Fill out the electronic submission form that will be available on
this page:
    http://www.ub.es/grc_logos/submit/onlinesub.html

---------------------------
CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
---------------------------

WORKSHOP PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 31, 2002

This notice is also intended as a call for workshop presenters. One
of the aims
of this meeting is to allow researchers to gain a background in areas
that they
may know little about. Towards that end a number of workshops are
planned.  Some
participants in the conference would be very interested in learning
about technical
matters such as fMRI or other important brain imaging techniques.
Others might
enjoy a seminar on a philosophical topic, or a tutorial on  relevant
matters in
cognitive psychology or linguistics.

Workshops will be held in parallel sessions on the morning and
afternoon of
May 31.  Each workshop is intended to last approximately three hours.
The sizes
of workshops will vary between a minimum of 10 to a maximum of around
25 people.
Workshop presenters will receive a honorarium of 600 Euros. The cost
of attending
workshops will be 60 Euros. Workshops that do not achieve the minimum
enrollment
of 10 people will not be offered.


To submit workshop proposals please write to patrickw@klab.caltech.edu

------------
REGISTRATION
------------

DEADLINE FOR EARLY REGISTRATION IS APRIL 15, 2002


Registration fees:      Early       Late

Non-members             130 Euro    180 Euro
ASSC members            100 Euro    150 Euro
Students                 60 Euro    100 Euro
Student ASSC members     40 Euro     80 Euro

Membership registration must be received by April 15, 2002 to ensure
discount.

To register, please follow the instructions available from the
conference website:

http://www.ub.es/grc_logos/assc6

Address all enquiries about registration to logos@pcb.ub.es

-------------------
FURTHER INFORMATION
-------------------

Please check the conference website for further information about the
meeting,
including  information about paper and poster submissions;
registration and
submission forms; information about travel to Barcelona and
accommodation;
and information about the scientific programme of the meeting:

http://www.ub.es/grc_logos/assc6

The site will be constantly updated to reflect the latest
information.
To enquire about any aspect of the conference, please write to the
local organizer
at logos@pcb.ub.es

To find out more about the Association for the Scientific Study of
Consciousness, and to
apply for membership, please consult:

http://assc.caltech.edu/

The ASSC publishes two scientific journals about which further
information is
available from  the following websites:

Consciousness & Cognition: http://www.apnet.com/www/journal/cc.htm

PSYCHE: http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/
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From wokshevs@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA  Tue Dec 11 18:25:54 2001
From: wokshevs@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA (Walter Okshevsky)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 14:55:54 -0330
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value
In-Reply-To: <001f01c181ba$1a4c6940$9fd8869f@oemcomputer>
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1011211144830.11396F-100000@plato.ucs.mun.ca>

Haberams makes an interesting distinction between ethical questions and
moral questions. People like Aristotle, Taylor, Williams and MacIntyre
fail to make the distinction, H claims. Kant and himself are two who do.
The texts are: *Justice and application*, Between fact and norm*, Moral
consciousness and moral action*. He develops an interesting cognitivist,
formalist and universal deontological moral theory grounded in the
necessary presuppositions of communicative reason, specifically in its
reflective form which is argumentative discourse. Must reading for anybody
who wonders whether moral problems can be justifiably resolved on the
grounds of answers to "Who are we?", "What kind of person do I want to
be?"

Walter


On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Jeremy Bowman wrote:

> Stephen Voss:
>
> > You can excel without excelling morally;
> > you can be good in a way that has
> > nothing to do with moral goodness.
> >
> > What is it to excel or be good "morally"?
> >
> > [I mean this as a question about the idea
> > of moral goodness and not as a question
> > in normative ethics, of course.]
>
> -- If moral values have any "essential" aspect, I would say it's their
> presumed *universality*. Even bitter moral opponents can agree about that.
> For example, followers of Kant say we ought to follow rules that we could
> want *everyone* to follow. Utilitarians say we ought to maximize the
> satisfaction of desires (more traditionally, pleasure) -- but it still has
> to be *everyone's* desires (or every sentient being's pleasure), not those
> of a select group.
>
> Stephen's question leads to a further question: what can we do when moral
> values and non-moral values (of which there are many, and many of them
> extremely important) come into conflict (as they inevitably do)?
>
> It seems to me that love, loyalty, clarity, beauty, truth and eroticism (in
> no special order) are all very valuable things, but all of them come into
> conflict with morality.
>
> It also seems to me that (academic) philosophers have not done a very good
> job in dealing with this question. Isaiah Berlin had a fair stab at it,
> but...
>
> I think Francis Ford Coppola is the real genius here. In _The Godfather_, he
> looks at the world from a vantage point that puts loyalty above morality. In
> his masterpiece, _Apocalypse Now_, he looks at the way "excellence as a
> soldier" comes into conflict with morality. (In good men, the result is
> madness, apparently.)
>
> By the way, FFC's comment that _Apocalypse Now_ is not "anti-war" but
> "anti-lies" suggests that truth is the highest value of them all.
>
> JB
>
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From peter.king@BRASENOSE.OXFORD.AC.UK  Tue Dec 11 18:55:59 2001
From: peter.king@BRASENOSE.OXFORD.AC.UK (Peter J King)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:55:59 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Absolutely Postcolonial  by  Peter Hallward  /  Angelaki
 Humanities
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Gerard Greenway wrote:

> 'Peter Hallward's book is perhaps the key theoretico-political
> intervention of the last decade [...]

> -- Slavoj Zizek, Institute for Social Studies, Ljubljana

What on Earth is a theoretico-political intervention?  (I know that it's
invidious to mention only this piece of gobbledegook from a posting
brimming with them, but I decided not to go into the rest, preferring as I
do *organic* emetics.)

                                Peter J. King

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From N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK  Tue Dec 11 21:05:03 2001
From: N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK (newidder)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:05:03 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Absolutely Postcolonial  by  Peter Hallward  /  Angelaki
 Humanities
Message-ID: <3C0E4C19@minerva.ex.ac.uk>

A theoretico-political intervention is (or at least is supposed to be) one
that goes beyond the usual dichotomy between theory and practice, and so
avoids many problems associated within academic (and other) literature.  While
many people criticize theoretical work for failing to speak to concrete
political issues, and others criticize more "concrete" or empirical work for
failing to reach a level of theoretical or philosophical reflection, this
book, according to Zizek, bridges this gap, and so provides a timely
intervention/contribution to the literature in the field of, in this case,
postcolonial studies

Just because you're unfamiliar with the jargon (or predisposed to be hostile
when you hear such "buzzwords"?) hardly makes it "gobbledegook".

Nathan Widder



>===== Original Message From Peter J King <peter.king@BRASENOSE.OXFORD.AC.UK>
=====
>On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Gerard Greenway wrote:
>
>> 'Peter Hallward's book is perhaps the key theoretico-political
>> intervention of the last decade [...]
>
>> -- Slavoj Zizek, Institute for Social Studies, Ljubljana
>
>What on Earth is a theoretico-political intervention?  (I know that it's
>invidious to mention only this piece of gobbledegook from a posting
>brimming with them, but I decided not to go into the rest, preferring as I
>do *organic* emetics.)
>
>                                Peter J. King
>
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University of Exeter
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From gfisher@SHENTEL.NET  Tue Dec 11 21:44:26 2001
From: gfisher@SHENTEL.NET (Gordon Fisher)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:44:26 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Absolutely Postcolonial  by  Peter Hallward  /
 AngelakiHumanities
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newidder wrote:

> A theoretico-political intervention is (or at least is supposed to be) one
> that goes beyond the usual dichotomy between theory and practice, and so
> avoids many problems associated within academic (and other) literature.  While
> many people criticize theoretical work for failing to speak to concrete
> political issues, and others criticize more "concrete" or empirical work for
> failing to reach a level of theoretical or philosophical reflection, this
> book, according to Zizek, bridges this gap, and so provides a timely
> intervention/contribution to the literature in the field of, in this case,
> postcolonial studies
>
> Just because you're unfamiliar with the jargon (or predisposed to be hostile
> when you hear such "buzzwords"?) hardly makes it "gobbledegook".
>
> Nathan Widder
>
> >===== Original Message From Peter J King <peter.king@BRASENOSE.OXFORD.AC.UK>
> =====
> >On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Gerard Greenway wrote:
> >
> >> 'Peter Hallward's book is perhaps the key theoretico-political
> >> intervention of the last decade [...]
> >
> >> -- Slavoj Zizek, Institute for Social Studies, Ljubljana
> >

Speaking of technical terms, aka jargon, have we reached
the stage of postpostcolonial studies yet --- perhaps after
9/11?  We had postpostmodernism a while back already . . .

Gordon Fisher     gfisher@shentel.net

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From stephen@CLEMSON.EDU  Tue Dec 11 21:57:33 2001
From: stephen@CLEMSON.EDU (Stephen Satris)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:57:33 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1011211144830.11396F-100000@plato.ucs.mun.ca >
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Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20011211164759.00c5ac60@mail.clemson.edu>

In _Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy_ (1985) Williams distinguishes=20
morality--which he calls a peculiar institution that we'd be better off=20
without--from ethics.

At 02:55 PM 12/11/2001 -03-30, you wrote:
>Haberams makes an interesting distinction between ethical questions and
>moral questions. People like Aristotle, Taylor, Williams and MacIntyre
>fail to make the distinction, H claims. Kant and himself are two who do.
>The texts are: *Justice and application*, Between fact and norm*, Moral
>consciousness and moral action*. He develops an interesting cognitivist,
>formalist and universal deontological moral theory grounded in the
>necessary presuppositions of communicative reason, specifically in its
>reflective form which is argumentative discourse. Must reading for anybody
>who wonders whether moral problems can be justifiably resolved on the
>grounds of answers to "Who are we?", "What kind of person do I want to
>be?"
>
>Walter
>
>
>On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Jeremy Bowman wrote:
>
> > Stephen Voss:
> >
> > > You can excel without excelling morally;
> > > you can be good in a way that has
> > > nothing to do with moral goodness.
> > >
> > > What is it to excel or be good "morally"?
> > >
> > > [I mean this as a question about the idea
> > > of moral goodness and not as a question
> > > in normative ethics, of course.]
> >
> > -- If moral values have any "essential" aspect, I would say it's their
> > presumed *universality*. Even bitter moral opponents can agree about=
 that.
> > For example, followers of Kant say we ought to follow rules that we=
 could
> > want *everyone* to follow. Utilitarians say we ought to maximize the
> > satisfaction of desires (more traditionally, pleasure) -- but it still=
 has
> > to be *everyone's* desires (or every sentient being's pleasure), not=
 those
> > of a select group.
> >
> > Stephen's question leads to a further question: what can we do when=
 moral
> > values and non-moral values (of which there are many, and many of them
> > extremely important) come into conflict (as they inevitably do)?
> >
> > It seems to me that love, loyalty, clarity, beauty, truth and eroticism=
 (in
> > no special order) are all very valuable things, but all of them come=
 into
> > conflict with morality.
> >
> > It also seems to me that (academic) philosophers have not done a very=
 good
> > job in dealing with this question. Isaiah Berlin had a fair stab at it,
> > but...
> >
> > I think Francis Ford Coppola is the real genius here. In _The=20
> Godfather_, he
> > looks at the world from a vantage point that puts loyalty above=20
> morality. In
> > his masterpiece, _Apocalypse Now_, he looks at the way "excellence as a
> > soldier" comes into conflict with morality. (In good men, the result is
> > madness, apparently.)
> >
> > By the way, FFC's comment that _Apocalypse Now_ is not "anti-war" but
> > "anti-lies" suggests that truth is the highest value of them all.
> >
> > JB
> >
> > Messages to the list are archived at=20
> http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
> > Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at=20
> http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
> >
>
>Messages to the list are archived at=20
>http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
>Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at=20
>http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html


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From cathanas@HOL.GR  Tue Dec 11 23:40:56 2001
From: cathanas@HOL.GR (Constantinos Athanasopoulos)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 01:40:56 +0200
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value...
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Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.20011212014056.006c992c@mail.hol.gr>

Dear All
I do not see the reason for the analytic mind twisting that Stephen Voss is
forcing upon the Greek notion of arete.=20
I have the following question:
When we speak of "Which character traits are morally good?' do not we mean
'What sort of excellence in a character trait would render it morally good?'
I do not see the point of making epistemological distinctions in ethics:
epistemology is based on ethics. Any definition which uses as its part the
definiendum is a fallacy, is it not?
PLEASE LEAVE HARDCORE ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY's TOOLS AWAY FROM ANCIENT GREEK
PHILOSOPHY. THANKS!
Best regards to all
C.Athanasopoulos








At 11:51 =EC=EC 9/12/2001 +0200, Stephen Voss wrote:
>The question is sometimes raised whether the "arete" of Greek
>philosophy is a moral value [perhaps "virtue"] or a nonmoral value
>[perhaps "excellence" or even "success" as Nehamas suggests].
>
>        Answering the question seems to require both sensitive
>understanding of the texts and a clear understanding of what
>distinguishes moral goodness from nonmoral excellence.
>
>        The latter seems the logical place to start. Moreover it seems a
>primary question in moral philosophy, since the very field is defined as
>concerning moral value but not nonmoral value. Thus the question seems
>conceptual rather than normative: it isn't 'Which character traits are
>morally good?' so much as 'What sort of excellence in a character trait
>would render it morally good?'
>
>        Thoughts?
>
>Stephen
>
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From wokshevs@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA  Wed Dec 12 00:40:58 2001
From: wokshevs@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA (Walter Okshevsky)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 21:10:58 -0330
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20011211164759.00c5ac60@mail.clemson.edu>
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Stephen --
Yes, I know. So does Habermas. I could never make much sense of W's
arguments on this point of being better off without the moral point of
view. (Who's the "we" in "we'd be better off .." btw?) Could you try it in
a nutshell or two? H. thinks Williams is as confused as MacIntyre is, if
not more so.=20

Walter
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Stephen Satris wrote:

> In _Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy_ (1985) Williams distinguishes=20
> morality--which he calls a peculiar institution that we'd be better off=
=20
> without--from ethics.
>=20
> At 02:55 PM 12/11/2001 -03-30, you wrote:
> >Haberams makes an interesting distinction between ethical questions and
> >moral questions. People like Aristotle, Taylor, Williams and MacIntyre
> >fail to make the distinction, H claims. Kant and himself are two who do.
> >The texts are: *Justice and application*, Between fact and norm*, Moral
> >consciousness and moral action*. He develops an interesting cognitivist,
> >formalist and universal deontological moral theory grounded in the
> >necessary presuppositions of communicative reason, specifically in its
> >reflective form which is argumentative discourse. Must reading for anybo=
dy
> >who wonders whether moral problems can be justifiably resolved on the
> >grounds of answers to "Who are we?", "What kind of person do I want to
> >be?"
> >
> >Walter
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Jeremy Bowman wrote:
> >
> > > Stephen Voss:
> > >
> > > > You can excel without excelling morally;
> > > > you can be good in a way that has
> > > > nothing to do with moral goodness.
> > > >
> > > > What is it to excel or be good "morally"?
> > > >
> > > > [I mean this as a question about the idea
> > > > of moral goodness and not as a question
> > > > in normative ethics, of course.]
> > >
> > > -- If moral values have any "essential" aspect, I would say it's thei=
r
> > > presumed *universality*. Even bitter moral opponents can agree about =
that.
> > > For example, followers of Kant say we ought to follow rules that we c=
ould
> > > want *everyone* to follow. Utilitarians say we ought to maximize the
> > > satisfaction of desires (more traditionally, pleasure) -- but it stil=
l has
> > > to be *everyone's* desires (or every sentient being's pleasure), not =
those
> > > of a select group.
> > >
> > > Stephen's question leads to a further question: what can we do when m=
oral
> > > values and non-moral values (of which there are many, and many of the=
m
> > > extremely important) come into conflict (as they inevitably do)?
> > >
> > > It seems to me that love, loyalty, clarity, beauty, truth and erotici=
sm (in
> > > no special order) are all very valuable things, but all of them come =
into
> > > conflict with morality.
> > >
> > > It also seems to me that (academic) philosophers have not done a very=
 good
> > > job in dealing with this question. Isaiah Berlin had a fair stab at i=
t,
> > > but...
> > >
> > > I think Francis Ford Coppola is the real genius here. In _The=20
> > Godfather_, he
> > > looks at the world from a vantage point that puts loyalty above=20
> > morality. In
> > > his masterpiece, _Apocalypse Now_, he looks at the way "excellence as=
 a
> > > soldier" comes into conflict with morality. (In good men, the result =
is
> > > madness, apparently.)
> > >
> > > By the way, FFC's comment that _Apocalypse Now_ is not "anti-war" but
> > > "anti-lies" suggests that truth is the highest value of them all.
> > >
> > > JB
> > >
> > > Messages to the list are archived at=20
> > http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
> > > Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at=20
> > http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
> > >
> >
> >Messages to the list are archived at=20
> >http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
> >Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at=20
> >http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
>=20
>=20
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>       Stephen Satris
>       Philosophy, Holtzendorff 113
>       Clemson University
>       Clemson, SC 29634-0528
>=20
>       phone: (864) 656-2429
>       fax:  (864) 656-2858
>       mailto:Stephen@Clemson.edu
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From paulm@CISUNIX.UNH.EDU  Wed Dec 12 01:04:35 2001
From: paulm@CISUNIX.UNH.EDU (Paul F McNamara)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 20:04:35 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Walter Okshevsky wrote:

> Stephen --
> Yes, I know. So does Habermas.

Didn't you just claim below that Habermas does, but Williams fails to make
the interesting distinction you now say you know Williams makes, and so
does Habermas?! ;-) --paul

> I could never make much sense of W's
> arguments on this point of being better off without the moral point of
> view. (Who's the "we" in "we'd be better off .." btw?) Could you try it i=
n
> a nutshell or two? H. thinks Williams is as confused as MacIntyre is, if
> not more so.
>
> Walter
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Stephen Satris wrote:
>
> > In _Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy_ (1985) Williams distinguishes
> > morality--which he calls a peculiar institution that we'd be better off
> > without--from ethics.
> >
> > At 02:55 PM 12/11/2001 -03-30, you wrote:
> > >Haberams makes an interesting distinction between ethical questions an=
d
> > >moral questions. People like Aristotle, Taylor, Williams and MacIntyre
> > >fail to make the distinction, H claims. Kant and himself are two who d=
o.
> > >The texts are: *Justice and application*, Between fact and norm*, Mora=
l
> > >consciousness and moral action*. He develops an interesting cognitivis=
t,
> > >formalist and universal deontological moral theory grounded in the
> > >necessary presuppositions of communicative reason, specifically in its
> > >reflective form which is argumentative discourse. Must reading for any=
body
> > >who wonders whether moral problems can be justifiably resolved on the
> > >grounds of answers to "Who are we?", "What kind of person do I want to
> > >be?"
> > >
> > >Walter
> > >
> > >
> > >On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Jeremy Bowman wrote:
> > >
> > > > Stephen Voss:
> > > >
> > > > > You can excel without excelling morally;
> > > > > you can be good in a way that has
> > > > > nothing to do with moral goodness.
> > > > >
> > > > > What is it to excel or be good "morally"?
> > > > >
> > > > > [I mean this as a question about the idea
> > > > > of moral goodness and not as a question
> > > > > in normative ethics, of course.]
> > > >
> > > > -- If moral values have any "essential" aspect, I would say it's th=
eir
> > > > presumed *universality*. Even bitter moral opponents can agree abou=
t that.
> > > > For example, followers of Kant say we ought to follow rules that we=
 could
> > > > want *everyone* to follow. Utilitarians say we ought to maximize th=
e
> > > > satisfaction of desires (more traditionally, pleasure) -- but it st=
ill has
> > > > to be *everyone's* desires (or every sentient being's pleasure), no=
t those
> > > > of a select group.
> > > >
> > > > Stephen's question leads to a further question: what can we do when=
 moral
> > > > values and non-moral values (of which there are many, and many of t=
hem
> > > > extremely important) come into conflict (as they inevitably do)?
> > > >
> > > > It seems to me that love, loyalty, clarity, beauty, truth and eroti=
cism (in
> > > > no special order) are all very valuable things, but all of them com=
e into
> > > > conflict with morality.
> > > >
> > > > It also seems to me that (academic) philosophers have not done a ve=
ry good
> > > > job in dealing with this question. Isaiah Berlin had a fair stab at=
 it,
> > > > but...
> > > >
> > > > I think Francis Ford Coppola is the real genius here. In _The
> > > Godfather_, he
> > > > looks at the world from a vantage point that puts loyalty above
> > > morality. In
> > > > his masterpiece, _Apocalypse Now_, he looks at the way "excellence =
as a
> > > > soldier" comes into conflict with morality. (In good men, the resul=
t is
> > > > madness, apparently.)
> > > >
> > > > By the way, FFC's comment that _Apocalypse Now_ is not "anti-war" b=
ut
> > > > "anti-lies" suggests that truth is the highest value of them all.
> > > >
> > > > JB
> > > >
> > > > Messages to the list are archived at
> > > http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
> > > > Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at
> > > http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
> > > >
> > >
> > >Messages to the list are archived at
> > >http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
> > >Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at
> > >http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
> >
> >
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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Wed Dec 12 12:56:10 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 12:56:10 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Job announcement: Canisius College (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:17:02 -0500
From: Shaun Gallagher <gallaghr@canisius.edu>
To: PHILOSOP@louisiana.edu

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From peter.king@BRASENOSE.OXFORD.AC.UK  Wed Dec 12 23:53:21 2001
From: peter.king@BRASENOSE.OXFORD.AC.UK (Peter J King)
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 23:53:21 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Absolutely Postcolonial  by  Peter Hallward  /  Angelaki
 Humanities
In-Reply-To: <3C0E4C19@minerva.ex.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.05.10112122329200.4723-100000@ermine.ox.ac.uk>

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, newidder wrote:

> A theoretico-political intervention is (or at least is supposed to be)
> one that goes beyond the usual dichotomy between theory and practice,
> and so avoids many problems associated within academic (and other)
> literature.  While many people criticize theoretical work for failing
> to speak to concrete political issues, and others criticize more
> "concrete" or empirical work for failing to reach a level of
> theoretical or philosophical reflection, this book, according to
> Zizek, bridges this gap, and so provides a timely
> intervention/contribution to the literature in the field of, in this
> case, postcolonial studies

> Just because you're unfamiliar with the jargon (or predisposed to be
> hostile when you hear such "buzzwords"?) hardly makes it
> "gobbledegook".

Gosh, must have hit a nerve.  So let's see: an intervention is actually a
contribution, and "theoretico-political" doesn't mean what the English
(however unpleasant) would naturally be taken to mean, but something like
"theoretico-practical" (or "practico-theoretical"?) as applied to politics
(or, perhaps, political theory).

Actually I suspect that "postcolonial", though you weren't kind enough to
explain it, also has some more esoteric (or sub-literate) meaning than
simply "after the colonial period", but I'll just have to use my
imagination.

Still, nice to see "dichotomy" get an airing (even though it eventually
turns into a rather boring *gap*); haven't seen that one for years.

I'm interested, though, in your assumption that my criticism arose simply
out of my ignorance or prejudice* (or both?); would that be because you
disagree with me?  Inquiring minds want to know.

[*Though it's true that encounters with any supposed discipline whose name
ends in "Studies" brings me out in a very nasty rash.]


                                Peter J. King

(Incidentally - and this isn't a complaint or even a disguised criticism;
merely an observation - I've noticed in the past, as now, that negative
responses to my occasional lapses into e-mail waspishness or exasperation
invariably appear on the list, while positive responses equally invariably
arrive by private e-mail.  Have other list-members had the same
experience?)

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From N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK  Thu Dec 13 01:06:06 2001
From: N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK (newidder)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 01:06:06 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Absolutely Postcolonial  by  Peter Hallward  /  Angelaki
 Humanities
Message-ID: <3C0F41C0@minerva.ex.ac.uk>

>===== Original Message From Peter J King <peter.king@BRASENOSE.OXFORD.AC.UK>
=====
>On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, newidder wrote:
>
>> A theoretico-political intervention is (or at least is supposed to be)
>> one that goes beyond the usual dichotomy between theory and practice,
>> and so avoids many problems associated within academic (and other)
>> literature.  While many people criticize theoretical work for failing
>> to speak to concrete political issues, and others criticize more
>> "concrete" or empirical work for failing to reach a level of
>> theoretical or philosophical reflection, this book, according to
>> Zizek, bridges this gap, and so provides a timely
>> intervention/contribution to the literature in the field of, in this
>> case, postcolonial studies
>
>> Just because you're unfamiliar with the jargon (or predisposed to be
>> hostile when you hear such "buzzwords"?) hardly makes it
>> "gobbledegook".
>
>Gosh, must have hit a nerve.

No, not really, you just caught me after term, a bit bored, and you made a
standardly ignorant and stupid comment about Continental philosophy, so I
responded.  I've done this before on the philos-l list, so you should be
familiar with it.

So let's see: an intervention is actually a
>contribution, and "theoretico-political" doesn't mean what the English
>(however unpleasant) would naturally be taken to mean, but something like
>"theoretico-practical" (or "practico-theoretical"?) as applied to politics
>(or, perhaps, political theory).
>

Probably not theoretico-practical, but definitely something tied to a notion
of praxis.  Would that be more acceptable to you?

Anyway, you seem to have gotten the basic gist in one go -- which kind of
implies that the terminology is not just "gobbledygook."

>Actually I suspect that "postcolonial", though you weren't kind enough to
>explain it, also has some more esoteric (or sub-literate) meaning than
>simply "after the colonial period", but I'll just have to use my
>imagination.

If you have never heard of the discipline of postcolonial studies and don't
have a clue about what it's about, then I don't know what to say.  That's
tantamount to not knowing what gender studies means.  Again, this is a common
enough term that it shouldn't cause confusion, it's certainly not esoteric
(you could probably find it explained to you on a number of departmental
webpages and prospectuses).  But that's probably just your kneejerk reaction
to these buzzwords again.

>
>Still, nice to see "dichotomy" get an airing (even though it eventually
>turns into a rather boring *gap*); haven't seen that one for years.
>

Oh, were you expecting something special from the term dichotomy?  Please
explain.

>I'm interested, though, in your assumption that my criticism arose simply
>out of my ignorance or prejudice* (or both?); would that be because you
>disagree with me?  Inquiring minds want to know.

Well, if you suspect some secret meaning for terms like "postcolonial" and
"theoretico-political", then it would suggest that you are ignorant -- how did
you miss these terms when you were in the process of becoming so well read in
Continental philosophy and the various scholarly disciplines that it has
inspired?

We've been through this before -- i.e., several years ago when the exchanges
came over the philos-l list about Judith Butler winning the worst writer
award, then earlier this year with e-mails about Irigaray.  You've responded
by saying that your criticisms do not come from ignorance and that you have
actually read some of these texts.  So, I'll say the same thing that I've said
to you before: provide a sustained criticism based on a reading of the texts,
and I'll respond to it.  If you are simply going to say "what the hell is all
this gobbledygook," I will continue to call you ignorant or prejudiced.  Since
your supposedly knowledgeable dismissals end up being as short in substance
and lacking in explanation as dismissals that come from ignorance or
prejudice, I see no need to treat them differently.

>
>[*Though it's true that encounters with any supposed discipline whose name
>ends in "Studies" brings me out in a very nasty rash.]
>

In other words, it brings out your prejudices.

>
>                                Peter J. King
>


Nathan

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Lecturer in Political Theory
University of Exeter
Exeter  EX4 4RJ
United Kingdom
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Fax: +44 (0)1392 263 305
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From David.Robjant@IRISMURDOCH.PLUS.COM  Thu Dec 13 07:58:16 2001
From: David.Robjant@IRISMURDOCH.PLUS.COM (David Robjant)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:58:16 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: The moral sceptic as cambridge professor [Responding to S
 Satris, J L Speranza, B Williams ](2)
In-Reply-To: <B83DA6F1.3DFF%David.Robjant@irismurdoch.plus.com>
Message-ID: <B83E1016.3E07%David.Robjant@irismurdoch.plus.com>

I should perhaps have added to my previous post below that it was intended
to support a provocative *answer* to Speranza's question, the answer being:

The feasibility of non-committal on the existence of morality (considered as
universal norms or some such) in ethics would imply that a complete
description and explanation of the phenomena *can* do without the existence
of morality, and thence, by the usual standards of economy that we employ
(cf Magic) that our explanation *ought* to do without the existence of
morality - which is *not* a non-committal possition.  Non committal implies
committal.

Only definite positive and the negative commitments on whether morality
exists will do, I think, as operating assumptions in a study of the
phenomena of moral language, but each results in a different discipline, and
it a kind of cheat to call both of them "ethics".



> J L Speranza asks:
>
> Can one do ethics without committing oneself to the existence of morality?
>
> Compare:
>
> Can one discuss magicians without committing oneself to the existence of
> magic?
>
>
> Yes.  But if one decides to test the existence of magic empirically, then
> one has already accepted, in the methodology, the conclusion.  For, if the
> world was magical and not law-governed, the collection of data would tell
> one nothing.
>
> What the scientist's account shows is that he can explain and discuss
> everything about what people *call* Magic, but without invoking the
> existence of Magic.  And: that is all that he means by his claim that he has
> produced a "proof" that there is no such thing as Magic.
>
> THEREFORE:
>
> If one holds that one can explain and discuss everthing in what people
> *call* morals but without committing oneself to a view on the existence of
> morality, one has thereby produced a "proof" that there is no such thing as
> morality.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> From: J L Speranza <jls@NETVERK.COM.AR>
>> Reply-To: J L Speranza <jls@NETVERK.COM.AR>
>> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 19:49:42 -0200
>> To: PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk
>> Subject: The moral sceptic as cambridge professor
>>
>> S Satris writes:
>>
>>> In _Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy_ BAO Williams distinguishes
>>> "morality", which he calls a peculiar institution that we'd be better
>>> off without--  from "ethics" proper
>>
>> Strange (but he's Cantab right?) he'd think you can do _ethics_ without
>> committing yourself to the existence of _morality_. Such an inconsistency
>> (if inconsistency it is -- after all _scepticism_ is studied under
>> _epistemology_) I can swallow. What _is_ harder to swallow is the
>> implication that SOMEONE suggested that "morality" = "ethics". Surely, the
>> equivalent for "ethics" is "morals" -- not "morality".
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ==
>> J L Speranza, Esq
>> Country                                         Town
>> St Michael's Hall                               Suite 5/8
>> Calle 58, No 611                                Calle Arenales 2021
>> La Plata CP 1900                                Recoleta CP 1124
>> Tel 00541148241050                              Tel 00542214257817
>> BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
>> Telefax 00542214259205
>> http://www.netverk.com.ar/~jls/
>> jls@netverk.com.ar
>>
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From JShand5961@AOL.COM  Thu Dec 13 08:50:17 2001
From: JShand5961@AOL.COM (John Shand)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 03:50:17 EST
Subject: [Philnet] whereabouts
Message-ID: <12a.8fe2918.2949c5c9@aol.com>

Dear All,

Anyone know the whereabouts of a philosopher by the name of Clifford Brown.

Thanks.

John Shand.

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From JShand5961@AOL.COM  Thu Dec 13 09:36:35 2001
From: JShand5961@AOL.COM (John Shand)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 04:36:35 EST
Subject: [Philnet] Whereabouts found
Message-ID: <14.1f3cbc31.2949d0a3@aol.com>

Found Clifford Brown. The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers

Many thanks to Christine Anderson, Subject Librarian (Philosophy/Latin
American Studies), University of London Library for this.

Best wishes,

John Shand.

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec 13 11:07:48 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:07:48 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: The Will (at Glasgow)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112131107160.20541-100000@uxd.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:57:29 +0000
From: Richard Holton <rholton@holyrood.ed.ac.uk>

This is a preliminary announcement of a two-day conference on the
subject of The Will in Moral Psychology, to be held at the University
of Edinburgh, Monday and Tuesday, 1-2 July 2002.  The conference is
timed so that people can go on to the Joint Session in Glasgow at the
end of the week.

Provisional programme:

Gideon Rosen (Princeton) - 'Responsibility and Ignorance'
David Velleman (Michigan) - TBA
Richard Moran (Harvard) - 'The Agent's Perspective and What Happens'
Tom Pink (King's London) - 'Action and Self-Determination'
Alan Millar (Stirling) - 'Is Intention a Normative Concept?'
Richard Holton (Edinburgh) - 'Willing Freely and Weakly'
David Owens (Sheffield) - 'Do Desires Provide Reason For Action?'

Preliminary enquires and registrations should be addressed to Richard
Holton at richard.holton@ed.ac.uk

Further details will be posted on the conference web page at:

http://www.ed.ac.uk/~rholton/willconf/home.html

This conference is supported by the Mind Association and the Scots
Philosophical Club.
--
Richard Holton
Dept of Philosophy
University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
Tel: (+44) 0131 650 3659
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From peter.king@BRASENOSE.OXFORD.AC.UK  Thu Dec 13 11:33:40 2001
From: peter.king@BRASENOSE.OXFORD.AC.UK (Peter J King)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:33:40 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Absolutely Postcolonial  by  Peter Hallward  /  Angelaki
 Humanities
In-Reply-To: <3C0F41C0@minerva.ex.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.05.10112131123440.26796-100000@ermine.ox.ac.uk>

OK, I'll drop this -- it's not appropriate for the list, and it's not
going anywhere. I made a fairly light-hearted (though seriously intended)
comment about the peculiar language of a posting; Dr Widder admonished me
by explaining the said use of language in a way that brought out the fact
that it was indeed peculiar (and added the claim that I was ignorant and
prejudiced to have thought so).  He now wants to treat my comments as part
of some conspiracy against the whole of Continental philosophy (?!).
Enough already.

(Oh, incidentally, my comment about responses no longer applies; I've
received an insulting private e-mail accusing me of being insulting,
claiming that there was a contradiction between asking what a phrase meant
and claiming that it was gobbledegook, and suggesting that I apologise for
my appalling behaviour...)

                                PJK

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From apa_hutchinson@YAHOO.CO.UK  Thu Dec 13 11:50:49 2001
From: apa_hutchinson@YAHOO.CO.UK (=?iso-8859-1?q?phil=20hutchinson?=)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:50:49 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Gabriele Taylor
Message-ID: <20011213115049.99742.qmail@web20204.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear list members,

Does anyone know of the whereabouts of or have contact
details for Gabriele Taylor, author of 'Pride, Shame
and Guilt'(OUP 1985)?

Replies off list to apa_hutchinson@yahoo.co.uk

Best
Phil Hutchinson

=====
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University of Manchester.
U.K.

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From N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK  Thu Dec 13 11:50:48 2001
From: N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK (newidder)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:50:48 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Absolutely Postcolonial  by  Peter Hallward  /  Angelaki
 Humanities
Message-ID: <3C0F7A6A@minerva.ex.ac.uk>

>===== Original Message From Peter J King <peter.king@brasenose.oxford.ac.uk>
=====
>OK, I'll drop this -- it's not appropriate for the list, and it's not
>going anywhere. I made a fairly light-hearted (though seriously intended)
>comment about the peculiar language of a posting; Dr Widder admonished me
>by explaining the said use of language in a way that brought out the fact
>that it was indeed peculiar (and added the claim that I was ignorant and
>prejudiced to have thought so).  He now wants to treat my comments as part
>of some conspiracy against the whole of Continental philosophy (?!).
>Enough already.
>

Fine, enough already, but if this is going to be dropped, you should at least
not misrepresent what I asked you to do.  At various times on philos-l, when
the issue of how Continental and Continental-inspired philosophers such as
Irigaray and Butler have been subject to one-line dismissals (i.e., they're
the intellectual imposters exposed by Sokal and Bricmont), you, Peter, have
chimed in with responses to my posts that have said "you know, some of us are
not ignorant, we've read the stuff."  So I have said, "ok, go ahead and give
me a reading that demonstrates your knowledge, rather than continuing to post
the one-line dismissals.  Show me that you've come to a conclusion that it's
"gobbledygook", or at the very least not rigorously philosophical, from
actually reading and absorbing it, rather than reading the likes of Sokal and
Bricmont.  I would expect the same from someone who posted a one line
dismissal of, say, John Rawls, as a thoughtless liberal whose theories are
filled with useless nd certainly peculiar jargon (original positions, veils of
ignorance, maximin principles, etc.) and have no relevance to the world about
which they claim to speak.  My view that you should provide some substance to
your claims is not based on some conspiracy suspicion you attribute to me,
it's based on the fact that posts that you and others have never provided the
philosophical backup for your dismissals, yet you regularly post them on a
philosophy list.

Put a bit differently:  maybe you should know better than to make "light
hearted (though seriously intended)" comments publicly if you are not prepared
to argue the claims seriously.

Nathan

Dr. Nathan Widder
Lecturer in Political Theory
University of Exeter
Exeter  EX4 4RJ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1392 263 183
Fax: +44 (0)1392 263 305
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From pege@email.unc.edu  Thu Dec 13 11:06:52 2001
From: pege@email.unc.edu (Thomas Pegelow)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:06:52 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] If the FBI contacts you...
Message-ID: <200112131106.GAA00619@nagps.nagps.org>

Dear friends:

Miguel was so kind to allude me to the fact that a unknown number of
international students will be among the 5,000 non-US citizens the FBI has
chosen to "interview." It will mostly concern male students from countries
such as Iran, Iraq and Tunisia (for a more complete list, see
below). Thus, if you or anyone of your international friends and
colleagues in the US is approached by the FBI, please have the following
in mind:

- Contact the international office on your campus and let them know, 
what is going on. They will have more information and helpful contacts for
you.

- If you have a Student Legal Services office on your campus (i.e. an
agency which helps all students in their legal needs), contact it! 
At UNC-Chapel Hill, lawyers from this Office have volunteered to accompany
students approached by the FBI to the "interview." This is much better
than going there by yourself.

- I'd also suggest to contact a friend/family and the Embassy of your home
country.

- Bring all your immigration documents with you.


I realize that this is very upsetting news. Let me point out that
this will only directly concern a tiny minority of you. Still, this
is a very crucial issue which has to be taken seriously. NAGPS will
address it with people on the Hill during our lobbying efforts in
February and in our work until then. If you have any questions or
concerns, please contact me or any NAGPS officer!

Please also see below, for an email by the International Office at the U
of Buffalo Miguel forwarded to me!

All the very best,

Thomas

> 
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Date: Thursday, December 06, 2001, 7:33 PM -0500
> Subject: ISSS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
> 
> > As you know, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced that it will
> > conduct nationwide interviews with 5,000 men to find out if they have
> > any information that could be helpful in the investigation of the
> > terrorist attacks on September 11.  These men are not considered to be
> > suspects in the terrorist attacks.
> > 
> > Although it is not known who will be interviewed, it is likely that many
> > of the interviewees will be non-U.S. citizens who match the profile of
> > those who are now subject to the 20-day waiting period for visa
> > applications.  As we informed you in our last Travel Advisory, the
> > 20-day waiting period applies to males aged 16-45 from at least the
> > following countries:  Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrein, Djibouti, Egypt,
> > Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
> > Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan,
> > Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
> > 
> > Our office has been informed that one non-U.S. citizen at UB has been
> > invited to interview with the Amherst police as part of this nationwide
> > interview effort.  We wish to advise you that the interviews are
> > voluntary.  However, the consequences of declining to participate in an
> > interview are not known.  No official description of the process has
> > been issued although media reports have indicated that interviewees will
> > be asked if they know anyone who recently traveled to Afghanistan, etc.
> > 
> > YOUR IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS
> > 
> > The Immigration & Naturalization Service is now enforcing a little known
> > and previously unenforced section of immigration law.  This section of
> > the law requires all immigrants and non-immigrants to carry their
> > immigration documents with them at all times.
> > 
> > As always, international students, scholars and University employees who
> > are not U.S. citizens are advised to check their immigration documents
> > periodically to be sure they are still valid.  We urge you to check the
> > following documents immediately:
> > 
> > - Your passport
> > - Your I-20 (for F-1 students)
> > - Your IAP-66 (for J-1 students and scholars)
> > - Your I-94 card
> > - Your Employment Authorization Document (EAD card) (for F-1 students on
> > Optional Practical Training)
> > - Your I-797 approval notice (for international employees in H-1B and O
> > status)
> > 
> > If any of your documents have expired, please contact the Office of
> > International Student and Scholar Services immediately.
> > 
> > INTERVIEW PREPARATION
> > 
> > If you are called for an interview and you decide to participate, we
> > advise the following:
> > 
> > 
> > 1)  Be sure to have your unexpired immigration documents with you.
> > Please check the list above for the documents which you should bring to
> > the interview.
> > 
> > 2)  Inform the Office of International Student and Scholar Services that
> > you have been contacted for an interview.  At a minimum, you should also
> > inform a friend or family member.  You may also wish to inform your
> > Embassy or Consulate.
> > 

[...]






From pege@email.unc.edu  Thu Dec 13 11:25:53 2001
From: pege@email.unc.edu (Thomas Pegelow)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 06:25:53 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] If the FBI contacts you...
Message-ID: <200112131125.GAA00717@nagps.nagps.org>

Dear friends:

Miguel was so kind to allude me to the fact that a unknown number of
international students will be among the 5,000 non-US citizens the FBI has
chosen to "interview." It will mostly concern male students from countries
such as Iran, Iraq and Tunisia (for a more complete list, see
below). Thus, if you or anyone of your international friends and
colleagues in the US is approached by the FBI, please have the following
in mind:

- Contact the international office on your campus and let them know, 
what is going on. They will have more information and helpful contacts for
you.

- If you have a Student Legal Services office on your campus (i.e. an
agency which helps all students in their legal needs), contact it! 
At UNC-Chapel Hill, lawyers from this Office have volunteered to accompany
students approached by the FBI to the "interview." This is much better
than going there by yourself.

- I'd also suggest to contact a friend/family and the Embassy of your home
country.

- Bring all your immigration documents with you.


I realize that this is very upsetting news. Let me point out that
this will only directly concern a tiny minority of you. Still, this
is a very crucial issue which has to be taken seriously. NAGPS will
address it with people on the Hill during our lobbying efforts in
February and in our work until then. If you have any questions or
concerns, please contact me or any NAGPS officer!

Please also see below, for an email by the International Office at the U
of Buffalo Miguel forwarded to me!

All the very best,

Thomas

> 
> ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> Date: Thursday, December 06, 2001, 7:33 PM -0500
> Subject: ISSS SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
> 
> > As you know, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced that it will
> > conduct nationwide interviews with 5,000 men to find out if they have
> > any information that could be helpful in the investigation of the
> > terrorist attacks on September 11.  These men are not considered to be
> > suspects in the terrorist attacks.
> > 
> > Although it is not known who will be interviewed, it is likely that many
> > of the interviewees will be non-U.S. citizens who match the profile of
> > those who are now subject to the 20-day waiting period for visa
> > applications.  As we informed you in our last Travel Advisory, the
> > 20-day waiting period applies to males aged 16-45 from at least the
> > following countries:  Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrein, Djibouti, Egypt,
> > Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
> > Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan,
> > Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
> > 
> > Our office has been informed that one non-U.S. citizen at UB has been
> > invited to interview with the Amherst police as part of this nationwide
> > interview effort.  We wish to advise you that the interviews are
> > voluntary.  However, the consequences of declining to participate in an
> > interview are not known.  No official description of the process has
> > been issued although media reports have indicated that interviewees will
> > be asked if they know anyone who recently traveled to Afghanistan, etc.
> > 
> > YOUR IMMIGRATION DOCUMENTS
> > 
> > The Immigration & Naturalization Service is now enforcing a little known
> > and previously unenforced section of immigration law.  This section of
> > the law requires all immigrants and non-immigrants to carry their
> > immigration documents with them at all times.
> > 
> > As always, international students, scholars and University employees who
> > are not U.S. citizens are advised to check their immigration documents
> > periodically to be sure they are still valid.  We urge you to check the
> > following documents immediately:
> > 
> > - Your passport
> > - Your I-20 (for F-1 students)
> > - Your IAP-66 (for J-1 students and scholars)
> > - Your I-94 card
> > - Your Employment Authorization Document (EAD card) (for F-1 students on
> > Optional Practical Training)
> > - Your I-797 approval notice (for international employees in H-1B and O
> > status)
> > 
> > If any of your documents have expired, please contact the Office of
> > International Student and Scholar Services immediately.
> > 
> > INTERVIEW PREPARATION
> > 
> > If you are called for an interview and you decide to participate, we
> > advise the following:
> > 
> > 
> > 1)  Be sure to have your unexpired immigration documents with you.
> > Please check the list above for the documents which you should bring to
> > the interview.
> > 
> > 2)  Inform the Office of International Student and Scholar Services that
> > you have been contacted for an interview.  At a minimum, you should also
> > inform a friend or family member.  You may also wish to inform your
> > Embassy or Consulate.
> > 

[...]





From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec 13 15:17:48 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:17:48 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Two Calls for Papers, *Philosophical Papers* (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112131517340.20541-100000@uxd.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:53:39 +0200
From: Ward Jones <W.Jones@ru.ac.za>
To: aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au

1. First Call For Papers

Narrative Understanding

Special Edition of *Philosophical Papers*
Guest editor: Matthew Kieran, School of Philosophy, University of Leeds,
U.K.

Recent analytic philosophy has seen an emergence of the use of the concept
of narrative. Various writers have argued that narratives play a central
role in scientific explanations, the identity of the self, the nature of
human agency, the understanding and evaluation of character, and the
establishment of personal identity, ethical evaluation, and the meaning of
life.

Yet within the analytic tradition the notion of narrative has yet to receiv=
e
sustained and direct critical attention. This issue will be devoted to
developing an analytic framework for understanding narrative and how it may
illuminate issues within particular areas of philosophy.

Article submissions are welcome on any topic relevant to the nature of
narrative and its relationship to central problems in philosophy. This
includes, but is not restricted to, such topics as:

=B7 The nature of narrative comprehension, explanation and understanding
=B7 Narrative, self-identity and self-constitution
=B7 Narrative, self-knowledge and knowledge of others
=B7 Narrative, agency, and character
=B7 Narrative, ethics, and moral psychology
=B7 Narrative, death, and the meaning of life

Deadline for submission of manuscripts is 31 July 2003. The issue will
appear in November of 2003 and will consist in both invited and submitted
articles.

Interested contributors should send two hard copies of the manuscript, as
well as a copy saved on a new 3.5-inch diskette, to *Philosophical Papers*,
Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140, South
Africa.

Further enquiries may be addressed to either Matthew Kieran
(m.l.kieran@leeds.ac.uk) or to Ward Jones, Editor, *Philosophical Papers*
(w.jones@ru.ac.za).

******************
2. Final Call for Papers

'Ethics in the Light of Wittgenstein'
Special edition of Philosophical Papers

Guest editor: Andrew Gleeson, Department of Philosophy, Rhodes University,
South Africa.

"Ethics cannot be put into words". [Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus]

Wittgenstein wrote little explicitly about ethics. Yet there are profound
ethical themes and implications in his work. Philosophical Papers invites
submissions for a special issue on Wittgenstein devoted to the implications
of his work for ethics. Papers should not focus narrowly on interpretive an=
d
exegetical issues but on how the spirit of Wittgenstein's work can be
developed in moral philosophy. Suggestions for discussion include:

Does Wittgenstein's anti-theoretical conception of philosophy imply that
moral thinking owes more to imagination and example than argumentative
construction of general theories? Does it imply quietism, scepticism or
conservatism? Would it sympathise with "particularism"? What sense is to be
made of his remark (in the 'Lecture on Ethics') that "I can only appear as =
a
person speaking for myself"?
What relation would an approach to ethics in the spirit of Wittgenstein hav=
e
to the standard ethical theories, e.g., consequentialism, Kantianism and
virtue ethics?
Wittgenstein often spoke of an "absolute" sense of value as opposed to a
"relative" one. How should a Wittgensteinian moral philosophy understand th=
e
Platonic teaching of an absolute good?
In the Tractatus, Wittgenstein speaks of morality as ineffable. So should a
moral philosophy under his influence see morality as religious or mystical
in some sense?
For Wittgenstein mental concepts depend on basic emotional and practical
reactions: I can't understand what pain is if I lack the capacity for
sympathy, for example. Is something similar true of moral concepts? How
would it connect to the view that believing I ought to A requires some
motivation to A? Are there implications for the relation of philosophy of
mind to moral philosophy?
What would an account of moral truth inspired by Wittgenstein's work look
like?

The deadline for submissions is July of 2002. This issue of Philosophical
Papers, comprising both invited and submitted articles, will appear in
November of 2002.
Manuscripts should be submitted by post to Philosophical Papers, Department
of Philosophy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. Please
include two hard copies and an electronic copy on a new 3.5-inch,
PC-formatted diskette. Further enquiries may be addressed to either Andrew
Gleeson at a.gleeson@ru.ac.za or Ward Jones (Editor, Philosophical Papers)
at w.jones@ru.ac.za.

-ends-

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec 13 15:22:28 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:22:28 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Kant and Autonomy conference (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112131521350.20541-100000@uxd.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:32:49 +0000
To: bset@maillists.keele.ac.uk

>Return-path: <T.W.Bailey@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
>
>Kant and Autonomy
>
>Saturday 4 May
>
>University of Warwick
>
>
>Howard Williams (Wales)
>
>=91Kant=92s Concept of Liberty=92
>
>
>Tom Bailey (Warwick)
>
>=91Autonomy and the Grounds of an Empiricist Kantian Ethics=92
>
>
>William Smith (Warwick)
>
>=91Law, Freedom and the Disobedient Citizen=92
>
>
>Katrin Flikschuh (Essex)
>
>=91Autonomy as Cosmopolitan Responsibility=92
>
>
>Onora O=92Neill (Cambridge)
>
>=91On Reading Kant=92s Account of Autonomy=92
>
>
>With the support of the Kant Society of Great Britain and
>the University of Warwick Centre for Research in Philosophy and
>Literature
>
>For more details, contact Tom Bailey,
>Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
>T.W.Bailey@warwick.ac.uk
>
>
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>
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From pege@email.unc.edu  Thu Dec 13 16:02:15 2001
From: pege@email.unc.edu (Thomas Pegelow)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:02:15 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Immigration Service Arrests at Least 10 People in Crackdown on
Message-ID: <200112131602.LAA05885@nagps.nagps.org>

For your information and as a follow-up on the recent thread!

I apologize that you've received my last message twice, but we had some
server problems.

Best,

Thomas



  Thursday, December 13, 2001



  Immigration Service Arrests at Least 10 People in Crackdown on
  Student Visas

  By RICHARD MORGAN
  
   
  
  Federal law-enforcement officials arrested at least 10 people
  in San Diego on Wednesday as part of an apparent crackdown on
  holders of student visas in the campaign against terrorism.
  The Immigration and Naturalization Service said those arrested
  had violated the terms of their visas by no longer being
  enrolled in college, but were not believed to have any
  connection to the September 11 attacks.
  
  A spokeswoman for the immigration service, who requested
  anonymity, called the arrests an "initial phase of an ongoing
  effort." She added, "Today's action is an outgrowth of the
  call by Congress and by this administration for the integrity
  and accountability of the immigration system. It needs shoring
  up. Basically, Congress has said, 'We've got to fix this
  system; it's broken.'"
  
  The relationship between abuse of student visas and national
  security received significant public scrutiny after it was
  discovered that one of the suspected hijackers of September
  11, Hani Hanjour, a native of Saudi Arabia, had entered the
  country on a student visa.
  
  Congress has crafted a plan that would prohibit the federal
  government from issuing student visas, and other nonimmigrant
  visas, to individuals from countries that the U.S. State
  Department considers to be sponsors of terrorism, unless the
  applicant passes certain background checks. Those countries
  are Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.
  
  But the INS spokeswoman said that while the government's
  investigation is focusing on visa holders from those
  countries, the agency is "looking at students from all
  countries. I would venture to say we have student-visa
  overstays from all countries."
  
  Those arrested on Wednesday were from Afghanistan, Iraq,
  Libya, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen, according to a
  report by the Associated Press. INS officials, however, would
  not confirm those nationalities.
  
  Officials at San Diego-area colleges said they have worked
  with government investigators. "We've been in full cooperation
  with the authorities even before September 11," said Jason R.
  Foster, a spokesman for San Diego State University. "The INS
  came to our campus on November 7 looking for certain
  information about approximately 200 students -- registration,
  whether they were indeed here or not -- and we cooperated."
  
  According to the Institute of International Education's annual
  census, California enrolled 74,287 foreign students in 2001. A
  1996 federal law requires all of the approximately 550,000
  foreign students attending U.S. colleges and universities to
  be incorporated by 2003 into a massive database that will be
  used to track their legal status.
  
  Immigration officials cited a "good working relationship" with
  San Diego's colleges and universities and a "strong
  student-visa program" in the area as reasons why the
  government chose the city for the first of what are expected
  to be other imminent crackdowns. San Diego was also a target,
  officials said, because two of the suspected hijackers had
  links to San Diego.
  
  Civil libertarians expressed tempered concern about the
  arrests. "Certainly, the INS has every right to enforce the
  law," said Dale Kelly Bankhead, a spokeswoman for the San
  Diego office of the American Civil Liberties Union. "But we're
  concerned because all the arrests are from Middle East
  countries, but none of them are involved in terrorism. There
  appears to be selective enforcement. What is the criteria INS
  is using to prioritize this investigation? Is it guilt by
  association? Ethnic profiling? If that's what's going on, we
  think it's wrong."
  

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From voss@BOUN.EDU.TR  Thu Dec 13 20:30:44 2001
From: voss@BOUN.EDU.TR (Stephen Voss)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 22:30:44 +0200
Subject: [Philnet] morality
In-Reply-To: <B83DA6F1.3DFF%David.Robjant@irismurdoch.plus.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112132218400.9196-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>

Moral philosophy, i believe, might allow within its purview an argument
that nothing has moral value and no one has moral obligations. [how could
the field rule out that line of thought? in what field would it be more
appropriate?]

But moral philosophy must, i believe, deal in such concepts.

Worse, the very definition of the field must employ the concept of
morality.

Of course the definition must leave a vast range of disputed questions
about morality open. Still, the conception of morality employed can't be
entirely empty and must be articulable.

That's one reason to return to the question that started this thread, to
which no one has offered an answer: what is this prior conception of
morality, and more particularly of *moral* value and of *moral*
obligation?

The answer won't provide any normative ethics. Nor will it provide a
definition of morality. It will simply, lexically, lay out what one is
asking when one asks:

-- is arete a *moral* excellence in Aristotle?
-- are there *moral* obligations to oneself?
-- does the study of supervenience fall within *moral* philosophy?

It is interesting to speculate that very few of the people who have
answers to these and similar questions are ready with an account of what
the word 'moral' comes to in their answers ... and the reason I ask the
question is that I'm one of them.

SV

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From davisf@UNION.EDU  Thu Dec 13 20:55:35 2001
From: davisf@UNION.EDU (Felmon Davis)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:55:35 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: morality
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112132218400.9196-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>
References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112132218400.9196-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>
Message-ID: <0112131555356G.03911@nonesuch.ph.union.edu>

On Thursday 13 December 2001 03:30 pm, Stephen Voss wrote:
> Moral philosophy, i believe, might allow within its purview an
> argument that nothing has moral value and no one has moral
> obligations. [how could the field rule out that line of thought? in
> what field would it be more appropriate?]
>
> But moral philosophy must, i believe, deal in such concepts.
>

I concur wholeheartedly.

> Worse, the very definition of the field must employ the concept of
> morality.
>

This is ambiguous. It's one thing to 'employ' a concept in the sense
of 'committing' (as Robjant said?) to its validity; it's another to
'employ' it in the sense of analyzing it.

> Of course the definition must leave a vast range of disputed
> questions about morality open. Still, the conception of morality
> employed can't be entirely empty and must be articulable.
>
> That's one reason to return to the question that started this
> thread, to which no one has offered an answer: what is this prior
> conception of morality, and more particularly of *moral* value and
> of *moral* obligation?
>
> The answer won't provide any normative ethics. Nor will it provide
> a definition of morality.

Well, you have my answer: 'morality' is an essentially contestable
concept, so there is no non-controversial definition.

Anyone employing the term in order to determine whether arete is a
'moral' excellence should simply make clear enough which of the
contestable meanings of the term they have in mind. If you don't buy
into their notion of 'morality', you'll find reading them irksome but
so be it.

It will simply, lexically, lay out what
> one is asking when one asks:
>
> -- is arete a *moral* excellence in Aristotle?
> -- are there *moral* obligations to oneself?
> -- does the study of supervenience fall within *moral* philosophy?
>
> It is interesting to speculate that very few of the people who have
> answers to these and similar questions are ready with an account of
> what the word 'moral' comes to in their answers ... and the reason
> I ask the question is that I'm one of them.
>

I find most writers pretty clear on what they mean. (It's usually
some kind of Kantianism since Kant seems to have struck a deep cord
in those members of modern Western Culture who like to write on these
things.) I simply don't agree if they assume what they mean is _the_
meaning.

I think the question you are trying to ask is impossible.

Felmon Davis

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From voss@BOUN.EDU.TR  Thu Dec 13 22:22:13 2001
From: voss@BOUN.EDU.TR (Stephen Voss)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:22:13 +0200
Subject: [Philnet] Re: morality
In-Reply-To: <0112131555356G.03911@nonesuch.ph.union.edu>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112140013260.12035-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>

Felmon spake:

Well, you have my answer: 'morality' is an essentially contestable
concept, so there is no non-controversial definition.

        This is a help in fact, if it's true, but I don't think it is. I
read Felmon to believe that various people have various definitions of
'moral' and it might be impossible to get them all to agree.

        I don't know of *anyone* who has a definition of 'moral'.

[Again, I'm not speaking of having a substantive or normative account of
which excellences are moral ones, or under which conditions a person has a
moral obligattion. I'm speaking of a definition that would enable us to
determine whether a given obligation is a "moral" one, and so on -- a
definition which would not imply any substantive moral principle, since
those who dispute any principle needn't be contradicting themselves in
maintaining that it's not a moral principle.]

        If I had, say, 3 of those contestable definitions which Felmon
speaks about, I'd feel a lot closer to home ...

Stephen

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From pege@email.unc.edu  Thu Dec 13 20:58:55 2001
From: pege@email.unc.edu (Thomas Pegelow)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:58:55 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Several Universities Decline to Assist Federal Agents in Questioning
Message-ID: <200112132058.PAA06090@nagps.nagps.org>

Hello everyone:

Here is another article from The Chronicle of Higher Education 
pertaining to the subject which we have been
recently discussing! Since teh server was down, I could not send it
earlier.

You may want to contact your school to find out about its policy on the
issue. If you do, please drop me a line, so that I can see what is going
on out there!

All the very best for you!

Thomas



  Monday, December 10, 2001



  Several Universities Decline to Assist Federal Agents in
  Questioning of Foreign Students

  By SARA HEBEL
  
   
  
  Several public universities have declined to help federal
  investigators arrange or conduct interviews with foreign
  students who may be among those on a list of 5,000 people whom
  the U.S. Justice Department wants to question as it seeks
  information about terrorist activities.
  
  In the past two weeks, Eastern Michigan University, Michigan
  State University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and
  the University of Wisconsin at Madison have said that their
  campus police officers would not participate in the federal
  government's interviewing process. Many administrators said
  they would not allow their police departments to do so because
  the list of those being sought for questioning was broad and
  consisted of people who were not criminal suspects.
  
  Some campus officials also said they feared that involving
  campus police officers could hurt relationships between the
  university and its students. And most said that university
  participation in the process didn't seem to be critical to
  helping federal investigators get their job done anyway.
  
  Justice Department officials have sought to question men
  between the ages of 18 and 33 who have entered the United
  States on nonimmigrant visas -- which include student visas --
  since January 1, 2000. They want to talk mostly to men from
  countries where U.S. intelligence officials have found a
  significant presence of members of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda
  terrorist network. There are no official estimates of how many
  students may be on the federal list. But many campus officials
  assume that a significant number are students, given the ages
  of the men being sought and the visa categories that officials
  are focusing on.
  
  In Wisconsin, a total of about 100 people are being sought for
  interviews, but officials at the university there and the U.S.
  attorney's office in Madison said on Friday that they did not
  know how many of those might be students. 
  
  Last Thursday, university officials issued a statement saying
  that they would not participate in any of the interviews,
  although they would give government officials some attendance
  records and other information that they are allowed to release
  under state and federal laws. The day before, federal
  officials had asked if any members of a Madison-area
  antiterrorism task force -- which includes the University of
  Wisconsin's police department -- would volunteer to help
  federal investigators conduct the interviews.
  
  "Let me emphasize that the university always cooperates fully
  with local, state, and federal law-enforcement investigations
  of suspected criminal activity. We will continue to do so in
  the future," John Wiley, chancellor of Wisconsin-Madison, said
  in a statement. "But university officials, including me,
  believe the criteria to select individuals for interviews ...
  is broadly based and appears to consist of people who are not
  suspected of any crimes or suspicious activities."
  
  In an interview, Mr. Wiley added that he worried about how the
  university's participation in the information-gathering
  process might alter students' "trust" of campus police
  officials. "I just didn't think it would be appropriate," he
  said.
  
  Grant C. Johnson, the U.S. attorney in Madison, said he
  disagreed with Mr. Wiley's decision but that the lack of
  university participation was "not a big deal." 
  
  "It doesn't make any difference because we didn't really need
  their help," Mr. Johnson said.
  
  In Michigan, meanwhile, federal officials are seeking
  interviews with a total of about 800 people. About 70 to 80 of
  those individuals are in the Ann Arbor area, and University of
  Michigan officials believe that "many or most" of those are
  students, said Julie Peterson, associate vice president for
  media relations and public affairs.
  
  In late November, Ms. Peterson issued a statement saying that
  the university had received a written request from U.S.
  officials to help conduct interviews but that the institution
  would not participate. 
  
  "Since none of those identified for questioning are suspected
  of or associated with criminal activity, we have decided that
  our public-safety personnel will not participate in the
  interviews," her statement read. "If criminal activity is
  suspected at any time, campus police will participate fully in
  follow-up investigations."
  
  Like their counterparts at Wisconsin, University of Michigan
  officials also said they would provide some information sought
  by federal investigators as long as the request did not
  violate state or federal laws. In addition, Ms. Peterson said
  university officials were allowing some interviews to be
  conducted on the campus for students' convenience.
  
  Meanwhile, officials at the University of Illinois at
  Urbana-Champaign decided late last month that campus police
  officers would help federal officials conduct interviews of
  students. 
  
  Bill Murphy, associate director for public affairs at the
  Illinois campus, said the university shares the other
  institutions' concerns about protecting students' rights
  during the interviews.
  
  "We just have different solutions to the same question," he
  said. "After extensive discussion, we decided that it was in
  the best interest of our students if we did participate
  because of the sensitivity we believed our police would show
  to our students."
  

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From David.Robjant@IRISMURDOCH.PLUS.COM  Fri Dec 14 00:47:58 2001
From: David.Robjant@IRISMURDOCH.PLUS.COM (David Robjant)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 00:47:58 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: morality
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0112132218400.9196-100000@hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr>
Message-ID: <B83EFC35.3E1E%David.Robjant@irismurdoch.plus.com>

Felmon Davis writes:

> if I study ethical systems in order to understand how they function
> because, for instance, I'm curious about them, then I'm not doing
> normative meta-ethics. suppose I think ethics is hogwash but an
> interesting product of human excogitation. this is the point of the
> ethics/magic analogy that Robjant made, I think correctly.

Actually no.  Some will (I hope) have understood me quite differently.
Moral Oughts are in fact quite magical - but why need this be treated as a
slight on moral oughts?  Perhaps it constitutes a limited defence of magic.

I was quite careful to stress that the economy of the scientific explanation
is all that we could ever offer to *call* a "proof" of the non-existence of
magic.  I didn't say it was a proof, and with "proof" I was hoping to draw
attention to the difference between geometry and best explanation.

While I certainly do not believe such silly indulgent rubbish as that Uri
Geller can bend spoons with his mind or that the Pentagon levitates on
incantation of the appropriate chant, I do think quite soberly that I have
freewill, that selfishness is objectively bad, and that my grandmother was
an exceptionally good soul.

In pursuit of a certain economy of explanation these moral realities are
regarded as constituting an "interesting product of human excogitation".  If
asked I would say it is precisely the other way around: freewill and the
goodness of my grandmother are real, the economy of scientific explanations
is merely the "product of human excogitation".

-------------

Stephan Voss is right to write:

> Moral philosophy, i believe, might allow within its purview an argument
> that nothing has moral value and no one has moral obligations. [how could
> the field rule out that line of thought? in what field would it be more
> appropriate?]

.... if the notion that that there is no such thing as justice is a move in
any field *of play*, then self evidently the name for that field of play is
"Moral Philosophy" - ethics.

But note that Stephen's way of putting it doesn't seem quite so compelling
if we try to understand his "field" as "field... of research". That use of
"field" would suggest investigation into some common thing, whereas if you
think that Moral oughts are popular halucinations you won't think that
you're investigating the same thing that those in the grip of the
halucination think worth investigating.

And the same holds the other way: a bottomless well of non-engagement in
Moral Philosophy.

So the upshot of Stephen Voss's contribution is that non-committal about
whether there are objective moral oughts is indeed a possible foundation for
something called "Moral Philosophy", but only at the cost of taking "Moral
Philosophy" as naming nothing more substantial than: a field of play.

If "Moral Philosophy" simply denotes a scene of combat where one group comes
on to the stage to declaim one view and another comes to the stage to
announce the contrary, both thinking that the other is ill equipped to
appreciate the correctness of their case, one must wonder why simpler and
more precise terminology might not be prefered, such as for example "Room
44", or "The Dog and Duck".

Stephen worries that:

> the very definition of the field must employ the concept of
> morality.

- This is perhaps not a serious problem, if "the concept of morality" is
taken so thinly as to denote only the physical place where rival theorists
set out their wares: in that case the field defines the concept, not the
other way around.  If this is found worrying, if it is thought that the
concept *ought* to define the field of battle, if there is trully to be
anything worth fighting for on that field, well, I am bound to agree.

This leads one back to our more comforting line of thought: we would like to
think that what is going on is not so much dinning battle as purposeful
inquiry.

But inquiry into what?  - hence the necessity of some definite commitment on
the existence or non-existence of objective moral oughts.

And why would it matter to us (and supremely to us as 19 year old students)
that  the correct understanding of Moral Language is a perplexing matter,
except through some prior attachment to one or other of the two competing
commitments?



SV continues:

> Of course the definition [of morality] must leave a vast range of disputed
questions
> about morality open. Still, the conception of morality employed can't be
> entirely empty and must be articulable.
>
> That's one reason to return to the question that started this thread, to
> which no one has offered an answer: what is this prior conception of
> morality, and more particularly of *moral* value and of *moral*
> obligation?
>
> The answer won't provide any normative ethics. Nor will it provide a
> definition of morality. It will simply, lexically, lay out what one is
> asking when one asks:
>
> -- is arete a *moral* excellence in Aristotle?
> -- are there *moral* obligations to oneself?
> -- does the study of supervenience fall within *moral* philosophy?
>
> It is interesting to speculate that very few of the people who have
> answers to these and similar questions are ready with an account of what
> the word 'moral' comes to in their answers ... and the reason I ask the
> question is that I'm one of them.

- but in this attempt to arrest and extinguish the variety of understandings
which the word "moral" is open to, I'm not terribly interested.  In the
question about Arete, for example, one might be asking all kinds of
different things.  If there is a "prior conception of morality", I would
have little use for it if it's priority consisted simply in someone or some
society having legislated that concept as the first meaning of some word.
But that the concept in question might be somehow necessary and
indispensible to all experience and understanding - now there's a priority
that might be of note.

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From davisf@UNION.EDU  Fri Dec 14 02:22:04 2001
From: davisf@UNION.EDU (felmon davis)
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 21:22:04 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: morality
In-Reply-To: <B83EFC35.3E1E%David.Robjant@irismurdoch.plus.com>
References: <B83EFC35.3E1E%David.Robjant@irismurdoch.plus.com>
Message-ID: <01121321220402.00742@punzel>

On Thursday 13 December 2001 19:47, David Robjant wrote:
> Felmon Davis writes:
> > if I study ethical systems in order to understand how they
> > function because, for instance, I'm curious about them, then I'm
> > not doing normative meta-ethics. suppose I think ethics is
> > hogwash but an interesting product of human excogitation. this is
> > the point of the ethics/magic analogy that Robjant made, I think
> > correctly.
>
> Actually no.  Some will (I hope) have understood me quite
> differently. Moral Oughts are in fact quite magical - but why need
> this be treated as a slight on moral oughts?  Perhaps it
> constitutes a limited defence of magic.
>
> I was quite careful to stress that the economy of the scientific
> explanation is all that we could ever offer to *call* a "proof" of
> the non-existence of magic.  I didn't say it was a proof, and with
> "proof" I was hoping to draw attention to the difference between
> geometry and best explanation.
>
> While I certainly do not believe such silly indulgent rubbish as
> that Uri Geller can bend spoons with his mind or that the Pentagon
> levitates on incantation of the appropriate chant, I do think quite
> soberly that I have freewill, that selfishness is objectively bad,
> and that my grandmother was an exceptionally good soul.
>
> In pursuit of a certain economy of explanation these moral
> realities are regarded as constituting an "interesting product of
> human excogitation".  If asked I would say it is precisely the
> other way around: freewill and the goodness of my grandmother are
> real, the economy of scientific explanations is merely the "product
> of human excogitation".
>

Your email is rather long, so I'll only comment on the part that
directly relates to something I said. I have only two points:

(a) I wasn't clear: I wasn't ascribing to _you_ the view that ethics
is hogwash: that was just an illustration. I was ascribing to you the
view that one can do meta-ethics non-normatively just as a person who
doesn't believe in magic can still investigate magic.

(b) I can't see what useful non-rhetorical purpose is served in
calling beliefs such as belief in free will or in personal goodness
'magic'. Isn't the real question whether we can square away one set
of purportedly non-'magical' beliefs (e.g., ethical ones) against
other sets (e.g. scientific ones)?

Well, ok, a further point. Even if one doesn't 'believe in ethics',
one might still have a feel for it and take it seriously as human
expression. I don't believe in the Greek gods but I have a feel for
it when their heroes suffer and fall as the gods' playthings.

Felmon

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From JShand5961@AOL.COM  Fri Dec 14 07:52:33 2001
From: JShand5961@AOL.COM (John Shand)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 02:52:33 EST
Subject: [Philnet] odd
Message-ID: <13.3625266.294b09c1@aol.com>

Someone seemed to suggest that it was absurd to talk of:

<magicians who do not believe in magic?>

But they don't. Unless you believe there are *real* magicians of course.

John Shand.

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From davisf@UNION.EDU  Fri Dec 14 08:14:10 2001
From: davisf@UNION.EDU (felmon davis)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 03:14:10 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: odd
In-Reply-To: <13.3625266.294b09c1@aol.com>
References: <13.3625266.294b09c1@aol.com>
Message-ID: <01121403141003.00742@punzel>

On Friday 14 December 2001 02:52, John Shand wrote:
> Someone seemed to suggest that it was absurd to talk of:
>
> <magicians who do not believe in magic?>
>
> But they don't. Unless you believe there are *real* magicians of
> course.
>
> John Shand.
>

the context referred to people who believe in magic.

Felmon Davis

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From s.r.d.french@LEEDS.AC.UK  Fri Dec 14 09:07:47 2001
From: s.r.d.french@LEEDS.AC.UK (Steven French)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:07:47 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Fwd: Leeds HPS Postgraduate Open Day
Message-ID: <f04330107b83f7169f41b@[129.11.192.167]>

>(Please respond to Greg Radick at the addresses/phone no. given below)
>
>The Division of History and Philosophy of Science at the University
>of Leeds will be holding a Postgraduate Open Day on Saturday 2
>February, from 11am to 4 pm.
>
>Throughout the day there will be informal opportunties to meet
>faculty and students, and to learn about the MA and PhD
>programmes in HPS at Leeds.  There will also be workshops on
>how to put together strong MA and PhD applications.
>
>A limited number of travel bursaries -- up to =A330 per person -- are
>available for those travelling from outside Leeds.
>
>For further information, please go to
>http://www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/Ugradinfo/HPS/OpenDay.htm
>
>or contact Dr Greg Radick at G.M.Radick@leeds.ac.uk (tel: 0113
>233 3278).
>
>
>
>
>Dr. Gregory Radick
>Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science
>Division of History and Philosophy of Science
>School of Philosophy
>Leeds University
>Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
>
>Tel: (+44) 0113 233 3278
>Fax: (+44) 0113 233 3265

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'When, after the agreeable fatigues of solicitation, Mrs Millamant
set out a long bill of conditions subject to which she might by
degrees dwindle into a wife, Mirabell offered in return the condition
that he might not thereby be beyond measure enlarged into a husband.
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From s.r.d.french@LEEDS.AC.UK  Fri Dec 14 09:10:01 2001
From: s.r.d.french@LEEDS.AC.UK (Steven French)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:10:01 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Russell paper
Message-ID: <f04330108b83f721a1dbd@[129.11.192.167]>

I'm trying to track down a paper by Russell which appeared in a book
entitled Logic and Knowledge edited by RC Marsh, in 1956.
Specifically I need title and page no.s
Many thanks in advance,
Cheers,
Steven
--
-
Reader in Philosophy of Science
Division of History and Philosophy of Science,
School of Philosophy
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT

s.r.d.french@leeds.ac.uk
www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/html/Steven.French.htm
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/html/hps.htm

'When, after the agreeable fatigues of solicitation, Mrs Millamant
set out a long bill of conditions subject to which she might by
degrees dwindle into a wife, Mirabell offered in return the condition
that he might not thereby be beyond measure enlarged into a husband.
With age and experience in research come the twin dangers of
dwindling into a philosopher of science while being enlarged into a
dotard.' (C. Truesdell, An Idiot's Fugitive Essays on Science, 1984.)

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From s.r.d.french@LEEDS.AC.UK  Fri Dec 14 09:54:50 2001
From: s.r.d.french@LEEDS.AC.UK (Steven French)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:54:50 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Russell paper
In-Reply-To: <f04330108b83f721a1dbd@[129.11.192.167]>
References: <f04330108b83f721a1dbd@[129.11.192.167]>
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I now have the details thanks to James Cuthbert who it so happens has
just read that very paper.
Thanks to him and all,
cheers,
Steven
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-
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Division of History and Philosophy of Science,
School of Philosophy
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT

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'When, after the agreeable fatigues of solicitation, Mrs Millamant
set out a long bill of conditions subject to which she might by
degrees dwindle into a wife, Mirabell offered in return the condition
that he might not thereby be beyond measure enlarged into a husband.
With age and experience in research come the twin dangers of
dwindling into a philosopher of science while being enlarged into a
dotard.' (C. Truesdell, An Idiot's Fugitive Essays on Science, 1984.)

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From apa_hutchinson@YAHOO.CO.UK  Fri Dec 14 10:40:14 2001
From: apa_hutchinson@YAHOO.CO.UK (=?iso-8859-1?q?phil=20hutchinson?=)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:40:14 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Gabriele Taylor
Message-ID: <20011214104014.21633.qmail@web20210.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear list members,
Many thanks to all who contacted me with Gabriele's
contact details.

Best wishes
Phil Hutchinson

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From JShand5961@AOL.COM  Fri Dec 14 10:49:35 2001
From: JShand5961@AOL.COM (John Shand)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 05:49:35 EST
Subject: [Philnet] exact quote
Message-ID: <f3.1325d026.294b333f@aol.com>

Dear All,

I'd be grateful if some could give me an exact quote of Frank Jackson's
knowledge argument about Mary brought up in a black-and-white room and
encountering a colour for the first time.

I'm not suggesting starting a discussion of it! I just want to see how
exactly it is worded.

Thanks.

John Shand.

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Fri Dec 14 10:53:14 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:53:14 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] end of thread
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112141048100.8289-100000@uxc.liv.ac.uk>

Dear All

Please remember that philos-l is not intended for prolonged discussions
which might more appropriately be conducted off-list.

Please no more posts on the scope or the metaphysics of either morality
or ethics, at least until the next time.

The collection edited by G.Wallace & A.D.M.Walker, *The Definition of
Morality* (Methuen 1970) has some relevant articles.

Stephen Clark
(listowner)

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From Stephen.Thornton@MIC.UL.IE  Fri Dec 14 11:30:21 2001
From: Stephen.Thornton@MIC.UL.IE (Stephen Thornton)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:30:21 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Russell paper
Message-ID: <3303B62D13E3D011A0DC0060977D7AE5D0DF7D@thompson.mic.ul.ie>

I don't have the text to hand, but as I recall, Logic and Knowledge was an
anthology of papers by Russell edited by RC Marsh. These included 'On the
Nature of Acquaintance' (first published in the Monist in 1914, 'On the
relations of Universals and Particulars (first published in PAS, 1912), 'The
Philosophy of Logical Atomism' (Monist 1918), and 'Logical Atomism'.



Stephen Thornton




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I'm trying to track down a paper by Russell which appeared in a book
entitled Logic and Knowledge edited by RC Marsh, in 1956.
Specifically I need title and page no.s
Many thanks in advance,
Cheers,
Steven
--
-
Reader in Philosophy of Science
Division of History and Philosophy of Science,
School of Philosophy
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT

s.r.d.french@leeds.ac.uk
www.philosophy.leeds.ac.uk/html/Steven.French.htm
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/html/hps.htm

'When, after the agreeable fatigues of solicitation, Mrs Millamant
set out a long bill of conditions subject to which she might by
degrees dwindle into a wife, Mirabell offered in return the condition
that he might not thereby be beyond measure enlarged into a husband.
With age and experience in research come the twin dangers of
dwindling into a philosopher of science while being enlarged into a
dotard.' (C. Truesdell, An Idiot's Fugitive Essays on Science, 1984.)

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From Arno.Wouters@KNOWARE.NL  Fri Dec 14 12:16:15 2001
From: Arno.Wouters@KNOWARE.NL (Arno Wouters)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:16:15 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Do Philosophers Believe in Stones? ("The Philosopher's Stone")
In-Reply-To: <E16EpBI-0004Sh-00@sqp.admin.susx.ac.uk>
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At 14-12-2001 10:00 +0000, Paul Cecil wrote:

> > In Buenos Aires, they are showing
> > a film by a Scot, called *Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone*. This was
>> translated into Spanish as "Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal"
>> (i.e. literally, "Harry Potter and the Philosophal [sic] Stone"). As if a
> > Sorcerer were a Philosopher! In any case,  I haven't seen the film but it
> > I haven't seen the film but it seems that that stone brings eternal Youth.
> > It was apparently invented (ordiscovered) by a philosopher (or sorcerer)...
>
>For the sake of accuracy, the film is titled "HP and the
>Philospher's Stone" in the UK and
>elsewhere (as per the book), but the film-makers decided that this
>would be meaningless to
>an American audience. Hence it was re-titled "HP and the Sorceror's
>Stone"  for our
>American friends.

IMHO, the decision to re-title the book and the film is erroneous and
indicates lack of knowledge of intellectual history. The stone in the
title of the film and the book is the stone, sought by the alchemists
from Al-Razi in the 9th century to Newton in the 17th century, which
was supposed to facilitate the transmutation from base metals into
gold (and in some variants would bring eternal youth, too). In
English this stone is called "the philosopher's stone", and in many
other languages it is something like that (in Dutch we call it "de
steen der wijzen", which literally translates as "the stone of the
wise men"). There is no reference to sorcery here -- in those days
"philosopher" meant what we now would call "natural scientist".

Yours sincerely,

Arno Wouters.

--
Arno Wouters, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Europe).
E-mail: Arno.Wouters@knoware.nl
WWW: <http://www.knoware.nl/users/arnow/>.

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From G.M.Ross@LEEDS.AC.UK  Fri Dec 14 12:30:48 2001
From: G.M.Ross@LEEDS.AC.UK (George MacDonald Ross)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:30:48 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Philosopher's stone
Message-ID: <3C19F0F8.4026.C7D6B7@localhost>

It is said that when Hobbes was asked what he would like to have
on his gravestone, he replied: 'Here lies the true philosopher's
stone.'

The actual gravestone at Hardwick is much less witty.

George.
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School of Philosophy
University of Leeds
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From C.Bertram@BRISTOL.AC.UK  Fri Dec 14 14:43:04 2001
From: C.Bertram@BRISTOL.AC.UK (Chris Bertram)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:43:04 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] RAE results
Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.95q.1011214144032.817319A-100000@ncs.bris.ac.uk>

Scanning the Philosophy RAE results, I saw that there was no entry for
Swansea. Does this have to do with their recent history and/or the
appeal by their students that was circulated recently? Just curious.

--
Chris Bertram
C.Bertram@bris.ac.uk

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From David.Bain@BRISTOL.AC.UK  Fri Dec 14 16:10:07 2001
From: David.Bain@BRISTOL.AC.UK (David Bain, Philosophy)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:10:07 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
Message-ID: <EXECMAIL.1011214161007.F@phil-pc150.bris.ac.uk>

POSTGRADUATE OPEN DAY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

For anyone interested in postgraduate study in philosophy at Bristol
University, there will be an open day

on Wedneday 13 February 2001, at 1pm,

at

Department of Philosophy
University of Bristol
9 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1TB.

Please contact Susan Frost on 0117 9287825, or
susan.frost@bristol.ac.uk, after mid-January for further details.

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From wokshevs@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA  Fri Dec 14 17:03:45 2001
From: wokshevs@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA (Walter Okshevsky)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:33:45 -0330
Subject: [Philnet] Re: defining moral value
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1011213120355.1632A@plato.ucs.mun.ca>
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1011214132704.7437A-100000@plato.ucs.mun.ca>

Paul --

Williams does make a distinction between morality and ethics but, as
Habermas once said (acc. to D. Rasmussen)  the distinction is really made
and followed through on only in Frankfurt. :-)=20

Promising to present validity claims more precisely in the future,

Walter
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Paul F McNamara wrote:
>=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Walter Okshevsky wrote:
> >=20
> > > Stephen --
> > > Yes, I know. So does Habermas.
> >=20
> > Didn't you just claim below that Habermas does, but Williams fails to m=
ake
> > the interesting distinction you now say you know Williams makes, and so
> > does Habermas?! ;-) --paul
> >=20
> > > I could never make much sense of W's
> > > arguments on this point of being better off without the moral point o=
f
> > > view. (Who's the "we" in "we'd be better off .." btw?) Could you try =
it in
> > > a nutshell or two? H. thinks Williams is as confused as MacIntyre is,=
 if
> > > not more so.
> > >
> > > Walter
> > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> > >
> > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Stephen Satris wrote:
> > >
> > > > In _Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy_ (1985) Williams distinguis=
hes
> > > > morality--which he calls a peculiar institution that we'd be better=
 off
> > > > without--from ethics.
> > > >
> > > > At 02:55 PM 12/11/2001 -03-30, you wrote:
> > > > >Haberams makes an interesting distinction between ethical question=
s and
> > > > >moral questions. People like Aristotle, Taylor, Williams and MacIn=
tyre
> > > > >fail to make the distinction, H claims. Kant and himself are two w=
ho do.
> > > > >The texts are: *Justice and application*, Between fact and norm*, =
Moral
> > > > >consciousness and moral action*. He develops an interesting cognit=
ivist,
> > > > >formalist and universal deontological moral theory grounded in the
> > > > >necessary presuppositions of communicative reason, specifically in=
 its
> > > > >reflective form which is argumentative discourse. Must reading for=
 anybody
> > > > >who wonders whether moral problems can be justifiably resolved on =
the
> > > > >grounds of answers to "Who are we?", "What kind of person do I wan=
t to
> > > > >be?"
> > > > >
> > > > >Walter
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Jeremy Bowman wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Stephen Voss:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > You can excel without excelling morally;
> > > > > > > you can be good in a way that has
> > > > > > > nothing to do with moral goodness.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > What is it to excel or be good "morally"?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > [I mean this as a question about the idea
> > > > > > > of moral goodness and not as a question
> > > > > > > in normative ethics, of course.]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -- If moral values have any "essential" aspect, I would say it'=
s their
> > > > > > presumed *universality*. Even bitter moral opponents can agree =
about that.
> > > > > > For example, followers of Kant say we ought to follow rules tha=
t we could
> > > > > > want *everyone* to follow. Utilitarians say we ought to maximiz=
e the
> > > > > > satisfaction of desires (more traditionally, pleasure) -- but i=
t still has
> > > > > > to be *everyone's* desires (or every sentient being's pleasure)=
, not those
> > > > > > of a select group.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Stephen's question leads to a further question: what can we do =
when moral
> > > > > > values and non-moral values (of which there are many, and many =
of them
> > > > > > extremely important) come into conflict (as they inevitably do)=
?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It seems to me that love, loyalty, clarity, beauty, truth and e=
roticism (in
> > > > > > no special order) are all very valuable things, but all of them=
 come into
> > > > > > conflict with morality.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It also seems to me that (academic) philosophers have not done =
a very good
> > > > > > job in dealing with this question. Isaiah Berlin had a fair sta=
b at it,
> > > > > > but...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think Francis Ford Coppola is the real genius here. In _The
> > > > > Godfather_, he
> > > > > > looks at the world from a vantage point that puts loyalty above
> > > > > morality. In
> > > > > > his masterpiece, _Apocalypse Now_, he looks at the way "excelle=
nce as a
> > > > > > soldier" comes into conflict with morality. (In good men, the r=
esult is
> > > > > > madness, apparently.)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > By the way, FFC's comment that _Apocalypse Now_ is not "anti-wa=
r" but
> > > > > > "anti-lies" suggests that truth is the highest value of them al=
l.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > JB
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Messages to the list are archived at
> > > > > http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
> > > > > > Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at
> > > > > http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >Messages to the list are archived at
> > > > >http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
> > > > >Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at
> > > > >http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > =A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=
=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=
=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4
> > > >       Stephen Satris
> > > >       Philosophy, Holtzendorff 113
> > > >       Clemson University
> > > >       Clemson, SC 29634-0528
> > > >
> > > >       phone: (864) 656-2429
> > > >       fax:  (864) 656-2858
> > > >       mailto:Stephen@Clemson.edu
> > > > =A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=
=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4=
=A4=A4=A4=A4=A4
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archiv=
es/philos-l.html.
> > > Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.l=
iv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
> > >
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
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From cartera@SPOT.COLORADO.EDU  Fri Dec 14 23:47:47 2001
From: cartera@SPOT.COLORADO.EDU (Alan Carter)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:47:47 -0700
Subject: [Philnet] 2002 Morris Colloquium on Environmental Ethics
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20011214164747.00885eb0@spot.colorado.edu>

Each year, the Philosophy Department at the University of Colorado at Boulder organizes a colloquium in memory of Bertram Morris. This coming Spring the Morris Colloquium will be on Environmental Ethics.


March 15th 2002:

Tom Regan


March 16th 2002:

Eric Katz
Carolyn Merchant
James Sterba
Peter Wenz



About Bertram Morris

Bertram Morris (1908-1981) was born in Denver.  Educated at Princeton and Cornell, he taught at the University of Colorado from 1947 until his retirement in 1977.  He published books including The Aesthetic Process, Philosophical Aspects of Culture, and Institutions of Intelligence.

Bertram Morris is remembered as much for his committed involvement in the social issues of his community as for his scholarly work.  In 1953, he began an outreach program at Manual High School in Denver that still continues.  In 1975, he was given a special award by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado for his efforts on behalf of academic freedom and his work to improve conditions at the Boulder County Jail.

As an expression of admiration and gratitude, the Philosophy Department established this colloquium when Bertram Morris retired in 1977.

_______________________________________________________

From:

Alan Carter

Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies

Department of Philosophy
University of Colorado at Boulder
CO 80309-0232
USA

URL:    http://spot.colorado.edu/~cartera
E-mail: alan.carter@colorado.edu


For details of A Radical Green Political Theory:

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sat Dec 15 06:34:31 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 06:34:31 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Australasian Cognitive Science 2002 (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112150634020.16058-100000@uxb.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:54:16 +0800
From: Mike Kalish <kalish@psy.uwa.edu.au>
To: Australian Philosophy <aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au>,

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS--6th Conference of the
Australasian Cognitive Science Society

        Wed 3rd April - Fri 5th April 2002
        Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia
        http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/ozcogsci02/

Keynote speakers include:
        Daniel Dennett, Tufts University
                Overcoming Obstacles to the Scientific Study of Consciousness
        James Anderson, Brown University
                Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition
        Simon Kirby, University of Edinburgh
                Language and Evolution
        Tim Crane, University of London
                Consciousness and Cognitive Science

Symposia:
        Models of Categorization (convenor Brett Hayes)
        Short Term Memory (convenors Stephan Lewandowsky and Murray Maybery)
        Face and Object Processing (convenor Gill Rhodes)
        Cognitive Neuroscience (convenor Pat Michie)
        Mental Causation (convenor Barry Maund)

Papers are invited for presentation at the 6th
Conference of the Australasian Cognitive Science
Society in Fremantle Western Australia. We invite
submissions from all contributing disciplines within
Cognitive Science, including
        -computer science
        -linguistics
        -neuroscience
        -philosophy
        -psychology

Deadline for submission of abstracts is **7 January 2002.**
Submissions are accepted via our website
http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/ozcogsci02/

Optionally, full written papers based on conference
presentations can be submitted for publication in
Noetica, a refereed on-line journal
(http://psych.psy.uq.oz.au/CogPsych/Noetica/). Deadline
for full papers is the conference date, 3 April 2002.
Full papers will be peer reviewed.

Please refer to our website for further details about
the programme, accommodation, and registration.
http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/ozcogsci02/
Note that early-bird registration prices expire **31 January 2002.**

We look forward to seeing you in Western Australia next year.


Dr. Mike Kalish     (on behalf of the organizing committee)

Dept. of Psychology                       email: kalish@psy.uwa.edu.au
University of Western Australia                 phone: +61 8 9380 2688
Nedlands, WA  6009                                fax: +61 8 9380 1006
Australia                             http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/kalish

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sat Dec 15 06:35:08 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 06:35:08 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Two-Dimensionalism Conference at the ANU (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112150634410.16058-100000@uxb.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:49:41 +1100
From: Michael Smith <Michael.Smith@anu.edu.au>
To: aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au

The Philosophy Program, RSSS, is pleased to announce that there will
be a conference entitled "Two-Dimensional Modal Logic and its
Applications: Metaphysics, Language, and Mind", to be held at the ANU
on February 22-24, 2002. Participants will include Robert Stalnaker,
Hartry Field, David Chalmers, Lloyd Humberstone, Frank Jackson,
Martin Davies, and others. Accommodation information is available
from the Program Administrator, Di Crosse (email address:
philrsss@coombs.anu.edu.au). Further details are available from
either Daniel Stoljar (email address: dstoljar@coombs.anu.edu.au) or
Martin Davies (email address: mdavies@coombs.anu.edu.au).
____________________________________________________
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Philosophy Program
RSSS
ANU
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Australia

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sat Dec 15 06:36:39 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 06:36:39 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Globalization, Violence & Discourse
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112150635490.16058-100000@uxb.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:45:29 -0500
From: A.E.C.D.O. Coll=E8ge dominicain <aecdo@hotmail.com>
To: PHILOSOP@louisiana.edu


Announcing
2nd Annual Student Conference on
Globalization, Violence, Discourse.

Friday and Saturday, 1st & 2nd  March, 2002
Dominican College, Ottawa, Ontario.

Call for Papers
Entries must be posted by Friday, 8th February, 2002.

Eligibility and Topics
Papers in French or English on any topic in the fields of philosophy and
theology relating to the theme - Globalization, Violence, Discourse. The
conference takes a broad approach to the theme of  Globalization and papers
are welcomed from all major distinct periods, figures and perspectives
within philosophy and theology,  i.e., politics, aesthetics, ethics,
metaphysics, phenomenology, economics, exegetics and hermeneutics.
Authors must be undergraduate or graduate students at the time of
submission.  Papers should be 20 minutes in length (roughly 10 double space=
d
pages).


Submission guidelines
Submit your paper to:
Selection Committee,
Dominican College Student Association,
96 Empress Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7G3
Tel: (613) 232-7363

For further information
Visit college website at: http://www.collegedominicain.ca
Or Email organizing committee: AECDO@hotmail.com


A.E.C.D.O.
96 Empress Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario  K1R 7G3
Tel.: (613) 232-7363
Fax: (613) 236-3869


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Deuxi=E8me conf=E9rence =E9tudiante annuelle :
Mondialisation, violence et discours

Vendredi et samedi 1er et 2 mars 2002
Coll=E8ge Dominicain, Ottawa, Ontario


Appel de communications
Les textes doivent =EAtre post=E9s avant le 8 f=E9vrier 2002

Textes soumis

D'int=E9r=EAt philosophique ou th=E9ologique, les textes soumis devront por=
ter sur
le th=E8me Mondialisation, violence et discours, et =EAtre =E9crits en fran=
=E7ais ou
en anglais. La conf=E9rence sera l'occasion d'aborder ce th=E8me sous plusi=
eurs
perspectives philosophiques et th=E9ologiques : politique, esth=E9tique,
=E9thique, m=E9taphysique, =E9conomique, ex=E9g=E9tique, herm=E9neutique,
&#339;cum=E9nique, etc. Les auteurs doivent =EAtre inscrits au premier, deu=
xi=E8me
ou troisi=E8me cycle universitaire au moment de la soumission de leur texte=
=2E
Les communications devraient =EAtre d'une dur=E9e approximative de 20 minut=
es
(soit environ 10 pages =E0 double interligne).

Les personnes int=E9ress=E9es doivent soumettre leur texte au :
Comit=E9 de s=E9lection
Association =E9tudiante du Coll=E8ge dominicain
96, avenue Empress, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 7G3

Pour plus de renseignements, veuillez joindre par courriel les organisateur=
s
=E9tudiants =E0 : AECDO@hotmail.com
http://www.collegedominicain.ca


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From Stephen.Thornton@MIC.UL.IE  Mon Dec 17 17:04:05 2001
From: Stephen.Thornton@MIC.UL.IE (Stephen Thornton)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:04:05 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: << You Never Know >>: Scepticism in England
Message-ID: <3303B62D13E3D011A0DC0060977D7AE5D0DF87@thompson.mic.ul.ie>

What tension? I would have thought it obvious that a culture which
encouraged modesty in relation to everyday, colloquial uses of 'know' is
ipso facto one in which philosophers would counsel prudential caution in
epistemic claims about the world (though the question of causality is
complex here).

As for examples of English philosophers who are not moderate realists in the
technical sense outlined, what about Russell and Ayer and the language of
sense-data?

Stephen.


Dr. Stephen Thornton,
Department of Philosophy,
Mary Immaculate College (University of Limerick),
South Circular Road,
Limerick,
Ireland.

http://www.mic.ul.ie/

Tel:  +353 61 204341
Fax:  +353 61 313632

-----Original Message-----
From: J L Speranza [mailto:jls@NETVERK.COM.AR]
Sent: 17 December 2001 15:06
To: PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: << You Never Know >>: Scepticism in England


I would love you to help me re: this tension:

1. England never probably produced one Sceptic. As per the History of
Philosophy, I mean. It's all Moderate Realists, ala Locke, etc. I'm
referring to the sceptic's regimentation on the word "know" ("you never
know", "you can't use _know_ for empirical propositions", etc).

2. The English are very meiotic. As I read in G. Mikes, _How to become a
Brit_ (Penguin), it's very rare that an Englishman will claim to _know_
something...

So, ...?

I am indeed collecting cases of (the colloquial expression) "you never
know" as used in a volunteer way (rather than as a reply to something that
someone else said), and cases which deal with the factiveness of "know":

(1) Cromwell knew that England was bound to be a monarchy.

(1) _entails_

(2) England is bound to be a monarchy.

etc. I'm also dealing with "know" having nothing to do with certain. I.e.

(3) Cromwell was certain that England was bound to be a monarchy

as irrelevant as per a claim about what he _knew_...

Offlist or onlist welcomed, but _knowing_ Clark, offlist preferred (I guess
I'll summarise, if I get a reply other than mine). Thanx,
==
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From josepll.prades@UDG.ES  Mon Dec 17 17:27:12 2001
From: josepll.prades@UDG.ES (JOSEP LLU=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=EDS?= PRADES)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:27:12 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Workshop on Philosophy of Mind. Call for Papers
Message-ID: <3C18DB13@daro.udg.es>

Call for Papers


for the 12th "Seminario interuniversitario de Filosof=EDa y Ciencia Cognitiva"
to be held in Girona (Spain) on March 21st-23rd, 2002

Invited Speaker: Christopher Peacocke (New York)





The workshop is organised by the "Department de Filologia i Filosofia" (Girona
University) in cooperation with the "C=E0tedra Ferrater Mora" (Girona
University) and SEFA ("Sociedad Espa=F1ola de Filosof=EDa Anal=EDtica").

Papers are invited for 45 minutes talks (with an additional 30 minutes
discussion). Any topic connected to the philosophical work of Professor
Peacocke is acceptable.
The deadline for the receipt of papers (or, alternatively, abstracts of no
less than 1000 words) is January, 31st, 2002. The organising committee, in
cooperation with SEFA, will decide the accepted contributions before February,
28th, 2002.


Submissions can be sent to any of the members of the organising committee:
Antoni Defez     (antoni.defez@udg.es)
Joan Pages        (joan.pages@udg.es)
David Pineda        (david.pineda@udg.es)
Josep L. Prades      (josepll.prades@udg.es)

Departament de Filologia i Filosofia
Facultat de Lletres
Pl. Ferrater Mora
17004 Girona
Spain

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From srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM  Mon Dec 17 17:54:23 2001
From: srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM (steven bayne)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:54:23 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: << You Never Know >>: Scepticism in England
References: <3303B62D13E3D011A0DC0060977D7AE5D0DF87@thompson.mic.ul.ie>
Message-ID: <000601c18723$dd514320$f2943c18@p4h6p2>

One must exercise more caution than the
accepted history supposes before giving final
word on Russell's and Ayer's views on sensa,
realism, etc. To be sure there was some variance
in Ayer's views between, say, Foundations of
Empirical Knowledge and The Problem of
Knowledge, but it is pretty clear that the Ayer of
The Problem of Knowledge was a realist, while
not denying the existence of sense-data.

    For the phenomenalist to succeed he must be able
    to produce a specimen set of statements describing
    the occurrence in particular conditions of certain
    specified sense-data, from which it follows logically
    that a given physical object actually exists. And I do
    not see how this is to be achieved.  Problem of Knowledge.
    Pelican Books. 1956. p. 127.

Russell is difficult to fit into the usual conception as well.
He makes it very clear that for him sense-data are
physical objects.

    For what I am concerned to maintain is that sense-data
    are physical...(Mysticism and Logic. George Allen and Unwin
    p. 113. [1918] 1970.

There have been some very good British Idealists: Bradley,
Stace, etc. Radical realism in Britain was largely a reaction
against the influence of Hegel, but its unachieved ambition was
complete consistency with Hume; and even Russell's logical
constructs would, according to Russell himslelf, prove
insufficient to preserve a phenomenalist view of the world.
I am not  clearly in disagreement with Thorton. Moreover,
the believe that the external world is unknowable is not
inconsistent with the view that it exists. This may be relevant to
fleshing out some of Speranza's interesting conjecture.


Steve Bayne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Thornton" <Stephen.Thornton@MIC.UL.IE>
To: <PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: << You Never Know >>: Scepticism in England


> What tension? I would have thought it obvious that a culture which
> encouraged modesty in relation to everyday, colloquial uses of 'know' is
> ipso facto one in which philosophers would counsel prudential caution in
> epistemic claims about the world (though the question of causality is
> complex here).
>
> As for examples of English philosophers who are not moderate realists in
the
> technical sense outlined, what about Russell and Ayer and the language of
> sense-data?
>
> Stephen.
>
>
> Dr. Stephen Thornton,
> Department of Philosophy,
> Mary Immaculate College (University of Limerick),
> South Circular Road,
> Limerick,
> Ireland.
>
> http://www.mic.ul.ie/
>
> Tel:  +353 61 204341
> Fax:  +353 61 313632
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: J L Speranza [mailto:jls@NETVERK.COM.AR]
> Sent: 17 December 2001 15:06
> To: PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: << You Never Know >>: Scepticism in England
>
>
> I would love you to help me re: this tension:
>
> 1. England never probably produced one Sceptic. As per the History of
> Philosophy, I mean. It's all Moderate Realists, ala Locke, etc. I'm
> referring to the sceptic's regimentation on the word "know" ("you never
> know", "you can't use _know_ for empirical propositions", etc).
>
> 2. The English are very meiotic. As I read in G. Mikes, _How to become a
> Brit_ (Penguin), it's very rare that an Englishman will claim to _know_
> something...
>
> So, ...?
>
> I am indeed collecting cases of (the colloquial expression) "you never
> know" as used in a volunteer way (rather than as a reply to something that
> someone else said), and cases which deal with the factiveness of "know":
>
> (1) Cromwell knew that England was bound to be a monarchy.
>
> (1) _entails_
>
> (2) England is bound to be a monarchy.
>
> etc. I'm also dealing with "know" having nothing to do with certain. I.e.
>
> (3) Cromwell was certain that England was bound to be a monarchy
>
> as irrelevant as per a claim about what he _knew_...
>
> Offlist or onlist welcomed, but _knowing_ Clark, offlist preferred (I
guess
> I'll summarise, if I get a reply other than mine). Thanx,
> ==
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From wjp@LANL.GOV  Mon Dec 17 19:09:22 2001
From: wjp@LANL.GOV (William Powers)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:09:22 -0700
Subject: [Philnet] Re: CFP: Globalization, Violence & Discourse
References: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112150635490.16058-100000@uxb.liv.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <3C1E42E2.14D82137@lanl.gov>

Does anyone out there know

                  "Golam Dastagir" <_dastagir@bttb.net.bd>

He keeps sending me viruses (WORM_BADTRANS.B).  I have written to him to inform him, but have received
nothing in reply.  Is anyone else receiving such viruses?

bill powers

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From srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM  Mon Dec 17 20:38:07 2001
From: srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM (steven bayne)
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 15:38:07 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Golam Dastagir and the Badtrans Virus
References: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112150635490.16058-100000@uxb.liv.ac.uk> 
            <3C1E42E2.14D82137@lanl.gov>
Message-ID: <000a01c1873a$bc3d2020$f2943c18@p4h6p2>

Yes, I was infected a number of times, but the fault may
not be with the sender since the virus attacks the email
address book, or at least I've been so led to understand.
Be sure to install the Microsoft Patch otherwise you
will most likely be reinfected when you reboot.
Address for the patch:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/
bulletin/MS01-020.asp

The virus can be purged prior to putting on the patch using

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.13312@mm.html

Another alternative is change over to a different mailing system.

If Golam Dastagir does not reply, the system owner might
consider blocking his emails to the list (but this may not
prevent private emails done by the active virus). Again it
is probably not the fault of Golam Dastagir.


Steve Bayne



----- Original Message -----
From: "William Powers" <wjp@LANL.GOV>
To: <PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: CFP: Globalization, Violence & Discourse


> Does anyone out there know
>
>                   "Golam Dastagir" <_dastagir@bttb.net.bd>
>
> He keeps sending me viruses (WORM_BADTRANS.B).  I have written to him to
inform him, but have received
> nothing in reply.  Is anyone else receiving such viruses?
>
> bill powers
>
> Messages to the list are archived at
http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
> Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at
http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
>
>

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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:47:23 -0000
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From R.Stern@SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Tue Dec 18 09:25:53 2001
From: R.Stern@SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (ROBERT A STERN)
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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Tue Dec 18 19:16:12 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 19:16:12 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Midsouth cfp (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112181915590.11924-100000@uxd.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:33:26 -0800
From: J M Fritzman <fritzman@lclark.edu>

                MIDSOUTH PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE

                   The University of Memphis
                      February 22-23, 2002

                      FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

The 26th annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference is scheduled for Friday
afternoon and Saturday, February 22-23, at The University of Memphis.
Papers in any area are welcome.  There will be a $20 registration fee,
payable at the conference.

Papers must not exceed a length of 3000 words.  Include the following nine
items:

   (1) a word count -- 3000 words maximum!
   (2) the author's name
   (3) academic status (professor, unaffiliated, graduate student)
   (4) institutional affiliation (if any)
   (5) mailing address
   (6) email address
   (7) telephone number
   (8) the paper's title
   (9) an abstract -- 100 words maximum!

No more than one submission by the same author will be considered.

Email a copy of the paper as an attachment in Microsoft Word for PC or
Macintosh to midsouth_phil@yahoo.com -- also, paste a copy in the body of
the email (in case the attachment is unreadable).

Papers must be received by JANUARY 12.  Papers will be reviewed by a
committee.  Notification of acceptance will be made via email in late
January.  Submissions whose authors cannot be contacted through email will
be rejected.

Each paper will have a commentator.  Those interested in commenting should
email midsouth_phil@yahoo.com by January 12 of availability and areas of
interest.  Persons whose papers are accepted will be expected to serve as
commentators if asked.

   The University of Memphis UNDERGRADUATE PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE
   will have parallel sessions.  Please encourage students to
   attend and submit papers.  Papers in any area are welcome.
   Submissions must not exceed a length of 3000 words, and must
   include a cover letter stating the author's name, university
   or college, mailing address, telephone number and/or email
   address.  Send two printed copies to:  Undergraduate Philosophy
   Conference, Department of Philosophy, 327 Clement Hall, The
   University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152.  Papers must be post-
   marked by January 26.

Dr. Thomas Nenon has reserved rooms for Thursday (2/21) through Saturday
(2/23) nights at the Sleep Inn (901-522-9700) at 40 North Front Street and
at the Comfort Inn (901-526-0583) at 100 North Front Street. The room rate
at either hotel is $76 per night plus tax for single or double occupancy
($80 for triples and $86 for quads).  Make reservations directly, and before
February 9.  The airport shuttle goes to the hotels for $10, taxis for about
$25.

Visit the website, http://www.mtsu.edu/~jpurcell/MidSouth/midsouth.htm

The Midsouth Philosophy Conference is underwritten by the Department of
Philosophy and Center for the Humanities of The University of Memphis.
Website support is provided by Middle Tennessee State University.
Secretarial help is provided by Lewis & Clark College.

      Please forward this to anyone who would be interested.


============================================================================
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  Department of Philosophy
  Lewis & Clark College                         "It is only for the sake
  0615 Southwest Palatine Hill Road             of those without hope
  Portland, OR  97219-7899                      that hope is given to us."
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From srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM  Tue Dec 18 20:07:47 2001
From: srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM (steven bayne)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:07:47 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Golam Dastagir and the Badtrans Virus
Message-ID: <001201c187ff$aa69b870$f2943c18@p4h6p2>

I will reply to Golam including  Philos-L; afterwards
I will communicate with Golam offlist just in case the
messages are a burden to others. To remove the
badtrans virus:

First go to

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/
bulletin/MS01-027.asp

About 1/3 down the page you will see "Download locations
Be sure you select for the appropriate browser; 5.01 or 5.5,
 for this patch." Download and install.

Now go to,

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.ht
ml

Scroll down about 2/3 of the way down the page, until you
get to "Removal Instructions" but don't click that link; go,
instead, to "W32.Badtrans..." below and to the right. That is the one you
want to click. Download that file, and run it. Put it on your desk top
in case you need it again; but that's not essential. So, you've installed
the patch (first) and run the removal. The program will tell you if you
have the virus and if it has been successfully removed. This is a very
shifty virus. It will install a virus contained dormantly in a file,
something
like "kernel32.exe"; if you try to reinstall Windows 2000 it will
prevent you describing itself as a missing file. But I've found that
you can reinstall Windows if you've killed it without rebooting
and immediately reinstalled. I know its a mess, but its something
I've managed to get rid of once and for all - I hope. Subsequent
messages from you have not infected the system, so it must work.

There is no virus in the message I received from you. The virus
appears to infect the address book and select addresses at
random. So remove Philos-L and other discussion list addresses
from the address book to protect others. I don't want to panic
anyone. If you have trouble contact me off list; and I'll guide
you through. However, I will be flying a lot this next week
and might be difficult to catch; feel free to try.


Steve Bayne










----- Original Message -----
From: "steven bayne" <srbayne@channel1.com>
To: <wjp@LANL.GOV>; <PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 3:38 PM
Subject: Golam Dastagir and the Badtrans Virus


> Yes, I was infected a number of times, but the fault may
> not be with the sender since the virus attacks the email
> address book, or at least I've been so led to understand.
> Be sure to install the Microsoft Patch otherwise you
> will most likely be reinfected when you reboot.
> Address for the patch:
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/
> bulletin/MS01-020.asp
>
> The virus can be purged prior to putting on the patch using
>
> http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.13312@mm.html
>
> Another alternative is change over to a different mailing system.
>
> If Golam Dastagir does not reply, the system owner might
> consider blocking his emails to the list (but this may not
> prevent private emails done by the active virus). Again it
> is probably not the fault of Golam Dastagir.
>
>
> Steve Bayne
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William Powers" <wjp@LANL.GOV>
> To: <PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk>
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 2:09 PM
> Subject: Re: CFP: Globalization, Violence & Discourse
>
>
> > Does anyone out there know
> >
> >                   "Golam Dastagir" <_dastagir@bttb.net.bd>
> >
> > He keeps sending me viruses (WORM_BADTRANS.B).  I have written to him to
> inform him, but have received
> > nothing in reply.  Is anyone else receiving such viruses?
> >
> > bill powers
> >
> > Messages to the list are archived at
> http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html.
> > Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at
> http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html
> >
> >
>

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From Jan.Bransen@PHIL.UU.NL  Wed Dec 19 10:09:26 2001
From: Jan.Bransen@PHIL.UU.NL (Jan Bransen)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:09:26 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Philosophical Explorations
Message-ID: <v04220805b846178f9415@[131.211.143.201]>

P H I L O S O P H I C A L   E X P L O R A T I O N S
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account of the literature. So you want editors and referees to strike
a balance: accepting articles that make you think, while rejecting
articles that are too hasty or too ignorant. And in the large overlap
between these you want them to exercise a delicate judgement.
PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLORATIONS exercises the judgement almost ideally. In
every issue there are articles well worth reading, and there are
rarely articles that are too experimental or too derivative. A small
miracle."
--ADAM MORTON (Oklahoma University)


Check out our website at http://www.phil.uu.nl/philexpl/ which
already contains the abstracts of the papers to be published in
January 2002.
Papers by Jaegwon Kim, Victoria McGeer, Josefa Toribio, Mikael
Karlsson and Jonathan Webber

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From MRatcliffe@PHILOSOPHY.UCC.IE  Wed Dec 19 10:30:15 2001
From: MRatcliffe@PHILOSOPHY.UCC.IE (Ratcliffe, Matthew)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:30:15 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Society for European Philosophy 2002: Call for Papers
Message-ID: <9FBB394A25826C46B2C6F0EBDAD42755BD33CD@xch2.ucc.ie>

PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS

Society for European Philosophy
Annual Conference 2002

"European Philosophy and the Human Condition"

Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 September 2002.
University College Cork, Ireland.

Organisers: Tony O'Connor, Matthew Ratcliffe and Sin=E9ad Murphy.

Conference Theme
 =20
The aim of this conference is to open up a variety of perspectives on the
human condition, predicament or situation, and to address the broader
question of whether or not there is still a place in contemporary Europea=
n
philosophy for some unitary notion of this kind. The organisers are keen =
to
explore the many different ways in which philosophers and others have
attempted to articulate the human condition and the various presuppositio=
ns
that have shaped philosophical understandings of what we most fundamental=
ly
are.=20
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Plenary Speakers
 =20
Simon Critchley (University of Essex)
Christina Howells (Wadham College, University of Oxford)
Hugh Silverman (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
 =20
Information for Contributors
 =20
We encourage individuals to submit abstracts of papers suitable for
inclusion in the following pre-arranged panel sessions:
 =20
The Human Condition and the Condition of Humour.
Persons and Narratives.
Culture and Embodiment.
Philosophy as Genealogy.
Gender and Identity.
Historicity.
The Aesthetic and the Political.
Science and the Natural.
The Erotic.
The Other.
Moods and Emotions.
 =20
We also encourage submissions (either complete sessions, involving two or
three participants, or individual papers) on all topics relevant to an
understanding of the human situation.
 =20
Paper and panel proposals on any other aspect of European philosophy will
also be considered for inclusion in this conference.
 =20
Panels: Please submit a title, short panel description and two or three
abstracts of around 200 words.
Individual contributions: Please submit a title and an abstract of around
200 words.
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Be sure to include a contact address, telephone and fax numbers (if
applicable) and an e-mail address with all submissions.
 =20
We strongly encourage submission of papers and panels from graduate
students. With this in mind, we are offering ten graduate student bursari=
es,
intended to contribute towards travel and accommodation costs. Please
contact the organisers for further details.
 =20
All submissions must be received by Monday 15 April at the latest.

Please send to:
 =20
Society for European Philosophy Conference
Department of Philosophy
University College Cork
IRELAND
 =20
Or by e-mail to: mratcliffe@philosophy.ucc.ie
 =20
Address any inquiries to:=20
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Society for European Philosophy Conference
Department of Philosophy
University College Cork
IRELAND
  =20
Telephone:+353 21 490 2562
                 +353 21 490 2566
Fax:          +353 21 427 6079
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E-mail: mratcliffe@philosophy.ucc.ie
             t.oconnor@ucc.ie
             somurphy@hotmail.com

Contributors will be notified of whether their papers have been accepted =
by
17 May 2002 at the very latest.
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The full conference programme will be available from 14 June 2002 at:
www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/phil/SEPconference.html
<http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/phil/SEPconference.html>

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From MRatcliffe@PHILOSOPHY.UCC.IE  Wed Dec 19 10:45:13 2001
From: MRatcliffe@PHILOSOPHY.UCC.IE (Ratcliffe, Matthew)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:45:13 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Society for European Philosophy 2002: Call for Papers
Message-ID: <9FBB394A25826C46B2C6F0EBDAD42755BD33CF@xch2.ucc.ie>

> PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
>=20
> Society for European Philosophy
> Annual Conference 2002
>=20
> "European Philosophy and the Human Condition"
>=20
> Wednesday 11 to Saturday 14 September 2002.
> University College Cork, Ireland.
>=20
> Organisers: Tony O'Connor, Matthew Ratcliffe and Sin=E9ad Murphy.
>=20
> Conference Theme
>  =20
> The aim of this conference is to open up a variety of perspectives on t=
he
> human condition, predicament or situation, and to address the broader
> question of whether or not there is still a place in contemporary Europ=
ean
> philosophy for some unitary notion of this kind. The organisers are kee=
n
> to explore the many different ways in which philosophers and others hav=
e
> attempted to articulate the human condition and the various
> presuppositions that have shaped philosophical understandings of what w=
e
> most fundamentally are.=20
>  =20
> Plenary Speakers
>  =20
> Simon Critchley (University of Essex)
> Christina Howells (Wadham College, University of Oxford)
> Hugh Silverman (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
>  =20
> Information for Contributors
>  =20
> We encourage individuals to submit abstracts of papers suitable for
> inclusion in the following pre-arranged panel sessions:
>  =20
> The Human Condition and the Condition of Humour.
> Persons and Narratives.
> Culture and Embodiment.
> Philosophy as Genealogy.
> Gender and Identity.
> Historicity.
> The Aesthetic and the Political.
> Science and the Natural.
> The Erotic.
> The Other.
> Moods and Emotions.
>  =20
> We also encourage submissions (either complete sessions, involving two =
or
> three participants, or individual papers) on all topics relevant to an
> understanding of the human situation.
>  =20
> Paper and panel proposals on any other aspect of European philosophy wi=
ll
> also be considered for inclusion in this conference.
>  =20
> Panels: Please submit a title, short panel description and two or three
> abstracts of around 200 words.
> Individual contributions: Please submit a title and an abstract of arou=
nd
> 200 words.
>  =20
> Be sure to include a contact address, telephone and fax numbers (if
> applicable) and an e-mail address with all submissions.
>  =20
> We strongly encourage submission of papers and panels from graduate
> students. With this in mind, we are offering ten graduate student
> bursaries, intended to contribute towards travel and accommodation cost=
s.
> Please contact the organisers for further details.
>  =20
> All submissions must be received by Monday 15 April at the latest.
>=20
> Please send to:
>  =20
> Society for European Philosophy Conference
> Department of Philosophy
> University College Cork
> IRELAND
>  =20
> Or by e-mail to: mratcliffe@philosophy.ucc.ie
>  =20
> Address any inquiries to:=20
>  =20
> Society for European Philosophy Conference
> Department of Philosophy
> University College Cork
> IRELAND
>   =20
> Telephone:+353 21 490 2562
>                  +353 21 490 2566
> Fax:          +353 21 427 6079
>   =20
> E-mail: mratcliffe@philosophy.ucc.ie
>              t.oconnor@ucc.ie
>              somurphy@hotmail.com
>=20
> Contributors will be notified of whether their papers have been accepte=
d
> by 17 May 2002 at the very latest.
>   =20
> The full conference programme will be available from 14 June 2002 at:
> www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/phil/SEPconference.html
> <http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/phil/SEPconference.html>
>=20
>=20
>=20
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From Mark.Smith@OPEN.AC.UK  Wed Dec 19 14:25:25 2001
From: Mark.Smith@OPEN.AC.UK (Mark J Smith)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 14:25:25 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Thinking Phenomenologically - Call for papers: SPHS in Chicago, 1
 0-12 October, 2002
Message-ID: <F9D44AC0D89CD311B9E3000629385C4007A3928B@marconi.open.ac.uk>

Apologies for cross posting, merry christmas, Mark

THE SOCIETY FOR PHENOMENOLOGY AND THE HUMAN SCIENCES
in conjunction with The Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy

SPHS Call for Papers
2002 Annual Conference
Loyola University
Chicago, Illinois
Thursday, October 10 - Saturday, October 12, 2002

SPHS encourages the application of phenomenological methodology to specific
investigations within the human sciences. You are invited to join SPHS in
its efforts to achieve a deeper understanding of, and engagement with, the
Life-World.

Contents of Submissions

SPHS welcomes submissions on all topics within the human and social sciences
concerned with a reflective appreciation of the nature of experience.  Such
inquiries include, among others, empirical and theoretical investigations,
reflections, and participatory workshops within social phenomenology and
human interaction, ethnomethodology and phenomenological sociology,
phenomenological psychology, the theory and practice of education,
reflective clinical investigations, communication theory, cultural studies,
women^s studies, race studies, and theoretical and experiential explorations
of embodiment.

Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to submit their work.

Forms of Submissions

Presentations may take the form of individual papers and media
presentations, panels, and workshops.

For individual papers and media presentations, please submit completed
papers of no more than 12 pages, or abstracts of 1000-1500 words.

For panels and workshops, please submit abstracts or proposals of 1000
words.

For all submissions, please include your mailing address and email address.
Notification of acceptance and responses to inquiries will be by email,
insofar as possible. Also, please indicate what, if any, audio visual or
electronic equipment is desired.

Submission Deadline:            March 15, 2002
Notification of Acceptance:     June 1, 2002

Send all submissions and direct all inquiries to:
Philip Lewin
Program Chair, SPHS     Email: pmlewin@yahoo.com
865 Shalar Court                Telephone:  541-485-3541
Eugene, Oregon  97405

Additional information about the conference may be found on the website of
SPHS: www.towson.edu/sphs

______________________________________________
Dr. Mark J Smith
Senior Lecturer in Politics and Government
Faculty of Social Sciences,
The Open University,
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
United Kingdom
e-mail:         Mark.Smith@open.ac.uk
http://www.open.ac.uk/socialsciences/staff/msmith/
______________________________________________

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From JShand5961@AOL.COM  Wed Dec 19 15:23:40 2001
From: JShand5961@AOL.COM (John Shand)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:23:40 EST
Subject: [Philnet] Whereabouts
Message-ID: <15d.60f70c6.29520afc@aol.com>

Does anyone have the email address of Oliver Scholz (once I think of the
Freie Universitat, Berlin, but now possibly at Leipzig). I beg you to reply
in English please!

Thanks

John Shand.

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Wed Dec 19 22:57:28 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:57:28 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Hybrid Logics
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112192256360.3722-100000@uxb.liv.ac.uk>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 19:18:24 +0000
From: Peter McBurney <p.j.mcburney@csc.liv.ac.uk>
>
>                                 HyLo@LICS
>
>                       4th WORKSHOP ON HYBRID LOGICS
>
>                       LICS 2002 Affiliated Workshop
>                           >>> JULY 25, 2002 <<<
>                            Copenhagen, Denmark
>
>                           FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>  THEME:
>
>  Hybrid logic is a branch of modal logic in which it is possible to
>  directly refer to worlds/times/states or whatever the elements of the
>  (Kripke) model are meant to represent. Although they date back to the
>  late 1960s, and have been sporadically investigated ever since, it is
>  only in the 1990s that work on them really got into its stride.
>
>  It is easy to justify interest in hybrid logic on applied grounds,
>  with the usefulness of the additional expressive power. For example,
>  when reasoning about time one often wants to build up a series of
>  assertions about what happens at a particular instant, and standard
>  modal formalisms do not allow this. What is less obvious is that the
>  route hybrid logic takes to overcome this problem (the basic
>  mechanism being to add nominals --- atomic symbols true at a unique
>  point --- together with extra modalities to exploit them) often
>  actually improves the behavior of the underlying modal formalism. For
>  example, it becomes far simpler to formulate modal tableau and
>  resolution in hybrid logic, and completeness and interpolation
>  results can be proved of a generality that is simply not available in
>  modal logic. That is, hybridization --- adding nominals and related
>  apparatus --- seems a fairly reliable way of curing many known
>  weaknesses in modal logic. For more general background on hybrid
>  logic, and many of the key papers, see the Hybrid Logics homepage:
>
>                       http://www.hylo.net
>
>  HyLo@LICS is likely to be relevant to a wide range of people,
>  including those interested in description logic, feature logic,
>  applied modal logics, temporal logic, and labelled deduction.
>  Moreover, if you have an interest in the work of the late Arthur
>  Prior, note that this workshop is devoted to exploring ideas he first
>  introduced 30 years ago --- it will be an ideal opportunity to see
>  how his ideas have been developed in the intervening period.
>
>  In this workshop we hope to bring together researchers from all the
>  different fields just mentioned (and hopefully some others) in an
>  attempt to explore what they all have (and do not have) in common. If
>  you're unsure whether your work is of relevance to the workshop,
>  please check out the Hybrid Logics homepage. And do not hesitate to
>  contact the workshop organisers for more information. We'd be
>  delighted to tell you more. Contact details are give below.
>
>  SUBMISSIONS:
>
>  We invite the contribution of research papers to the workshop. Please
>  send electronically an extended abstract of up to 10 A4 size pages,
>  in PostScript format to: carlos@science.uva.nl BEFORE the 26st of
>  APRIL, 2002. Please note that all workshop contributors are required
>  by the LICS organizers to register for FLoC 2002.
>
>  IMPORTANT DATES:
>
>       Deadline for Submissions:    April 26th, 2002
>       Notification of Acceptance:  May 24th, 2002
>       Deadline for Final Versions: June 25th, 2002
>
>  CONTACT DETAILS:
>
>  Please visit http://www.hylo.net for further information.
>
>  Send all correspondence regarding the workshop to the organizers:
>
>       Carlos Areces
>       e-mail: carlos@wins.uva.nl
>       http://www.illc.uva.nl/~carlos
>
>       Patrick Blackburn
>       e-mail: patrick@coli.uni-sb.de
>       http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/~patrick
>
>       Maarten Marx
>       e-mail: marx@science.uva.nl
>       http://www.illc.uva.nl/~marx
>
>       Ulrike Sattler
>       e-mail: sattler@cs.rwth-aachen.de
>       http://www-lti.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ti/uli-en.html

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From: wfox@BLACKWELLPUBLISHERS.CO.UK (Fox Wendy)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:31:05 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Hans-Georg Gadamer on education - read Journal of Philosophy of
 Education 35:4
Message-ID: <5BCF1155B888894CB729FF69A371F3A508B09B@BPL-EXCHANGE1>

Apologies for cross posting=20

Journal of Philosophy of Education
ISSN: 0309-8249

Journal of Philosophy of Education is the official journal of the =
Philosophy
of Education Society of Great Britain.  Volume 35 number 4 has just been
published.  This issue includes an edited translation of a recent =
address on
education given by Hans-Georg Gadamer.  The text is presented with an
introductory essay by John Cleary and P=E1draig Hogan who collaborated =
with
Gadamer over the translation.  The issue concludes with a series of =
short
papers addressing the controversial question of inspection.

Contents in full:=20

The Reciprocal Character of Self-Education: Introductory Comments on
Hans-Georg Gadamer's Address 'Education is Self-Education'=20
John Cleary and P=E1draig Hogan =09

Education is Self-Education=20
Hans-Georg Gadamer =09

Recognition and Multiculturalism in Education=20
Lawrence Blum =09

Self-Esteem And The Confidence To Fail=20
Ruth Cigman =09

Dangerous Dualisms or Murky Monism? A Reply to Jim Garrison=20
Harvey Siegel =09

Guilt, Suffering and Responsibility=20
Sharon Todd =09

Hirst's Social Practices View of Education: A Radical Change from His
Liberal Education?=20
Jae-Bong Yoo =09

Anarchism, Utopias and Philosophy of Education=20
Judith Suissa =09

Four Philosophical Perspectives on School Inspection: An Introduction=20
Terence H. Mclaughlin =09

School Inspection: A Re-appraisal=20
Colin Richards =09

Accountability and School Inspection: In Defence of Audited Self-Review=20
Andrew Davis and John White =09

Towards a Non-Punitive School Inspection R=E9gime=20
Christopher Winch =09

OFSTED, Inspection and the Betrayal of Democracy=20
Michael Fielding =09

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From palma@GMX.CO.UK  Thu Dec 20 13:39:44 2001
From: palma@GMX.CO.UK (PALMA@GMX.CO.UK)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:39:44 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: to be sent ot list diffusion philos-l  on segal
References: <f3.1325d026.294b333f@aol.com> <3C21E303.1EB38D89@gmx.co.uk>
            <3C21E90B.506BD1A8@gmx.co.uk>
Message-ID: <3C21EA20.ABB622B8@gmx.co.uk>

 In a recent (15 months) book Gabriel Segal (A slim book on narrow content, Cambridge. Mass. 2000)

> > presents a battery of arguments meant to undermine Putanm's "twin" problems (Thought experiences in
> > fact.)
> > Among others points he states (and credit T. Kuhn with the idea) that the examples are in fact
> > nomologically not possible.
> > reasons
> > 1. people are largely made of water (hence the human twins could not be in universes devoid of watery
> > stuff, H20)
> > 2. given physics as we know it there is NO xyz urelement or pseudo element that could have
> > a. an underlying chestry NOT based on oxygen and hydrogen
> > &
> > b. the same macrophysical properties of water (our water, H20)
> >
> > FOR chemically and physically knowledgeable philosophers: is this correct?
>
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From saptoday@SAS.AC.UK  Thu Dec 20 14:45:21 2001
From: saptoday@SAS.AC.UK (Philosophy TODAY)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:45:21 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Food Ethics Summer Research School
Message-ID: <E16H4Rl-0005Dl-00@listserv2.liv.ac.uk>

Announcement.

The Netherlands School for Research in Practical Philosophy

Invites participants to its Summer School Course

Ethics and Food in Modern Society
Food Ethics: A New Branch of Applied Ethics?

7 =96 13 July 2002, Utrecht, The Netherlands

The aim of the of the Course is to

-  Discuss fundamental philosophical ethical questions raised in the field
of food
-  Focus on the question whether =91food ethics=92 is really a new branch in=

applied ethics

Themes covered include:
- Ethical questions raised by new developments in food, to find out what
they have in common and how they relate to animal ethics, environmental
ethics, business ethics and medical ethics.
- Philosophical questions regarding food safety, functional foods and
developments in food genomics.
- Problems regarding responsibility and agency; how various types of moral
agents (consumers, farmers, retailers, etc.) make up different =91food
practices=92 in which various types of objects of concern (health, nature,
animal welfare, consumer autonomy, etc.) are relevant.
- Problems of methodology of food ethics; regarding key concepts and
difficulties of structure.
- Metaethical problems in food ethics that result from strong pluralism in
food mores and the absence of a shared public morality concerning
biotechnological developments.

The Course will be of interest to PhD students working on or interested in:
- moral issues regarding food, food biotechnology and food genomics.
- ethical issues in agriculture, medicine, business, ecology, etc.
- the methodology of applied ethics and metaethical problems raised by
concrete moral quandaries.

Preparation
As this is a short and intensive course, active participation by the
students is required. Participants are expected to study a short selected
reading list for the course in advance. Tutorials with the teaching staff
are part of the program.

Accommodation
Course fees will not be charged. Costs are limited to accommodation
expenses in the conference centre and reader to the amount of 400,- EUR
(equivalent to about 250 stlg). Private room, all meals included.

Apply by sending a short CV and a brief description of research to:

Hella van den Elshout
Department of Philosophy
Free University of Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel: +31 20 444 66 79, Fax. +31 20-444 66 35, E-mail: ozse@ph.vu.nl.
Further details are available at
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ozse/graduate_program.htm


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From pege@email.unc.edu  Thu Dec 20 12:22:12 2001
From: pege@email.unc.edu (Thomas Pegelow)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:22:12 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] visa problems (continued)
Message-ID: <200112201222.HAA14338@nagps.nagps.org>

Hello everyone:

Ararat, NAGPS' SE regional coordinator, was so kind to send me the
following information on a new round of changes in visa policies. I'll
check for more information and get back to you. Given that at
least some university administrations are working hard to make it easier
for students who left after Sept. 11 to return for the next term, it seems
that there is a slight easing of regulations on the way. As always, if you
have concerns and/or questions, please get in touch.

Best, Thomas

Here's Ararat's info:


CHANGES IN VISA PROCESSING IN MEXICO AND CANADA 

The U.S. Embassy in Ottawa and U.S. Consulates in
Mexico and Canada are again accepting visa
applications for most third country nationals.  As in
the past, visa applications can be made via phone or
on the web at www.nvars.com. 

However, all applicants are being advised to wait 5
DAYS after scheduling an appointment, before making
travel arrangements.  If an application cannot be
processed within the normal processing timeframe, the
applicant will be notified by the consulate or
embassy. 

Due to security clearance concerns, individuals from
the following countries most likely will not be able
to obtain a visa appointment: Afghanistan, Algeria,
Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia,
Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,
Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and
Yemen. 

Please see the following website for more information:
 http://travel.state.gov/tcn.html 

U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE INTERVIEWING MIDDLE EASTERN MEN 

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is interviewing
approximately 5,000 Middle Eastern men between the
ages of 18 and 32, who entered the U.S. on
non-immigrant visas since January 1, 2000.  Holding a
student visa was one of the criteria used by DOJ to
determine who would be interviewed. Therefore, it is
important that Middle Eastern men and all
international students know their rights. 

For important information regarding your rights as a
non-immigrant in the United States, please take some
time to read the brochure entitled, "Know Your Rights:
What to Do if You're Stopped by the Police, the FBI,
the INS, or the Customs Service."  This brochure can
be downloaded from the following website: 
http://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrant/hmir.html. 
Scroll part-way down the page and look under "Special
Features" to find the brochure in English, Arabic, and
Spanish. 

OTHER IMMIGRATION INFORMATION 

Ports of Entry are no longer permitted to grant
waivers based on Form I-193 "Application for Waiver of
Passport and/or Visa," except in dire humanitarian or
medical situations. Therefore, individuals who attempt
to enter the U.S. without a valid visa, or who are not
permitted to reenter based on automatic visa
revalidation, will be given the option of withdrawing
their application or will be taken into custody. 
Except in extreme circumstances, individuals will not
be able to pay the $170.00 fee and enter the U.S. 

The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has
placed into a central database all the names of
individuals who have a final order of deportation. 
Anyone with a final order who comes into contact with
any law enforcement official, such as a routine
traffic stop, may be taken into custody and turned
over to INS. 



From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec 20 16:50:52 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 16:50:52 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] JOB: Research Fellowship
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112201649350.15941-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:51:27 +0000
From: Dr Onora O'Neill <oso1000@cam.ac.uk>
To: British Society for Ethical Theory <bset@maillists.keele.ac.uk>

Advertisement:

King's College
Cambridge
CB2 1ST

Research Fellow in
PHILOSOPHY


King's College, Cambridge, in association with the Department of History
and Philosophy of Science, invite applications for a three year fixed term
Research Fellowship in Philosophy funded by the Wellcome Trust to work on
Informed Consent and Genetic Data.  The successful candidate will have
completed a PhD on a philosophical topic.   Candidates from any area of
Philosophy are encouraged to apply, provided that they are willing to turn
their attention to the specific area of the project, which includes the
politics and philosophy of privacy, confidentiality, data protection, and
issues surrounding the use of genetic and other personal data.

The successful candidate will be a Fellow of the College and will be
expected to take a full part in college life. They will help to organize
interdisciplinary work, including seminars and conferences and will develop
links with those doing work in related areas.  There will also be the
opportunity to do some teaching. The basic salary is =A321,079-=A324,954,
according to age and academic qualification, a pay award is pending and
subsidized accommodation may be available in college.

The closing date for applications is 8 February 2002.  Short listed
candidates will be invited to an interview on 18 March 2002. Further
details and method of application should be obtained by contacting the
Provost's Secretary King's College, Cambridge CB1 2ST (jj10000@cam.ac.uk)
or directly from the Website:
www.kings.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/research  Specific questions may be addressed
to
Dr Simon Goldhill, Co-Ordinator of Research, on email at sdg1001@cam.ac.uk.



Further particulars

Research Fellowship in Philosophy
Applications are invited for a fellowship in Philosophy.  The Fellowship
runs from a date to  be arranged as soon as convenient for three years. The
Fellow will be a member of the Governing Body of King's College and will be
expected to take a full part in college life and activity.  Privileges
include free lunch or dinner, limited financial support for expenses
associated with research, the possibility of a study room or single
accommodation in college.  The basic salary is =A321,079-=A324,954.

Dates
Applications including references and written work must be sent to the
Provost's Secretary, King's College, Cambridge CB2 1ST by 8 February 2002.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend interviews to be held on
18 March 2002.  Candidates will be informed whether they are required to
attend only a week before this date.

Eligibility
Candidates must have finished a PhD before the starting date of the
fellowship.  Candidates from any area of philosophy are encouraged to apply
including those working on political theory.  Although the successful
candidate may continue his or her general philosophical research this
Fellowship is specifically to work on the topic of informed consent and
genetic data under the direction of Onora O'Neill and Peter Lipton.
Candidates should consult the website where the details of the project are
fully laid out:

http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/centre/projects/bioeth/pages/proj2_onor
a.html

The successful candidate will be expected to turn his or her attention to
the specific areas of the project which include the politics and philosophy
of privacy, confidentiality, data protection and issues surrounding the use
of genetic and other personal data.  It is not necessary to have worked on
bioethics previously but a capacity to make critical use of relevant legal,
scientific, clinical and other literature would be helpful.  The successful
candidate will be expected to work closely not only with the project's
directors, Onora O'Neill and Peter Lipton, but also with
Dr Bronwyn Parry, who is running a connected project on genetic data also
in the college research centre.  For details of this research project, see
the website: www.kingsbioethics.org.

Project:  Informed consent and Genetic data
Genetic data obtained by DNA tests on individuals have usually been viewed
as individual medical information.  It is generally assumed that it is
legitimate to obtain such data, provided that informed consent is obtained
from the individual whose DNA is tested, and to view the data obtained as
confidential information about that individual.  This project aims to
investigate two related groups of ethical, philosophical and policy
questions that arise from these standard assumptions, and to assess the
adequacy of current approaches to obtaining and holding genetic data.  The
first group of questions concerns the implications of the fact that while
genetic information is both individual and familial, current consent and
confidentiality requirements are entirely individual.  The second group of
questions concerns the nature and extent of the information that must be
available for consent, individual or familial, to provide ethically
adequate justification either for obtaining genetic information, for
holding those data or for disclosing them.

Application
Applicants should send four copies of:

i. A full c.v.
ii. A writing sample of up to 20,000 words of work.  This may be in any
area of philosophy although if the candidate has work directly relevant to
the project it would be particularly welcome.
iii. The names of up to three referees.  These referees should be asked by
the candidate to send a reference to the Provost's Secretary directly.  It
is the candidate's responsibility to make sure that references arrive by 8
February 2002.  Referees should be asked to comment specifically on the
candidate's ability to undertake the collaborative work involved in the
project.

Shortlisted candidates will be informed on 11 March 2002 if they are
required for interview on Monday 18 March 2002.  Interviews will consist of
a presentation in the morning and formal interviews in the afternoon.

The Department of History and Philosophy of Science
The Wellcome grant that funds this fellowship will be administered through
the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science.  It is hoped that
the new fellow will play an active role there.  The department if the
largest of its kind in the U.K., with an outstanding international
reputation.  The department is built around the Whipple Museum, a world
class collection of scientific instruments.  The large collections of the
Whipple Library, a world class collection of scientific instruments.  The
large collections of the Whipple Library provide the basis for the research
and teaching at all levels.  During term, the department puts on an
extensive series of research seminars.  A new HPS lectureship with
particular emphasis of bioethics has recently been filled, which will
complement the department's exceptional strength in the history of
medicine.  Information about the department is available at
www.hps.cam.ac.uk.

Travelling expenses
Shortlisted candidates will be reimbursed for the travel to interview.  The
successful candidate if travelling from outside the UK may claim travel and
removal expenses up to a level agreed in advance with the Bursar of the
College.

Further Questions
If you have any further questions about the college, the application
process, eligibility, or the nature of the project please contact either:
or Dr Simon Goldhill, the Co-ordinator of Research at
sdg1001@hermes.cam.ac.uk

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From bernreuter@POLYLOG.ORG  Thu Dec 20 18:13:59 2001
From: bernreuter@POLYLOG.ORG (Bertold Bernreuter)
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 19:13:59 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Article on Muslim ethics and civil society
Message-ID: <3C222A67.CD2EF9A2@polylog.org>

Dear colleagues,

Considering its highly topical subject, we like to announce the publication of the following article in the e-journal 'polylog':

Amyn B. Sajoo:
The Ethics of the Public Square: A Preliminary Muslim Critique
http://www.polylog.org/them/2/asp4-en.htm

Description:
Prevailing liberal discourses on civil society tend to consign ethical issues to the private domain, in consonance with the Euro-American ethos of a secular public culture; this paper offers a Muslim perspective that argues in favour of an ethically-engaged public square, yet one that takes on board the pluralist culture of rights and the rule of law in conjunction with a communitarian ethos.

Yours sincerly,

Bertold Bernreuter
and the polylog-team

________________________

 polylog
 editor@polylog.org
 http://www.polylog.org
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From gosseries@ETES.UCL.AC.BE  Fri Dec 21 10:24:23 2001
From: gosseries@ETES.UCL.AC.BE (Axel Gosseries)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 11:24:23 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Hoover Fellowship in Economic and Social Ethics 2002-03
Message-ID: <p05010406b848bd9e7bf2@[130.104.186.164]>

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>Hoover Fellowship in Economic and Social Ethics
>Universit=E9 catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
>
>Thanks to the continued support of the Hoover Foundation for the
>Development of the Catholic University of Louvain, the Hoover Chair
>of Economic and Social Ethics offers every year a postdoctoral
>fellowship.  The fellowhip is intended for scholars from outside
>Belgium, who hold a doctorate or possess equivalent qualifications
>and are active in the field of economic or social ethics.  At least
>some rudiments of French and an active knowledge of either English
>or French are required.
>The fellowship provides a gross monthly stipend of Euros 1800, plus
>a contribution to travelling expenses, for a period of nine months.
>It is likely to be divided among several applicants to enable each
>of them to come for a shorter period.  The length of a fellow's stay
>can also be extended beyond the tenure of her/his fellowship.  In
>the case of senior scholars on sabbatical leave, it can be combined
>with an income from another source.
>The fellow will be provided with office space, some secretarial
>assistance and help in finding accommodation, (s)he will be welcome
>to take an active part in the Chaire Hoover's activities and will
>have access to the University's seminars, lecture courses and
>libraries.
>Information about the research interests of those currently attached
>to the Hoover Chair can be found on its web site
>(http://www.etes.ucl.ac.be/). Applicants with an interest in
>rethinking together the "social question" and the "national
>question" in the context of a globalised economy are particularly
>welcome.
>General information about the Universiy and its Faculties can be
>found on http://www.ucl.ac.be.
>
>If you wish to apply, please send to Philippe Van Parijs (address
>below) by 28 February 2002:
>1. detailed Curriculum Vitae, including a description of your
>linguistic abilities ;
>2. a short description of your research interests ;
>3. a statement about your preferences as to the length and timing of
>your stay and whether you intend coming with your family ;
>4. two reference letters (sent directly by their authors to the same addres=
s).
>
>
>
>FELLOWSHIP HOOVER EN ETHIQUE ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIALE
>2002-2003
>
>
>Gr=E2ce =E0 l'appui de la Fondation Hoover pour le D=E9veloppement de
>l'UCL, la Chaire Hoover offre chaque ann=E9e, depuis 1994, un
>fellowship postdoctoral.
>Celui-ci s'adresse =E0 des personnes travaillant habituellement =E0
>l'=E9tranger, dans le domaine de l'=E9thique =E9conomique et sociale et
>titulaires d'un titre de docteur (en philosophie, en th=E9ologie ou
>dans une discipline des sciences sociales) ou de qualifications
>=E9quivalentes.  Une connaissance active du fran=E7ais ou de l'anglais
>est requise.
>Le fellowship s'=E9l=E8ve =E0 1800 Euros bruts par mois pour une p=E9riode
>de 9 mois au plus, et inclut en outre une contribution aux frais de
>voyage.  Il peut =E9ventuellement =EAtre divis=E9 entre plusieurs
>candidats, leur permettant =E0 chacun de s=E9journer un temps plus bref
>aupr=E8s de la Chaire.  Dans le cas de fellows en cong=E9 sabbatique, il
>peut =EAtre cumul=E9 (en tout ou en partie) avec un revenu d'une autre
>source.
>Le fellow pourra disposer d'un bureau, =EAtre aid=E9 dans la recherche
>d'un logement, partager les services d'un secr=E9tariat, assister aux
>cours et s=E9minaires de l'Universit=E9, en utiliser les biblioth=E8ques
>et prendre une part active aux activit=E9s de la Chaire Hoover.
>Une br=E8ve description des recherches en cours =E0 la Chaire Hoover
>peut =EAtre trouv=E9e sur son site web  (http://www.etes.ucl.ac.be/).
>Les chercheurs int=E9ress=E9s =E0 repenser simultan=E9ment la "question
>sociale" et la "question nationale" dans le contexte d'une =E9conomie
>mondialis=E9e sont particuli=E8rement encourag=E9s =E0 postuler.
>pour plus de renseignements sur l'Universit=E9 et ses Facult=E9s, voir
>http://www.ucl.ac.be.
>
>Si vous souhaitez faire acte de candidature, vous =EAtes pri=E9s
>d'envoyer =E0 Philippe Van Parijs (adresse ci-dessous) avant le 28
>f=E9vrier 2002
>1. un curriculum vitae d=E9taill=E9 mentionnant notamment vos
>connaissances linguistiques ;
>2. une br=E8ve description de vos int=E9r=EAts de recherche ;
>3. deux lettres de r=E9f=E9rence ;
>4. une indication de vos pr=E9f=E9rences quant =E0 la dur=E9e et au moment
>de votre s=E9jour et si vous avez l'intention de venir avec votre
>famille.
>Universit=E9 catholique de Louvain
>Chaire Hoover d'=E9thique =E9conomique et sociale,
>3 Place Montesquieu,
>B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
>Fax : +32 10 473952
>E-mail : vanparijs@etes.ucl.ac.be
>
>Th=E9r=E8se Davio
>Secr=E9tariat administratif
>Chaire Hoover
>Universit=E9 catholique de Louvain
>Place Montesquieu 3
>1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)
>Tel.: +32(0)10-47.39.51
>Fax : +32(0)10-47.39.52
>E-mail : davio@etes.ucl.ac.be
>Web site : www.etes.ucl.ac.be/
>Permanence au secr=E9tariat : tous les matins de 9h =E0 13h.
>--
>philippe van parijs
>universit=E9 catholique de louvain
>chaire hoover d'=E9thique =E9conomique et sociale
>3 place montesquieu, B-1348 louvain-la-neuve
>tel. +32 10 473950 (direct); +32 10 473951 (secr.); fax + 32 3 7004735
>e-mail : vanparijs@etes.ucl.ac.be
>site web de la chaire hoover : http://www.etes.ucl.ac.be/
>web site of the basic income european network : http://www.BIEN.be

--
Axel Gosseries Ramalho
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Charg=E9 de recherches),
National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS)
Chaire Hoover d'=E9thique =E9conomique et sociale
Universit=E9 Catholique de Louvain
Place Montesquieu, 3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Tel: 32 10 47 29 03; Fax: 32 10 47 39 52
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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sat Dec 22 12:19:27 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 12:19:27 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Studentships for Postgrad Philosophy at Southampton, UK (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112221219150.28643-100000@uxd.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 20:14:17 -0000
From: Denis McManus <D.Mcmanus@soton.ac.uk>
To: philosop@louisiana.edu

Please pass this on to any students you think may be interested

Studentships for Postgraduate Study in Philosophy at the University of
Southampton, UK


Faculty of Arts Fees Studentships

Awards will cover tuition fees (either full or part-time) at the UK/EU rate=
=2E
Open to UK/EU/international Masters candidates and first-year Research
candidates.
The applicant must also apply to the Arts and Humanities Research Board or
equivalent.
How to apply: You should complete a Faculty of Arts Funding Schemes
Application Form. This form will be sent to you as part of the postgraduate
application pack or can be obtained separately from the Graduate Office
(srgs@soton.ac.uk). Interested applicants should also contact the
Department's Director of Postgraduate Studies (mcmanus@soton.ac.uk) by the
end of February at the very latest.

Faculty of Arts Major Studentships

Awards will cover tuition fees and maintenance at prevailing Arts and
Humanities Research Board rates.
Holders of the Major Studentships will be expected to do the equivalent of
40 days work (standard office day) per annum for the department.
How to apply: You should complete a Faculty of Arts Funding Schemes
Application Form. This form will be sent to you as part of the postgraduate
application pack or can be obtained separately from the Graduate Office
(srgs@soton.ac.uk). You must also contact the Department's Director of
Postgraduate Studies (mcmanus@soton.ac.uk) to register for the scheme by th=
e
end of February at the very latest.
Open to UK/EU/international MPhil/PhD candidates (full or part-time)
You must also apply to the Arts and Humanities Research Board or equivalent
You will normally have completed a Masters degree
Please note that only a limited number of these awards are available
annually

Overseas Research Scholarships

The scholarship covers the difference between UK/EU and international fees.
Open to international (non-EU) MPhil/PhD candidates.
Awarded on outstanding merit and research potential.
You will normally have completed/be in the process of completing a Masters
programme or equivalent
You must be (conditionally) accepted by the Faculty of Arts or registered a=
s
a full-time research student or in the process of applying for MPhil/PhD.
How to apply: Applications must be made on the official form (ORS/1) which
can be obtained from the department (ww@soton.ac.uk), or downloaded from:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~arts/pg/ors.htm
Deadline: Completed ORS/1 form must be returned to the department no later
than 15 April (earlier if possible) to ensure ample time for references to
be obtained.

Faculty of Arts International Study Grants

Grants of either =A3500, =A3750 or =A31,000 are available competitively, an=
d will
be awarded on a once-only basis to successful applicants to assist with the
initial year's maintenance.
Open to international (non EU) Masters, MPhil and PhD candidates.
How to apply: You should complete a Faculty of Arts Funding Schemes
Application Form. This form will be sent to you as part of the postgraduate
application pack or can be obtained separately from the Graduate Office
(srgs@soton.ac.uk). You must also attach a personal statement of no more
than 500 words outlining the reasons for your application.

For more information on the above schemes:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~arts/pg/funding.htm

The Philosophy Department offers three MA degrees (in Aesthetics, Philosoph=
y
of Mind and Contemporary Philosophy: the Analytic and Continental
Traditions), M.Phil and Ph.D. For more information:
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~philosop/pg.htm


__________________________
Dr Denis McManus
Department of Philosophy
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ
United Kingdom
Tel. UK 023 80593984

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sat Dec 22 12:18:43 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 12:18:43 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Conference announcement (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112221218300.28643-100000@uxd.liv.ac.uk>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:34:30 +0000
From: Huw Price <huw@mail.usyd.edu.au>
To: A-Phil <aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au>


"Does metaphysics need a theory of content?"

A weekend workshop at the University of Sydney, 23-24 March 2002.

Speakers:

Stephen Stich
Frank Jackson
Daniel Stoljar
David Braddon-Mitchell
Huw Price


Semantic notions such as content, truth and reference play a variety
of roles in contemporary metaphysics. They are often themselves the
objects of metaphysical enquiry, when the issue is what (if anything)
content, truth and reference could be (especially within the
constraints of a naturalistic framework). But they also appear to
play a fundamental role in metaphysical enquiries concerning other
matters, where issues about the truthmakers of beliefs, or the
referents of terms, often occupy centre-stage.

The latter role threatens to make metaphysics hostage to the results
of the former: if we can't discuss whether X exists without asking to
what "X" refers, for example, then the ontological issue seems to
become subordinate to a theory of reference.  Indeterminacy about
what reference is threatens to translate into indeterminacy about
whether there are Xs. This problem is discussed by Steve Stich in
"Deconstructing the Mind". Stich concludes that it is a mistake to
think that we can get any help from theories of semantic relations in
trying to settle ontological issues.

This workshop will explore these topics, with a new presentation of
the issues and conclusion of "Deconstructing the Mind" from Steve
Stich himself, and related papers from Frank Jackson, Daniel Stoljar,
David Braddon-Mitchell and Huw Price.

Program, venue and registration details will be posted at
http://www.usyd.edu.au/philosophy/price/23march.html when available.

Enquiries to Huw Price <Huw.Price@ed.ac.uk> or David Braddon-Mitchell
<dbm@mail.usyd.edu.au>.

This workshop is supported by the Australian Research Council.

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From sprigge@HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK  Sat Dec 22 19:25:55 2001
From: sprigge@HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK (Timothy Sprigge)
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 20:25:55 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] William James conference
Message-ID: <v01510101b84a8df2eb0b@[129.215.38.196]>

>William James  and The Varieties of Religious Experience:
>An International and Interdisciplinary Centenary Conference in Celebration
>of the 1901-1902 Gifford Lectures
>
>At Old College, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. July 5th- 7th 2002
>
>(followed by a day workshop and contributed papers on the 8th July 2002)
>
>Keynote Addresses by Professor Eugene Taylor (Saybrook Institute & Harvard
>University) and Professor Ruth Putnam (Wellesley College)
>
>Papers from international scholars in the fields of philosophy, psychology
>and religion: Jacob Belzen (University of Amsterdam); Richard Gale
>(University of Pittsburgh); Grace Jantzen (University of Manchester),
>Richard King (University of Derby); David Lamberth (Harvard University);
>Peggy Morgan (Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre and
>Mansfield College, Oxford) Ruth Putnam (Wellesley College); Sonu Shamdasani
>(Wellcome Institute, London); Robert Segal (Lancaster University); Michel
>Weber (Louvain, Belgium); Graham Bird (Professor Emeritus of the
>University of Manchester).
>
>The conference will include a reception and launch of a special centenary
>edition of William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience by
>Routledge, Taylor & Francis at the Talbot Rice Gallery, Old College,
>University of Edinburgh on Friday 5th July 2002.
>
>Conference fee: =A328.00  (full rate); =A310.00 (concession)
>
>For further details, conference programme and paper submissions for the
>Monday session contact:
>Catherine Derrick
>Department of Psychology
>University of Edinburgh
>7, George Square
>Edinburgh EH8 9JZ.
>E-Mail: cderrick@ed.ac.uk
>
>Enquiries can also be made to the conference organisers:
>
>Dr Jeremy Carrette (Department of Religious Studies, University of Stirling=
)
>E-Mail: jrc3@stir.ac.uk
>Professor Robert Morris (Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh)
>E-Mail: rlmorris@ed.ac.uk
>Professor Timothy Sprigge (Department of Philosophy, University of
>Edinburgh)
>E-Mail: sprigge@holyrood.ed.ac.uk
>
>At some point in the conference there will be a meeting of members and
>prospective members of the European William James Project.
>
>--

=46rom
Professor T L S Sprigge
31a Raeburn Place
Edinburgh EH4 1HX
Scotland

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sun Dec 23 16:56:52 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 16:56:52 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] JOB: Lectureship University of Sydney (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112231656090.5214-100000@uxb.liv.ac.uk>

Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 13:07:28 +1100
From: Paul Patton <paul.patton@philosophy.usyd.edu.au>
To: "-1, aphil" <aphil-l@postbox.anu.edu.au>


   POSITION: Sesqui Lecturer
   DEPARTMENT: School of Philosophy, Gender, History and Ancient
   World Studies
   TYPE: Academic
   APPOINTMENT: continuing
   AVAILABILITY: Internal & External
   REF NO: B50/002264

   The School invites applications from qualified individuals for
appointment to a Lectureship in the areas of applied ethics and
contemporary moral philosophy. Although the successful applicant will be
expected to foster interdisciplinary links within the School, and
between the School, the Faculty and the University, she or he will be
based in the department of Philosophy.

   The successful applicant will have demonstrated experience in the
development and delivery of professional ethics courses (eg. Business
ethics, medical ethics, etc) and will be expected to teach at both
undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as undertake supervision
of research students. Applicants must have a record of scholarly
research in ethics and a record
of seeking external funding.

   A PhD in Philosophy is essential as well as a demonstrated capacity
for research and evidence of experience in teaching at the tertiary
level. The capacity to supervise Honours and Postgraduate students is
also essential.

   The position is full-time continuing, subject to the completion of a
satisfactory probation and/or confirmation period for new appointees.
Membership of a University approved superannuation scheme is a condition
of employment for new appointees.

   For further information contact the Chair of Philosophy, Professor
Moira Gatens on (02) 9351 2468 or e-mail:
Moira.Gatens@philosophy.usyd.edu.au. The philosophy department website
is http://www.usyd.edu.au/philosophy/

              WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND WE OFFER A
                             SMOKE FREE WORKPLACE

   Remuneration Package: $63,214 - $75,045 p.a. (which includes a base
salary Lecturer
   Level B $53,440 - $63,461 p.a., leave loading and up to 17%
employer=92s contribution to
   superannuation).
   Closing Date: 1/2/2002


   General Application Information

   Academic positions: Applications (five copies for levels A-D and ten
copies for level E)
   should quote the reference no, address the selection criteria, and
include a CV, a list of
   publications, the names, addresses, e-mail, fax and phone number of
confidential referees
   (three for levels A-D and five for level E).

   General Staff positions: Applications should quote the reference no,
address the selection
   criteria, and include a CV, the names, addresses, e-mail, fax and
phone number of two
   confidential referees.

   Forwarding Applications:


          For Reference No B: The Personnel Officer, College of
Humanities and Social
          Sciences, Old Teacher's College, (A22), The University of
Sydney, NSW, 2006

  The University is a non-smoking workplace and is committed to the
policies and principles of
   equal employment opportunity and cultural diversity. The University
reserves the right not to
   proceed with any appointment for financial or other reasons.

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From Spurrett@NU.AC.ZA  Mon Dec 24 08:15:09 2001
From: Spurrett@NU.AC.ZA (David Spurrett)
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 10:15:09 +0200
Subject: [Philnet] Cartwright question
Message-ID: <sc270044.094@nusmtp.nu.ac.za>

Greetings,

*Somewhere* (I seem to recall) Nancy Cartwright characterises the view of =
causality
she argues against in terms of nomological relations between what she =
calls 'OK properties'.
It's a nice way of being agnostic about what metaphysics one might want to =
fill in about
the relata (events, property instantiations, etc.) but I'm damned if I can =
find the passage.

Any life-lines out there?

Regards,



David Spurrett
Philosophy, U of Natal,
Durban, 4041, South Africa.
T: +27 (31) 260 3248
F: +27 (31) 260 3031
E: david.spurrett@hell.com
W: www.durbanphilosophy.nu.ac.za

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From ralmagor@SOC.HAIFA.AC.IL  Mon Dec 24 09:17:51 2001
From: ralmagor@SOC.HAIFA.AC.IL (Rafi Cohen-Almagor)
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:17:51 +0200
Subject: [Philnet] The Right to Die with Dignity
Message-ID: <1009185471.3c26f2bf2d8ea@webmail.haifa.ac.il>

Dear friends and colleagues,

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about it in your circles and order it for your library.

Full details: Raphael Cohen-Almagor, The Right to Die with Dignity: An Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and
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ISBN: 0-8135-2986-7.

On my website, under books, you may find a 20% discount order form ($28 instead of $35). You can send it
directly to the publisher, or make a direct order.
See: http://lib-stu.haifa.ac.il/staff/rcohen-Almagor


With gratitude for your interest, and best wishes for the new year,

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Chairperson, Library and Information Studies
Department of Communication
University of Haifa
Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905
ISRAEL.
Phone: 972-4-8249-034.
Fax: 972-4-8249-836; 972-4-8249120.
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From Joseph.L.Cruz@WILLIAMS.EDU  Wed Dec 26 18:26:12 2001
From: Joseph.L.Cruz@WILLIAMS.EDU (Joe Cruz)
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 13:26:12 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] SPP Second Call for Papers
Message-ID: <7B0648B0-FA2D-11D5-857D-003065738EAE@williams.edu>

            *** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ***


SOCIETY FOR PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY
CALL FOR PAPERS
28th ANNUAL MEETING
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
JUNE 20-23, 2002


The Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) is calling for papers to=20=

be presented at its 28th annual meeting, June 20-23, 2002 at the=20
University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.


ABOUT THE SOCIETY

The Society for Philosophy and Psychology is among the premier=20
organizations of its kind in the world.  SPP was founded in 1974 to=20
provide a forum for exchanging ideas on the very latest empirical and=20
philosophical approaches to the mind. The name of the Society signals=20
the traditional liaison between philosophy and psychology, but our=20
interests extend well beyond these fields.  Our membership includes=20
scholars from linguistics, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, cognitive=20=

anthropology, artificial intelligence, psychopathology, and cognitive=20
ethology.

Some of the most important and well-known research themes in the=20
cognitive sciences were discussed in their nascent stages at the=20
Society=92s annual meeting. These meetings are lively and collegial, and=20=

present an unrivaled opportunity for conversations that cross=20
disciplines.  The Society takes special pride in creating a supportive=20=

atmosphere for researchers at the beginning of their careers, including=20=

graduate students.  Many of them have gone on to become prominent=20
contributors to their fields and to the present life of the Society.

In addition to invited lectures and symposia and contributed papers and=20=

posters, the Society has recently added focused workshops on empirical=20=

topics of interest to our members.  Examples of recent meeting locations=20=

are Cincinnati, New York, Palo Alto, and Montreal.


CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND POSTERS

Papers may be submitted for oral presentation during contributed=20
sessions or for poster presentations at the Thursday evening reception.=20=

(One may submit a paper to be considered for oral and poster=20
presentation, although an author may present an accepted paper only in=20=

one medium.) Submissions are refereed and selected on the basis of=20
quality and relevance to both philosophers and psychologists. The=20
Program Co-Chairs are particularly interested in submissions from=20
psychologists, neuroscientists, linguists, computer scientists and=20
biologists whose work has philosophical importance. Over the past few=20
years, contributed sessions have included papers on perception;=20
neuropsychology; modularity; the problem of consciousness in philosophy,=20=

psychology, and neuroscience; concepts; externalism; the debate between=20=

simulation theory and theory theory; representation in computational=20
models of cognition; connectionism; developmental issues; and=20
evolutionary psychology and epistemology.

Papers submitted for contributed sessions or poster presentations must=20=

not exceed a total word count of 3500 words. Papers must be accompanied=20=

by a word count and an abstract of not more than 300 words (to be=20
included in the conference program booklet). Please indicate your=20
preferred presentation medium (oral presentation or poster), and whether=20=

you wish your paper to be considered for the other if it is not accepted=20=

for your preferred. Papers must be written in a format appropriate for=20=

blind review, and employ gender-neutral language. Individual authors may=20=

submit only one paper. The deadline for submission is January 21, 2002=20=

(postmarked). In your cover letter please also indicate your e-mail=20
address. You have two options for submitting your paper:

a.) Send four (4) copies to:

SPP c/o Thomas Polger
Department of Philosophy
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0374

b.) The SPP has implemented the option of electronic submission via a=20
very simple web browser form.  The form requires you only to fill in two=20=

fields: your email address and the name of the file you are submitting=20=

from your local computer. You also have to check the appropriate box, if=20=

you are eligible to participate in the William James Prize competition=20=

and would like to participate.  We will accept html (htm), rtf, pdf, or=20=

plain ASCII text files. All major word processors produce at least two=20=

of these formats.  You may also submit gif and jpeg (jpg) files to=20
accompany your text. The submission form may be reached at:

      http://spp.tamu.edu/cgi-bin/spp/upload.cgi


THE 2002 WILLIAM JAMES PRIZE

History: At the 1996 annual Business Meeting, SPP membership moved to=20
create AN AWARD FOR GRADUATE STUDENT PAPERS accepted for oral=20
presentation in contributed sessions at subsequent annual meetings. The=20=

SPP funds up to two awards yearly, with no more than one award per=20
discipline. Awards are $250 paid out of SPP funds, and a certificate.=20
The yearly panel of judges includes the Program Co-Chairs and the=20
President, as well as any other willing SPP officers, executive=20
committee members, or regular members requested by this group. Having a=20=

paper accepted for oral presentation in a contributed session alone is=20=

not sufficient for receiving an award. At the 1997 meeting, membership=20=

moved to rename the award The William James Prize, in light of James'=20
contributions to both philosophy and psychology.


Rules for Submission

1. To be eligible for the William James Prize, one must be pursuing a=20
doctoral degree in philosophy, psychology, or other relevant=20
disciplines, and must not have not have received the Ph.D. by the=20
submission deadline for contributed papers. This year's submission=20
deadline is January 21, 2002.

2. The William James Prize committee will determine the prizewinners (if=20=

any) only after the program decisions have been made.

3. Prizewinners will be acknowledged by a special insert in the=20
conference program, and will receive their check and certificate at the=20=

annual Presidential Address and Banquet.

4. The author(s) of the winning paper(s) will have the option to publish=20=

a version of their paper, revised in light of the conference discussion,=20=

in the journal Philosophical Psychology.

5. Please indicate your interest in being considered for the 2002=20
William James Prize in a cover letter accompanying your submission, if=20=

you send your paper by mail. If you submit it electronically, you have=20=

to check the appropriate box.

6. Your submission should follow the guidelines outlined in the general=20=

call for papers.

Please bring the SPP William James award to the attention of your=20
graduate students


ABOUT THE 28TH ANNUAL MEETING

Cognition and computation have been at the center of much of the=20
interdisciplinary effort to understand the mind.  SPP 2002 will offer=20
coverage of topics that have often been marginalized by this=20
concentration, and will include invited papers, symposia, or workshops=20=

on philosophical psychopathology, pain, self-consciousness in humans and=20=

animals, and the unity of psychology.

Invited sessions will include a symposium on pain and the neuroscience=20=

of pain with D.D. Price (Psychology, Florida), Ken Sufka (Psychology,=20
Ole Miss), and Guven Guzeldere (Philosophy, Duke), and a symposium on=20
self, self-awareness and self-conception with Diana Reiss (CERC,=20
Columbia University and NY Aquarium), Lori Marino (Neurobiology, Emory),=20=

Colin Allen (Philosophy, Texas A&M), and Owen Flanagan (Philosophy, Duke=20=

University). Clark Glymour (Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University),=20
Alison Gopnik (Psychology, Berkeley), and Jaegwon Kim (Philosophy, Brown=20=

University) will give invited talks.  Robert van Gulick (Philosophy,=20
Syracuse University) will give the presidential address.

In addition, preceding the main program, George Graham=20
(Alabama-Birmingham) and Jeff Poland (University of Nebraska) will run a=20=

workshop titled, =93Exploring Philosophical Psychopathology.=94

The meeting will be held in Edmonton, with Rob Wilson handling local=20
arrangements.  Edmonton is the capital of the province of Alberta,=20
Canada, and has nearly 900,000 people (roughly the same size as Calgary,=20=

the other major city in the province). The city has around 300 days of=20=

sunshine a year, with around 18 hours of daylight in mid-June, and=20
daytime temperatures in the low 20sC (mid 70sF) with low humidity.=20
Edmonton is just a few hours drive to both Jasper and Banff, places in=20=

the Rockies surrounded by some of Canada's most prized national parks. =20=

Conference participants are encouraged to seriously consider adding 4-7=20=

days to their conference trip, before or after, to take advantage of the=20=

proximity to either of these places.  The Canadian dollar is currently=20=

around $US0.63, and so those of you with $US will find your expenses in=20=

Edmonton (and the rest of the province) modest. Rob will facilitate=20
travel arrangements to the mountains or elsewhere.

The meetings themselves will be held on the campus of the University of=20=

Alberta, located on the south bank of the river; the city downtown is on=20=

the north bank, a few kilometers to the east.  Within walking distance=20=

of the campus are several reasonably priced hotels, and there will be=20
dorm availability.  The university is also walking distance to three=20
separate areas with restaurants and cafes, including the best of these=20=

areas in the city, the Whyte Avenue area.  =46rom the meeting site, it =
is=20
less than a 5 minute walk into the river valley trail system.  For more=20=

general information on the city and university, see

      http://www.ualberta.ca/ualberta/About/location/edmonton.html


For more information visit the SPP conference page at

      http://spp.tamu.edu/html/


THE 2002 PROGRAM COMMITTEE

President
Robert van Gulick (Syracuse University): rnvangul@mailbox.syr.edu

President-elect
Barbara von Eckardt (University of Nebraska): bvonecka@unlserve.unl.edu

Program Chair
Michael Lynch (Philosophy, Connecticut College): mplyn@conncoll.edu

Program Co-Chair, Psychology
Sharon Armstrong (Psychology, LaSalle University): armstrong@lasalle.edu

Program Co-Chair, Philosophy
Tom Polger (Philosophy, University of Cincinnati): thomas.polger@uc.edu

Secretary-Treasurer
Joe Cruz (Williams College): jcruz@williams.edu

Local Arrangements
Rob Wilson (University of Alberta): rob.wilson@ualberta.ca

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From rick.lewis@PHILOSOPHYNOW.DEMON.CO.UK  Thu Dec 27 18:47:49 2001
From: rick.lewis@PHILOSOPHYNOW.DEMON.CO.UK (Rick Lewis)
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:47:49 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Was Ravenscroft, Monmoutshire,
 part of _England_ on May 18 1872?
Message-ID: <v01510101b8511d32e5bc@[212.229.14.36]>

Hi,

Another quick p.s. to your note about Bertrand Russell's birthplace in
Monmouthshire.

> J L Speranza wrote:
>
>It seems it was part of _Wales_. As it now is. Yet, he probably _was_ an
>Englishman (see pss) - besides being Welsh.
>


Actually in the middle ages the border was rather mobile.  When things
settled down, Monmouthshire ended up as part of England despite most
of its inhabitants being Welsh-speakers.  Legally there was no dispute
- Monmouthshire was English - but the fact that most of its people
regarded themselves as Welsh meant that it was generally treated as
a special case.  Mapmakers frequently acknowledged Monmouthshire's
anolamous status by including it in their maps of Wales but
titling those maps "Wales and Monmouthshire".

In the local government reorganisation of 1972(?), lots of county
boundaries throughout Britain were re-drawn, some counties were
given new names, and various colourful oddities were ironed out.
By that time Monmouthshire had become almost totally English-speaking,
but regardless of its legal status it was still widely regarded
as somehow being part of Wales. So the bureaucrats renamed it Gwent
and took the opportunity to transfer it from England to Wales at
the same time.

Therefore Russell was born of an English aristocratic family in
what was then, and for a century to follow, technically a part of
England.  So I suppose us Taffies will have to reluctantly forego any
nationalistic attempts to claim Russell as a great Welsh philo.

Best wishes,
Rick Lewis



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From jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET  Thu Dec 27 20:23:05 2001
From: jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET (Jeremy Bowman)
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 20:23:05 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Was Ravenscroft, Monmoutshire,
 part of _England_ on May 18 1872?
References: <v01510101b8511d32e5bc@[212.229.14.36]>
Message-ID: <001101c18f14$63bc7ea0$4bdb869f@oemcomputer>

Rick Lewis wrote:

> In the local government
> reorganisation of 1972(?), lots of
> county boundaries throughout Britain
> were re-drawn, some counties were
> given new names, and various
> colourful oddities were ironed out.
> By that time Monmouthshire had
> become almost totally
> English-speaking, but regardless of
> its legal status it was still widely
> regarded as somehow being part of
> Wales. So the bureaucrats renamed it
> Gwent and took the opportunity to
> transfer it from England to Wales at
> the same time.


-- I wonder what the inhabitants of Monmouthshire thought about that? (I'm
too youthful to remember.) And I wonder how much popularity the inhabitants
of Monmouthshire enjoyed in the rest of England in 1972?

In effect, they were *expelled* them from England, were they not?

I wonder what will happen when the English purge themselves of their
"imperialistic guilt" by expelling one million members of the most hated
ethnic group in the world?

Jeremy Bowman

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From MICK_PHYTHIAN@COMPUSERVE.COM  Thu Dec 27 22:17:04 2001
From: MICK_PHYTHIAN@COMPUSERVE.COM (Michael Phythian)
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 17:17:04 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Was Ravenscroft, Monmoutshire,
 part of _England_ on May 18 1872?
Message-ID: <200112271717_MC3-EC10-767E@compuserve.com>

There have been two recent local government reorganisations - 1974 & 1996=
 -
I suspect it was the 74 when Monmouthshire went west, so to speak.

But who are the 1M members of the most hated ethnic minority in the world=
 -
surely not the Welsh - I don't think they can even be classified as ethni=
c
minority, they're a mix like the English of every other invader...

Mick Phythian

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From rh1@YORK.AC.UK  Thu Dec 27 22:41:13 2001
From: rh1@YORK.AC.UK (R Hall)
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 22:41:13 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Was Ravenscroft, Monmoutshire,
 part of _England_ on May 18 1872?
In-Reply-To: <v01510101b8511d32e5bc@[212.229.14.36]>
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.95L.1011227223927.28608A-100000@mailer.york.ac.uk>

Actually, Rick, you have only to look at Chambers' Biographical Dictionary
(not the latest edition), to see Russell entered as a Welsh philospher,
which has amused me for some years.
        Roland

On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Rick Lewis wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Another quick p.s. to your note about Bertrand Russell's birthplace in
> Monmouthshire.
>
> > J L Speranza wrote:
> >
> >It seems it was part of _Wales_. As it now is. Yet, he probably _was_ an
> >Englishman (see pss) - besides being Welsh.
> >
>
>
> Actually in the middle ages the border was rather mobile.  When things
> settled down, Monmouthshire ended up as part of England despite most
> of its inhabitants being Welsh-speakers.  Legally there was no dispute
> - Monmouthshire was English - but the fact that most of its people
> regarded themselves as Welsh meant that it was generally treated as
> a special case.  Mapmakers frequently acknowledged Monmouthshire's
> anolamous status by including it in their maps of Wales but
> titling those maps "Wales and Monmouthshire".
>
> In the local government reorganisation of 1972(?), lots of county
> boundaries throughout Britain were re-drawn, some counties were
> given new names, and various colourful oddities were ironed out.
> By that time Monmouthshire had become almost totally English-speaking,
> but regardless of its legal status it was still widely regarded
> as somehow being part of Wales. So the bureaucrats renamed it Gwent
> and took the opportunity to transfer it from England to Wales at
> the same time.
>
> Therefore Russell was born of an English aristocratic family in
> what was then, and for a century to follow, technically a part of
> England.  So I suppose us Taffies will have to reluctantly forego any
> nationalistic attempts to claim Russell as a great Welsh philo.
>
> Best wishes,
> Rick Lewis
>
>
>
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From jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET  Fri Dec 28 18:48:01 2001
From: jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET (Jeremy Bowman)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 18:48:01 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Was Ravenscroft, Monmouthshire,
 part of _England_ on May 18 1872?
References: <200112271717_MC3-EC10-767E@compuserve.com>
Message-ID: <000d01c18fd0$4eb5ee80$91d8869f@oemcomputer>

Michael Phythian writes:

> But who are the 1M members of the
> most hated ethnic minority in the world -
> surely not the Welsh - I don't think they
>can even be classified as ethnic minority,
> they're a mix like the English of every other invader...

-- I was thinking of Northern Irish Protestants. The English have been
trying to wash their hands of them for years (ever since they became an
economic liability rather than an asset, in fact). The neatest way of doing
that is to simply expel them from the UK -- of course, this expulsion must
be well-hidden in a smokescreen of bureaucracy and the superficial
appearance of "anti-imperialism".

In larger terms, I was trying to highlight the fact that if an ethnic group
is not RAD ( = Recognised As Disadvantaged) then its members can be
subjected to all sorts of abuse (such as being thrown out of a country)
without anyone raising an eyebrow.

Most of us quite rightly abhor racism and xenophobia. But we act as if some
races and foreigners really deserve it. For example,  "affirmative action"
does nothing for truly disadvantaged white people from rural America -- the
sort of people no one hesitates to call "rednecks". "Hibernophobia" is just
as rife among the English as it ever was -- only nowadays, it's directed
against perennially unfashionable Protestant Paisleyites instead of
charming, ethnically interesting, oppressed Irish Catholics.

I'm exaggerating for effect, as usual, but I ask you, isn't "fashion" a
dreadful thing?

Best wishes -- Jeremy Bowman

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From stephen@CLEMSON.EDU  Sat Dec 29 06:09:00 2001
From: stephen@CLEMSON.EDU (Stephen Satris)
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 01:09:00 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Was Ravenscroft, Monmouthshire,
 part of _England_ on May 18 1872?
In-Reply-To: <000d01c18fd0$4eb5ee80$91d8869f@oemcomputer>
References: <200112271717_MC3-EC10-767E@compuserve.com>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.2.20011229005844.00c48ce0@mail.clemson.edu>

At 06:48 PM 12/28/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>  Most of us quite rightly abhor racism and xenophobia. But we act as if=
 some
>races and foreigners really deserve it. For example,  "affirmative action"
>does nothing for truly disadvantaged white people from rural America -- the
>sort of people no one hesitates to call "rednecks".

Not sure I'm getting this.  Are you saying that rednecks are an ethnic=20
group--perhaps one that should receive affirmative action?

>  "Hibernophobia" is just
>as rife among the English as it ever was -- only nowadays, it's directed
>against perennially unfashionable Protestant Paisleyites instead of
>charming, ethnically interesting, oppressed Irish Catholics.

I'm having some trouble with this too, I'm afraid.  Do the English really=20
speak of "The Irish Agenda" and oppose "special rights" for Irish people?

Stephen Satris
Clemson University


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From sprigge@HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK  Sat Dec 29 09:38:29 2001
From: sprigge@HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK (Timothy Sprigge)
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:38:29 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE
Message-ID: <v01510107b8533efcbfb1@[129.215.38.211]>

CONFERENCE
>>>
>>>>William James  and The Varieties of Religious Experience:
>>>>An International and Interdisciplinary Centenary Conference in Celebrati=
on
>>>>of the 1901-1902 Gifford Lectures
>>>>
>>>>At Old College, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. July 5th- 7th 200=
2
>>>>
>>>>(followed by a day workshop and contributed papers on the 8th July 2002)
>>>>
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rd
>>>>University) and Professor Ruth Putnam (Wellesley College)
>>>>
>>>>Papers from international scholars in the fields of philosophy, psycholo=
gy
>>>>and religion: Jacob Belzen (University of Amsterdam); Richard Gale
>>>>(University of Pittsburgh); Grace Jantzen (University of Manchester),
>>>>Richard King (University of Derby); David Lamberth (Harvard University);
>>>>Peggy Morgan (Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre and
>>>>Mansfield College, Oxford) Ruth Putnam (Wellesley College); Sonu Shamdas=
ani
>>>>(Wellcome Institute, London); Robert Segal (Lancaster University); Miche=
l
>>>>Weber (Louvain, Belgium); Graham Bird (Professor Emeritus of the
>>>>University of Manchester).
>>>>
>>>>The conference will include a reception and launch of a special centenar=
y
>>>>edition of William James's The Varieties of Religious Experience by
>>>>Routledge, Taylor & Francis at the Talbot Rice Gallery, Old College,
>>>>University of Edinburgh on Friday 5th July 2002.
>>>>
>>>>Conference fee: =A328.00  (full rate); =A310.00 (concession)
>>>>
>>>>For further details, conference programme and paper submissions for the
>>>>Monday session contact:
>>>>Catherine Derrick
>>>>Department of Psychology
>>>>University of Edinburgh
>>>>7, George Square
>>>>Edinburgh EH8 9JZ.
>>>>E-Mail: cderrick@ed.ac.uk
>>>>
>>>>Enquiries can also be made to the conference organisers:
>>>>
>>>>Dr Jeremy Carrette (Department of Religious Studies, University of Stirl=
ing)
>>>>E-Mail: jrc3@stir.ac.uk
>>>>Professor Robert Morris (Department of Psychology, University of Edinbur=
gh)
>>>>E-Mail: rlmorris@ed.ac.uk
>>>>Professor Timothy Sprigge (Department of Philosophy, University of
>>>>Edinburgh)
>>>>E-Mail: sprigge@holyrood.ed.ac.uk
>>>>
>>>>At some point in the conference there will be a meeting of members and
>>>>prospective members of the European William James Project.

>>
>

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From MICK_PHYTHIAN@COMPUSERVE.COM  Sat Dec 29 20:05:09 2001
From: MICK_PHYTHIAN@COMPUSERVE.COM (Michael Phythian)
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:05:09 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Was Ravenscroft, Monmouthshire,
 part of _England_ on May 18 1872?
Message-ID: <200112291505_MC3-EC45-968E@compuserve.com>

There are a number of generalisations in your defence of the Northern Iri=
sh
Protestants as the world's most hated ethnic minority which exceed the
bounds of exageration, including -

 - They are hardly a minority, in fact for many years some of them have
abused their majority position in the past which has contributed to the
present state of affairs

- They are a  minority in the Irish Republic but I not see them there as
hated or opressed

- Most of all, if one ignores the bigots, they are like most other people=
,
if not especially polite and helpful, a number of whom I have been happy =
to
consider good friends over the years, despite or in spite of  my own
anglo-irish catholic background.

Being from and living in the north of England we draw a line from the
Mersey to the Humber below which everyone is particularly foreign,
particularly those from outside Yorkshire, and I do not exagerate!

Mick Phythian

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From davisf@UNION.EDU  Sun Dec 30 04:04:00 2001
From: davisf@UNION.EDU (Felmon Davis)
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:04:00 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] Re: Was Ravenscroft, Monmouthshire,
 part of _England_ on May 18 1872?
In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20011229005844.00c48ce0@mail.clemson.edu>
References: <200112271717_MC3-EC10-767E@compuserve.com>
            <4.3.1.2.20011229005844.00c48ce0@mail.clemson.edu>
Message-ID: <0112300504000G.00851@lappie>

On Saturday 29 December 2001 07:09, Stephen Satris wrote:
> At 06:48 PM 12/28/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >  Most of us quite rightly abhor racism and xenophobia. But we act
> > as if some races and foreigners really deserve it. For example,
> > "affirmative action" does nothing for truly disadvantaged white
> > people from rural America -- the sort of people no one hesitates
> > to call "rednecks".
>
> Not sure I'm getting this.  Are you saying that rednecks are an
> ethnic group--perhaps one that should receive affirmative action?
>

I'm wondering about this usage also. Speaking as an American
generally familiar with American vernacular, I would have thought
'redneck' is a derogatory term for people who exhibit certain
behaviors and/or come from certain areas of the country. The 'and/or'
is intentionally ambiguous meant to reflect the ambiguity of the term
itself.

The analogy is, there is affirmative action for, say,
'African-Americans' but there isn't affirmative action for '____'
(fill in the blank with a derogatory term for black people).

Does this match your sense of the term's meaning?

Write quickly: this thread will be snipped soon!

Felmon

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From srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM  Sun Dec 30 03:35:48 2001
From: srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM (steven bayne)
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:35:48 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] "Redneck" etc.
References: <200112271717_MC3-EC10-767E@compuserve.com>           
            <4.3.1.2.20011229005844.00c48ce0@mail.clemson.edu> 
            <0112300504000G.00851@lappie>
Message-ID: <000401c190e3$12621bc0$f2943c18@p4h6p2>

My understanding has always been that a "redneck"
describes a rural white farmer who acquires a red
neck from working the fields during the daylight hours.
It does carry a negative connotation, but that is most
likely acquired. In neighborhoods surrounding
Harvard there is the expression "barney," derogatory
of "Harvard Yard," suggesting "barn yard," or one
who lives around the "barn yard," whence "barn-ey."
"Spinster" carries a negative connotation, but like
"red neck" this also is most likely acquired. Word
origins obey few rules, for the most part. This is
one reason Chomsky type linguistics puts little
emphasis on historical linguistics, although Chomsky
has had some interesting things to say about
vowel shifts in English in his The Sound Pattern
of English (with Morris Halle). In any case "redneck"
while usually applied to southern white farmers
nonetheless might conceivably qualify as an ethnic
group description if it should turn out that southern
white American farmers share a culture not shared
with white southern nonfarmers. Like the evolution
of language itself such an eventuality cannot
be predicted, or excluded apriori.

Steve Bayne


----- Original Message -----
From: "Felmon Davis" <davisf@union.edu>
To: <PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: Was Ravenscroft, Monmouthshire, part of _England_ on May 18
1872?


> On Saturday 29 December 2001 07:09, Stephen Satris wrote:
> > At 06:48 PM 12/28/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> > >  Most of us quite rightly abhor racism and xenophobia. But we act
> > > as if some races and foreigners really deserve it. For example,
> > > "affirmative action" does nothing for truly disadvantaged white
> > > people from rural America -- the sort of people no one hesitates
> > > to call "rednecks".
> >
> > Not sure I'm getting this.  Are you saying that rednecks are an
> > ethnic group--perhaps one that should receive affirmative action?
> >
>
> I'm wondering about this usage also. Speaking as an American
> generally familiar with American vernacular, I would have thought
> 'redneck' is a derogatory term for people who exhibit certain
> behaviors and/or come from certain areas of the country. The 'and/or'
> is intentionally ambiguous meant to reflect the ambiguity of the term
> itself.
>
> The analogy is, there is affirmative action for, say,
> 'African-Americans' but there isn't affirmative action for '____'
> (fill in the blank with a derogatory term for black people).
>
> Does this match your sense of the term's meaning?
>
> Write quickly: this thread will be snipped soon!
>
> Felmon
>
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From jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET  Sun Dec 30 18:37:23 2001
From: jeremiad@EIRCOM.NET (Jeremy Bowman)
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:37:23 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: "Redneck" etc.
References: <200112271717_MC3-EC10-767E@compuserve.com>                     
            <4.3.1.2.20011229005844.00c48ce0@mail.clemson.edu>           
            <0112300504000G.00851@lappie> 
            <000401c190e3$12621bc0$f2943c18@p4h6p2>
Message-ID: <002301c19161$2ddd0800$0adb869f@oemcomputer>

There are certain ethnic groups whose members are generally despised, some
of whose members are genuinely disadvantaged as well. For whatever reason
(usually it's the unseemly behaviour of their ancestors) their plight
provokes little guilt, and so not much effort is made to relieve them of it.

You can often identify such groups by the terms people use to refer to them.
If a term has pejorative connotations, and yet is routinely used without
embarrassment, then it usually applies to a group whose hardships tend to go
unrecognised. For example, contrast current usage of the words 'redneck' and
'wetback'. Both clearly pejorative, but the last time I heard anyone use the
latter was Tom Lehrer in 1960 -- and it was pretty risqué even then.

Or take "Cletus the slack-jawed yokel", that amusing character from
warm-hearted family TV show The Simpsons. He talks funny and eats roadkill,
as do the rest of his family. It is hinted that their physical
characteristics are the result of inbreeding. Please note that I do not have
the slightest objection to that sort of stereotyping for the sake of fun. I
think we can learn from it. The message I get is that Cletus belongs to an
ethnic group whose hardships do not keep the middle-class awake at night. No
one in mainstream network TV would dream of portraying, say, the black
descendants of slaves in anything like the same way.

But if a person is brought up in a home without books, by parents who never
went to college, whose lives were impoverished in various ways, then he is
disadvantaged, regardless of his skin colour (on his neck or anywhere else).
If he belongs to a group that is generally treated with an unembarrassed
contempt as well, then I would say he is still further disadvantaged,
because that contempt blinds us to the disadvantages.

Certain words do seem to be reserved for certain groups. I have only ever
heard the word 'redneck' applied to white rural types. Whatever the
dictionary may say about the word 'bigot', I have not once heard it applied
in practice to anyone but white South Africans or Northern Irish
Protestants.

Jeremy Bowman

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From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sun Dec 30 19:22:51 2001
From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:22:51 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Spain
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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:00:47 +0300 (MSK)
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To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com


Call for Papers


for the 12th "Seminario interuniversitario de Filosof=CEa y Ciencia
Cognitiva" to
be held in Girona (Spain) on March 21st-23rd, 2002

Invited Speaker: Christopher Peacocke (New York)





The workshop is organised by the "Department de Filologia i Filosofia" (Gir=
ona
University) in cooperation with the "C=C1tedra Ferrater Mora" (Girona
University) and SEFA ("Sociedad Espa=D3ola de Filosof=CEa Anal=CEtica").

Papers are invited for 45 minutes talks (with an additional 30 minutes
discussion). Any topic connected to the philosophical work of Professor
Peacocke is acceptable. The deadline for the receipt of papers (or,
alternatively, abstracts of no less than 1000 words) is January, 31st, 2002=
=2E
The organising committee, in cooperation with SEFA, will decide the accepte=
d
contributions before February, 28th, 2002.


Submissions can be sent to any of the members of the organising committee:
Antoni Defez     (antoni.defez@udg.es)
Joan Pages        (joan.pages@udg.es)
David Pineda        (david.pineda@udg.es)
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Departament de Filologia i Filosofia
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From r.read@UEA.AC.UK  Mon Dec 31 14:56:30 2001
From: r.read@UEA.AC.UK (R Read)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 14:56:30 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: segal on putnam and kuhn
In-Reply-To: <3C21EA20.ABB622B8@gmx.co.uk>
Message-ID: <00d301c1920b$5490dd00$3991de8b@socread>

In my view this view of Segal's ((see msg below)) is fundamentally correct.
In a forthcoming paper to be published in the JOURNAL FOR THE GENERAL
HISTORY OF SCIENCE, entitled 'Thomas Kuhn's misunderstood relation to
Kripke/Putnam essentialism', I argue the case specifically that Kuhn has
decisively undermined Putnam. This paper is co-authored with Wes Sharrock,
as is my forthcoming book 'Thomas Kuhn: The philosopher of scientific
revolution' (Polity Press, 2002), which expounds a similar case more
broadly.
[For a contrasting view, see the recent and forthcoming work of Alexander
Bird, which defends Putnam against Kuhn et al.]
As for the details of Segals' view -- point (1) is not as crucial in Kuhn's
case, which in so far as it discusses water is equally focussed not only on
point (2) but also on points involving the existence of impurities in water,
of heavy water, and the relevance of these to the real and possible history
of chemistry. But I think further detailed discussion would be best carried
out offlist (and perhaps with detailed reference to the works cited above by
Bird and myself, as well as by Segal.).

Dr. Rupert Read
Philosophy
SOC UEA Norwich
NR4 7TJ
UK

01603 592079

'In philosophy, the winner of the race is the one who arrives last'.
[Ludwig Wittgenstein]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philosophy in Europe [mailto:PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
> PALMA@GMX.CO.UK
> Sent: 20 December 2001 13:40
> To: PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: to be sent ot list diffusion philos-l on segal
>
>
>  In a recent (15 months) book Gabriel Segal (A slim book on
> narrow content, Cambridge. Mass. 2000)
>
> > > presents a battery of arguments meant to undermine Putanm's
> "twin" problems (Thought experiences in
> > > fact.)
> > > Among others points he states (and credit T. Kuhn with the
> idea) that the examples are in fact
> > > nomologically not possible.
> > > reasons
> > > 1. people are largely made of water (hence the human twins
> could not be in universes devoid of watery
> > > stuff, H20)
> > > 2. given physics as we know it there is NO xyz urelement or
> pseudo element that could have
> > > a. an underlying chestry NOT based on oxygen and hydrogen
> > > &
> > > b. the same macrophysical properties of water (our water, H20)
> > >
> > > FOR chemically and physically knowledgeable philosophers: is
> this correct?
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> _________________________________________________________________________
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From srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM  Mon Dec 31 15:19:21 2001
From: srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM (steven bayne)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:19:21 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Re: segal on putnam and kuhn
References: <00d301c1920b$5490dd00$3991de8b@socread>
Message-ID: <000401c1920e$860cfc80$f2943c18@p4h6p2>

I appreciate Dr. Read's desire to conduct further
discussion of the issue of Kuhn vs. Kripke/Putnam
offline, but a brief historical observation may serve
to promote this line of inquiry without engaging in
discussion  of the matter itself. Some years ago,
Kuhn announced that he was going to give a
lecture with the title something like "Double Dubbing."
There were a few other words suggesting a
connection to the sort of issues of "open texture" that
Arthur Pap pursued in his Semantics and Necessary
Truth (Yale: 1960?). He gave a different lecture,
instead; but I raised a point, I now forget,
relating to Putnam's twin worlds. What I was after
was some intimation of his views on rigid
designation in relation to "double dubbing." I
forget the exchange that followed. Does anyone
know of a paper, perhaps unpublished wherein
Kuhn takes up this matter?


Steve Bayne



----- Original Message -----
From: "R Read" <r.read@UEA.AC.UK>
To: <PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: segal on putnam and kuhn


> In my view this view of Segal's ((see msg below)) is fundamentally
correct.
> In a forthcoming paper to be published in the JOURNAL FOR THE GENERAL
> HISTORY OF SCIENCE, entitled 'Thomas Kuhn's misunderstood relation to
> Kripke/Putnam essentialism', I argue the case specifically that Kuhn ha=
s
> decisively undermined Putnam. This paper is co-authored with Wes Sharro=
ck,
> as is my forthcoming book 'Thomas Kuhn: The philosopher of scientific
> revolution' (Polity Press, 2002), which expounds a similar case more
> broadly.
> [For a contrasting view, see the recent and forthcoming work of Alexand=
er
> Bird, which defends Putnam against Kuhn et al.]
> As for the details of Segals' view -- point (1) is not as crucial in
Kuhn's
> case, which in so far as it discusses water is equally focussed not onl=
y
on
> point (2) but also on points involving the existence of impurities in
water,
> of heavy water, and the relevance of these to the real and possible
history
> of chemistry. But I think further detailed discussion would be best
carried
> out offlist (and perhaps with detailed reference to the works cited abo=
ve
by
> Bird and myself, as well as by Segal.).
>
> Dr. Rupert Read
> Philosophy
> SOC UEA Norwich
> NR4 7TJ
> UK
>
> 01603 592079
>
> 'In philosophy, the winner of the race is the one who arrives last'.
> [Ludwig Wittgenstein]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philosophy in Europe [mailto:PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk]On Behalf=
 Of
> > PALMA@GMX.CO.UK
> > Sent: 20 December 2001 13:40
> > To: PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk
> > Subject: Re: to be sent ot list diffusion philos-l on segal
> >
> >
> >  In a recent (15 months) book Gabriel Segal (A slim book on
> > narrow content, Cambridge. Mass. 2000)
> >
> > > > presents a battery of arguments meant to undermine Putanm's
> > "twin" problems (Thought experiences in
> > > > fact.)
> > > > Among others points he states (and credit T. Kuhn with the
> > idea) that the examples are in fact
> > > > nomologically not possible.
> > > > reasons
> > > > 1. people are largely made of water (hence the human twins
> > could not be in universes devoid of watery
> > > > stuff, H20)
> > > > 2. given physics as we know it there is NO xyz urelement or
> > pseudo element that could have
> > > > a. an underlying chestry NOT based on oxygen and hydrogen
> > > > &
> > > > b. the same macrophysical properties of water (our water, H20)
> > > >
> > > > FOR chemically and physically knowledgeable philosophers: is
> > this correct?
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> >
_________________________________________________________________________
> > >
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From r.read@UEA.AC.UK  Mon Dec 31 17:06:42 2001
From: r.read@UEA.AC.UK (R Read)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 17:06:42 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Re: segal on putnam and kuhn on natural kinds
In-Reply-To: <000401c1920e$860cfc80$f2943c18@p4h6p2>
Message-ID: <00e601c1921d$84b5ac10$3991de8b@socread>

Yes ((see below msg for the question to which this is the answer)):
Kuhn takes up the topic in several of the essays now collected in 'The Road
since Structure' (eds. Conant and Haugeland, Chicago, 2000), especially
perhaps in ''Possible worlds in history of science'' and ''The road since
Structure''. However, the best source is still his "Dubbing and Redubbing:
The vulnerability of Rigid Designation", a paper published in SCIENTIFIC
THEORIES, ed. C. Wade Savage, Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science
14, Minneapolis, 1990.

Dr. Rupert Read
Philosophy
SOC UEA Norwich
NR4 7TJ
UK
01603 592079

'In philosophy, the winner of the race is the one who arrives last'.
[Ludwig Wittgenstein]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philosophy in Europe [mailto:PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk]On Behalf Of
> steven bayne
> Sent: 31 December 2001 15:19
> To: PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk
> Subject: Re: segal on putnam and kuhn
>
>
> I appreciate Dr. Read's desire to conduct further
> discussion of the issue of Kuhn vs. Kripke/Putnam
> offline, but a brief historical observation may serve
> to promote this line of inquiry without engaging in
> discussion  of the matter itself. Some years ago,
> Kuhn announced that he was going to give a
> lecture with the title something like "Double Dubbing."
> There were a few other words suggesting a
> connection to the sort of issues of "open texture" that
> Arthur Pap pursued in his Semantics and Necessary
> Truth (Yale: 1960?). He gave a different lecture,
> instead; but I raised a point, I now forget,
> relating to Putnam's twin worlds. What I was after
> was some intimation of his views on rigid
> designation in relation to "double dubbing." I
> forget the exchange that followed. Does anyone
> know of a paper, perhaps unpublished wherein
> Kuhn takes up this matter?
>
>
> Steve Bayne
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R Read" <r.read@UEA.AC.UK>
> To: <PHILOS-L@liverpool.ac.uk>
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: segal on putnam and kuhn
>
>
> > In my view this view of Segal's ((see msg below)) is fundamentally
> correct.
> > In a forthcoming paper to be published in the JOURNAL FOR THE GENERAL
> > HISTORY OF SCIENCE, entitled 'Thomas Kuhn's misunderstood relation to
> > Kripke/Putnam essentialism', I argue the case specifically that Kuhn has
> > decisively undermined Putnam. This paper is co-authored with
> Wes Sharrock,
> > as is my forthcoming book 'Thomas Kuhn: The philosopher of scientific
> > revolution' (Polity Press, 2002), which expounds a similar case more
> > broadly.
> > [For a contrasting view, see the recent and forthcoming work of
> Alexander
> > Bird, which defends Putnam against Kuhn et al.]
> > As for the details of Segals' view -- point (1) is not as crucial in
> Kuhn's
> > case, which in so far as it discusses water is equally focussed not only
> on
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> water,
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> > >  In a recent (15 months) book Gabriel Segal (A slim book on
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From peter@DOLLYKNOT.COM  Mon Dec 31 15:23:24 2001
From: peter@DOLLYKNOT.COM (Peter Turland)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:23:24 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Christmas greetings to all pie weighers
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Hello,

Something I came across at http://hanson.gmu.edu/vc.html  in the past =
year.

<snip>
I first encountered the notion of a dramatic turning point in future =
sometime in the early 1970s, when my father Leonid Chislenko, a =
theoretical biologist and a philosopher, shared some of his "General =
Theory of Everything" with me. I remember him drawing a simple graph of =
the rate of the evolution of complex systems in the Universe, from the =
formation of galaxies, stars, and planets, to appearance of various life =
forms, to early societies, to recent technological revolution. On the =
logarithmic scale, the complexity doubling periods resided on a single =
straight line that laconically touched the X axis at the 2030 year mark. =
That little demonstration was one of most exciting moments in my studies =
of the world, and greatly influenced my further interests
<unsnip>

What I would like to know is, do rainbows exist or are they just a trick =
of the light espied, whilst you weigh a pie.

Happy New Year.

Peter.


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From tstone1@rochester.rr.com  Mon Dec 31 16:56:25 2001
From: tstone1@rochester.rr.com (Thomas Stone)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 16:56:25 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] EpistemeLinks.com Update Newsletter, v.5, #5
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EpistemeLinks.com Update Newsletter, v.5, #5,  12/31/2001
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** Latest ELC "Gems of the Web" Winners **
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From peter@DOLLYKNOT.COM  Mon Dec 31 23:18:29 2001
From: peter@DOLLYKNOT.COM (Peter Turland)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 23:18:29 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Note to all pie weighers
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Way up high.

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From culturex@VCN.BC.CA  Mon Dec 31 23:34:19 2001
From: culturex@VCN.BC.CA (Franklin Wayne Poley)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:34:19 -0800
Subject: [Philnet] Nihilism and the Philosophy of Nothingness
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> Subject: Note to all pie weighers
>
> Some where over a rainbow
> Way up high.

Speaking of which, Peter, what does a philosopher say about
weighing/measuring vacuums? How is it that a lot or nothing is more than a
little bit of nothing?
FWP

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From alexzen@COM2COM.RU  Tue Dec  4 20:19:23 2001
From: alexzen@COM2COM.RU (alexzen)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 23:19:23 +0300
Subject: [Philnet] Re: ZENKIN's PAPER "Aristotle, Wittgenstein,
 and G.Cantor's transfinite games"   RE: conference "Wittgenstein
 Today" annoucement - Bologna
Message-ID: <01C17D1E.26EC5D40.alexzen@com2com.ru>

        Dear Professor Annalisa Coliva,

        I regret too but because of some other reason.

        The respected Professor Carlo Penco, in his message to PHILOS-L-list (on
October 3, 2001) informed us as to the Conference in Bologna: "Wittgenstein
Today" (December 20-22, 2001). In particular, he announced that "the aim of
this conference is to promote a critical reflection on Wittgenstein's
legacy in four main areas", one of which is:
        "(b) Logic, epistemology and philosophy of mathematics."

        My paper "Aristotle, Wittgenstein, and G.Cantor's transfinite games"
submitted to the conference strictly correspondes to that (b), since in the
paper I present an analysis of the well-known Cantor's theorem (1890)
stating the existence of different infinities in mathematics. As is known,
this theorem transformed fundamentally the philosophy of mathematical
infinity as a whole in the XX century. The analysis is realized within the
framework of classical Aristotle's Logic and is guided by the main metho
dological, linguistic, and epistemological Wittgenstein's paradigm: "the
true meaning of mathematical terms is defined not only by their definitions
but first of all by their real (logical and algorithmical) USAGE in
mathematical statements". Results of the analysis produce a rigorous proof
of the very important epistemological and philosophical (but intuitive)
Wittgenstein's thesis that the shown Cantor's proof "has no deductive
content at all".
        As a natural consequence of this proof it follows that the other known
epistemological Wittgenstein's thesis (that the Cantor's diagonal process
is an "idiotical work" and a fraudulent game) indeed is logically realized
within the framework of the traditional Cantor's proof.

        The only "technique" used in the paper and mentioned by the conference
referee as a too negative factor, is 10 (!) strings of traditional Cantor's
proof which uses only three notions of elementary mathematics (ones of
natural and real numbers and an only infinite sequence of such the numbers)
and the elementary logic of the second half of the XIX century.
        I believe that today, "50 years after the death of one of the greatest
philosophers <and logicians> of our time", there is a lot of his veritable
followers which are more familiar (than my referee) with the "technique",
that was a key point of all Wittgensteins's pilosophy of foundations of
mathematics, and which are able to appreciate the rigorous logical proofs
of the main logical, epistemological, and philosophical insights of their
great Teacher.

        It's difficult to trust that "Wittgenstein Today" means "words against
proofs (of their meanings)"!?

        Best regards,

        AZ

        P.S. I hope the respected leaders of the Conference "Wittgenstein Today"
will be able to correct an unfortunate misprint of my paper referee. For
the sake of "future generations" : -)
that must not "be horrified", according to Brouwer, from that "pathological
casus in history of mathematics" which is called Cantor's "Study about
Transfinitum". : -(

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
=
 Prof. Alexander A. Zenkin,
 Doctor of Phys&Math Sciences,
 Leading Research Scientist of the Computing Center
 of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
 member of the AI-Association and the Philosophical Society of the Russia.

Department of Artificial Intelligence Problems,
Computing Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Vavilov st. 40,
117967 Moscow GSP-1,
Russia

e-mail: alexzen@com2com.ru
Home-Page   http://www.com2com.ru/alexzen/
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
=
 "Infinitum Actu Non Datur" - Aristotle.
"Drawing is a very useful medicine against the uncertainty of words" -
Leibniz.
": the final elucidation of the infinity essence oversteps the limits of
narrow interests of special sciences and, moreover, that became necessary
for the honour of the human mind itself." - D.Hilbert.
"There does not exist actual infinity; Cantorians fogot that and felt into
contradictions." - Poincare.
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----- Original message -----
ďÔ:             Annalisa Coliva [SMTP:coliva@sofia.philo.unibo.it]
ďÔĐŇÁ×ĚĹÎĎ:             18 November 2001, 17:38
ëĎÍŐ:           alexzen
ôĹÍÁ:           Re: ZENKIN's PAPER    RE: conference annoucement - Genoa & Bologna

Dear Professor Zenkin,

I regret to inform you that your paper has not been accepted for the
SIFA conference "Wittgenstein today". The referees deemed it quite
interesting, but too techinical and not obviously related to
Wittgenstein's work to be presented at the conference.

Thank you for your submission,

best wishes,

Annalisa Coliva
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From n.gascoigne@APU.AC.UK  Thu Dec 20 11:18:24 2001
From: n.gascoigne@APU.AC.UK (Neil Gascoigne)
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From Prof S.R.L. Clark" <srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Sat Dec  1 08:59:30 2001
From: Prof S.R.L. Clark" <srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 08:59:30 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] INFO: Bioethics Journal Club
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Reply to Prof Bernstein (not to me)

To: Recipients of BIOMED-L digests <BIOMED-L@LISTSERV.NODAK.EDU>
From:    DoktorMo@aol.com

    I just wanted to let the list subscribers know that I have instituted a
Bioethics Journal Club on my "Bioethics Discussion Pages" website
(http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~mbernste/).  We have 4 members so far and three have
written reviews to our first paper.  If you have time, take a look at my site
and the club and if you would like to join and participate please let me know.
..Maurice.

Maurice Bernstein, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine
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From Sebastiano Moruzzi <mer0090@IPERBOLE.BOLOGNA.IT>  Sat Dec  1 09:35:28 2001
From: Sebastiano Moruzzi <mer0090@IPERBOLE.BOLOGNA.IT> (Sebastiano Moruzzi)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:35:28 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] "Wittgenstein Today" Conference, Bologna 20-22 december
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                   SIFA International Conference

                         WITTGENSTEIN TODAY

               http://sifa.vc.unipmn.it/2eve/bo01.htm
                   20-22 december, Bologna, Italy

The schedule of the international conference "Wittgenstein Today"
is now online:

http://sifa.vc.unipmn.it/2eve/bo01.htm

The conference will take place in Bologna (Italy)from the 20th to the
22nd of december 2001.

INVITED SPEAKERS:
Marilena Andronico, Ansgar Beckermann, Stewart Candlish,
Cesare Cozzo, Piergiorgio Donatelli, Alberto Emiliani, Pasquale
Frascolla, Aldo Gargani, Hans-Johann Glock, Saul Kripke, Diego
Marconi, Marie McGinn, Brian McGuinness
Kevin Mulligan, Luigi Perissinotto, Davide Sparti, Goeran
Sundholm, Alberto Voltolini


50 years after the death of one of the greatest philosophers of our
time,is a widespread need of a critical reflection on both his
generalof the aims of philosophy (in relation to the practice ofand
other features of human experience), and the specific aspectshis
doctrines. The current prevealing perspectives in some areas
ofphilosophy with respect to the naturalisation of
intentionalitysemantics, the re-descovery of mentalism, the loss of
centrality ofreflection on language as the starting point for dealing
with (and) metaphysical, epistemological and ontological problems,
aresymptoms of an intellectual climate that is very distant from the
of Wittgenstein, or at least from the current interpretationshis
thought.
The aim of this conference is to promote a critical reflection on's
legacy in four main areas:

(a) Philosophy of language
(b) Logic, epistemology and philosophy of mathematics
(c) Ethics, anthropology, meta-philosophy
(d) Philosophy of psychology



________

dott. Sebastiano Moruzzi

Universita' di Bologna
Dipartimento di Filosofia

Universita'del Piemonte Orientale
Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici

recapito:
via Magini 3
40138 Bologna, Italia
tel. 0039 051 6240122
cell. 340 5292489
email mer0090@iperbole.bologna.it

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From srlclark@liverpool.ac.uk  Sat Dec  1 15:10:47 2001
From: srlclark@liverpool.ac.uk (Stephen R.L.Clark)
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 15:10:47 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP:  LOGICA 2002 <fwd>
Message-ID: <SIMEON.10112011547.E@pc059004.liverpool.ac.uk>

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From: Maxim Lebedev <lebedev@philosophy.ru>

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LOGICA 2002

Zahrdky Castle in central Bohemia), June 18 - 21, 2002.

The Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
announces the 16th event in the series of annual international symposia.

Since 1987 the annual LOGICA symposia have become an inter
disciplinary
platform for discussion of topical issues in logic among
both
internationally renowned scholars and young researchers.
Traditionally,
the symposia have no single theme. The official language of the
symposium is English.

Jaakko Hintikka (Boston), Per Martin-L ff Stockholm) Jeff Paris
(Manchester), Rom Harre (Oxford) are invited speakers.

Contributions devoted to any of the wide range of logical problems are
welcome except those focused on specialised technical applications.
Particularly welcome are contributions that cover the issues interesting
both for philosophically an for mathematically oriente logicians. The
deadline for submitting contributed papers is February 28th. The
notification of acceptance will be distributed by March 31st.

Selected contributions to LOGICA symposia are published by the
Institute's publishing house Filosofia.

Recent volumes collecting the contributions included, among others,
papers from Nuel Belnap, Paul Benacerraf, Johan van Benthem, Jaakko
Hintikka, David Lewis, Barbara Partee, Graham Priest, Wlodek Rabinowicz,
Michael Resnik, Mark Sainsbury, Gabriel Sandu, Stewart Shapiro, G ran
Sundholm, and Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer.

There is a registration fee for the symposium covering full boar an lo
ging at Zahrdky Castle during the symposium, travel expenses from Prague
to Zahrdky and back, an a copy of the volume containing most of the
contributions to the symposium. The fee amounts to US$ 250 for
participants or US$ 200 for accompanying persons (volume not included).

If you are interested in reading a paper at the symposium, please send
us a two-page abstract of the paper accompanied by a separate sheet with
your name, contact adress, an affiliation to the adress below by 28
February 2002. E-mail submissions of postscript, pdf or MS Word
compatible files are possible. Those who might have problems covering
the expenses connecte with taking part in the symposium are invited to
apply for a grant. The organising committee will cover the registration
fee for up to five selected applicants. Those who wish to apply for the
grant shoul explicitly state this when submitting their abstract, which
should be extended to five pages. The organising committee also may be
able to contribute to travel expenses, in particular for scholars from
countries with severely underfunded academic institutions.

For up-to-date information visit:
http://www.flu.cas.cz/Logica/Logica2002-1.htm. Please direct all
correspondence concerning the symposium to e-mail adress:
logica@mbox.cesnet.cz or to:

Timothy Childers & Vladimir Svoboda

Co-chairs of the Organising Committee of LOGICA 2002

Institute of Philosophy, ASCR

Jilsk 1, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic

fax: +420-2/22220138


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From R.J.Norman@ukc.ac.uk  Mon Dec  3 09:35:55 2001
From: R.J.Norman@ukc.ac.uk (Richard Norman)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 09:35:55 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Integrating Ethics & Technology: SAP Workshop 7/12/01 <fwd>
Message-ID: <SIMEON.10112030955.G@PCSECL208.ukc.ac.uk>

 Society for Applied Philosophy Announcement

 First Friday Workshop

 I N T E G R A T I N G . E T H I C S . & . T E C H N O L O G Y

 6 to 8 p.m., Room 331
 Friday 7th December 2001

 University of London, Senate House, Malet St, London
 Nearest Tube, Russell Square

 Speakers:

 Willem deVries, Professor of Philosophy, New Hampshire
  & Visiting Fellow, Philosophy Programme
 Looking beyond the Technical:
  The First Step in Integrating Ethics into Technical Education

 Shahrar Ali, Department of Philosophy, University College London
  & Assistant to Director, Philosophy Programme
 Looking within the Technical: One Step to Integrating Technology

 Professor deVries will explore how best to meet the challenge
 of integrating ethics into a technical education, such as
 incorporation into courses for engineering students.

 Shahrar Ali, by reply, will question whether the idea of
 integration does not underestimate the ethical burden
 faced by technological advancement today.

___________________
End of Announcement
Visit the Society's homepage for details of future workshops
http://www.sas.ac.uk/philosophy/sap

----------------------
Richard Norman
R.J.Norman@ukc.ac.uk

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From Brumsen, Michiel" <m.brumsen@TBM.TUDELFT.NL  Mon Dec  3 10:51:54 2001
From: Brumsen, Michiel" <m.brumsen@TBM.TUDELFT.NL (Brumsen, Michiel)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:51:54 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] final cfp: 'research in ethics & engineering', Delft, april 25+26
Message-ID: <1AAAE6BA7E5ED411B9C500500411CF63299CB9@tb0nt1.tbm.tudelft.nl>

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING

The Department of Philosophy, Delft University of Technology, organises a
conference with the title 'Research in Ethics and Engineering', on April
25th + 26th, 2002.

This conference aims to explore what are the most pressing questions for
research in the field of Ethics and Engineering. Further aims are to work on
developing a solid basis for the teaching initiatives in this area, and to
explore what philosophical ethics, (other branches of) applied ethics, and
ethics and engineering can learn from each other.

The conference is organised around three themes:
1) Autonomy and Professional Context
2) Risk
3) Ethics and Engineering, and other Applied Ethics

For further details, see http://www.ethiek.tudelft.nl/conference2002

Abstracts are invited for presentations of about 30 minutes (excl. question
time) on any of the three above themes. The intended audience consists of
philosophers, engineering educators, and engineers. Contributions should
therefore both be of philosophical character, and be relevant to engineering
practice, or more broadly, to technological development.
This email is the final call for abstracts; CLOSING DATE FOR ABSTRACTS IS
DECEMBER 15th.

Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Thank you for your attention.

Michiel Brumsen
dept. of philosophy
Delft University of Technology

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From Thomas Pegelow <pege@email.unc.edu>  Mon Dec  3 06:36:14 2001
From: Thomas Pegelow <pege@email.unc.edu> (Thomas Pegelow)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 01:36:14 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Senate Committee's Compromise Bill on Student Visas Adds Flexibility
Message-ID: <200112030636.BAA25179@nagps.nagps.org>

FYI.

As you can see below, the compromise still includes a ban to issue visa to
students from seven countries the government has identified as sponsors of
terrorism. Yet, there is now a provision for exceptions. This is less than
NAGPS policy calls for, but more than Feinstein et al. were willing to
grant. Also note that the question of who will pay for the tracking system
has not been decided yet.

Best,
Thomas

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  Monday, December 3, 2001



  Senate Committee's Compromise Bill on Student Visas Adds
  Flexibility Sought by College Groups

  By SARA HEBEL
  
   
  
  Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee
  introduced compromise legislation on Friday that would place
  new restrictions on the issuance of some student visas and
  would require colleges and federal officials to more closely
  track the movements of foreign students in the United States.
  
  College lobbyists praised the bill, which they said provides
  important flexibility on student visas that was not contained
  in other plans that senators have proposed since September 11.
  In addition, the lobbyists said the new legislation would
  tighten the visa system in ways that would help improve the
  nation's security.
  
  "I think it's a very good compromise, and we're pleased," said
  Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president for government and
  public affairs at the American Council on Education.
  
  Congressional aides and higher-education lobbyists said Friday
  that it remained unclear, however, whether the Senate
  Judiciary Committee or the full Senate would schedule a vote
  on the visa-reform bill this year. The debate may have to wait
  until next year, as members of Congress frantically work to
  finish appropriations legislation and other key bills before
  adjourning for the holidays.
  
  The senators' visa legislation would generally prohibit the
  federal government from issuing student visas to individuals
  from countries that the U.S. State Department considers to be
  sponsors of terrorism. Those countries are Cuba, Iran, Iraq,
  Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. 
  
  However, the bill would allow some individual applicants to be
  exempted from that restriction if the U.S. secretary of state,
  in consultation with the U.S. attorney general, determines
  that they pose no safety or security threat to the United
  States. 
  
  Higher-education lobbyists were happy that the measure would
  provide the exception. They had voiced concerns about a
  previous plan -- by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, a California
  Democrat, and Jon Kyl, an Arizona Republican, who have signed
  on to the compromise version -- that did not allow any
  flexibility for students from countries on the State
  Department list. Keeping such individuals off American
  campuses might only harden anti-American sentiments in those
  countries, the lobbyists argued.
  
  In the 1999-2000 academic year, a total of 3,370 students from
  those seven countries attended American colleges, according to
  the Institute of International Education. Of those countries,
  Iran sent the most students, with a total of 1,885 that year.
  
  Other provisions in the compromise legislation contain new
  requirements for colleges and federal officials to track the
  activities of foreign students in the United States. Under the
  bill, the Justice Department would be required to notify
  college officials when a student who was expected to attend
  their institution entered the United States. College officials
  then would have to notify the U.S. Immigration and
  Naturalization Service if a student who entered the country
  did not show up on campus within 30 days after the deadline
  for registering for classes.
  
  If the bill is enacted, colleges also would have to report
  more information about foreign students to the immigration
  service. That includes the student's date of entry, port of
  entry, date of enrollment, date of graduation or date of
  dropping out of the college, and degree program or field of
  study.
  
  In addition, the legislation would set up temporary procedures
  to provide added scrutiny of foreign students while the
  immigration service puts in place the new safeguards,
  including a database to monitor foreign students that is
  supposed to be up and running by 2003. Under the interim
  rules, State Department officials would be required to obtain
  evidence that a student had been accepted to an approved
  academic institution in the United States and to review that
  person's visa record before the department could issue a
  student visa.
  
  Finally, the INS would have to periodically review educational
  institutions to make sure they comply with the record-keeping
  and reporting requirements of the law. State Department
  officials would have to conduct similar reviews of exchange
  visitor programs.
  
  Among those who expressed support for the bill on Friday were
  officials of the University of California, which has 9,000
  foreign students in undergraduate and graduate programs and
  about 23,000 more in extension programs. University officials
  have been negotiating with Senator Feinstein on student-visa
  issues for several weeks. "The University of California is
  happy that the senators have developed compromise legislative
  language that reflects efforts made by the University of
  California and the higher-education community, with the
  senators, to strengthen the student-visa system," said Chris
  Harrington, a spokesman for the university's Washington
  office.
  
  Mr. Hartle, of the American Council on Education, said the
  only problem he had with the bill was that it failed to
  confront an important issue to colleges: who will pay for the
  immigration service's new computerized system to monitor
  students. College officials want the federal government to pay
  for developing and operating the database. But some senators,
  including Ms. Feinstein and Mr. Kyl, have said they expect
  foreign students to help finance it.
  

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From Carlo Penco <penco@UNIGE.IT>  Mon Dec  3 15:33:16 2001
From: Carlo Penco <penco@UNIGE.IT> (Carlo Penco)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 15:33:16 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] Wittgenstein in Bologna
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SIFA International Conference

                         WITTGENSTEIN TODAY

               http://sifa.vc.unipmn.it/2eve/bo01.htm
                   20-22 december, Bologna, Italy

The schedule of the international conference "Wittgenstein Today"
is now online:

http://sifa.vc.unipmn.it/2eve/bo01/wittgensteintoday.html

The conference will take place in Bologna (Italy)from the 20th to the
22nd of december 2001.

INVITED SPEAKERS:
Marilena Andronico, Ansgar Beckermann, Stewart Candlish, Manuel Garcia
Carpintero, Cesare Cozzo, Piergiorgio Donatelli, Alberto Emiliani, Pasquale
Frascolla, Aldo Gargani, Hans-Johann Glock, Saul Kripke, Diego
Marconi, Marie McGinn, Brian McGuinness, Kevin Mulligan, Luigi Perissinotto,
Davide Sparti, Goeran Sundholm, Alberto Voltolini

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From Doris Dirks" <dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com  Mon Dec  3 07:33:00 2001
From: Doris Dirks" <dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com (Doris Dirks)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 02:33:00 -0500
Subject: [Philnet] Fwd: NAFSA.news Vol. 6, No. 45
Message-ID: <200112030733.CAA25268@nagps.nagps.org>

Dear internationals and friends,
Th latest NAFSA newsletter. Please have a look at it, as there are a number 
of important updates, particularly on the new compromise bill sponsored by 
Feinstein and Kennedy.
Regards,
Doris
NAGPS President


>From: "NAFSA.news" <news@NAFSA.ORG>
>To: NAFSANEWS@LISTS.NAFSA.ORG
>Subject: NAFSA.news Vol. 6, No. 45
>Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 16:05:32 -0500
>
>****************
>NAFSA.news
>****************
>
>Vol. 6, No. 45
>December 3, 2001
>
>Published weekly, NAFSA.news is the association's channel for direct
>electronic communication to its members, providing authoritative
>information, advocacy, and professional education news.
>
>=========
>CONTENTS
>=========
>
>1. Focus
>-- NAFSA Responds to '20/20' Report on International Students
>-- NAFSA Offers Media Relations Guidelines for Members
>-- Nominations Now Being Accepted for Elected Positions
>
>2. Government Relations and Public Affairs Update
>-- Kennedy, Feinstein Introduce Compromise Border Security Bill
>-- New Name-check Clearance Required for Some; TNC Visa Processing
>Temporarily Halted
>-- Commerce, Justice, and State FY2002 Appropriations Signed Into Law
>-- Regulatory Notices
>
>3. International Education Briefs
>-- Secretary Riley Letter in 'USA Today' Stresses Importance of Educational
>Diplomacy
>-- College Board Offers New Seminar on Student Recruitment
>
>4. Upcoming Deadlines
>-- Congressional Education Day--Deadline December 7
>-- Winter COOP Mini-Grants--Deadline January 2
>-- Central, East Europe, Eurasia Research and Training Program--Deadline
>February 8
>
>5. Accessing Federal Register Notices
>
>
>============
>NAFSA FOCUS
>============
>
>
>**NAFSA Responds to '20/20' Report on International Students**
>
>As many NAFSA members are aware, the November 14 edition of ABC's "20/20"
>television program included a highly biased and inaccurate segment about
>international students. Brief excerpts of correspondent Lynn Sherr's
>interview with NAFSA Executive Director Marlene Johnson were included in 
>the
>piece.
>
>On November 20, Johnson sent an open letter to 20/20 Executive Producer
>David Sloan in response to the piece. The letter is accessible on NAFSA's
>Web site at:
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/PublicPolicy/FortheMedia/abcletter.htm.
>
>
>**NAFSA Offers Media Relations Guidelines for Members**
>
>To help members handle increased media inquiries, the NAFSA Web site
>includes guidelines for dealing with such inquiries during a crisis. During
>this challenging time, it is important to develop a plan to work 
>effectively
>with the media to disseminate accurate information and a balanced
>perspective about issues affecting the field.
>
>To view NAFSA's general media guidelines, visit the following page in the
>members-only section of the NAFSA Web site:
>http://www.nafsa.org/Template.cfm?Section=ProfessionalandEducationalResource
>s&NavMenuID=30&Template=membersOnly.cfm&Page=talkingtopress.htm. (These
>guidelines are not intended as a comprehensive guide to media relations.)
>
>Also, NAFSA's online press center includes additional resources for 
>handling
>media inquiries, including NAFSA press releases and statements, citations 
>of
>relevant news articles, and links to updated information about NAFSA's
>advocacy efforts. Go to:
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/PublicPolicy/FortheMedia/forthemediahome.htm.
>
>NAFSAns who feel a reporter would be interested in a national or policy
>perspective on an international education issue should refer that reporter
>to Ursula Oaks, associate director for press relations. She can be reached
>at 202.737.3699, ext. 253. Members interested in learning about NAFSA's
>local press relations network can contact Ursula at ursulao@nafsa.org.
>
>
>
>
>================================================
>GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE
>================================================
>
>
>**Kennedy, Feinstein Introduce Compromise Border Security Bill**
>
>A largely favorable compromise has been reached on competing border 
>security
>legislation in the Senate. On the evening of November 29, Sen. Edward M.
>Kennedy's (D-Mass.) office made available to NAFSA the final version of the
>compromise that has been negotiated between the competing Kennedy-Brownback
>and Feinstein-Kyl bills on border security. Because both bills have
>extensive provisions affecting international students, NAFSA has been very
>closely involved in these negotiations.
>
>NAFSA had strongly opposed the original Feinstein-Kyl bill because of its
>onerous reporting requirements and its numerous provisions hostile to
>international students. NAFSA had supported the Kennedy-Brownback bill
>because we believed it struck an appropriate balance that would introduce
>responsible controls while minimizing the impact on students and schools.
>NAFSA's objective in the negotiations was to secure the removal of the
>objectionable provisions and to maintain the basic Kennedy-Brownback
>framework. We are pleased to report that we have been largely successful in
>achieving that outcome.
>
>The most important issue that the bill fails to address is the SEVIS fee.
>NAFSA, along with our colleague associations, will continue to seek ways to
>eliminate the fee or, failing that, to reduce it and make it easier to pay.
>
>The compromise bill, introduced November 30, is cosponsored by Sens.
>Kennedy, Sam Brownback (R-Kans.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Jon Kyl
>(R-Ariz.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Orin Hatch (R-Utah), John Edwards
>(D-N.C.), Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Strom Thurman
>(R-S.C.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Kit Bond (R-Mo.), Hillary Rodham Clinton
>(D-N.Y.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), and Kay Bailey
>Hutchison (R-Texas). Hatch is chair and ranking member of the Judiciary
>Committee, which will consider the bill. With this bipartisan 
>cosponsorship,
>the bill is likely to have fairly clear sailing through the Senate, 
>although
>it is unclear if action will be possible before the Senate adjourns for the
>year.
>
>To view a NAFSA analysis of the foreign student-related provisions of the
>bill, and a summary of the entire bill provided by the sponsors, go to our
>Web site and select Public Policy, then "NAFSA on the Issues."
>
>
>**New Name-check Clearance Required for Some; TNC Visa Processing
>Temporarily Halted**
>
>Effective November 13, 2001, some visa applicants from certain countries
>became subject to an additional name-check clearance procedure before being
>issued a nonimmigrant visa. The procedure requires consular officers to 
>send
>the visa applicant's name to be checked against information in various
>security, law enforcement, and intelligence databases. The Department of
>State (DOS) has stated that the procedure can take up to 20 business days
>(i.e., four weeks). Additionally, the DOS Visa Office has said that
>nonresident third country nationals (TCNs) will not be able to make
>appointments to apply for visas at Mexican and Canadian border posts. It is
>uncertain how long this change in policy will be in effect. For those TCNs
>who had previously scheduled appointments in Canada or Mexico, it is
>recommended to check the Web sites of those border posts for any updates 
>and
>to call the posts to ascertain whether appointments will still be honored.
>
>To view the DOS notice on this change in processing, go to
>http://travel.state.gov/specialnotice.html. NAFSA has prepared a Practice
>Advisory on the name-check and TCN issues, available on the Web at:
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/Immigration
>AdvisingResources/PA2001E.htm.
>
>For updates on these as well as other regulatory and legislative issues,
>periodically check the "NAFSA on the Issues" section under Public Policy on
>the NAFSA Web site. NAFSA staff is keeping the site as up to date as
>possible in light of the rapidly changing legislative and regulatory
>environment.
>
>
>**Commerce, Justice, and State FY2002 Appropriations Signed Into Law**
>
>On November 28, 2001, President Bush signed into law the FY2002 Commerce,
>Justice, and State (CJS) Appropriations Bill. Within the bill, $237 million
>will go to State Department educational and cultural exchange programs, a
>2.5 percent increase above last year. The accompanying conference report
>includes a wide range of educational and cultural exchange program 
>earmarks,
>most notably $3.5 million for educational advising and student services, 
>and
>$1.5 million for foreign study grants for U.S. undergraduates (the Gilman
>Scholarship Program.) The report also includes policy language on the
>importance of international education and overseas advising. Although only 
>a
>modest increase in spending over last year's appropriation for the State
>Department, many thanks go out to NAFSAns who wrote to Congress asking for
>support for these important programs. The efforts of those NAFSAns in
>Colorado who wrote to Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.) are greatly
>appreciated, as Campbell provided key support in the final bill.
>
>To view more detailed information on the FY2002 CJS Appropriation Bill,
>access the Library of Congress Web site at http://thomas.loc.gov, and then
>scroll down and click on "Status of FY2002 Appropriations Bills." The
>conference report language on international education and overseas advising
>can be accessed by going to the "NAFSA on the Issues" section of the NAFSA
>Web site.
>
>
>**Regulatory Notices**
>
>- On November 13, 2001, President Bush issued an order authorizing 
>detention
>and military trials of noncitizens who commit, conspire towards, aid, or
>abet terrorism against the United States. To view this order, published in
>the Federal Register on November 16, 2001, access:
>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&doci
>d=01-28904-filed.
>
>- Filers must begin using the latest edition of the following forms
>beginning January 1, 2002: 1) Form N-400, Application for Naturalization,
>(latest edition date 05/31/01) is available on the INS Web site at:
>http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/n-400.htm. 2) Form I-140,
>Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, (latest edition date 08/30/2001); 3)
>Form I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status, (latest
>edition date 09/04/01. Prior editions of these forms will not be accepted
>after December 31, 2001. The latest editions of all INS forms can be found
>on the INS Web site at:
>http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm#chart.
>
>- INS has extended the deadline for comments on Form I-515, Notice to
>Student or Exchange Visitor, for 30 days. The new deadline for comments is
>December 27, 2001. To view this notice, issued November 27, 2001, access:
>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&doci
>d=01-29459-filed.
>
>- INS has extended the deadline for comments on Form G-325, Biographic
>Information. This form is used to check other agency records on 
>applications
>and petitions submitted for benefits under the Immigration and Nationality
>Act. Additionally, this form is required for applicants for adjustments to
>permanent residence status and specific applicants for naturalization. The
>new deadline for comments is December 27, 2001. To view this notice, issued
>November 27, 2001, access:
>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&doci
>d=01-29461-filed.
>
>- INS has extended the deadline for comments on I-129W, H-1B Date 
>Collection
>and Filing Fee Exemption, for 30 days. This addendum to Form I-129 will be
>used by INS to determine if an H-1B petitioner is exempt from the 
>additional
>filing fee of $500, as provided by the American Competitiveness and
>Workforce Improvement Act of 1998. The new deadline for comments is 
>December
>27, 2001. To view this notice, issued November 27, 2001, access:
>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&doci
>d=01-29463-filed.
>
>- INS has extended the deadline for comments on Form I-20AB/ID, Certificate
>of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student (F-1) status--For Academic and
>Language Students, for 30 days. This form is used to collect information
>from nonimmigrant students applying for an extension for the length of time
>of their legal status in the United States as a nonimmigrant student while
>transferring from one school to another and permission to accept or 
>continue
>employment. The new deadline for comments is December 27, 2001. To view 
>this
>notice, issued November 27, 2001, access:
>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&doci
>d=01-29464-filed.
>
>===============================
>INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION BRIEFS
>===============================
>
>
>**Secretary Riley Letter in 'USA Today' Stresses Importance of Educational
>Diplomacy**
>
>On November 13, "USA Today" published a letter written by former U.S.
>Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley about the importance of
>international education and exchange for a more peaceful world. To read the
>letter, go to:
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/PublicPolicy/FortheMedia/rileyusatoday.htm.
>
>Secretary Riley served as secretary of education from 1993 to 2001 and is
>currently a distinguished senior fellow at NAFSA.
>
>
>**College Board Offers New Seminar on Student Recruitment**
>
>The College Board is offering a new fast-track seminar in its Higher
>Education series--"Recruiting International Students: A Roadmap for the
>Future," to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, February 21-22, 2002.
>Participants will be briefed on strategies and resources for overseas
>recruiting, the tools needed for a successful international program
>(credential evaluation, student services, English language assessment,
>networks), security awareness for staff and students, and the impact of
>September 11 on international education. Learn more about this one and a
>half day seminar at http://www.collegeboard.org/offals/pdfs/IntRecruit.pdf.
>Direct e-mail inquiries to: oals@collegeboard.org.
>
>
>====================
>UPCOMING DEADLINES
>====================
>
>
>**Congressional Education Day--Deadline December 7**
>
>Congressional Education Day will take place Monday and Tuesday, January
>21-22, 2002, in Washington, D.C. All NAFSA members are invited to
>participate in the event, an integrated set of advocacy training and
>practice activities spanning two days during NAFSA's annual Washington
>Leadership Meetings and anchored by a morning of visits to each member's
>congressional delegation on Capitol Hill to advocate for international
>education.
>
>Registration is open until December 7 for members not staying at the event
>hotel. For more detailed information, an itinerary, and to print out a
>registration form, access
>http://www.nafsa.org/content/publicpolicy/ced2002.htm.
>
>
>**Winter COOP Mini-Grants--Deadline January 2**
>
>Proposals for Cooperative Grants Program (COOP) Winter Mini-Grants are due
>by January 2, 2002. Proposals must be for innovative, nonacademic U.S.
>campus- and community-based programs involving international and/or U.S.
>study abroad students. Mini-Grants are awards of up to $2,000.
>
>For more information, visit COOP online at http://www.nafsa.org. Go to the
>"Professional and Educational Resources" heading and then click on "Grants
>and Scholarships" or contact COOP staff at coop@nafsa.org. COOP grants are
>made available through funding from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural
>Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, under the authority of the
>Fulbright Hays Act or 1961, as amended.
>
>
>**Central, East Europe, Eurasia Research and Training Program--Deadline
>February 8**
>
>The Department of State is seeking applications from national organizations
>with interest and expertise in conducting research and training to serve as
>intermediaries administering national competitive programs concerning the
>countries of Central and East Europe and Eurasia. The grants will be 
>awarded
>through an open, national competition among applicant organizations.
>Deadline for applications is February 8, 2002. To view this notice, issued
>November 23, 2001, access:
>http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&doci
>d=01-29279-filed
>
>
>====================================
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>====================================
>
>
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>Federal Register notices, go directly to the Web site for the Federal
>Register table of contents at
>http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/frcont01.html and look up the 
>entry
>by the date and the agency/department that published it.*
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From Savery,C" <C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK  Mon Dec  3 16:01:14 2001
From: Savery,C" <C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK (Savery,C)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:01:14 -0000
Subject: [Philnet] Forum Events this Week
Message-ID: <AC408C493D32BA4399F9BCC32BE07FE34DD6F3@ExF2.pc.lse.ac.uk>

Forum for European Philosophy

This Week



Book Forum (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE)
The Secret Artist - A Close Reading of Sigmund Freud
Tuesday 4th December 2001, 6.30 (drinks) for 7pm at New York University in
London, 6 Bedford Square, London, WC1B.

Author: Lesley Chamberlain
Text: The Secret Artist - A Close Reading of Sigmund Freud (Quartet Books,
2000)
Respondent: Malcolm Bowie (All Souls, Oxford)

In recent years Freud has come under repeated attack as a bad scientist and
a disreputable colleague.  But Lesley Chamberlain argues that Freud's
critics have been aiming at the wrong targets: it would have been more
accurate from the outset to see the value of his work as art rather than
science.  Lesley Chamberlain argues convincingly for Freud's importance to
humanity; her peacemaking study aims to defuse the Freud wars and enable us
to return to his work with renewed enthusiasm.

Lesley Chamberlain studied German and Russian in Exeter and Oxford, then
worked as a journalist in Moscow before settling in London to write and
teach.  Her numerous books range from food to philosophy and she is a
regular contributor to newspapers and journals in Britain and the United
States.




The Hayward Forum
Admission Free with Exhibition Ticket for the day

'Globalisation'
Wednesday 5th December 6.30 - 7pm at the Hayward Gallery, Southbank, London.

Experts in the field of philosophy open discussions to renegotiate the terms
and treaties through which art and the political can meet today.
Chair: Simon Glendinning Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Reading
Speaker: Alex Callinicos Professor of Politics, University of York




Introduction to Phenomenology
Reading Groups in Sheffield

In this reading group, running from October to March, we will discuss the
works of the major figures of the twentieth-century philosophical movement
"Phenomenology". Each meeting will begin with a short presentation designed
to stimulate discussion. Participants are asked to read the following pages
of Dermot Moran's Introduction to Phenomenology in preparation for each
session:

Heidegger
Wednesday 5th December on pp. 226-247

The Phenomenology Reading Group meets on alternate Wednesdays, 6.30-8.00pm
in The Common Room, The Philosophy Department, 12th Floor, The Arts Tower,
University of Sheffield.
For more information, please contact Jonathan Webber
Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN
Tel: 0114 222 0570
Email: j.m.webber@sheffield.ac.uk








Charlotte Savery - Administrator
Forum for European Philosophy
Room J101, European Institute
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
LONDON WC2A 2AE
The Forum for European Philosophy is a registered charity (No. 1070105)
Email: c.savery@lse.ac.uk
Website: www.philosophy-forum.org
Tel. 020 7955 75 39
Fax. 020 7955 75 46

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From Dutilh-Novaes, C." <C.Dutilh-Novaes@LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL  Mon Dec  3 16:06:49 2001
From: Dutilh-Novaes, C." <C.Dutilh-Novaes@LET.LEIDENUNIV.NL (Dutilh-Novaes, C.)
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 17:06:49 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] about reference
Message-ID: <D121C2DF9DA8D311B96600508B7339FD01677E91@letsxc001.let.leidenuniv.nl>

Dear list members

Can anyone tell me when the term 'reference' entered the philosophical
jargon as the translation of Frege's 'Bedeutung'? I have been going through
all kinds of articles about 'new theories of reference', 'old theories of
reference' and alike, but nobody seems to think it is important to mention
where the term comes from.

I suspect it first appeared in M.Black and P. Geach's translation of Frege,
published in 1952. I know some people had been using the term 'denotation'
instead, such as Church in his article on the 'logic of sense ande
denotation' (1951), and of course Russell (and Mill for that matter). So why
'reference'?

Replies off-list please. Thank you in advance,

Catarina

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From Julian Baggini <editor@PHILOSOPHERS.CO.UK>  Tue Dec  4 12:03:31 2001
From: Julian Baggini <editor@PHILOSOPHERS.CO.UK> (Julian Baggini)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 13:03:31 +0100
Subject: [Philnet] New issue TPM - After Septemeber 11
Message-ID: <HDEKIIBEDLJJJLMFKHGIAEDLCCAA.editor@philosophers.co.uk>

The new issue of The Philosophers' Magazine is now out. It features artic=
les
on philosophy after September 11 by Nick Fotion, Richard Norman, Bat-Ami =
Bar
On,  William Morgan and James McCarney and a round table discussion of th=
e
theme with David Conway, Jennifer Hornsby, Anthony O=92Hear and Jonathan =
Ree

Other articles include:
How Wittgenstein=92s Tractatus was set to music
After Postmodernism by Jose Lopez and Gary Potter
Empirical Ethics by Robert Halliday
A report on The Standing Conference of Philosophy
Plus reviews, news, regular columns etc.

Full details at:

http://www.philosophers.co.uk/issue17.htm

-----------------------------
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The Philosophers' Magazine
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Sutton
Surrey
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United Kingdom
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From Prof S.R.L. Clark" <srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Wed Dec  5 09:40:02 2001
From: Prof S.R.L. Clark" <srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 09:40:02 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] FW: Postgraduate Forum on Genetics and Society (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112050938520.18857-100000@uxe.liv.ac.uk>

Via: "Ashcroft, Richard" <r.ashcroft@ic.ac.uk>
From: Adam Hedgecoe [mailto:ucrhamh@ucl.ac.uk]

Postgraduate Forum on Genetics and Society
6th Colloquium September 11-12 2002

The Postgraduate Forum on Genetics and Society (PFGS) will convene for its
sixth colloquium on 11-12 September 2002 at Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge, hosted by the Centre for Family Research, University of
Cambridge.  The colloquium offers a unique opportunity for graduate
researchers from all academic disciplines to meet in an informal and
friendly environment to discuss and exchange ideas about genetics and
society.  The meeting focuses on presentation of current work by delegates,
and includes research training sessions particularly aimed at postgraduate
students in this field.

The 2002 meeting will focus on 'Ethical Issues in the New Genetics'.  If you
would like to register for the colloquium or are interested in presenting a
paper, please contact the colloquium organiser, Georgina Haarhoff, Centre
for Family Research, University of Cambridge, CB2 3RF, or at
grh25@cam.ac.uk.  Papers are welcomed from all disciplines.  The closing
date for registration is 1 August 2002.  Visit the PFGS website to find out
more about us, and for details of previous colloquia, at www.pfgs.org

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From iacap@evansville.edu  Thu Dec  6 19:06:39 2001
From: iacap@evansville.edu (Tony Beavers)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:06:39 -0600
Subject: [Philnet] CAP@OSU Online for Virtual Attendance this January
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CAP@OSU will be online for virtual attendance. Virtual attendance is =
designed to provide on-line participants with many benefits of =
corporeal attendance. They will be able to participate in the live =
webcast and access all archived video and presentation =
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From Christian Perring <cperring@YAHOO.COM>  Thu Dec  6 19:31:54 2001
From: Christian Perring <cperring@YAHOO.COM> (Christian Perring)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 11:31:54 -0800
Subject: [Philnet] Books for Review on Metapsychology Online
Message-ID: <20011206193154.43270.qmail@web13402.mail.yahoo.com>

I am looking for prompt and careful reviewers for
Metapsychology Online Review.  Either Ph.D. or ABD in
Philosophy is preferable. Ideally reviews should draw
connections between the subject of the book and issues in
mental health and psychopathology.

Guidelines at
http://metapsych.topcities.com/revguide.htm

Deadline: March 15, 2002

If interested, please e-mail me at
METAPSYCHOLOGY@NETSCAPE.NET with

* your name
* e-mail address
* mailing address (even if you have given it previously)
* list of books you are interested in (the more you list,
the more likely you can get a book to review)
* an explanation of your competence to review the books
(especially for books that many people are likely to want
to review)
* details of your ability to write for a general audience

Rethinking Rape
Ann Cahill
Cornell UP 2001 230 pages

Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodies Action
 Paul Dourish
MIT Press 2001 233 pages

Hollow Promises Employment: Discrimination against People
with Mental disabilities
Susan Stefan
Guilford Press 2002 259 pages

The Forgetting : Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic
 David Shenk
Doubleday 2001 270 pages

Misconceptions Truth, Lies, and the unexpected on the
journey to motherhood
Naomi Wolf
Doubleday 2001 326 pages

In Our Own Image : Eugenics and the Genetic Modification of
People
David Galton
Little, Brown 2001 300 pages

Hollow Kids :
Recapturing the Soul of a generation lost to the
self-esteem myth
Laura Smith
Forum/Prima 2001 307 pages

A Beautiful Mind :
The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate
John Nash
Sylvia Nasas
Touchstone 2001 460 pages

Mind and Mechanism
Drew McDermott
MIT Press 2001 262 pages

The Art of Living : Socratic Reflections from Plato to
Foucault
Alexander Nehamas
U California Press 1998 283 pages

High Art Lite : British Art in the 1990s
Julian Stallabrass
Verso Books 1999 341 pages

The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America
Louis Menand
FSG 2001 546 pages

Saints, Scholars, and Schizophrenics Mental Illness in
Rural Ireland : 20th anniversary edition
Nancy Scheper_Hughes
U California Press 2001 389 pages

The Science of Happiness : Unlocking the Mysteries of Mood

Stephen Braun
Wiley 2000 192 pages

Information Arts : Intersections of Art, Science, and
Technology
Stephen Wilson
MIT Press 2002 945 pages

Emotional Reason : Deliberation, Motivation, and the Nature
of Value
Bennett W Helm
Cambridge University Press 2001 261 pages

The Science of Self-Control
Howard Rachlin
Harvard UP 2000 220 page

Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot : Unleasing Your
Brain's Potential
Richard Restak
Harmony Books 2001 220 pages

Umbra 2000: Science and Truth  : Journal of the Unconscious
SUNY Buffalo 2000 144 pages

Umbra 2001: Polemos   Journal of the Unconscious
SUNY Buffalo 2001 184 pages

Passionate Engines : What Emotions Reveal About Mind and
Artificial Intelligence
Craig Delancey
Oxford University Press 2002 254 pages

Freedom's Embrace
J. Melvin Woody
Penn State Press 1998 333 pages

The Theory of Options  : A Theory of the Evolution of Human
Behavior
Sean Gould
Universal Publishers 2000 182 pages

Upheavals of Thought : The Intelligence of Emotions
Martha Nussbaum
Cambridge University Press 2001 751 pages

Biotechnology and Culture
Paul Prodwin (ed)
Indiana University Press 2000 296 pages

Body Bazaar : The Market for Human Tissue in the
Biotechnology Age
Lori Andrews and Dorothy Nelkin
Crown 2001 244 pages


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New reviews are listed at
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=new_reviews

Philosophy reviews are at
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=li&cat=philosophy

Recent reviews with philosophical relevance:

The Nature of Intelligence
by Gregory Bock, Jamie Goode, and Kate Webb (editors)
Review by William D. Casebeer, Ph.D. on Nov 30th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=851

Brain Evolution and Cognition
by Gerhard Roth and Mario F. Wullimann (editors)
Review by Isabel Gois on Nov 25th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=843

The Social Construction of What?
by Ian Hacking
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 22nd 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=839

Reclaiming Cognition
The Primacy of Action, Intention and Emotion
by Rafael Núnez & Walter J. Freeman (editors)
Review by Chris Lindsay, Ph.D. on Nov 21st 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=838

Freud As Philosopher
Metapsychology After Lacan
by Richard Boothby
Review by Adrian Johnston, Ph.D. on Nov 19th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=836

Evolutionary Origins of Morality
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
by Leonard D. Katz (Editor)
Review by Maria Trochatos on Nov 19th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=835

How to Solve the Mind-Body Problem
by Nicholas Humphrey
Review by Gregg Caruso on Nov 18th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=833

The Ethics of Suffering
by Marinos Diamantides
Review by Ann Munro Iverson on Nov 17th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=829

Jokes
Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters
by Ted Cohen
Review by Janet D. Sisson, Ph.D. on Nov 16th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=827

Being Human
The Problem of Agency
by Margaret S. Archer
Review by Thomas Sturm on Nov 14th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=822

Fact and Value
Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson
by Alex Byrne, Robert Stalnaker and Ralph Wedgwood
(editors)
Review by Simon Kirchin, Ph.D. on Nov 11th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=816

Strong Feelings
Emotion, Addiction, and Human Behavior
by Jon Elster
Review by Christian Perring, Ph.D. on Nov 10th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=814

Coherence in Thought and Action
by Paul Thagard
Review by Majid Amini on Nov 9th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=812

The Soul Knows No Bars
Inmates Reflect on Life, Death and Hope
by Drew Leder
Review by Talia Welsh on Nov 5th 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=805

Models of the Self
by Shaun Gallagher andJonathan Shear (editors)
Review by Peter B. Raabe Ph.D. on Nov 3rd 2001
http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=801

Christian Perring

















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From Prof S.R.L. Clark" <srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK  Thu Dec  6 20:05:54 2001
From: Prof S.R.L. Clark" <srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 20:05:54 +0000
Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Consciousness and Language (fwd)
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