From fred.fauquier@INFONIE.FR Fri Mar 1 08:40:37 2002 From: fred.fauquier@INFONIE.FR (fred.fauquier) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:40:37 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] Numenius and idea eautou References: <3C756AAE.4FF5752B@cyberg8t.com> Message-ID: <000001c1c0fd$04e28ee0$9e1613d5@kukwh> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Re: proper flowering vs. proper functioning My question is about Numenius' fragment 16 (ed.Des Places=3D fr.25 = ed.Leemans). Numenius writes: "(o g\ar de/uteros ditt\os )\wn a)utopo=EEei t/hn te = )id/ean (eauto=FB ka\i t\on k/osmon..." I think that we must understand: "The Second (...) produces himself the = idea of the self and the world"; indeed, the Second cannot produce his = own idea because the First is already the idea of the Second (fr.20, = l.5-6). The First thinks ideas but does not think himself, the = particularity of the Second is the reflexiveness. Do you know other texts where the expression "idea eautou", understood = as "idea of the self", appears? (I've looked quickly at Plot. V, 3 and Proclus Commentary on Alcibiades = but I've found nothing). Thanks in advance Regards Frederic Fauquier ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/philnet/attachments/a118fbec/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From han.baltussen@KCL.AC.UK Fri Mar 1 16:59:44 2002 From: han.baltussen@KCL.AC.UK (Han Baltussen) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:59:44 -0800 Subject: [Philnet] Re: proper functioning In-Reply-To: <000201c1bbcb$f3a1b1a0$cf818693@creighton.edu> References: Message-ID: I agree about the advice to read A.A. Long, and note that he has just published a monograph on Epictetus (Oxford 2001). HB >I would suggest people interested in understanding the Stoics' conception >of "living according to nature" read A. A. Long, "The logical basis of Stoic >ethics" with its postscript, and those interested in understanding the >Stoics' >conception of happiness to "Stoic eudaimonism", both in Long's Stoic >Studies (Cambridge, 1996). > >For an excellent discussion of how a contemporary stoic would modulate >(rather than eradicate) his emotional responses, see Lawrence Becker, >A New Stoicism (Princeton, 1998) esp. p.97-102, and 112-122 for an >explication >of virtue as ideal agency. And as a corrective for thinking that a stoic >would >not cry, see p.157. Becker does a good job of arguing that a contemporary >stoicism, as he understands it, is not at all psychologically ridiculous. > >-- William Stephens > Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From mdm3@YORK.AC.UK Fri Mar 1 09:37:40 2002 From: mdm3@YORK.AC.UK (Matt Matravers) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:37:40 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Re: Scottish verdict References: <2512987.3223879699@[141.140.104.38]> Message-ID: <3C7F4BE4.782E2654@york.ac.uk> I assume s/he means 'not proven'. This (somewhat unusual) verdict is allowable under Scottish law. Matt Matravers "I. P. Winham" wrote: > This is probably an easy question, but I don't know and am curious about the formal and historical meaning of the phrase "Scottish verdict" > > Here is where I came across it: > > "Whether the East Asian countries represent a new model for a ?middle way? to economic prosperity, or whether the extensive intervention by their governments will in the end prove to have reduced consumer welfare and ossified the protected producer sector, we do not know. Nor do we know whether their mix of markets and intervention would work in other less stable, less homogenous, less disciplined and less cohesive societies?indeed, whether it will continue to work in their own. On this > point, the evidence demands a Scottish verdict?we don?t know enough to identify an optimum mixture of free markets and government participation that will, in all places and at all times, maximize growth. Indeed, we do not know whether there is a universally valid mixture. But what we do know > is not trivial" > > Best, > ~Ilya P. Winham > > 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 -- Matt Matravers Dept. of Politics University of York York, YO10 5DD UK Tel.: +44 (0)1904 433568 http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/poli/staff/mm.htm 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 From luciano.floridi@PHILOSOPHY.OXFORD.AC.UK Fri Mar 1 11:10:24 2002 From: luciano.floridi@PHILOSOPHY.OXFORD.AC.UK (Luciano Floridi) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:10:24 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] the paradox of the concentric circles Message-ID: Dear colleagues, a question for those who know about the history of geometry. John Wallis (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Wallis.html) in the course of an argument against the definition of a point as an indivisible, refers to the paradoxical case in which, having two concentric circles and a line as a radium of both, the two circles, if constituted by "indivisibles", would be demonstrably of equal lenght (click here for a nice visualization: http://www.math.arizona.edu/~mcenter/maw/philosophy/). Montucla refers to the same mental experiment describing it as a sceptical paradox and attributing (wrongly) it to Sextus Empiricus. I'm aware of Galileo and the so-called Aristotle's wheel paradox, which is (only) a similar issue (see here for example: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AristotlesWheelParadox.html). Unfortunately, there is nothing about it in Jesseph's excellent book (Jesseph, D. M. Squaring the Circle: The War Between Hobbes and Wallis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999). The question is: does anyone know whether there is an ancient source for this paradox? Many thanks in advance, Luciano Floridi _______________________________________ luciano.floridi@philosophy.oxford.ac.uk www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/~floridi/ 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 From James.Barlow@DOC.STATE.WI.US Fri Mar 1 14:43:59 2002 From: James.Barlow@DOC.STATE.WI.US (Barlow, James C. DOC) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:43:59 -0600 Subject: [Philnet] Re: proper functioning Message-ID: I for one am glad to hear that, for I have been a stoic acc. to Epictetus all my adult life and it has bailed me out of many an embroglio! -jb -----Original Message----- From: Han Baltussen [mailto:han.baltussen@KCL.AC.UK] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:00 AM To: SOPHIA@liverpool.ac.uk Subject: Re: proper functioning I agree about the advice to read A.A. Long, and note that he has just published a monograph on Epictetus (Oxford 2001). HB >I would suggest people interested in understanding the Stoics' conception >of "living according to nature" read A. A. Long, "The logical basis of Stoic >ethics" with its postscript, and those interested in understanding the >Stoics' >conception of happiness to "Stoic eudaimonism", both in Long's Stoic >Studies (Cambridge, 1996). > >For an excellent discussion of how a contemporary stoic would modulate >(rather than eradicate) his emotional responses, see Lawrence Becker, >A New Stoicism (Princeton, 1998) esp. p.97-102, and 112-122 for an >explication >of virtue as ideal agency. And as a corrective for thinking that a stoic >would >not cry, see p.157. Becker does a good job of arguing that a contemporary >stoicism, as he understands it, is not at all psychologically ridiculous. > >-- William Stephens > Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From pege@email.unc.edu Fri Mar 1 16:58:16 2002 From: pege@email.unc.edu (Thomas Pegelow) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:58:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Philnet] Washington Post on tracking internation students Message-ID: Hello everyone: Earlier this week, the Washington Post ran an article on the INS' problems with implementing the changes in tracking international students decreed by the Patriot bill. NAGPS legislative director, Bob Brink, was so kind to bring it to my attention. It reveals further limits of the grandiose plans devised by the government. Let's hope, it won't lead to higher fees for international students. I'll keep you posted. Best, Thomas ISCC, Chair NAGPS To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61697-2002Feb24.html Visa Tracking Limited by Lack of Personnel By Mary Beth Sheridan With great fanfare, the Bush administration has pledged to fortify the nation's anti-terrorism protections by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new computer systems to keep tabs on millions of foreign students and visitors. But even if that complex effort succeeds, immigration officials and experts say there is a gaping hole in the strategy: Because of a shortage of investigators, there are few people to chase foreigners flagged by the computers for overstaying their visas or dropping out of school. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has 2,000 agents to enforce immigration law inside U.S. borders. The enormous workload requires them to focus on the most serious cases, such as the deportation of immigrant felons, leaving no time to round up student no-shows and others who abuse the terms of their visas, agents say. "How do you cope with the identification and questioning and perhaps apprehension of a couple hundred thousand people when you don't have the resources trained or in place to do it? That's the void. You've got a nice car but no engine," said Tom Fischer, a retired INS district director whose Atlanta office oversaw a test of the student tracking system. The nation's approximately 600,000 foreign students have come under particular scrutiny since the Sept. 11 attacks because one of the 19 alleged hijackers, Hani Hanjour, used a student visa to enter the United States. He never turned up for class. One of the men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing also came to the United States on a student visa but dropped out of Wichita State University. Such revelations have outraged President Bush and Congress. "If a person applies for a student visa and gets that visa, we are going to make sure that person actually goes to school," Bush said on Oct. 29. Days earlier, he had signed the USA Patriot Act, which provides $36.8 million to set up a computer system to collect up-to-date information on foreign students. Last month, the president announced that the government would also intensify its efforts to track down tourists and business travelers who overstay their visas. The government is spending $13.3 million this year on the first phase of an "entry-exit" system to monitor foreigners' arrivals and departures, according to the INS. Bush has proposed an additional $362 million in the fiscal 2003 budget to continue building the system. Two of the Sept. 11 hijackers stayed on after their visitors' visas lapsed. A look at a local INS district office shows how ill-prepared the system is to follow up on the estimated 3 million foreign students, tourists and business travelers who remain here, often to take jobs, after their visas have expired. On a recent morning, the Alexandria office that houses INS investigators was nearly deserted. The office is authorized to have 25 special agents; because of transfers and other personnel issues, it has only 17, spokesman Bill Shaw said. Of those, four are away working with other agencies on special drug and terrorism task forces. "There are [local] police departments we service. . . that have more resources than I have from an investigative standpoint," said Warren Lewis, director of the INS district headquarters, in Arlington, which oversees the District and Virginia and handles some international cases. Three more agents are based at a substation in Norfolk. At a bare wooden desk in the front lobby, a lone agent fielded a stream of telephone tips and queries from the public and law enforcement agencies. Under the current system, he takes the call when a university reports that a foreign student hasn't turned up. Who is in charge of following up on that call? "Nobody," said Shaw, an investigator who was filling in as press officer for the district because of personnel shortages. He said an officer would typically check the database to see whether the missing student had committed a crime. "If they don't have a criminal history, it's added to the stack of papers we have," Shaw said. He admits feeling frustration about such calls. "As an agent, you want to be able to respond to all these people's inquiries. . . but we don't have the resources to do it." The manpower shortage might seem odd in an agency that has tripled its budget since 1993. But much of that increased spending went to beef up the Border Patrol, which now has about 10,000 agents, most on the Mexican border. In recent years, as the economy boomed, the number of undocumented immigrants in the Unites States soared to 7 million or more. Although there was political support for a border crackdown, there was no such enthusiasm for INS raids aimed at rooting out illegal immigrants at workplaces across the country. With limited staff and facing a sometimes hostile public, the INS leadership focused its internal enforcement strategy on what it considered the most dangerous targets: immigrant smuggling gangs, fraud rings and noncitizen felons due to be deported. "The location of people who have fallen into illegal status in the United States is not really one of the high-priority items" set by INS headquarters, said Lewis, the Arlington district director. Joseph R. Greene, the INS assistant commissioner for investigations, acknowledged that it will be difficult for the agency to go after all the foreigners flagged by the new computer systems. "There is a real problem in terms of resources," he said. He praised the work of agents in making big cases, but added: "As these new responsibilities come down the pike, in an absence of new resources, we are going to have to make some very tough calls." That doesn't mean the new computer systems have no value, INS officials and experts say. The systems will automate handling of information that now is often incomplete and out of date. The student monitoring system, for example, currently relies on universities to maintain records on foreigners, and to provide them to the INS if asked. The universities are not required to tell the INS if a student fails to show up. With the new computer system, the INS and the university will be able to determine quickly if a student doesn't enroll. For the first time in years, the INS would know how many students failed to show up for school. "You're really coming up to the late 20th century in terms of trying to get a handle on the kinds of people that might be in your midst. And you'll get general profiles," said Demetrios Papademetriou, co-director of the Migration Policy Institute, a pro-immigration think tank. However, he added, "this is not about really enabling us to pick out of all these people the one person who wishes us harm. You won't be able to do it with anything we're discussing here." In fact, it's not even clear that the new programs would have stopped Hanjour, the hijacking suspect. INS officials say the computer systems may allow officials to use the new database to more quickly spot suspicious individuals. But Hanjour was apparently not on any watch list that would have set him apart from the thousands of other foreign students who don't turn up for school. In the fiscal 2003 budget, the INS investigative unit is slated to receive a modest increase in staff, including 70 special agents, as the anti-terrorism campaign intensifies. A bipartisan bill recently passed by the House and headed for the Senate could provide more staff this year. But the problem of finding visa violators goes beyond the lack of agents. The volume of foreign visitors is enormous, with an estimated 31.5 million arriving in 1999. They move freely through the United States, presenting agents pursuing undocumented immigrants with a kind of giant game of "Where's Waldo?" More drastic measures to detect illegal immigrants haven't won much support. Proposals for a national identity card, for example, have raised concerns about civil liberties. And INS officials are reluctant to deputize local police to arrest visa violators because of the complexity of immigration law and concerns about racial and ethnic profiling. INS investigators discovered the difficulty of finding foreign student dropouts in an operation in San Diego in December. They sought the records of local universities and found about 50 apparent visa violators from countries linked to terrorism, officials said. When they went looking for the students, they located only 10, one of whom had his papers in order. Other students weren't home, had moved or transferred. And finding visa violators isn't the end of the story. "You have to make sure. . . once you pick them up, you've got enough detention space, trial attorneys, immigration courts to keep the whole process moving," said David Martin, a law professor and former general counsel of the INS. "You can't, in our due-process system, just pick people up and put them on airplanes." From goya@POP.VJF.CNRS.FR Fri Mar 1 21:22:17 2002 From: goya@POP.VJF.CNRS.FR (Michael Chase) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:22:17 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] Re: Numenius and idea eautou In-Reply-To: <000001c1c0fd$04e28ee0$9e1613d5@kukwh> References: <3C756AAE.4FF5752B@cyberg8t.com> <000001c1c0fd$04e28ee0$9e1613d5@kukwh> Message-ID: ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment > >My question is about Numenius' fragment 16 (ed.Des Places=3D fr.25 ed.Leema= ns). > >Numenius writes: "(o g\ar de/uteros ditt\os )\wn a)utopo=EEei t/hn te >)id/ean (eauto=FB ka\i t\on k/osmon..." > >I think that we must understand: "The Second (...) produces himself >the idea of the self and the world"; indeed, the Second cannot >produce his own idea because the First is already the idea of the >Second (fr.20, l.5-6). The First thinks ideas but does not think >himself, the particularity of the Second is the reflexiveness. >M.C.:I don't believe your translation is possible, Fred: I don't >know of any thinker before Themistius who hypostasizes the self in >such a way, and when he does so Themistius speaks not of *eautou* >but of *to egO*. I think your Numenius passage must be translated =AB >for the second, since he is twofold, auto-creates his own form, and >the universe =BB. As you know, the Greek *idea* does not *have to* >mean "Platonic Form or Idea"; it does not always mean this even in >Plato. But of course I could be wrong. One text seems to speak in favor of an interpretation similar to yours: at In Alc. =A7172, when discussing the different modalities of self-knowledge, Olympiodorus writes that it is possible to know oneself "theologically, viz. when one knows oneself according to the idea of oneself (*kata tEn idean tEn heautou*"). Here too, however, I believe we must translate not =ABthe idea of the Self=BB but =ABthe idea of oneself=BB; not =ABl'Id=E9e du= Soi =BB but =ABl'Id=E9e de soi-m=EAme=BB. HTH, Mike. -- Michael Chase, Phd (goya@vjf.cnrs.fr) C.N.R.S./Annee Philologique Villejuif/Paris ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/philnet/attachments/644a2c06/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Fri Mar 1 21:18:41 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 21:18:41 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANGLO-AMERICAN IDEALISM (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 18:25:35 +0000 From: sp117 Dear List-Members, The following website contains information about the "International Conference on Anglo-American Idealism." The Conference will be held at the Olympic Centre for Philosophy and Culture and the Municipality of Pyrgos, in Pyrgos, GRRECE, 20th-25th August 2003. The Conference is organised in association with the British Idealism Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of the UK and the R. G. Collingwood Society. Please reply to: sp117@york.ac.uk The website is: http://www.stfx.ca/arpa/idealism2003.htm Thank you. Stamatoula Panagakou. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Sat Mar 2 12:07:26 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 12:07:26 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP:Workshop on Complexity and Philosophy (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:45:10 +0000 From: Peter McBurney Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence Workshop on Complexity and Philosophy First Calling Notice 29-30 July 2002, Courtyard Marriott, Norwood, MA (Near Boston) Call for Participants I am writing to you today to inform you about the upcoming two-day Complexity and Philosophy workshop to be held this summer at Norwood, MA and hosted by the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (http://www.isce.edu). The aim of this meeting is to explore the considerable philosophical implications of the fledgling science of complex systems. Call for Papers Attendees are encouraged to present papers to the assembled participants. 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Full details are now available at: http://spot.colorado.edu/~cartera/Morris/events_morris.html _______________________________________________________ From: Alan Carter Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies Department of Philosophy University of Colorado at Boulder CO 80309-0232 USA URL: =09http://spot.colorado.edu/~cartera E-mail:=09alan.carter@colorado.edu Phone:=09303 492 8577 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 From phismith@BUFFALO.EDU Sat Mar 2 15:32:39 2002 From: phismith@BUFFALO.EDU (Barry Smith) Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:32:39 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] The Monist: NEW CALLS FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020302102414.0333c598@pop.acsu.buffalo.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Clark) Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 10:47:07 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] AAL'02 -- conference announcement (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 17:48:10 +1100 (EST) From: Katalin Bimb=F3 To: aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au 2002 Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Logic November 30 -- December 2, 2002, Canberra (Australia) AAL'02 will take place on the campus of the Australian National University. The last day of the conference will be joint with the Australasian Workshop on Computational Logic (AWCL'02). Papers contributed to AAL'02 may address any topic in the area of logic. Abstracts of contributed talks should be submitted by August 31, 2002 (in electronic format or in hard copy) to the organizer (program chair) of the conference: Katalin Bimbo Automated Reasoning Group CSL, RSISE, Bld. #115 Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia E-mail: bimbo@arp.anu.edu.au Further information concerning AAL'02 is available from the web site of the conference (http://csl.anu.edu.au/~bimbo/AAL02.html) or via email. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Sun Mar 3 16:06:32 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 16:06:32 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Conference: Philosophy & Psychoanalysis Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 15:13:48 -0000 From: Laura Mahoney "Philosophy and Psychoanalysis" 22nd Annual Conference of the National Committee for Philosophy to be held at the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street Dublin 2. April 25th-26th 2002. Keynote speaker: Professor Betty Cannon. To be added to the mailing list for full programme and registration details please email: L.Mahoney@ria.ie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura Mahoney Assistant Executive Secretary Royal Irish Academy 19 Dawson Street Dublin 2 tel: +353 1 6762570 / 6380914 mobile: 086 8289858 fax: + 353 1 6762346 email: L.Mahoney@ria.ie website: www.ria.ie The Royal Irish Academy Promoting Study in the Sciences and Humanities since 1785 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 From JShand5961@AOL.COM Mon Mar 4 11:09:34 2002 From: JShand5961@AOL.COM (John Shand) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 06:09:34 EST Subject: [Philnet] email address Message-ID: <133.a54068b.29b4afee@aol.com> Does anyone have an email address for Benson Mates, emeritus University of California, Berkeley...? Best wishes, John Shand. 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 From harnad@COGPRINTS.SOTON.AC.UK Mon Mar 4 13:09:36 2002 From: harnad@COGPRINTS.SOTON.AC.UK (Stevan Harnad) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:09:36 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Casati/Eco on the Web Message-ID: Comment on Roberto Casati's comment ("The infinite regress problem") on Umberto Eco's "Authors and Authority." http://www.text-e.org/debats/ Further commentary invited at that site. ------------------------------------------------------------------- No "Quis Custodiet" Problem Peculiar to the Web Stevan Harnad CASATI: "Eco points out a filtering problem which resists various filtering solutions. The problem is how can we tell, on the web, relevant (useful, good) from irrelevant (useless, bad, misleading) information? " The question is: Who are "we"? We have a problem far worse than infinite regress if we want to treat as a single problem, and find a single solution, for a "we" that includes children looking for games, teenagers looking for music, house-wives looking for recipes, consumers looking for products, relatives looking for medical information, students looking for reference material, and scholars/scientists looking for refereed research. The obvious solution is to partition cyperspace into sectors, just as everything else is, and tag the "authoritative" sectors (such as the peer reviewed literature) as such. To put it in context, consider a related non-problem: the "universal search engine" problem -- the one that will find for you, reliably, the needle that you are searching for in the ever-expanding cosmic haystack of the web. People are fond of declaring this problem insoluble; but is it really a problem at all? Our thinking is based on the following, I think: The prototype, the gold-standard, is the library, the written Gutenberg corpus. It is that sort of order, reliability, retrievability that we are looking for, as indexed and shelved in our libraries, catalogues and bookstores. There would be no "universal search-engine" problem, but rather the contrary, a welcome solution, if the Web consisted of all and only this canonical Gutenberg corpus. But it does not: It consists of a lot more (and, alas a lot less, for most of the Gutenberg corpus is not yet available online). Now let us simplify, to get to the heart of the matter: Suppose the Web consisted of the entire canonical Gutenberg corpus, suitably tagged as such (I will return to this), PLUS every single word ever spoken (or thought) by every man, woman and child, from the prehistoric onset of language to the present day, updated daily. Would we now have a "universal search engine" problem? Of course not. For we would use the "tags" distinguishing the canonical literature (and of course all of its subtags, including "refereed journal" and "journal-name") to restrict our search to ordered subsets of cyberspace whose rules we would inherit from the paper canon. End of story. No new problem. Just a matter of tagging and isolating the old solution, and not being misled by the fact that, in principle (and with Dan Serber's dictascript, augmented perhaps by some future telescript), every single verbal production of every single human mind can be converted to writing and consigned to the web. So what? We know how to ignore idle chatter in the oral medium. We will continue to be able to do so on the Web. Yes, there are some new borderline cases, spawned by the web: Non-published teaching materials, pearls of wisdom in the chatter, etc. Those are special cases, and will evolve their own sectors. But sectored and tagged they will be. And in the meanwhile, let us not try to be holier than the pope: As a special case, the canonical corpus (or as much of it as is up there so far) is as tractable on the Web as it was on paper (indeed moreso). And the rest is just dictascript, which need no more be "navigated" than what transpires on the airwaves of chat TV or a hairdresser parlour. http://oaisrv.nsdl.cornell.edu/pipermail/oai-general/2001-June/000036.html CASATI: "This is an epistemological problem. Harnad claims that this is not a new problem and that there already are stable solutions to the problem. He would hence delete the 'on the web' clause." Indeed. What we want to continue to be able to access and navigate is the authoritative corpus. Let us simplify and say that this corresponds to the peer-reviewed corpus. If/when that is all online, it is all only a reliable metadata tag away from being navigable at least as reliably as it was on-paper (and in fact infinitely more efficiently). CASATI: "But if I understand Eco correctly, the web environment poses the filtering problem in a new light, for which old solutions are not easily available. The problem is best framed from the viewpoint of the lower-end user, someone with no information at all on the Holy Graal, say, who browses the web in order to improve his knowledge. Assuming that the relevant bit of information is available, it has to be separated from irrelevant or misleading bits of information. How can you find the relevant bit of information?" Vide supra. (And ask, if there had been no Web, how would this generic user do it? Do we have to worry that he may be gullible, and ready to believe whatever he runs into in conversation, on TV, on the drugstore magazine counters? Or that he has the good sense and capacity to resort to the library index catalogue?) CASATI: Surely an expert would help. Suppose now that an expert on the Holy Graal is somewhere available on the web. How can you find the expert? Well. Maybe there is a meta-expert somewhere on the web, but again, How can you find the meta-expert? And: How can you find the meta-meta-expert? And so on and so forth. Obviously infinite regress haunts Ecos solution. " Nothing of the sort. Why is there no "infinite regress" in the Gutenberg corpus? There is of course one on Chat-Radio (whom do you trust?), but authenticating all the opinions and misinformation that come out of human mouths, and even those that find their way onto public airwaves, is a hopeless (and pointless) task: There's always more opinion than expertise; it's more like combinatorial explosion than infinite regress. We are, in other words, using a spurious tertium comparationis here, in applying the desiderata of the authoritative Gutenberg canon to the PostGutenberg Galaxy. But the solution is simple. Carve out the subspace of cyberspace that corresponds to the old canon as a special case, tag it accordingly (augment it with any new hybrid productions worthy of inclusion), and restrict your serious searching to that sector alone. And let the erstwhile experts (peer review) continue to be your "authority." CASATI: "Peer reviewing, as invoked by Harnad, works very well for people who already know about academic journals and standards, but wont work for the lower-end user. How do you know about the good and the bad journal, the good and bad learned society? At some point the circle has to be broken by some hearsay type of contact." How did the "lower-end user" know about it in the Gutenberg age? Same answer. CASATI: "But this is not available in the pure version of the problem. Probably the real solution is in those same large numbers that create the problem. It is in the link-structure of the web, the same structure that is exploited by Google's search strategy. Linking is, to some extent, like a vote given to a page after a review of its content. Each of us is a peer reviewer. And if we are good peer reviewers, we will attract links from other pages." Ah me! If the authority is (democratically? capitalistically?) ceded to opinion polls among those same multitudes who cannot be assumed to know how to use a library, where will we be! On replacing expertise by nose-counts, see: Harnad, S. (1998) The invisible hand of peer review. Nature [online] (c. 5 Nov. 1998) http://helix.nature.com/webmatters/invisible/invisible.html Longer version: http://www.exploit-lib.org/issue5/peer-review/ http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/nature2.html "Peer Review Reform Hypothesis-Testing" http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/0479.html "A Note of Caution About 'Reforming the System'" http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/1169.html CASATI: "Expertise, in an universal linking system, is diffuse and microscopic. There are advantages to this solution. It avoids regress. It takes authority out of a few hands. It generalises the stable peer reviewing solution to the pre-web relevance problem." Or throws out the baby with the bathwater, substituting sheer quantity of popular opinion for qualified expertise. (Is this perhaps the current fashion of ceding all authority to market economics and dollar-democracy, along with a dose of PC populism, now making a bid for "privatizing" science and scholarship, as has already been done with the arts?) CASATI: "There are shortcomings. The link structure is poorly understood, and some studies will be necessary as to the possible distortions that the linking system may undergo, as in any other diffuse system from which we hope to extract information, such as the system of prices in various types of economy." Shortcomings there will indeed be. Let us hope we will first look at what sort of quality this link-economy would yield, before committing ourselves too deeply to it... Stevan Harnad 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 From m.brumsen@TBM.TUDELFT.NL Mon Mar 4 14:52:04 2002 From: m.brumsen@TBM.TUDELFT.NL (Brumsen, Michiel) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 15:52:04 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] conference announcement: Research in Ethics & Engineering Message-ID: <1AAAE6BA7E5ED411B9C500500411CF63299E4D@tb0nt1.tbm.tudelft.nl> F I N A L A N N O U N C E M E N T Re s e a r c h i n E t h i c s a n d E n g i n e e r i n g A conference at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 25 - 27 April 2002 Organised by the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, in cooperation with the Platform for Ethics and Technology, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Keynote speakers Sven Ove Hansson G=FCnter Ropohl Caroline Whitbeck Programme THURSDAY APRIL 25: ETHICAL ASPECTS OF RISK 9:00 Registration desk open 10:00 Coffee and tea 10:15 Welcome 10:30 Keynote: Sven Ove Hansson (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) "Philosophical Perspectives on Risk" Reply: Ibo van de Poel (Delft University of Technology) 11:45 Jerry Busby & Mark Coeckelbergh (University of Bath) "The Responsibility for Taking Precautions against the Risks of = Engineering Design" 12:30 Lunch 13:45 Joint session: William Kastenberg, Gloria Kastenberg-Hauser & David Norris (University of California, Berkeley) "Risk Analysis and Ethics: Research Needs for Emerging Technologies" Gunter Bombaerts, Johan Braeckman & Ivan Mervielde (Nuclear Research Centre Mol / Gent State University) "The Role of Scientists and Decision-Makers in the Nuclear Waste Domain - an Inquiry about Non-Technical Aspects in Risk-Assessment" Martijntje Smits (Eindhoven University of Technology) "Monster Ethics - a Pragmatist Approach to Risk Controversies on New Technology" 15:45-16:15 Coffee/tea break 16:15 Martin Peterson (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) "Technological Risks and Equality" 17:00 Bar open 18:00 Dinner 20:00-21:30 Video "Testing Water... and Ethics", with introduction by John Fielder (Villanova University), and opportunity for discussion afterwards FRIDAY APRIL 26: AUTONOMY AND PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT 9:00 Keynote: G=FCnter Ropohl (University of Frankfurt a/Main) "Engineering Ethics needs Institutional Support" Reply: Henk Zandvoort (Delft University of Technology) 10:15 Coffee/tea break 10:45 Joint session 1: Asa Kasher (Tel-Aviv University / Technical Institute, Haifa) "Professional Autonomy and its Limits" Heinz Luegenbiehl (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute) "Ethical Autonomy for Engineers in a Cross-Cultural Context" 12:00-13:15 Lunch 13:15 Joshua Kardon, (University of California, Berkeley), Robert Schroeder (Minneapolis) & Albert Ferrari (Oakland) "Ethical Dilemmas of Technical Forensic Practice" 14.00 Yannick Julliard & Adolf Schwab (University of Karlsruhe) "Total-Quality-Management Approach to Engineering Ethics" 14:45 Social program - tba 19:00 Conference dinner Ethics and Engineering" SATURDAY APRIL 27: ENGINEERING ETHICS AND OTHER APPLIED ETHICS 9:00 Keynote: Caroline Whitbeck (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland) "Professional Responsibility" Reply: Michiel Brumsen (Delft University of Technology) 10:15 Coffee/tea break 10:45 Joshua Kardon (University of California, Berkeley) "Applying the Framework of the Ethics of Care to Civil Engineering = Practice" 11:30 Klasien Horstman (Eindhoven University of Technology and = Maastricht University) "From Health Care to Body Shop - How to Locate Normative Dilemmas on = Tissue Engineering" 12:15 Lunch 13:30 Joint session: Joseph Herkert (North Carolina SU) & Brian O'Connell (Central = Connecticut State University) "Engineering Ethics and Computer Ethics - Twins Separated at Birth?" Justine Johnstone (London School of Economics) "Developing the Engineering Ethics Research Agenda: the Case for Intellectual Objects" 14:45 Coffee/tea break 15:15-17:00 Forum Discussion "Engineering Ethics in the US and Europe: the Differences" (Contributors: G=FCnter Ropohl, Sven Ove Hansson, Caroline Whitbeck, = Heinz Luegenbiehl, Christelle Didier, Richard Devon, Henk Zandvoort. Chair: = Peter Kroes) 17:00 Reception 18:00 Dinner You can also find further details, a registration form, abstracts of = papers and up to date information on our website: http://www.ethiek.tudelft.nl/conference2002/index.htm If you have any questions, contact Sabine Roeser: E-mail: S.Roeser@tbm.tudelft.nl Tel.: +31 15 278 8779 Regular mail: Sabine Roeser Philosophy Department Faculty of TPM Delft University of Technology P.O. Box 5015 2600 GA Delft The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------- Michiel Brumsen sectie Filosofie, afdeling TEMA, faculteit TBM, TU Delft k. 3.3.250, Jaffalaan 5, 2628 BX Delft tel. +31 15 278 8059 (w.) / +31 70 4159 152 (h.) fax +31 15 278 4934 http://www.tbm.tudelft.nl/webstaf/michielb http://www.ethiek.tudelft.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------= -------- 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 From C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK Mon Mar 4 18:49:21 2002 From: C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK (Savery,C) Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 18:49:21 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Forum Events for March Message-ID: Forum For European Philosophy Events for March 2002 Please circulate. Also, please note that full programmes for both conferences are = available from the Forum's website - www.philosophy-forum.org Many thanks Charlotte=20 THE FEP IN SHEFFIELD The FEP is happy to announce a series of events in Sheffield organised = by Dr Jonathan Webber, one of the Forum's Research Associates (2001 - = 2002). Introduction to Phenomenology=20 Reading Groups in Sheffield In this reading group 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: Merleau-Ponty Monday 4th March on pp. 401-427 Derrida Monday 18th March on pp. 435-456 The Phenomenology Reading Groups will meet on alternate Mondays, = 6.30-8.00pm in Room 12.1, The Philosophy Department, 12th Floor, The = Arts Tower, University of Sheffield. For more information, please contact Jonathan Webber=20 Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN Email: j.m.webber@sheffield.ac.uk Tel: 0114 222 00584 DIALOGUES The Forum and New York University in London continue their jointly = sponsored series of dialogues between distinguished members of the = Department of Philosophy in New York University who were once students = at Balliol College, Oxford and Alan Montefiore, formerly tutor in = philosophy there. 5th March 2002 Alan Montefiore talks to Steven Lukes 6pm followed by an informal drinks reception at NYU, London 6 Bedford = Square, London, WC1B 3RA. Alan Montefiore was for more than 30 years a Fellow and Tutor in = Philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford, and is currently Visiting = Professor at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at = Middlesex University. He has published on a wide range of topics, = including moral and political philosophy, contemporary French = philosophy, philosophy of education and on issues of identity and = responsibility. His most recent book, edited jointly with David Vines, = was on Integrity in the Private and Public Domains (Routledge, 1999). Steven Lukes is the author of numerous works including Emile Durkheim: = His Life and Work, Power: A Radical View and What is Left? He was = Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford for twenty years and has been a = visiting professor in Paris, New York, Philadelphia, Mexico City, = Johannesburg and Jerusalem. He is visiting Professor in the Department = of Sociology at the London School of Economics. THE FEP IN MANCHESTER=20 The FEP is happy to announce a series of events in Manchester organised = by Dr Lars Iyer, one of the Forum's Research Associates (2001-2002). The Primacy of Ethics Seminar Series in Manchester How do modern European philosophers challenge the way in which ethics is = discussed in the world of Anglo-American philosophy? The aim of this = seminar series is to explore notions of ethics at work in modern = European philosophy, focusing particularly on the question of the = primacy of ethics: is it, as Heidegger might be understood to claim, a = discipline that comes after ontology, or, as Levinas has argued, does it = occupy the place of first philosophy? One intention of the series is to = encourage inter- or multi-disciplinary approaches to the guiding theme = of the seminar series, exploring, for example, the importance of = literature to ethical reflection, or investigating the contribution of = modern European philosophy to questions of race and gender. Death and the Question of Finitude 7th March 2002 Speaker: David Webb (Lecturer in Philosophy, Staffordshire University) David Webb pursues research in Heidegger, Aristotle, recent French and = Italian philosophy and the philosophy of science. 4.30pm to 7.00pm, Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton = Building, Rosamund Street West, Manchester, M15 6LL For more information, please contact:=20 Lars Iyer Tel: 0161 610 3091 lars.iyer@chorlton.com Forum Conference=20 The Philosophy of Robert Brandom Saturday 9th March 2002 A One-day conference at the Centre for Post-Analytic Philosophy University of Southampton Brandom's Making It Explicit (published in 1994) is one of the most = discussed works of philosophy world-wide. With the benefit now of seven = years of hindsight and the publication last year of Articulating Reasons = (a shorter work designed to serve as an introduction to the system set = out in Making it Explicit), it would seem to be a useful time to try to = gain some perspective on his difficult but ambitious project. Brandom's = work falls squarely within the brief of the Forum for European = Philosophy in that he draws upon ideas from both the analytic and = Continental traditions. He has published on semantics, the philosophy of = language, mind and logic and on the work of Spinoza, Leibniz, Hegel, = Frege and Heidegger. He is currently working on a book on Hegel's = Phenomenology of Spirit. Speakers:=20 Robert Brandom (Pittsburgh), Chris Hookway (Sheffield), Alessandra = Tanesini (Cardiff), other speakers to be announced. For more information please contact:=20 Dr Denis McManus Department of Philosophy, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ Tel: 023 80593984 Email: mcmanus@soton.ac.uk DISCUSSION GROUPS=20 Each Discussion Group is led by a philosopher, academic or not, who = presents a short text which has had a major influence in shaping his/her = way of thinking. The text will be emailed as soon as available, later = this week. =20 That Shine of Heavenly Light Tuesday 12th March, 7pm at the Institut Fran=E7ais, 17 Queensberry = Place, South Kensington, London SW7.=20 George Ross George Ross has taught mathematics, theoretical physics, philosophy of = science and philosophy of culture at King's College London Involved in = the attempted reconstruction of Romanian political life after the fall = of Ceausescu, he has written, broadcast and lectured extensively on = Romanian history and politics. One of his main interests and objects of = study has been the origin and evolution of totalitarian concepts and = societies. Modern Romania: A Brief Historical Perspective is his latest = work. In it, he attempts to present and analyse the background of ideas = that shaped the unfolding of events in Romania during the last hundred = and forty years or so. Forum Conference=20 Mind, Language, and Reality in Anglophone and European Philosophy A one-day conference Saturday 16 March 2002, 10am -6.30pm at the University of Sheffield, St = George's Complex (St George's Terrace S10) This one-day conference, in association with the European Journal of = Philosophy, will comprise four invited speakers discussing issues in = contemporary philosophy of language, mind, and aesthetics in the light = of nineteenth and twentieth century European philosophy. There will also = be graduate student sessions. No conference fee, no need to book, tea = and coffee will be served. Speakers: Tom Baldwin (York) Sebastian Gardner (UCL) Bob Stern (Sheffield) Denis McManus (Southampton) =20 =20 For more information please contact; Jonathan Webber, Department of = Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom. Email: j.m.webber@sheffield.ac.uk Tel: 0114 222 0584 =20 HAYWARD FORUM Borderlines=20 The time has gone when we could be confident that a holiday snap is not = an artwork. One of the fundamental characteristics of contemporary art = is its tendency to challenge, transgress, oppose, undermine, threaten or = deconstruct the boundaries dividing art from non-art. The Hayward Forum = in 2002 critically explores how art today plays with and occupies = borderlines of all kinds.=20 Borderline One=20 Wednesday 20 March 2002, 7:30-9pm at the Hayward Gallery, London Chair: Simon Glendinning Michael Proudfoot explores the relationship between experience and = familiarity in encounters with art, arguing that no abstract art fully = escapes representational structures. Michael is Head of the Department = of Philosophy at the University of Reading. He has written widely on = aesthetics and the arts. =20 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 Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html. 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Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html From C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK Tue Mar 5 12:16:57 2002 From: C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK (Savery,C) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:16:57 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Hayward Forum Amendment Message-ID: PLEASE CIRCULATE Apologies for cross-posting=20 *PLEASE NOTE* that the Hayward Forum on the 20th March 2002 at the = Hayward Gallery with Simon Glendinning and Michael Proudfoot on = 'Borderlines', has moved to the earlier time of 6.30 - 8pm. =20 Please ignore the later start time of 7.30pm which was detailed in the = programme and on yesterday's email. =20 Many thanks =20 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 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 5 16:49:30 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:49:30 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP - War, Virtual War & the Challenges to Communities (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:24:29 -0000 From: Dr Robert Fisher War, Virtual War, and the Challenges to Communities Tuesday 16th July - Thursday 18th July 2002 Mansfield College, Oxford Call for Papers (PLease cross post where appropriate) This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference marks the launch of a new project to provide a challenging forum for the examination and evaluation of the nature, purpose and experience of war, and its impacts on all aspects of communities across the world. Viewing war as a multi-layered phenomenon, the conference series will seek to explore the historical, legal, social, religious, economic, and political contexts of conflicts, an= d assess the place of art, journalism, literature, music, the media and the internet in representation and interpretation of the experience of warfare. In particular papers, workshops, reports, and presentations are invited on any of the following themes; =09=95=09the sources, origins, and causes of war; why and how do wars begin= ? =09=95=09the =91control=92 of warfare; how is and should warfare be conduct= ed? What are the limits of conflict? Are there any prohibitions in fighting a war? Security issues; protection issues; borders and boundaries =09=95=09the nature of warfare; strategy and strategic thought; changes and= the implications of changes in the ways wars are fought; the influence and effect of technologies; changes in the nature and role of military personnel; information and information warfare =09=95=09types of warfare - land, sea, air, space, chemical, biological; gu= errilla warfare; =91total=92 warfare=92; genocide, ethnic cleansing; terrorism; pre= emptive war; scorched earth; war crimes; crimes against humanity =09=95=09the extent of war; blockades, sanctions, defence expenditure and t= he impact on social and public policy =09=95=09the =91ethics=92 of war; just war; deterrence; defence and self-de= fence; the influence of nationalism; the place of human rights; societies and the military; increases in moral sensibilities - qualms about carpet bombing, collateral damage; the important role of religion, the church, and the intellectual elite in multi-ethnic conflict =09=95=09the experience of war; art, literature, music, poetry, and the the= atre; the role of the media - journalism, radio, television, the internet; propaganda; representing the realities of war versus =91national interest= =92 - images of the heroism, glory, tacit and explicit justifications of war =09=95=09the prevention of war; the role of conflict resolution; avoiding w= ar; peace-keeping; the role and importance of law and international legal order= ; the rise and impact of non-violent movements Papers will be considered on related themes. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 5th April 2002. Full draft papers should be submitted b= y Tuesday 18th June 2002. The conference is sponsored by Inter-Disciplinary.Net and Learning Solution= s as part of the =91Probing the Boundaries=92 programme, and aims to create working =91encounter=92 groups between people of differing perspectives, disciplines, professions, and contexts. The project is to be supported by an e-mail discussion group, ISSN e-journal, and dedicated ISBN publication series. Selected papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be published in themed volumes. For further details and information, please see http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/wvw1.htm or contact: Dr Rob Fisher, rf@inter-disciplinary.net Dr Rob Fisher 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 5 16:57:11 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:57:11 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Health, Illness and Disease Conference (fwd) Message-ID: From: alerts@ConferenceAlerts.com Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease 24 to 26 June 2002, St Catherine's College, Oxford, United Kingdom UPDATE Please note that the dates and venue for the Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease Conference have changed. It will now be held from 24 to 26 June in Oxford, United Kingdom, and not Zurich, Switzerland, as was previously the case. E-mail enquiries: Dr Rob Fisher (rf@inter-disciplinary.net) Website: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/hid.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- This announcement distributed via http://www.ConferenceAlerts.com 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 From dkantar@EVE.ASSUMPTION.EDU Tue Mar 5 16:56:31 2002 From: dkantar@EVE.ASSUMPTION.EDU (Demetri Kantarelis) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 11:56:31 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] Business & Economics Conference / Montreal, July 24-29, 2002 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020305115342.00ab8780@eve.assumption.edu> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ****************************************************************************= ********************************************************* BUSINESS & ECONOMICS SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL= ( 2002 CONFERENCE MONTREAL - QUEBEC / CANADA July 24-29, 2002 Delta Montreal Hotel ****************************************************************************= ********************************************************* CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS (Deadline for Abstracts and Early Registration: March 30,= =20 2002) The Business & Economics Society International (B&ESI) invites you to=20 participate in its 2002 Conference to be held in Montreal - Quebec / Canada, at the Delta Montreal Hotel, July=20 24-29. The conference welcomes academics (business/economics professors and administrators), as well as=20 corporation/government executives and economists. Participants may organize panels (please ask for the "Panel Organizer=20 Guidelines"), present papers, participate in poster sessions, chair sessions, discuss papers, participate= =20 in round-table discussions, or simply observe. The program will consist of: =B7 small concurrent sessions with: chairperson, presenters, and at least= one=20 discussant assigned to comment on each paper; =B7 poster sessions; =B7 roundtable thematic discussion sessions with moderator; =B7 workshops and panels; =B7 invited speakers. Time allocated for each session is one hour and 30=20 minutes. * To ORGANIZE PANELS please ask for "Panel Organizer Guidelines". The fee=20 for each participant in the panel, except the organizer, is $315. The fee for the panel organizer is= $150. * To participate as a PRESENTER please submit ABSTRACTS and/or PAPERS: ABSTRACT/PAPER SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MARCH 30, 2002 =B7 Please, submit your abstract (of no more than 200 words) via e-mail=20 (hkan@besiweb.com) by MARCH 30, 2002. Additionally, mail two hard copies of your abstract (see address below).=20 All abstracts submitted will be evaluated for presentation and publication in the Book of Abstracts which will be=20 available at the Conference; =B7 You may submit abstracts for no more than 2 papers; =B7 Abstracts/papers must not have been published, accepted, or submitted= for=20 publication elsewhere; =B7 The categories that best fit your paper must be typed on the top right= =20 corner of the front page (See below table titled "Subject Category Title and Number"); =B7 For co-authorships please include names, affiliations, and addresses of= =20 all authors and indicate who will serve as presenter; =B7 The title of your abstract(s) or paper(s) is(are): ____________________________________________________________________________= __________ ___________________________________________________________________________ FINAL PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2002 =B7 Please submit via post 2 hard copies of the paper(s) and a disk=20 containing the manuscript(s) in Word by APRIL 30, 2002. =B7 Unless you instruct us otherwise, all papers will pass a blind peer=20 review process for publication consideration in the 'GLOBAL BUSINESS & ECONOMICS REVIEW - ANTHOLOGY 2002', a volume of selected= =20 papers from the Conference. Format instructions will be attached to the acceptance for publication= letter. [Manuscripts of more than 12 single-spaced pages of text (font: times,=20 size=3D10) inclusive of graphs, tables, end-notes and references will be considered at $10 per additional page]; =B7 Authorship should be identified only on a removable cover page. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM Last Name=20 ____________________________________________________________________________= ______________ First Name and M.I.=20 ____________________________________________________________________________= _______ Nickname for Badge=20 ____________________________________________________________________________= _______=20 Position/Title/Rank=20 ____________________________________________________________________________= ________=20 Affiliation=20 ____________________________________________________________________________= ________________=20 Mailing Address=20 ____________________________________________________________________________= __________ ____________________________________________________________________________= ________________________=20 Telephone: Day (___)____________________ , Night=20 (___)_________________________ Fax: (___)_____________________ , E-Mail:= ___________________________________ [I wish to serve as a DISCUSSANT____ and/or a SESSION=20 CHAIR/MODERATOR____.My specialty is________________. "Session Chair/Moderator and Discussant Guidelines" as well as copies of=20 the abstracts or papers to be discussed will be emailed or mailed to you as soon as the sessions are organized.] CONFERENCE FEES (DUE MARCH 30, 2002) 1. Registration Fee ...................................$315 x __ =3D ______ 2. Participating Co-Author(s) & Panel Organizer only ................................$150 x __ =3D ______ 3. After March 30, 2002 Add Late Fee ..........$35 x __ =3D______ 4. Guest Fee (companions) .........................$60 x __ =3D ______ Total Amount Due..................................................... =3D= ______ Note: Registration fees include "guest speaker-awards" luncheon, one copy=20 of the GLOBAL BUSINESS & ECONOMICS REVIEW - ANTHOLOGY 2002, the semi-annual GLOBAL BUSINESS & ECONOMICS=20 REVIEW, and access to all Conference presentations and sessions. Current B&ESI members may deduct=20 $120 from the $315 'Registration Fee' or, if applicable, the $150 'Participating Co-Author(s) & Panel Organizer Fee'. Payments: ______ My check is attached payable to B&ESI (in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank). Please charge my______ Visa ______ MasterCard or ______ American Express. Credit Card Number______________________________Exp. Date___________ Authorized Signature_________________________________________________ Refunds: Individuals applying for program participation but not accepted=20 are eligible for fee refunds. Cancellations must be in writing and are subject to a $40 handling fee. No refunds will be=20 given for cancellations after May 30, 2002. Refunds will be processed after the conference. PLEASE MAIL YOUR ABSTRACT(S)/PAPER(S) AND REGISTRATION FEES NO LATER THAN=20 MARCH 30, 2002 TO: B&ESI / Helen Kantarelis 64 Holden Street Worcester, MA 01605-3109 USA You may also reach us by Phone or E-mail: TELEPHONE: (508) 595-0089 E-MAIL: hkan@besiweb.com B&ESI Web Site: http://www.besiweb.com ****************************************************************************= ************************************************************* SUBJECT CATEGORY TITLE AND NUMBER: ACCOUNTING (A1) ENVIRONMENTAL BUSINESS/ECONOMICS (E2) FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCE (F3) GAME THEORY (G4) GOVERNMENT FINANCE (GF5) GOVERNMENT REGULATION (GR6) INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION (IO7) INTERNATIONAL TRADE (IT8) LABOR ECONOMICS/HUMAN RESOURCES (LH9) BUSINESS LAW/LAW & ECONOMICS (L10) MACROECONOMICS (MAC11) MANAGEMENT SCIENCE (MS12) MARKETING (MR13) MICROECONOMICS (MIC14) QUANTITATIVE METHODS (QM15) BUSINESS STATISTICS/ECONOMETRICS (BSE16) BUSINESS ETHICS (BE 17) OTHER (O18) ****************************************************************************= ************************************************************* DELTA MONTREAL HOTEL RESERVATION FORM (BLOCK NAME: GWBESI) 2002 Business & Economics Society International Conference: July=20 24-29 A block of rooms has been reserved at the Delta Montreal Hotel until June=20 24, 2002. Reservations made after that date will be subject to hotel availability and rates. The hotel is 20 miles from= =20 Dorval Airport (YUL) and within easy walking distance of business, shopping, dinning and close to Place des Arts and=20 McGill University. The room rate, inclusive of taxes, for Single or Double is 205 Canadian=20 Dollars. You may pay by international money order (payable to Delta Montreal Hotel)= =20 or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express). The first night's deposit is required with reservation. Name______________________________________________________________ ___ My international money order is attached payable to "Delta Montreal=20 Hotel". Please charge my ______ Visa ______ MasterCard or ______ American Express. Arrival date:______________ Departure date:________________ Credit Card Number ______________________________ Exp. Date ___________ Authorized Signature__________________________________________________ Please keep a copy of this form for your records and mail or fax the=20 original to: Delta Montreal Hotel (Block Name: GWBESI) 475 President Kennedy Avenue Montreal, QC, Canada H3A IJ7 Telephone: (514) 286-1986, Fax: (514) 284-4342 ****************************************************************************= ************************************************************* PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AND=20 FRIENDS. THANK YOU! ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/philnet/attachments/3ab34546/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- 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 From luca.malatesti@STIR.AC.UK Tue Mar 5 18:59:38 2002 From: luca.malatesti@STIR.AC.UK (Luca Malatesti {PG}) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:59:38 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP - Postgraduate Conference Message-ID: <2D1C159B783DD211808A006008062D31023694E5@inchna.stir.ac.uk> {Apologies for cross-posting}=20 CALL FOR PAPERS IN ANY AREA OF ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY=20 FOR POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS=20=20 The Scottish Postgraduate Philosophy Association will hold its Spring Conference on Saturday 25th of May 2002 at the University of Edinburgh. Guest speakers:=20 Professor Hugh Mellor (University of Cambridge)=20 Professor Jos=E9 Luis Berm=FAdez (University of Stirling) Papers may be on any area of analytical philosophy. They should be comprehensible to graduate students with different specialisation. Presentations should take approximately half an hour.=20 The submission deadline is Monday, 15th of April 2002. Please email your paper to Julie Kelso: jk3@stir.ac.uk or send it to:=20 Julie Kelso=20=20 Department of Philosophy=20 University of Stirling=20 Stirling FK9 4LA (UK)=20=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luca Malatesti PhD Student Department of Philosophy The University of Stirling FK9 4LA Stirling (UK) http://lgxserver.uniba.it/lei/mind/index.htm=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --=20 The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of the University of Stirling shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 5 19:31:17 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 19:31:17 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Aristotle (Grenoble's University - France) organised by Michel FATTAL (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:16:35 +0100 From: Michel FATTAL DEA-Ma=EEtrise : Histoire de la philosophie et langages Th=E8me : Le probl=E8me du vrai et du faux chez Aristote Responsable : Michel FATTAL (Universit=E9 de Grenoble) Conf=E9rence de : Monsieur Carlo NATALI, Professeur =E0 l'Universit=E9 de Venise : "La v=E9rit=E9 pratique chez Aristote (EN VI ,2 et De An. III, 10)" Le Vendredi 8 mars 2002 =E0 15 Amphith=E9=E2tre de la MSH Maison des Sciences de l'Homme-Alpes 1221, avenue Centrale Domaine Universitaire de Saint-Martin-d'H=E8res Universit=E9 Pierre Mend=E8s France (Grenoble II). Michel FATTAL D=E9partement de Philosophie Universit=E9 Pierre Mend=E8s France (Grenoble II) Domaine Universitaire B=E2t. ARSH B.P. 47 38040 Grenoble Cedex 9 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 5 19:30:11 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 19:30:11 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Residential Fellowships at Center for Philosophy of Science, Pittsburgh (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 14:20:45 -0500 From: paul griffiths To: aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au The University of Pittsburgh Center for Philosophy of Science invites you to apply for one of its one or two semester Fellowships in Residence. Fellowships include a well-equipped office with computer, computer support, access to libraries, an excellent health program and other services, and a monthly stipend of up to US$1200.00. The Center's administrative staff provide assistance in finding rental accommodation. Resident fellows pursue their scholarly interests in an intellectually rich environment free of teaching and administrative duties in the company of leading scholars in the philosophy, history, rhetoric, and sociology of science, and related subjects. Up to eight fellows may be in residence in any one semester, in addition to the permanent staff of associated Pittsburgh departments. To see who is here in philosophy and history of science, go to for HPS at Pittsburgh, for Philosophy at Pittsburgh, and for Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). The University boasts excellent libraries and collections including the Archives of Scientific Philosophy, housing the manuscript collections of Reichenbach, Sellars, Salmon, di Finetti, Ramsey, Carnap, and Hempel. The Center is a short walk from a major medical school and academic departments engaged in groundbreaking work in a variety of sciences including psychology, neuroscience, physics, computer science and artificial intelligence. Many of these scientists are Center resident fellows and attend center events. The Center hosts a prestigious annual lecture series and one or more lunchtime talks each week, as well as frequent specialized workshops and conference, and provides unlimited opportunities for conversation. The CMU philosophy department, and the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Philosophy, Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Program in Rhetoric of Science all collaborate closely with the Center. Visiting Fellows are welcome to attend lecture and seminar courses, and talks in all these programs. Fortnightly catered lunches for graduate students and visiting fellows encourage interaction with the large number of students in philosophy of science. If you've never been to Pittsburgh, you may be surprised to learn that it is a beautiful, comfortable, green city of hills, rivers, bridges, spacious parks, and fascinating architecture from several centuries. There is music ranging from world class symphonic and chamber orchestras and opera to Crisis Car, Rusted Root, and the Macedonia Baptist Choir. There is an abundance of art, dance, theater, and poetry. There are major museums and delightful restaurants in all price ranges. The city's professional sports franchises-the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins-are, of course, legendary. The city is easy to get around in, and an inexpensive place to live. It is a wonderful (and safe) place for walking cycling and jogging. For more information about the city, go to . The University of Pittsburgh campus is situated a short bus ride from the city center, immediately adjacent to CMU and to the Carnegie Museum of Art and Museum of Natural History. The Center is located in the Cathedral of Learning - the second tallest academic building in the world - two floors below the Departments of Philosophy and HPS and a short walk from CMU. Deadlines for applications occur bi-annually, two semester's before the proposed semester of residence. To apply for the Spring 2003 semester, send a description of your research interests, a CV, and the names and addresses (email if possible) of 2 referees by March 15th, 2002 to: Center for Philosophy of Science 817 Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206. Please arrange to have your referees send their letters by that date. For further information, visit our website , write to Dr Jim Bogen care of the Center, or email him: . 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 5 19:33:34 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 19:33:34 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: "Rhetoric, Globalization and Culture" (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:24:33 +0100 From: Mikel Labiano Ilundain To: CLASSICISTS@liverpool.ac.uk *** First Bulletin *** INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Rhetoric, Globalization and Culture Asociacion LOGO - University of Salamanca (Spain) 9-13 December, 2002 The INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE =93Rethoric, Globalization and Culture=94 will take place at the University of Salamanca (Spain) from 9-13 December 2002. This conference is being held to celebrate the Cultural Capital of Europe that in 2002 are Brugge and Salamanca. Papers (15 minutes) are invited for the International Conference =93Rethoric, Globalization and Culture=94. Those wishing to present a paper (15 minutes) at this conference are invited to send an abstract of their paper by 15 November 2002. Please present your abstract in accordance with the format of our =91Abstract Form=92 and submit it electronically. Please visit our website for details or contact us at: Salamanca2002@Asociacion-Logo.org Speakers who have already agreed to participate include: Tomas Albaladejo Mayordomo (U. Autonoma de Madrid, Spain) Francisco Bobillo de la Pe=F1a (U. Complutense de Madrid, Spain) Jose Antonio Caballero Lopez (U. La Rioja, Spain) Salvador Crespo Matellan (U. Salamanca, Spain) Ugo Criscuolo (U. Napoles, Italy) Mariado Ceu Fialho (U. Coimbra, Portugal) Gregorio Hinojo Andres (U. Salamanca, Spain) Albert W. Halsall (U. Carleton, Canada) Jose Antonio Hernandez Guerrero (U. Cadiz, Spain) Antonio Lopez Eire (U. Salamanca, Spain) Umberto Margiotta (U. Venecia, Italy) Antonio Melero Bellido (U. Valencia, Spain) Alfonso Ortega Carmona (U. Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain) Luis Santos Rio (U. Salamanca, Spain) Bernhard Zimmermann (U. Freiburg, Germany) This International Conference is organized by LOGO. Asociacion espa=F1ola de estudios sobre lengua, pensamiento y cultura clasica, who also publishes =91LOGO. Revista de retorica y teoria de la comunicacion=92, and the University of Salamanca (Spain), under the coordination of Prof. Antonio Lopez Eire. Please visit our website at http://www.asociacion-logo.org/Salamanca2002 E-mail: Salamanca2002@Asociacion-Logo.org Quick links: English: http://www.asociacion-logo.org/Salamanca2002en/Index2.htm Spanish: http://www.asociacion-logo.org/salamanca2002/Index2.htm Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/cla= ssicists.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 From D.Mcmanus@SOTON.AC.UK Tue Mar 5 19:30:36 2002 From: D.Mcmanus@SOTON.AC.UK (Denis McManus) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 19:30:36 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Robert Brandom at Southampton Message-ID: (Apologies for cross-posting) Final announcement of a public lecture and a conference this week at the Centre for Post-Analytic Philosophy CENTRE FOR POST-ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY FOURTH PUBLIC LECTURE Prof. Robert Brandom (University of Pittsburgh) 'Holism and Idealism in Hegel' Lecture Theatre A, Avenue Campus 6pm, Thursday March 7th Tea/coffee will be served from 5.30pm This lecture is part of the University's Golden Jubilee Series All welcome. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ROBERT BRANDOM A one-day conference Avenue Campus Saturday March 9th 2002 Speakers: Sebastian Roedl (Leipzig), 'The Gold Standard of Philosophical Elucidation' Christopher Hookway (Sheffield) 'Assertion and Commitment: Brandom in the Pragmatist Tradition' Alessandra Tanesini (Cardiff), 'Brandom's Hegel' Respondent: Robert Brandom The first paper will begin at 11am and the conference will end at 5.30pm. Prof. Brandom is a British Academy Visiting Lecturer. The conference is also supported by the Mind Association, the Forum for European Philosophy and the Analysis Trust. Registration Form Name ..................................................... Address .................................................. .......................................................... .......................................................... Email address ............................................ Any special dietary requirements: .......................................................... The registration fee for the conference is =A325 (=A320 for postgraduate students), which includes lunch and coffee/tea. Please make cheques payable to 'University of Southampton'. Please send the cheque and completed form to Denis McManus, Department of Philosophy, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom. I can also be contacted on tel. (UK) 023 80593984, fax. 023 80593344 and mcmanus@soton.ac.uk 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 From M.A.Beaney@OPEN.AC.UK Tue Mar 5 20:23:04 2002 From: M.A.Beaney@OPEN.AC.UK (Mike Beaney) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 20:23:04 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Conference on Hist. & Phil. of Maths Message-ID: A Conference on the History and Philosophy of Modern Mathematics 24 May, 2002 Centre for the History of the Mathematical Sciences Open University Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA Preliminary announcement Room S0049, Venables 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Paolo Mancosu, (Philosophy, Berkeley) "Wittgenstein's constructivization of Euler's proof of the infinity of primes" 12:00 Jamie Tappenden, (Philosophy, Ann Arbor) "A Reassessment of the Mathematical Roots of Frege's Logicism: Some History, Some Philosophy" 1:00 Lunch 2:30 David Corfield, (HPS, Cambridge) "Higher-dimensional algebra and higher-order category theory" 3:30 Tea 4:00 Colin McLarty, (Philosophy and Mathematics, Case Western Reserve) "Logic and geometry, from Eilenberg & Mac Lane through Grothendieck" The conference is free. For further information, but please let me know if you are planning to attend, contact j.j.gray@open.ac.uk ______________________ Dr Michael Beaney Department of Philosophy Open University Milton Keynes MK7 6AA England Tel. +44 (0)1908 659040 ______________________ 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 From christine.tappolet@UMONTREAL.CA Tue Mar 5 21:54:44 2002 From: christine.tappolet@UMONTREAL.CA (Christine Tappolet) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:54:44 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Republicanism_Conference_-_Colloque_R=E9publicanisme?= Message-ID: CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Republicanism : History, Theory and Practice March 15 =96 17, 2002 Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al The conference will examine the historical sources of the contemporary =93republican revival=94 in political philosophy, as well as some of the theoretical questions central to the articulation and assessment of republicanism as a distinct theory of political liberty and of public institutions. The languages of the conference will be English and French. Speakers and Commentators: Richard Bellamy (University of Reading) Charles Blattberg (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Richard Bod=E9=FCs (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Ryoa Chung (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Jocelyne Couture (Universit=E9 du Qu=E9bec =E0 Montr=E9al) Monique Deveaux (Williams College) Elizabeth Digeser (McGill University) Joseph Heath (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Will Kymlicka (Queen=92s College) Melissa Lane (King=92s College, Cambridge) Charles Larmore (University of Chicago) Dominique Leydet (Universit=E9 du Qu=E9bec =E0 Montr=E9al) Michael Milde (University of Western Ontario) V=E9ronique Munoz-Darde (King=92s College, London) Christian Nadeau (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Kai Nielsen (Concordia University) Alan Patten (McGill University/Princeton University) Philip Pettit (Australian National University) Jean Roy (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) C=E9line Spector (CNRS) Jean-Fabien Spitz (Paris =96 I) Barry Strauss (Cornell University) Miguel Vatter (Northwestern University) Daniel Weinstock (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Organizing Committee Daniel Weinstock (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Christian Nadeau (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) For further information, please contact: Christian Nadeau D=E9partement de philosophie Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al CP 6128 succursale centre-ville Montr=E9al (Qu=E9bec) H3C 3J7 Telephone: 514 343 6960 e-mail: Christian.nadeau@umontreal.ca ANNONCE DE COLLOQUE Le r=E9publicanisme : Histoire, th=E9orie et pratique Ce colloque portera sur les sources historiques du =AB renouveau r=E9publ= icain =BB en philosophie politique, ainsi que sur certaines des principales questio= ns th=E9oriques et pratiques soulev=E9es par ce renouveau. Il s=92agira d=92= =E9valuer la pertinence du r=E9publicanisme comme th=E9orie de la libert=E9 politique = et des institutions publiques. Le colloque se d=E9roulera en anglais et en fran=E7ais Conf=E9renciers et commentateurs : Richard Bellamy (University of Reading) Charles Blattberg (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Richard Bod=E9=FCs (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Ryoa Chung (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Jocelyne Couture (Universit=E9 du Qu=E9bec =E0 Montr=E9al) Monique Deveaux (Williams College) Elizabeth Digeser (McGill University) Joseph Heath (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Will Kymlicka (Queen=92s College) Melissa Lane (King=92s College, Cambridge) Charles Larmore (University of Chicago) Dominique Leydet (Universit=E9 du Qu=E9bec =E0 Montr=E9al) Michael Milde (University of Western Ontario) V=E9ronique Munoz-Darde (King=92s College, London) Christian Nadeau (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Kai Nielsen (Concordia University) Alan Patten (McGill University/Princeton University) Philip Pettit (Australian National University) Jean Roy (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) C=E9line Spector (CNRS) Jean-Fabien Spitz (Paris =96 I) Barry Strauss (Cornell University) Miguel Vatter (Northwestern University) Daniel Weinstock (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Comit=E9 Daniel Weinstock (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Christian Nadeau (Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al) Pour plus d'information, veuillez contacter: Christian Nadeau D=E9partement de philosophie Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al CP 6128 succursale centre-ville Montr=E9al (Qu=E9bec) H3C 3J7 Telephone: 514 343 6960 e-mail: Christian.nadeau@umontreal.ca 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 6 05:54:35 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 05:54:35 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: AAP conference - David Lewis (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 14:51:42 +1000 From: Di Crosse To: aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au > > >The 2002 AAP Conference at the University of Canterbury, 7-12 July, >2002, will have a stream dedicated to papers on, or connected to, >the philosophy of David Lewis. Those interested in presenting papers >within this stream should mark their submissions accordingly. > > >Further information to be found at: http://www.phil.canterbury.ac.nz/ > >-- >(Prof.) Graham Macdonald >Head of Department >Dept of Philosophy and Religious Studies, >University of Canterbury, >Private Bag 4800, >Christchurch, >New Zealand. >email: g.macdonald@phil.canterbury.ac.nz >tel.no.: (03) 364 3280 >fax no.: (03) 3642889 >http://www.phil.canterbury.ac.nz/ 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 From Jane.Lewin@SAS.AC.UK Wed Mar 6 08:39:48 2002 From: Jane.Lewin@SAS.AC.UK (Jane Lewin) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 08:39:48 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Heidegger Workshop (London, 23 May 2002) Message-ID: <833D04FED970D311997200A0C9DD9BA701B16BAC@school3.sas.ac.uk> UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC STUDIES 29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP Friday, 23 May 2002 WORKSHOP Unterwegs zur Dichtung - On the Way to Poetry Heidegger and the Poets Co-Ordinators: Simon Thomas and Daniela Zimmermann (Institute of Germanic Studies, London) This workshop, which, for the first time in the UK, brings together a diverse group of researchers working in the field of Heidegger studies, seeks to explore the different paths currently followed by scholars concerned with relations between poetry, language and thought in = Heidegger's writing. PROGRAMME 9.45 Welcome 10.00 ANTHONY STADLEN (London): 'Dreaming of M.H.' 10.45 HAVI CAREL (Essex): 'Heidegger and Nabokov - Language, Being and Death: Silence and Nothingness in "Invitation to a Beheading"' 11.30 Coffee break 12.00 LUDWIG GEIJSEN (Maastricht): '"... aus der Dichtung eines unendlichen Seyns". Zu den Bem=FChungen Heideggers um den Anfang' 12.45 SIMON THOMAS (London): 'The Concept of "elucidation" in = Heidegger's "Erl=E4uterungen zu H=F6lderlins Dichtung": Some Reflections on the = Preface to the Second Edition' 13.30 Lunch (own arrangements) 14.30 DANIELA ZIMMERMANN (London): 'Vom Ding zur Dichtung. Heideggers Auffassung vom Ding und Rilkes "Dinggedichte"'=09 15.15 H=C9L=C8NE STAFFORD (Aston): 'The Thinker as Poet and the Poet as Thinker: The Parallel Quests of Mallarm=E9 and Heidegger' 16.00 Tea break 16.30 HERMAN RAPAPORT (Southampton): 'Heidegger, H=F6lderlin and = Modernity' 17.15 Concluding Disussion ALL WELCOME - NO REGISTRATION FEE NECESSARY *************************************************** INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC STUDIES University of London School of Advanced Study 29 Russell Square, GB-London WC1B 5DP Telephone: 00 44 (0)20- 7862 8966 Facsimile: 00 44 (0)20- 7862 8970 Website: http://www.sas.ac.uk/igs/ 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 From aristotelian.society@SAS.AC.UK Wed Mar 6 12:54:40 2002 From: aristotelian.society@SAS.AC.UK (Aristotelian Society) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:54:40 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Forthcoming Meeting of the Aristotelian Society 11 March 2002 Message-ID: <833D04FED970D311997200A0C9DD9BA7016BB25A@school3.sas.ac.uk> APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTING The paper on Monday 11 March will be: On What There Are by Philippe de Rouilhan (University of Paris). Meetings are held at 4.15 pm in Room 329/330 (third floor), Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1 (admission free) Membership and other enquiries should be directed to: email: aristotelian.society@sas.ac.uk or telephone (or fax) 020 7255 1724 for further details. 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 From James.Ladyman@BRISTOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 6 15:28:11 2002 From: James.Ladyman@BRISTOL.AC.UK (James Ladyman) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 15:28:11 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Postgraduate Study at the University of Bristol Message-ID: Postgraduate study at the University of Bristol The department's research strength was recognised in the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) when the department gained a 5a. Our interests cover a wide range of topics within the Analytic or Anglo-American philosophical tradition. We offer MAs in Philosophy, Analytical Aesthetics and Philosophy and History of Science. The main research interests of members of the department are in philosophy of mind and language (J.Brown, C.Wilde, A.Woodfield) ethics and political philosophy (C.Bertram, J.Doyle, K.Graham, D.McCarthy) philosophy and history of science (J. 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Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 7 08:23:40 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:23:40 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] NEH Reform of Reason deadline extended (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 21:50:21 -0800 From: Carol Poster > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >The deadline for the NEH Seminar, The Reform of Reason:Rhetoric and >Religion in Nineteenth Century Britain, Co-Directed by Jan Swearingen and >Carol Poster, has been extended to March 15. For further information about >this Seminar check the Reform of Reason website: > > http://www-english.tamu.edu/pers/fac/swearingen/ > >The Seminar will be conducted in Britain from 26 June - 8 August. > Stipends from the NEH are given to particpants to cover living/travel >expenses. Only full-time faculty members at US universities are eligible. > >Please pass the word along to interested others you think may >be interested. > >Thanks! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carol Poster English Department Florida State University Tallahassee FL 32306 e-mail: cposter@english.fsu.edu 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 From MRatcliffe@PHILOSOPHY.UCC.IE Thu Mar 7 10:03:44 2002 From: MRatcliffe@PHILOSOPHY.UCC.IE (Ratcliffe, Matthew) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:03:44 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Society for European Philosophy 2002 Conference at University Col lege Cork: Final Call for Papers Message-ID: <9FBB394A25826C46B2C6F0EBDAD42755BD344B@xch2.ucc.ie> > FINAL 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 > Professor Simon Critchley (University of Essex) > Professor Christina Howells (Wadham College, University of Oxford) > Professor Dermot Moran (University College Dublin) > Professor 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 panel sessions (proposed by the plenary > speakers [*] and the organisers): > =20 > The Human Condition and the Condition of Humour.* > The Subject.* > Friendship.* > Justice.* > Humanism.* > The Subject(s) of Philosophy: The Postmodern Conditions of Contemporary > European Thought.* > 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 organisers plan to edit a book in conjunction with this conference. > Details to follow. > =20 > The full conference programme will be available from 14 June 2002 at: > www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/phil/SEPconference.html >=20 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 From Jane.Lewin@SAS.AC.UK Thu Mar 7 10:04:58 2002 From: Jane.Lewin@SAS.AC.UK (Jane Lewin) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:04:58 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] CORRECTION: Heidegger Workshop (London, THURSDAY 23 May) Message-ID: <833D04FED970D311997200A0C9DD9BA701B16BB4@school3.sas.ac.uk> UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC STUDIES 29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP THURSDAY, 23 May 2002 (not Friday, as originally advertised) WORKSHOP Unterwegs zur Dichtung - On the Way to Poetry Heidegger and the Poets Co-Ordinators: Simon Thomas and Daniela Zimmermann (Institute of Germanic Studies, London) This workshop, which, for the first time in the UK, brings together a diverse group of researchers working in the field of Heidegger studies, seeks to explore the different paths currently followed by scholars concerned with relations between poetry, language and thought in = Heidegger's writing. PROGRAMME 9.45 Welcome 10.00 ANTHONY STADLEN (London): 'Dreaming of M.H.' 10.45 HAVI CAREL (Essex): 'Heidegger and Nabokov - Language, Being and Death: Silence and Nothingness in "Invitation to a Beheading"' 11.30 Coffee break 12.00 LUDWIG GEIJSEN (Maastricht): '"... aus der Dichtung eines unendlichen Seyns". Zu den Bem=FChungen Heideggers um den Anfang' 12.45 SIMON THOMAS (London): 'The Concept of "elucidation" in = Heidegger's "Erl=E4uterungen zu H=F6lderlins Dichtung": Some Reflections on the = Preface to the Second Edition' 13.30 Lunch (own arrangements) 14.30 DANIELA ZIMMERMANN (London): 'Vom Ding zur Dichtung. Heideggers Auffassung vom Ding und Rilkes "Dinggedichte"'=09 15.15 H=C9L=C8NE STAFFORD (Aston): 'The Thinker as Poet and the Poet as Thinker: The Parallel Quests of Mallarm=E9 and Heidegger' 16.00 Tea break 16.30 HERMAN RAPAPORT (Southampton): 'Heidegger, H=F6lderlin and = Modernity' 17.15 Concluding Discussion ALL WELCOME - NO REGISTRATION NECESSARY *************************************************** INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC STUDIES University of London School of Advanced Study 29 Russell Square, GB-London WC1B 5DP Telephone: 00 44 (0)20- 7862 8966 Facsimile: 00 44 (0)20- 7862 8970 Website: http://www.sas.ac.uk/igs/ 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 7 11:22:49 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:22:49 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Edilog: Edinburgh September 2002 (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 11:05:34 +0000 From: Peter McBurney To: ARGUMENTATION THEORY LIST WITH APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS First Call for Papers EDILOG 2002 SIXTH WORKSHOP ON THE SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS OF DIALOGUE Edinburgh University Sept 4th-6th 2002 http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/edilog/ Edilog 2002 will be the sixth in a series of workshops that aims to bring together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogues in fields such as artificial intelligence, formal semantics and pragmatics, computational linguistics, philosophy, and psychology. We invite abstracts on all topics related to the semantics and pragmatics of dialogues, including, but not limited to: - models of common ground/mutual belief in communication - modelling agents' information states and how they get updated - multi-agent models and turn-taking - goals, intentions and commitments in communication - semantic interpretation in dialogues - reference in dialogues - dialogue and discourse structure - interpretation of questions and answers - nonlinguistic interaction in communication - natural language understanding and reasoning in spoken dialogue systems - multimodal dialogue systems - dialogue management in practical implementations - categorisation of dialogue moves or speech acts in corpora - designing and evaluating dialogue systems SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Authors should submit an anonymous extended abstract of at most 5 single-column pages (for talks with a duration of 30' plus 10' discussion) together with a separate page specifying the authors' names, affiliation, address, and e-mail address. The abstracts should be submitted electronically (in LaTeX, postscript, html, ascii, or pdf format) to: Colin.Matheson@ed.ac.uk. Submission have to be in English, which is the workshop language. For the accepted talks, a LaTeX style will be made available. IMPORTANT DATES: Abstracts due: May 10th Acceptance notice: July 5th Final version due: August 9th Conference: Sept 4th-6th INVITED SPEAKERS: Under Discussion PROGRAM COMMITTEE (provisional): Johan Bos and Colin Matheson (joint chairs), Ellen Bard, Anton Benz, Peter Bosch, Robin Cooper, Claire Gardent, Jonathan Ginzburg, Joris Hulstijn, Yasuhiro Katagiri, Jan van Kuppevelt, Alex Lascarides, Ian Lewin, Johanna Moore, Paul Piwek, Massimo Poesio, Hannes Rieser, Rob van der Sandt, David Traum, Bonnie Webber, Henk Zeevat. ORGANIZATION: The workshop will take place at Edinburgh University. The local organizers are Johan Bos, Colin Matheson, and Johanna Moore. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Information about Edinburgh University: http://www.ed.ac.uk/ News about the conference will be posted on the workshop's Web page at http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/edilog/ Send email to Colin.Matheson@ed.ac.uk or Johan.Bos@ed.ac.uk for questions about local arrangements. Previous workshops in this series include: MunDial'97 (Munich) (http://www.cis.uni-muenchen.de/sil/workshop/dialogwsh.html) Twendial'98 (Twente) (http://parlevink.cs.utwente.nl/Conferences/twlt13.html) Amstelogue'99 (Amsterdam) (http://earth.let.uva.nl/~amstelog/) Gotalog'00 (Gothenburg) (http://www.ling.gu.se/gotalog) Bidialog'01 (Bielefeld) (http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/BIDIALOG) **************************************************************** Peter McBurney Department of Computer Science University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZF U.K. Tel: + 44 151 794 6760 Email: P.J.McBurney@csc.liv.ac.uk Web page: www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~peter/ **************************************************************** 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 From helen.beebee@MAN.AC.UK Thu Mar 7 12:49:14 2002 From: helen.beebee@MAN.AC.UK (Helen Beebee) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:49:14 GMT Subject: [Philnet] Conference announcement: Truthmakers Message-ID: CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT Truthmakers University of Manchester, 25-27 May 2002 Speakers include David Armstrong, Marian David, Fraser MacBride, Joseph Melia, Kevin Mulligan, Josh Parsons, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra, Peter Simons. Conference organisers: Helen Beebee & Julian Dodd For further information and a registration form, please see the conference web site at http://les1.man.ac.uk/philosophy/conferences/truthmakers.htm or contact: Adrian Jarvis, Research Administrator, Department of Government, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL adrian.jarvis@man.ac.uk Deadline for registration: 31 March * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dr Helen Beebee Centre for Philosophy Department of Government, University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK Tel: +44 (0)161 275 4884 Fax: +44 (0)161 275 4925 Email: helen.beebee@man.ac.uk * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 From N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 10:10:20 2002 From: N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK (Nathan Widder) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 10:10:20 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Light speed Message-ID: <006f01c1c689$74284560$1f4aad90@Widder> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Quite a while back -- about 2 years ago -- this newsclip was circulated = on philos-l. Has anyone heard anything more about this? Nathan >=20 > June 4 2000 UNITED STATES >=20 > Eureka! Scientists break speed of light >=20 > Jonathan Leake, Science Editor >=20 > SCIENTISTS claim they have broken the ultimate speed barrier: the = speed of > light. >=20 > In research carried out in the United States, particle physicists have > shown > that light pulses can be accelerated to up to 300 times their normal > velocity of 186,000 miles per second. >=20 > The implications, like the speed, are mind-boggling. On one = interpretation > it means that light will arrive at its destination almost before it = has > started its journey. In effect, it is leaping forward in time. >=20 > Exact details of the findings remain confidential because they have = been > submitted to Nature, the international scientific journal, for review > prior > to possible publication. >=20 > The work was carried out by Dr Lijun Wang, of the NEC research = institute > in > Princeton, who transmitted a pulse of light towards a chamber filled = with > specially treated caesium gas. >=20 > Before the pulse had fully entered the chamber it had gone right = through > it > and travelled a further 60ft across the laboratory. In effect it = existed > in > two places at once, a phenomenon that Wang explains by saying it = travelled > 300 times faster than light. >=20 > The research is already causing controversy among physicists. What = bothers > them is that if light could travel forward in time it could carry > information. This would breach one of the basic principles in physics = - > causality, which says that a cause must come before an effect. It = would > also > shatter Einstein's theory of relativity since it depends in part on = the > speed of light being unbreachable. >=20 > This weekend Wang said he could not give details but confirmed: "Our = light > pulses did indeed travel faster than the accepted speed of light. I = hope > it > will give us a much better understanding of the nature of light and = how it > behaves." >=20 > Dr Raymond Chiao, professor of physics at the University of California = at > Berkeley, who is familiar with Wang's work, said he was impressedby = the > findings. "This is a fascinating experiment," he said. >=20 > In Italy, another group of physicists has also succeeded in breaking = the > light speed barrier. In a newly published paper, physicists at the = Italian > National Research Council described how they propagated microwaves at = 25% > above normal light speed. The group speculates that it could be = possible > to > transmit information faster than light. >=20 > Dr Guenter Nimtz, of Cologne University, an expert in the field, = agrees. > He > believes that information can be sent faster than light and last week = gave > a > paper describing how it could be done to a conference in Edinburgh. He > believes, however, that this will not breach the principle of = causality > because the time taken to interpret the signal would fritter away all = the > savings. >=20 > "The most likely application for this is not in time travel but in > speeding > up the way signals move through computer circuits," he said. >=20 > Wang's experiment is the latest and possibly the most important = evidence > that the physical world may not operate according to any of the = accepted > conventions. >=20 > In the new world that modern science is beginning to perceive, = sub-atomic > particles can apparently exist in two places at the same time - making = no > distinction between space and time. >=20 > Separate experiments carried out by Chiao illustrate this. He showed = that > in > certain circumstances photons - the particles of which light is made - > could > apparently jump between two points separated by a barrier in what = appears > to > be zero time. The process, known as tunnelling, has been used to make = some > of the most sensitive electron microscopes. >=20 > The implications of Wang's experiments will arouse fierce debate. Many > will > question whether his work can be interpreted as proving that light can > exceed its normal speed - suggesting that another mechanism may be at > work. >=20 > Neil Turok, professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, > said > he awaited the details with interest, but added: "I doubt this will = change > o > ur view of the fundamental laws of physics." >=20 > Wang emphasises that his experiments are relevant only to light and = may > not > apply to other physical entities. But scientists are beginning to = accept > that man may eventually exploit some of these characteristics for > inter-stellar space travel. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jeremy _________________________________ Jeremy Stangroom Royal Institute of Philosophy www.royalinstitutephilosophy.org _________________________________ 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 11:55:12 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:55:12 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Call for reviewers Message-ID: *Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques* is a specialist book review journal in philosophy, appearing 6 times a year. We are pleased to solicit offers to review four books in ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY, which are listed on our website at http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/pir/Call.html If you work in ancient philosophy, please visit and consider volunteering for books on the list. Thanks. David Kahane Editor, Philosophy in Review Department of Philosophy University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 Ph: (780) 492 8549 Fax: (780) 492 9160 http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/pir/ 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/sophia.html From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 12:01:37 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 12:01:37 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Humane Studies Review (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:13:57 -0500 From: Amy Sturgis The Institute for Humane Studies is pleased to announce the Spring 2002 issue of HUMANE STUDIES REVIEW, designed to keep you abreast of scholarship in the classical liberal intellectual tradition. Read the latest issue at http://www.HumaneStudiesReview.Org. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN THIS ISSUE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iFEATURE ARTICLES Freedom and the Tragedy of the Commons: How Social Capital and Interpersonal Networks Enable Collective Action by Ronald S. Smith, Indiana University http://www.humanestudiesreview.org/sneakpeakframeset.html Two Cheers for Democracy: Classical Liberalism and the Revival of the Initiative by John Samples, Cato Institute http://www.humanestudiesreview.org/mainframeset.html BOOK REVIEWS How to be Human, Though an Economist by Deirdre McCloskey Reviewed by Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University http://www.humanestudiesreview.org/br1frameset.html Conscience and Community: Revisiting Toleration and Religious Dissent in Early Modern England and America by Andrew R. Murphy Reviewed by Richard Boyd, University of Pennsylvania http://www.humanestudiesreview.org/br2frameset.html Liberalism Beyond Justice: Citizens, Society, and the Boundaries of Political Theory by John Tomasi Reviewed by Andrew Jason Cohen, James Madison University http://www.humanestudiesreview.org/br34frameset.html Only One Place of Redress: African Americans, Labor Regulations, and the Courts from Reconstruction to the New Deal by David E. Bernstein Reviewed by Robert Whaples, Wake Forest University http://www.humanestudiesreview.org/br45frameset.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope you find this issue a useful resource and a worthy enhancement of the Institute for Humane Studies' efforts to promote the study of liberty across a broad range of disciplines, encouraging understanding, open inquiry, rigorous scholarship, and creative problem-solving. CALL FOR PAPERS An open call for papers exists for future issues of Humane Studies Review. First published by the Institute for Humane Studies in 1982, Humane Studies Review fosters interdisciplinary research and inquiry in the classical liberal intellectual tradition of individual rights and free markets. We are looking for: * bibliographic essays (5,000 words and above) * scholarly articles (5,000 words and above) * substantial book reviews (1,500-2,500 words) * short book reviews (300-500 words) Send submissions electronically to the editor at ahsturgis@mindspring.com as Word or RTF attachments in Chicago style format. Please put "HSR Submission" in the subject line of your e-mail. An honorarium will be offered upon a submission's acceptance. Queries are welcome. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to friends and colleagues who may be interested. Sincerely, Dr. Amy H. Sturgis Editor, Humane Studies Review http://www.HumaneStudiesReview.org 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 From A.J.Hamilton@DURHAM.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 11:51:44 2002 From: A.J.Hamilton@DURHAM.AC.UK (A J Hamilton) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 11:51:44 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Kant/Wittgenstein conference, Manchester 8/9 April 2002 Message-ID: The UK Kant Society will hold a conference on Kant and Wittgenstein on April 8/9 in Manchester. Four papers will be given throughout April 9, and accommodation will be provided in Dalton-Ellis Hall, Anson Road, Manchester. The four papers currently are: Graham Bird on Kant's and Wittgenstein's rejection of the previous philosophical tradition; Hanjo Glock on Kant and the Tractatus; Ken Westphal on transcendental affinity; and Andy Hamilton on Kant and Wittgenstein on aesthetic judgment. Booking forms can be obtained from, and must be returned to, Graham Bird, Hall Bank, Woodville Road, Altrincham, Cheshire WA14 2AN BEFORE March 20. Enquiries can be made to: mfepsgb@fs1.art.man.ac.uk. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 12:08:01 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 12:08:01 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] JOB: Brunswick Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 13:37:22 -0500 From: Scott R. Sehon To: philosop@louisiana.edu A one-year (with a possible second year) position has become available at Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, Maine. Below is an ad that will soon appear on the electronic JFP listing: Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. One year replacement position, for academic year 2002-03. Possibility of renewal for the subsequent academic year, 2003-04. Visiting Assistant Professor or Instructor. AOS: Open. AOC: Open. Ph.D. preferred; ABD considered. Prior teaching experience desired. Two courses per semester. Send letter of application and dossier, including vita, writing sample and three letters of reference to Professor Scott Sehon, Chair, Department of Philosophy, Bowdoin College, 8400 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011-8484. Review of applications will begin April 1 and will continue until the position is filled. Those who applied to the replacement position advertised in the October issue of JFP may simply send a note asking that their application file be reactivated. Bowdoin College is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. For further information about the college, see www.bowdoin.edu. For inquiries about the position or the Philosophy Department, contact Scott Sehon at ssehon@bowdoin.edu. ************************************************** Scott R. Sehon Department of Philosophy Bowdoin College 8400 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 725-3753 ssehon@bowdoin.edu 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 From C.S.Reader@DURHAM.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 13:17:54 2002 From: C.S.Reader@DURHAM.AC.UK (Soran Reader) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:17:54 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Saul Kripke's whereabouts? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Does anyone know where to contact Saul Kripke at the moment? Replies off list please. Thanks, Soran Reader Department of Philosophy University of Durham 50 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HN Telephone: 0191-374-7643 Fax: 0191-374-7635 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 From Bernecker@LRZ.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE Fri Mar 8 14:28:49 2002 From: Bernecker@LRZ.UNI-MUENCHEN.DE (Sven Bernecker) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:28:49 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] David Pears' address Message-ID: <3C88CAA1.6DAD3AEF@lrz.uni-muenchen.de> Does anyone have the address of Professor David Pears (Oxford University)? Thanks a bunch -- Sven Bernecker 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 From peregrin@DEC59.RUK.CUNI.CZ Fri Mar 8 14:15:35 2002 From: peregrin@DEC59.RUK.CUNI.CZ (Jaroslav Peregrin) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:15:35 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: FORMAL EPISTEMOLOGY Message-ID: <3C88C787.8514A550@dec59.ruk.cuni.cz> Prague International Colloquium FORMAL EPISTEMOLOGY (RECENT ISSUES IN DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC EPISTEMOLOGY) organised by the Department of Logic Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic September 10 -13 2002, Villa Lanna, V sadech 1, Prague, Czech Republi= c The colloquium continues the series of annual international meetings organized in Prague by the department; it is devoted to the discussio= n of both probabilistic and deterministic approaches to the key topics = in epistemology such as justification, induction, explanation, belief change, conditionalisation and the like. Contributions devoted to any of the topics in this area are welcome except those focussed on purel= y technical results. Among the invited speakers of the colloquium are David Makinson (King's College London), Peter Milne (University of Edinburgh) and Wlodek Rabinowicz (Uppsala University). The conference fee is EUR 90. (Participants not able to pay the fee a= re encouraged to negotiate a discount.) Potential contributors are asked to submit a two page abstract; the deadline is April 30, 2002. Abstracts are to be submitted by e-mail (preferably as MS Word files, but other common formats are also acceptable) prepared for anonymous reviewing. (To prevent problems caused by e-mail failures, the receipt of every abstract will be confirmed within one week.) Notification of acceptance will be distributed by May 31. Contributed papers are scheduled for ca 40 minutes including discussion. Please direct your abstracts to: lanna@site.cas.cz. The conference website is http://www.flu.cas.cz/Logica/konf/col2002.html If you need more information, please contact Ondrej Majer Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences Jilsk=E1 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic lanna@site.cas.cz 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 14:28:26 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:28:26 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Re: Light speed In-Reply-To: <006f01c1c689$74284560$1f4aad90@Widder> Message-ID: Lijun Wang's experiments: see http://www.neci.nec.com/homepages/lwan/faq.htm for an account of this, and an explanation of why the more arcane or bizarre inferences were misplaced. Stephen 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 From pierre.cruse@KCL.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 13:40:44 2002 From: pierre.cruse@KCL.AC.UK (Pierre Cruse) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:40:44 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] Conference reminder: Emotion, Evolution and Rationality, April 27th -28th, King's College London Message-ID: 'EMOTION, EVOLUTION AND RATIONALITY' An Interdisciplinary Conference hosted by the Philosophy Department at King's College London Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th April 2002 The conference will focus on the ways in which evolutionary considerations can inform the debate about the relationship between the emotions and rationality. Papers will be given by members of the Emotion Project and King's College London and by invited speakers from other universities. Keynote Speakers: Antonio Damasio (University of Iowa College of Medicine) Ray Dolan (University College, London) Paul Griffiths (University of Pittsburgh) Steven Stich (Rutgers University) Price: =A345 (=A330 Students and unwaged). Please make cheques (drawn on a = British bank or international bankers drafts, in pounds sterling) payable to King's College London. =46or registration forms and further information see our website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ip/nevensesardic Or contact: Dr Pierre Cruse, Department of Philosophy, King's College London, 160 The Strand, London WC2R 2LS. Phone: 020 7848 2757 Fax: 020 7848 2270 Email: pierre.cruse@kcl.ac.uk Dr Pierre Cruse Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, King's College, London 160 The Strand, London WC2R 2LS Tel 020 7848 2757 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 From so5@YORK.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 22:20:40 2002 From: so5@YORK.AC.UK (Samir Okasha) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 16:20:40 -0600 Subject: [Philnet] Fw: post-doc at Duke University Message-ID: <020c01c1c6ef$7b991d40$3396f884@filosoficas.unam.mx> > > > > > > DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC. The Department of Philosophy offers a > > > post-doctoral fellowship. Starting date, Fall 2002. AOS normative or > > > metaethics with special interests in evolution of norms AOC bioethics, > > > or environmental ethics. The fellow will teach one class each term and > > > participate in an interdisciplinary seminar. We are particularly > > > interested in recent Ph.D.s working on the intersection of philosophy of > > > biology, social and political philosophy, and game theory. Salary $ 35 k > > > plus fringe benefits. Send CV, names of three references and a writing > > > sample to Post-doctoral Fellowship Committee, Department of Philosophy, > > > 201 West Duke Building, Box 90743, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. > > > Review of applications begins April 1. Duke University is an Affirmative > > > Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. > > > > > 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 From m.broome@IOP.KCL.AC.UK Fri Mar 8 15:48:18 2002 From: m.broome@IOP.KCL.AC.UK (Matthew Broome) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 15:48:18 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] philosophy and the mind in psychosis Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020308154818.00952360@mailbox.iop.kcl.ac.uk> Dear All, Provisional notice of a free and informal one day symposium at the Institute of Psychiatry dedicated to philosophy and psychiatry. 'How can philosophy help us understand the mind in psychosis?' The date will be the 7.6.02 at the Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Institute of Psychiatry, Camberwell, London. Speakers include - Simon Critchley, Bill Fulford, John Cutting, John Campbell and Jim Hopkins but more to confirm... Hopefully multidisciplinary - psychiatry, psychology, philosophy and cognitive science. Please contact me for more info but I will post to list again nearer time as things get more solid! Cheerio, Matt Dr Matthew Broome. Clinical Research Worker, Section of Neuroimaging, Division of Psychological Medicine. Institute of Psychiatry. Institute Office: 020 7848 0369 Section of Neuroimaging: 020 7848 0355 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Sat Mar 9 05:45:00 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 05:45:00 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Phil & Geography Special! (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Light To: philosop@louisiana.edu Sign up now for Philosophy and Geography at discount rate and get last volume at half price! Philosophy and Geography is an exciting bi-annual philosophy journal published by Taylor and Francis that provides a forum for top scholarship >from a variety of fields on issues of Space, Place and the Environment. Not limited to environmental philosophy, Philosophy and Geography publishes rigorously argued research in ethics, applied ethics, political philosophy, and metaphysics. In addition we publish the best philosophical work from anthropology, political science, urban planning, architecture, environmental history, and art history, oriented toward issues of space and place. 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Volume 4 at half price of Society rate: $15.00US Total: Clip and mail with your payment to: Society for Philosophy and Geography c/o Jonathan Smith Department of Geography Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3147 Contact Smith at , to arrange for payment in other currencies. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Mon Mar 11 06:06:21 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 06:06:21 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Re: [APA] Centennial Committee CDs! (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 21:40:39 -0600 From: J Lachs > >Dear Colleagues: > > > >One of the tasks of the Centennial Committee was to create a broader > >public for philosophy by calling attention to its personal value and > >social usefulness. We were fortunate to be able to enlist the help of > >the actor, John Cleese, in bringing this about. Mr. Cleese has > >recorded a disc of short philosophical reflections that we intend to > >distribute to radio stations throughout the country. > > > >The disc contains 22 spots ranging from 30 seconds to 1 minute in > >length. If we can get radio stations to play them, they may serve as > >appetizers leading people to seek a more complete philosophical meal. > >A story with sample spots has already run on NPR's Morning Edition. > >For maximum exposure, however, we need to get the disc in the hands of > >radio stations in local communities. There is no better way to do this > >than by relying on trusted colleagues. > > > >If you think you are able to place a disc at your local station, please > >write me at john.lachs@vanderbilt.edu and give me your address. I will > >be happy to send you a copy. > > > >With best wishes, > > > >John Lachs on behalf of the Centennial Committee > > 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Mon Mar 11 06:08:48 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 06:08:48 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: 8th Australasian Philosophy Postgraduate Conference (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:58:11 +1100 From: Lesley McLean To: aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au Call for Papers 8th Australasian Philosophy Postgraduate Conference 20th & 21st September 2002 University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 (located roughly half way between Sydney and Brisbane) Abstracts Due: 30th June 2002 We invite (national & international) postgraduates working within the discipline of philosophy and those from other disciplines working on philosophical issues to consider presenting a paper at this conference. There is no particular conference theme and we will endeavour to accommodate most formats. Session times will be limited to 55 minutes including question time. The average paper is 20-30 minutes (with 30 minutes question time) but delegates may choose to present shorter papers. Panel proposals are encouraged. We anticipate that most applications will be accepted, but nevertheless require an abstract of (up to) 250 words. Our aim is to provide postgraduate students with an opportunity to present their work at national conference level. Traditionally, such events have been friendly and supportive while also being of high academic standard. We therefore encourage those students who have yet to present a paper at this level to take up the opportunity to do so. We also encourage those (inter)national students with limited experience of rural Australia to take up the opportunity of visiting the New England Region with its unique wilderness and spectacular World Heritage national parks. To enquire about this conference or to express your interest in attending please contact Lesley McLean lmclean2@metz.une.edu.au or Fiona Utley futley@metz.une.edu.au, phone: (02) 67733581. Our mail address is: APP Conference Organisers Dept of Social Science University of New England Armidale NSW 2351 Abstract submissions will be accepted up to the 30th June and are to be sent to appconference@hotmail.com. Amendments to abstracts will be accepted up to the 31st July. If you cannot send it electronically, please post your abstract to the above address. For information about registration, accommodation and travel options please check out our website at http://www.une.edu.au/arts/Philosop/conference.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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Mon Mar 11 09:56:55 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:56:55 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Plato's and Aristotle's Metaphysics Message-ID: In case anyone missed a previous announcement ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 09:51:04 -0600 From: Scott Berman Subject: Conference Reminder: Plato & Aristotle's Metaphysics The Metaphysics of Plato and Aristotle at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO. April 5-6, 2002 Contact info: Scott Berman Friday, April 5, 2002 2:45pm-4:30pm: "Friend or Foe? -- Some Encounters With Plato in Aristotle's Metaphysics Zeta." Speaker: Frank Lewis (University of Southern California) Commentator: Gareth Matthews (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) 4:45pm-6:30pm: "Plato's Phaedrus and the Method of Hippocrates" Speaker: Mary Louise Gill (Brown University) Commentator: Eric Brown (Washington University in St. Louis) Saturday, April 6, 2002 9:00am-10:45am: "New Rounds of the Exercise of Plato's Parmenides" Speaker: Sandra Peterson (University of Minnesota) Commentator: Samuel Scolnicov (Hebrew University) 11:00am-12:45pm: "Logical and Physical Inquiries in Aristotle's Metaphysics" Speaker: Michael Ferejohn (Duke University) Commentator: Daniel Devereux (University of Virginia) 3:00pm-4:45pm: "Plato on the Impossibility of Phenomenological States" Speaker: Terry Penner (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Commentator: Richard Kraut (Northwestern University) 5:00pm-6:30pm: "The Contents of the Receptacle" (Wade Memorial Lecture) Speaker: Sarah Broadie (St. Andrews University) 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 From penco@UNIGE.IT Mon Mar 11 11:00:55 2002 From: penco@UNIGE.IT (Carlo Penco) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:00:55 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] ESAP-Newsletter Message-ID: The last Newsletter (N.19) of the European Society for Analytic Philosophy is on line (in .pdf format) at: http://www.dif.unige.it/esap/new.htm Here you find news on conferences and other news about Analytich Philosphy in Europe in the next future. C.P. 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 From dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com Mon Mar 11 15:59:58 2002 From: dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com (Doris Dirks) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 15:59:58 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Fwd: NAFSA.news Vol. 7, No. 10 Message-ID: Hello internationals and friends, Here is the latest from NAFSA. Regards, Doris NAGPS >From: "NAFSA.news" >To: NAFSANEWS@LISTS.NAFSA.ORG >Subject: NAFSA.news Vol. 7, No. 10 >Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 17:44:58 -0500 > >**************** >NAFSA.news >**************** > >Vol. 7, No. 10 >March 11, 2002 > >Published weekly, NAFSA.news is the association's channel for direct >electronic communication to its members, providing authoritative >information, advocacy, and professional education news. > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >CONTENTS >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >1. Focus >-- Register Now for NAFSA's 54th Annual Conference >-- Now Online: NAFSA's Member Directory > >2. Government Relations and Public Affairs Update >-- Action Alert: Help Fight Negative Misconceptions About Foreign Studen= ts >-- Secretary of State Affirms Commitment to Hosting International Studen= ts >-- State Department Eliminates Automatic Revalidation of Visa Benefit fo= r >Some Aliens >-- Department of Labor Encourages Use of Electronic LCA Filing Option >-- Regulatory Notices > >3. 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You can also search = for >members of NAFSA committees. > >To try this new service, go to www.nafsa.org and log into the "members=20 >only" >section. > >The new online directory replaces the former print version, and is the=20 >first >component of a new set of NAFSA services, the NAFSA Member Resources >Network. > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > >**Action Alert: Help Fight Negative Misconceptions About Foreign Student= s** > >In an effort to counter the enactment of state- and federal-level >legislation that impedes international exchange without adding any concr= ete >security benefits, NAFSAns are urged to write to their state and federal >policymakers to remind them of the value of foreign students. 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NAFSA accepts no legal responsibil= ity >for its accuracy. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos:=20 http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Mon Mar 11 18:09:43 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:09:43 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Forthcoming lecture - Ancient Greece and Modern Ideals (fwd) Message-ID: Do people agree? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:39:48 +0000 From: S.J. Deacy To: CLASSICISTS@liverpool.ac.uk Subject: Forthcoming lecture - Ancient Greece and Modern Ideals THE NORTH STAFFS BRANCH OF THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION is pleased to announce a joint meeting with the Hellenic Society: Clime of the Unforgotten Brave: Ancient Greece and Modern Ideals by Ian Macgregor Morris of the University of Exeter Tuesday 19th March 2002 at 7.30 p.m., Rm 88, Keele Hall, University of Keele Clime of the unforgotten brave! Whose land from plain to mountain-cave Was Freedom's home or Glory's grave! Byron Ancient Greece has become synonymous with the ideal of civilisation. As the birthplace of the arts, philosophy and democracy, Greece continues to dominate the modern imagination. This notion of Greece has played a pivotal role in the development of modern ideologies, from the utopian dreams of the French revolutionaries and the reforms of the nineteenth-century liberals, to the horrors of the twentieth-century dictators. All have drawn insight, hope, and justification, from a common past. Many of their ideas, and the terms in which these ideas have been expressed, have been taken from ancient Greece. It is with pleasure that we announce a lecture on this topic by Ian Macgregor Morris. Dr. Macgregor Morris has been working on archaic and classical Greek history, and on the classical tradition. His talk will discuss the Greek heritage in the modern world, and how the influence of ancient Greece has radically altered over the last three hundred years. While scholarship has long recognised the legacy of Rome in European culture, he will show that the legacy of Greece was at least equally significant, and in some cases much greater. When Shelley asserted that "we are all Greeks", he was making much more than a statement about cultural origins. The rise of classical Greece in the European consciousness was inextricable from the growth of liberal and radical sentiment. The Hellenists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries established the idealised image of Greece with such success, that few today realise the origins of this image. In an age when scholarship seeks to "deconstruct" legends of the past, it is perhaps pertinent to be reminded of the origins of these "legends", and the very real significance they still have for us today. For further details, contact Dr. Susan Deacy, School of History and Classics, University of Keele, ST5 5BG; Tel.: 01630-647765; Email: s.j.deacy@keele.ac.uk Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/classicists.html Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK Mon Mar 11 18:21:50 2002 From: C.Savery@LSE.AC.UK (Savery,C) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:21:50 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Forum Discussion Group Message-ID: Forum for European Philosophy=20 Discussion Group 12th March 2002=20 George Ross: That Shine of Heavenly Light=20 Institut Fran=E7ais, 17 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 at 7pm=20 THAT SHINE OF HEAVENLY LIGHT (DER SCHEIN DES HIMMELSLICHTS) (Talk given to The Forum for European Philosophy on 12th March, 2002) George Ross TEXTS FOR DISCUSSION 1. "Without Goethe, we should not be what we are.... Effects like those = produced by Goethe, which have changed the whole mental climate, can = only be the outcome of an intuitive combination of extensive knowledge = and individual inner experience. True, Kant and Hegel led contemporary = thinking along new paths which may appear to have made a more = recognisably permanent mark than Goethe. Again, Schiller's poetry, = although the thought-content is often predominant, has had a deeper = effect on the sensitivities of the German heart, at least in the = nineteenth century, because its appeal is more immediate and his colours = simpler than Goethe's. But no one has had as profound an effect as = Goethe on thought and feeling together, on the whole area of the inner = life." Thus Friedrich Meinecke, in his book, Historism. 2. The key text of this discussion is taken from the "Prologue in Heaven" = of Goethe's Faust. The whole paragraph reads (in a performing version by Robert David = MacDonald), as delivered by Mephistopheles: Planets and stars are not my cup of tea: the self-inflicted woes of men are all that interest me; the little god of the world, in just the same situation, as odd as on the first day of Creation. Though life on earth would not be quite so vile had you not given him that glimpse of heavenly = light, that he calls Reason, but uses, if at all, to be more animal than any animal. 3. Another key paragraph for this discussion is uttered, also in the = Prologue in Heaven by The Lord. Having said previously "Man ever errs the while he strives." He adds Man all too easily grows lax and mellow, He soon elects repose at any price; And so I like to pair him with a fellow To play the deuce, to stir and to entice. This is followed by the advice given to the "true scions of the godly = race", in other words the Archangels: By ever active, ever live creation In love's enchanting fetters be you caught,... 4. Aimez donc la raison; que toujours vos =E9crits Empruntent d'elle seule et leur lustre et leur prix. (Therefore love reason; that your writings will always draw from her = alone both their lustre and their worth) 5. "That I might see what secret force Hides in the world and rules its course" (Da=DF ich erkenne, was die Welt Im Innersten zusammenh=E4lt")=20 6. It says: "In the beginning was the Word." (das Wort) Already I am stopped. This is absurd. The Word does not deserve the highest prize, I must translate it otherwise If I am well inspired and not blind. In the beginning was the Mind. (der Sinn) Ponder that first line, wait and see, Lest you should write too hastily. Is mind the all-creating source? It ought to say: In the beginning was the Force. (die Kraft) Yet something warns me as I grasp the pen, That my translation must be changed again. The Spirit helps me. Now it is exact. I write: in the beginning was the Act. (die Tat) 7. If I can pay for half-a-dozen horse, Have I not bought their sixfold thew? I run and show off with the force Of four and twenty legs, not two. 8. Have but contempt for reason and for science, Man's noblest force spurn with defiance, Subscribe to magic and illusion, The Lying Spirit bolsters your confusion, And, pact or no, I hold you tight.- 9. STUDENT: =09 Yet some idea there must be. MEPHISTOPHELES:=09 All right. But do not plague yourself too anxiously; For just where no ideas are The proper word is never far. With words a dispute can be won, With words a system can be spun, In words one can believe unshaken, From words no jot or tittle can be taken. 10. Where the savage waves maltreated You, on shores of breaking foam, See, a garden lies completed, Like an Eden =F1 dream of home! 11.=09 Vainly in the daytime laboured Pick and shovel, clink and strike, Where at night the elf-lights wavered, By the dawn there stood a dyke. Human victims bled and fevered, Anguish on the night-air borne, Fiery torrents pouring seaward Scored a channel by the morn. Godless is he, he would savour This our grove and cabin here; Now the newly strutting neighbour As his subjects we should fear. 12.=20 Trust not the watery foundation! Keep upon the hill thy stand! 13. Old was I, no longer eager, Helpful, as the younger are: And when I had lost my vigour, The wave already had gone far. 14. Say, "from this palace, from this beach, The world is wholly in my reach." 15.=09 All started from this very spot, Here stood the earliest wooden hut. 16.=09 That blasted here! You see? That's just what sorely weighs on me. To your great cunning I confide it, I feel my heart is stabbed and maimed, My heart unable to abide it =F1 Yet as I say it, I'm ashamed. That aged couple must surrender, I want their linden for my throne, The unowned timber-margin slender Despoils for me the world I own. There, for the eye's untrammelled roving, I wish a scaffold to be woven From branch to branch, for vistas deep Of my achievement's fullest sweep, With all-embracing gaze to scan The masterpiece of sapient man, As he ordains with thoughtful mind New homestead for his teeming kind. 17.=20 So you have turned deaf ears to me! I meant exchange, not robbery. This thoughtless violent affair, My curse on it, for you to share! 18. That ancient truth we will recite: Give way to force, for might is right; And would you boldly offer strife, Then risk your house, estate, and =F1 life. 19.=09 The night, it seems, turns deeper still =F1 but shining The light within continues ever bright, I hasten to fulfil my thought's designing; The master's word alone imparts his might. Up, workmen, man for man, arise anew! Let blithely savour what I boldly drew. Seize spade and shovel, each take up his tool! Fulfil at once what was marked off by rule. 20. How gaily ring the spades, a song of mirth! It is my host of toiling slaves, That renders self-content the earth, Ordains a border to the waves, The sea with rigid bonds enchains. 21. =20 From every source Find me more hands, recruit with vigour Spur them with blandisment and rigour, Spare neither pay nor lure nor force!=20 22. A swamp still skirts the mountain chain And poisons all the land retrieved; This marshland I hope yet to drain, And thus surpass what we achieved. For many millions I shall open regions To dwell, not safe, in free and active legions. Green are the meadows, fertile; and in mirth Both men and herds live on this newest earth, Settled along the edges of a hill That has been raised by bold men's zealous will. A veritable paradise inside, Then let the dams be licked by raging tide; And, as it nibbles to rush in with force, A common will fills gaps and checks its course. This is the highest wisdom that I own, The best that mankind ever knew: Freedom and life are earned by those alone Who conquer them each day anew. Surrounded by such danger, each one thrives, Childhood, manhood, and age lead active lives. At such a throng I would fain stare, With free men on free ground their freedom share. Then, to the moment I might say: Abide, you are so fair! (Verweile doch, du bist so sc=F6hn!) The traces of my earthly day No aeons can impair. As I presage a happiness so high, I now enjoy the highest moment. 23. "But the present age is so senseless and confused that I know I should = only be poorly rewarded for my many years of sincere effort at erecting = this strange building... Bewildering ideas, leading to bewildering = deeds, hold the world to ransom." 24. "Poetic imagination has put the Golden Age in the cradle of the human = race, amid the ignorance and brutishness of primitive times; it is = rather the Iron Age which should be put there. The Golden Age of the = human race is not behind us but before us; it lies in the perfection of = the social order. Our ancestors never saw it; our children will one day = arrive there; it is for us to clear the way." 25. "He is blind! =F1 but full of energy. With an arm that nothing can = withstand he breaks the columns of the temple and buries himself beneath = the collapsing edifice along with Israel's enemies. Now! Let Israel = sing his praises! But we who come after the destruction, who wish to = construct, in place of the old building, one which is finer and more = splendid, let us at least take as our leaders men who see clearly (qui = voient clair)." 26. "This sect is headed by very clever people: they know precisely the = defects of our time and also how to say what is desirable; but when they = presume to remove the unseemly and to further the desirable, they go = quite lame. The fools imagine they can sagely play Providence, = declaring that whoever joins them body and soul, hair and hide, will be = rewarded according to his merits." 27. "If I were to say what I had really been to the Germans in general, and = to the young German poets in particular, I should say I had been their = liberator." 28.=20 "History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake." APPENDIX An important discussion of various types of rationality is carried out = by Doug Mann (The Limits of Instrumental Rationality in Social = Explanation) in CRITICAL REVIEW 1999 Vol. 13, Nos. 1-2, p.165. 1. Systemic Rationality (SR) =20 2. Instrumental Rationality (IR) 2A Descriptive Instrumental Rationality (DIR) 2A 1 Descriptive Selfish Instrumental Rationality (DSIR), which = pursues material goods (DSIR-m) or objects of pleasure (DSIR-u) 2B Prescriptive Instrumental Rationality (PIR) 2B1 Prescriptive Selfish Instrumental Rationality (PSIR) 3. Teleological Rationality (TR) 3A Descriptive Teleological Rationality (DTR) 3B Prescriptive Teleological Rationality (PTR) SR follows from the realisation that human action is significantly = governed by some form of rationality, no matter how flawed. Human = social action is in some sense rule-governed, but not necessarily = selfish, or instrumentally rational, or part of an historical process = that is moving toward some grand telos. SR can account for action in = pursuit of solidarity with social groups, doing things for their own = sake and behaviour grounded in adherence to values or norms. IR comes into play when the agents do, or choose, the best (most = efficient, most cost effective, etc.) means to whatever end they value = the most in a given situation. This is the 'weak' description of = rationality implied by Hume's famous maxim that reason is the slave of = passions. Goals (which may be 'reasonable' or silly) are kept separate = from the means; the passions do not cloud our instrumentally rational = pursuit of the goals they stipulate. DIR is the classic instrumental rationality of rational choice theory. = DSIR is an important sub-class of DIR. PIR is the claim that people ought to instrumentally pursue their = considered preferences, come hell or high water. DTR describes, like DIR, human action as rational, but this is = rationality in the sense of contributing to reaching humanity's = inevitable historical destination, which the theorist defines as = rational: Christian eschatology, Copndorcet's dream of democratic = liberation in the coming tenth epoch of history, Marx's claim that the = historical evolution of the class struggle will lead to a revolution = against capitalism that will inaugurate a golden age of equality and = prosperity. PTR advocates moving to some social goal defined by the theorist as = rational, even though this goal is not inevitable. For instance, a = liberal might say that we have a moral duty to build a society where = tolerance, freedom and human decency prevail. DTR is the realm of prophets; PTR of moralists, or dictators. The villains of the piece are Descriptive Teleological Rationality (DTR) = and especially Prescriptive Teleological Rationality (PTR).=20 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 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 From j.m.webber@SHEFFIELD.AC.UK Mon Mar 11 18:56:34 2002 From: j.m.webber@SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (Jon Webber) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:56:34 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Conference - This Saturday - Sheffield Message-ID: final reminder; please circulate; apologies for crossposting: ___________________________________________________________________________ The Forum for European Philosophy and the European Journal of Philosophy present: Mind, Language, and Reality in Anglophone and European Philosophy A One-Day Conference Saturday 16 March 2002 Coffee 09.30, First Paper 10.00, Finish 18.40 1000-1120 Coherence as a Test for Truth Robert Stern (Sheffield) 1140-1300 Traces of Derrida Tom Baldwin (York) 1400-1520 Parallel Graduate Student Sessions 1540-1700 Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Russell on Sense and Sensations Denis McManus (Southampton) 1720-1840 The Romantic-Metaphysical Theory of Art Sebastian Gardner (UCL) Hosted by the University of Sheffield at the St George=B9s Complex, St George=B9s Terrace, Sheffield All Welcome =AD Free =AD No Registration =20 To get posters to display, click these: Colour: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~phil/department/staff/webber/16MarchColour.pdf Black-and-White: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~phil/department/staff/webber/16Marchbw.pdf Queries to: j.m.webber@sheffield.ac.uk ___________________________________________________________________________ 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 From chakraba@ELON.EDU Mon Mar 11 23:12:42 2002 From: chakraba@ELON.EDU (Chandana Chakrabarti) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:12:42 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] Re: your mail In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Departments of political science, peace studies,International Studies, women Studies are sposoring a conference on "Non-Violence in Contemporary World: Society, Politics and Religion". The conference will take place at the Elon University campus on April 23-24th, 2002. Scholars,professionals,community activists and graduate students who wish to present papers at the conference, to serve a disccussants, should submit abstracts of their papers(150 words) By April 12,2002. Possible topics include: Non-Violence in world religions, the power of non-violence,some prerequisites of world peace, Gandhi today, the pacifist vision,obstacles to world peace,globalizatioon and Terrorism, politics and ethics of globalization, International policy,Nature and Nurture and concept of just war. This list is illustrative and not exclusive. The program will consist of seminar type sessions with chairperson round table thematic discusssions wth moderator workshops and panels There will also be evening cultural program including sitar recital,Tabla(indian drum), recitals of hymns, Indian folk songs etc. For further information on the confrence please contact Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti Department of Religious Studies Elon University Elon, NC 27244 EM: chakraba@elon.edu phone 336-278-5713 fax: 336-278-5627 Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From chakraba@ELON.EDU Mon Mar 11 23:12:26 2002 From: chakraba@ELON.EDU (Chandana Chakrabarti) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:12:26 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] Re: please post In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Departments of political science, peace studies,International Studies, women Studies are sposoring a conference on "Non-Violence in Contemporary World: Society, Politics and Religion". The conference will take place at the Elon University campus on April 23-24th, 2002. Scholars,professionals,community activists and graduate students who wish to present papers at the conference, to serve a disccussants, should submit abstracts of their papers(150 words) By April 12,2002. Possible topics include: Non-Violence in world religions, the power of non-violence,some prerequisites of world peace, Gandhi today, the pacifist vision,obstacles to world peace,globalizatioon and Terrorism, politics and ethics of globalization, International policy,Nature and Nurture and concept of just war. This list is illustrative and not exclusive. The program will consist of seminar type sessions with chairperson round table thematic discusssions wth moderator workshops and panels There will also be evening cultural program including sitar recital,Tabla(indian drum), recitals of hymns, Indian folk songs etc. For further information on the confrence please contact Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti Department of Religious Studies Elon University Elon, NC 27244 EM: chakraba@elon.edu phone 336-278-5713 fax: 336-278-5627 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 12 12:21:44 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:21:44 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Position announcement: Visiting assistant prof of philosophy at UCF (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:41:07 -0500 From: Jennifer Mundale To: PHILOSOP@louisiana.edu Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Central Florida AOS: Ethics in Science and Technology The Philosophy Department at the University of Central Florida seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor for appointment in a Philosophy position beginning August 2002. The position extends for one year with the possibility of reappointment for a second year. Teaching responsibilities are 6 courses per academic year, undergraduate, with the possibility of graduate teaching in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program and/or a proposed Ethics graduate certificate program. The Department seeks someone able to teach core courses in our Philosophy degree program, which is organized around themes of knowledge, responsibility, and society. AOS: The successful candidate will have a principal focus in Ethics in Science and Technology. AOC: Candidates should have teaching competence in at least two of the following areas: Applied Epistemology, Logic, Critical Thinking, Philosophical Reasoning. Preference will be given to candidates competent in computer science, information technologies, and/or digital media, as our =93Ethics in Science and Technology=94 course serves undergraduate students in these fields. Ph.D. required by June 2002. Publications preferred. Comfort with distance-learning technologies preferred. Applicants should forward the following materials to the Chair, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Search Committee, Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-1352: 1) curriculum vitae; 2) three recent letters of reference; 3) sample syllabi or other evidence of teaching effectiveness; 3) writing sample indicating current research interests. Applications will be reviewed beginning immediately and continue until the position is filled. The University of Central Florida is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. As an agency of the State of Florida, all application materials and selection procedures are available for public review. The University of Central Florida is a rapidly growing and developing metropolitan research University located in Orlando, Florida. As such, UCF values diversity, interdisciplinarity, innovative uses of technology, and community partnerships. The Department of Philosophy shares these values and seeks to implement them through the interdisciplinary expertise of its faculty, applied as well as theoretical research, attention to diversity in course content and pedagogy, diverse course delivery methods, and a curriculum in applied philosophy that teaches students to link knowledge with values and social responsibility. For more information on the Department of Philosophy, its faculty and programs, see our website at http://www.cas.ucf.edu/philosophy/ 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 From counsel@ACTCOM.CO.IL Tue Mar 12 14:41:55 2002 From: counsel@ACTCOM.CO.IL (Shlomit C. Schuster) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 16:41:55 +0200 Subject: [Philnet] FYI: Food for thought towards a mental health ethics-- Mad in America? Message-ID: <002c01c1c9d4$5f990c80$107975c0@vday> Hi, I thought this info (see below) is worth knowing. With it goes a call for philosophers to develop some effective criticism and ethics to make an end to the "Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill". Dr Shlomit Schuster * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dr Shlomit C. Schuster counsel@actcom.co.il www.geocities.com/centersophon Do good on-line: www.thehungersite.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ----- Subject: Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill > Human Nature Review 2002 Volume 2: 95-98 ( 11 March ) > URL of this document http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/mia.html > > Book Review > > Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the > Mentally Ill > by Robert Whitaker > Perseus Press, 2002 > > Reviewed by Claudia Bukszpan Rutherford, Ph.D. Email: cbukszpan@yahoo.com > > Robert Whitaker, whose articles on mental health have won several awards, > reports in Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring > Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill that over the past 25 years, treatment > outcomes for schizophrenics in the United States have worsened. They are "no > better now than they were in the first decades of the twentieth century, when > the therapy of the day was to wrap the insane in wet sheets," he asserts. > Moreover, schizophrenia outcomes in developed countries today are much worse > than in the poorer nations of the world. > > To understand these apparent failures, Whitaker argues, one must examine the > history of the care of schizophrenics in the West, as well as the attitudes > behind each era's approach. Chronicling the treatment of schizophrenics from > the 1750s till today, Whitaker creates a review that is by turns interesting, > informative, and horrifying. Except for "moral treatment" in the 1800s, > management of schizophrenics over the last 250 years appears to have been > little more than a dressed-up series of one type of shackling after another. > First, patients were literally subdued and fettered via the use of physical > restraints; nowadays, says Whitaker, they are shackled chemically instead, with > neuroleptic drugs that receive far more praise than they deserve. > > Full text > http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/mia.html > Table of contents > http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/mia.html > > LETTERS TO THE EDITOR should be addressed to review@human-nature.com > > Other reviews: > > E. Fuller Torrey, president, Treatment Advocacy Center > http://www.psychlaws.org/GeneralResources/bookreviewWhitaker.htm > Christian Perring PhD > http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=928 > > 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 12 20:50:44 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:50:44 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] "Marketing" philosophy (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:38:53 -0500 From: robert timko To: AAPT@listserv.uc.edu, philosop@louisiana.edu I am appealing to all out there to help me with a particular problem. As an Acting Chair, I must write a marketing plan for my university's philosophy prgramme. I have been agonizing over this concept for several weeks, since the pressure from the administration is to show how enrollments in the programme will increase over the next several years. The task is to a) identify the market needs for philosophy; b) to show how our programme responds to or meets those market needs; c) to describe in some detail how the programme will be delivered to market; d) detail what changes will be made to meet market needs; and e) demonstrate a channeling of resources sufficient to meet market needs. Programmes which do not increase enrollments in conjunction with a marketing plan are subject to being placed in moratorium. Any ideas?? Robert Timko, Ph.D Professor and Acting Chair, Philosophy & Liberal Studies Director, MU Canadian Studies Programme Past President, American Association of Philosophy Teachers PH: 570-662-4744 (W) Fax: 570-662-4112 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 13 11:52:15 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Stephen R.L.Clark) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 11:52:15 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Non-Violence in Contemporary World Message-ID: --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 06:35:38 -0500 (EST) From: Chandana Chakrabarti Departments of political science, peace studies,International Studies, women Studies are sponsoring a conference on "Non-Violence in Contemporary World: Society, Politics and Religion". The conference will take place at the Elon University campus on April 23-24th, 2002. Scholars,professionals,community activists and graduate students who wish to present papers at the conference, to serve a disccussants, should submit abstracts of their papers(150 words) By April 12,2002. Possible topics include: Non-Violence in world religions, the power of non-violence,some prerequisites of world peace, Gandhi today, the pacifist vision,obstacles to world peace,globalizatioon and Terrorism, politics and ethics of globalization, International policy,Nature and Nurture and concept of just war. This list is illustrative and not exclusive. The program will consist of seminar type sessions with chairperson round table thematic discusssions wth moderator workshops and panels There will also be evening cultural program including sitar recital,Tabla(indian drum), recitals of hymns, Indian folk songs etc. For further information on the confrence please contact Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti Department of Religious Studies Elon University Elon, NC 27244 EM: chakraba@elon.edu phone 336-278-5713 fax: 336-278-5627 --- End Forwarded Message --- 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 From g.a.j.rogers@PHIL.KEELE.AC.UK Wed Mar 13 19:23:08 2002 From: g.a.j.rogers@PHIL.KEELE.AC.UK (John Rogers) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:23:08 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] Final Reminder: Analytic Philosophy and the History of Philosophy Conference Message-ID: This is a final reminder of the forthcoming conference. Those intending to = attend should=20 pre-register. ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY AND THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE, ST ANNE'S COLLEGE, OXFORD 22-24 MARCH 2002 Speakers include Margaret Atherton, Michael Ayers, Michael Beaney, Jonathan= Bennett, Vere Chappell,=20 John Cottingham, Dan Garber, Anthony Kenny, Oliver Leaman, Nikolay Milkov, = John Rogers, Malcolm=20 Schofield, Tom Sorell, Yves Charles Zarka This is to remind all prospective participants that the date for final regi= stration for this=20 conference is approaching. =20 There is a reduced registration fee of =A310.00 for students and a day rate= for those who do not=20 require accommodation. Further details and Registration Forms from John Ro= gers at the address=20 below. -------------------- Professor G.A.J. Rogers Editor, British Journal for the History of Philosophy Department of Philosophy Keele University Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG UK tel (0)1782 583303 fax(0)1782 583399 g.a.j.rogers@keele.ac.uk Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/phi= los-l.html. Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.liv.ac.= uk/Philosophy/philos.html --- End Forwarded Message --- -------------------- Professor G.A.J. Rogers Editor, British Journal for the History of Philosophy Department of Philosophy Keele University Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG UK tel (0)1782 583303 fax(0)1782 583399 g.a.j.rogers@phil.keele.ac.uk 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 From G.K.Harrison@DURHAM.AC.UK Wed Mar 13 18:03:21 2002 From: G.K.Harrison@DURHAM.AC.UK (G.K.Harrison) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 18:03:21 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Philosophical Writings Issue Message-ID: <3C8F9469.48749A99@durham.ac.uk> PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS ANNOUNCES ITS MOST RECENT ISSUE (Abstracts available at: http://www.dur.ac.uk/Philosophical.Writings/) CONTENTS-ISSUE 17 ARTICLES On the Putative Incompatibility of the Logical and Subjective Interpretations of Probability Darrell Patrick Rowbottom-London School of Economics (UK) Socrates, Personal Identity and a Parfitian Solution Ugo Zilioli-University of Durham (UK) Technologies of Spirit in Plato, Derrida and Deleuze F. Scott Scribner-University of Hartford (USA) FEATURE The Algerian Landscape and Albert Camus's Philosophy Peter Lowe-University of Durham (UK) BOOK REVIEW John Stuart Mill on Liberty and Control Richard Taylor-University of Durham (UK) 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 From pege@email.unc.edu Wed Mar 13 19:08:14 2002 From: pege@email.unc.edu (Thomas Pegelow) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:08:14 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Philnet] Lobbyists Cite INS's Letter Approving Hijackers' Visas in Push for More Monitoring of Applicants (fwd) Message-ID: Hello everyone: Please see below for a short piece from The Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com). What is interesting about it is not so much its "sensationalist" appeal along the lines of "see, how incompetent the INS really is," but the way more influential lobbyists than NAGPS try to use this incident to make their case. HR 3525 was already passed, when we lobbied in DC last month. Yet, the Senate still has not acted on it and it will take more than this to get it moving, if we can believe the Congressional staff we talked to. I'll keep you posted. Best, Thomas ISCC, Chair NAGPS Wednesday, March 13, 2002 Lobbyists Cite INS's Letter Approving Hijackers' Visas in Push for More Monitoring of Applicants By SARA HEBEL Reports that a Florida flight school received letters this week from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service stating that the agency had approved student visas for two men who hijacked planes on September 11 highlight the importance of speeding up efforts to improve screening and monitoring of visa applicants, college lobbyists said on Tuesday. Those efforts include legislation still before Congress to implement a national database to track foreign students, and proposals to give the INS more resources. On Monday, exactly six months after the terrorist attacks, Huffman Aviation International, in Venice, Fla., received notification from the INS saying that applications for student visas submitted by Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi had been approved, institution officials told CNN on Tuesday. The two men, who had entered the United States on tourist visas, took training courses at the flight school and are believed to have piloted the two planes that hit the World Trade Center towers. INS officials could not be reached for comment on Tuesday night, but a spokesman for the agency told CNN that the visas had been approved before September 11, 2001, and called the Monday arrival of the letters "certainly embarrassing." Terry W. Hartle, senior vice president for government and public affairs at the American Council on Education, called the incident "the single most embarrassing thing I've seen a federal agency do." "This only underscores the difficulties INS faces and the urgency of increasing our ability to track all visas, not just student visas," he said. "It illustrates how poorly their data systems serve the nation's needs." Members of the U.S. House of Representatives already have passed legislation (HR 3525) that would require colleges and federal officials to more closely monitor the movements of all foreign students in the United States and applicants for U.S. student visas by putting in place a new electronic database by 2003. The bill also calls for new background checks on student-visa applicants from countries that the State Department considers to be sponsors of terrorism (Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria). And the measure would improve the pay and training of INS employees. The bill is now pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mr. Hartle and other lobbyists said that getting the foreign-student database up and running would be the single best step the federal government could take to begin patching holes in the visa process. But Congress, Mr. Hartle added, also needs to increase its support of the INS so the agency will be able to hire enough people to review information in the system and take actions to shore up the nation's security. _________________________________________________________________ This article from The Chronicle is available online at this address: http://chronicle.com/free/2002/03/2002031301n.htm If you would like to have complete access to The Chronicle's Web site, a special subscription offer can be found at: http://chronicle.com/4free _________________________________________________________________ You may visit The Chronicle as follows: * via the World-Wide Web, at http://chronicle.com * via telnet at chronicle.com _________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2002 by The Chronicle of Higher Education From mailback@jobs.thes.co.uk Wed Mar 13 19:32:03 2002 From: mailback@jobs.thes.co.uk (mailback@jobs.thes.co.uk) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 19:32:03 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Jobs Online at THES Message-ID: <058390332190d32TSL_JOBS2@tsl_jobs2> Dear THES reader, Here are this week's results for your search. 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This house believes that human rights standards do >not protect the dignity and liberty of people with mental illness. > >MAUDSLEY DEBATE - Tuesday 19th March at 6pm >Please note change of venue: GAINSFORD Lecture Theatre, Weston Education >Centre, Bessimer Road, SE5. > >Speaking for the motion: >Professor Frank Furedi, University of Kent at Canterbury >Professor Nigel Eastman, St George's Hospital Medical School > >Speaking against the motion: >Professor Michael Gunn, Nottingham Trent University >Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, Scott-Moncrieff, Harbour and Sinclair > >Chair: Dr George Szmukler, IOP > >ALL WELCOME - refreshements at 5.30pm in the Gym (next to Gainsford Lecture >Theatre) > > >Carole Dockett >PA to Professor Robin Murray >Dept. of Psychiatry >Box No. 63, Room M118 >Institute of Psychiatry >London SE5 8AF >Tel: 020 7848 0100 >Fax: 020 7701 9044 >e-mail: >www.iop.kcl.ac.uk > > > Dr Matthew Broome, Research Fellow, Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, and Honorary Specialist Registrar, Maudsley Hospital. Institute Office: 020 7848 0369 Section of Neuroimaging: 020 7848 0355 Maudsley Switchboard: 020 77036333 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 14 10:14:47 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:14:47 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: AAAI Fall Symposium: Chance Discovery (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:13:47 +0000 From: Peter McBurney WITH APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTINGS Call for Papers and Participation Chance Discovery: The Discovery and Management of Chance Events November 15-17, 2002 Sea Crest Conference Center, North Falmouth, Massachusetts USA Chance events are rare or novel events with potentially significant consequences for decision-making, i.e., events to be conceived as a risk or an opportunity. This symposium will be devoted to the questions: How may we predict, identify or explain chance events and their consequences? ("chance discovery") and How may we assess, prepare for or manage them? ("chance management"). An agent -- human, robot or software agent -- engaged in planning needs to adopt a view of the future: In order to decide goals, and to decide the best sequence of actions to achieve these goals, how can an agent or agents discover rare or novel events and forecast their consequences? The consequences of such events may significantly impede or facilitate the achievement of agents' goals, but their unlikeness makes them difficult to predict or explain by methods that use historical data or pattern-matching. One can think of chance discovery as a search of maximum or minimum of a surface whose shape is unknown, in a space whose dimensions may also be unknown. The focus on the agent and its environment as one interacting system can be another viewpoint. This symposium will seek to bring together members of the AI community with people from various relevant domains listed below, to create and share approaches to chance discovery/management. Topics of interest include, but are not restricte to: Agent systems and planning with emergent behaviors Human-computer or agent-environment interactions Complex systems WWW Awareness Knowledge discovery and data mining Statistics and data analysis Information retrieval Risk analysis, prediction, assessment and management Marketing theory and demand forecasting for innovative products Opportunity identification in business Social trends analysis Social psychology Natural disaster prediction and management Management and decision sciences Operations research Philosophy of forecasting and risk Hypothesis discovery in scientific theories. Submissions: Potential participants are invited to submit a paper of between 1,500 and 6000 words, proposing questions, reporting work in progress, discussing applications or providing a theoretical contribution. Please submit in PostScript format to: osawa@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp. Important Dates: Submission: 11 May Notification: 14 June Final papers due: 6 September Symposium: 15-17 November, 2002. Information can also be obtained from the symposium web-site: http://www.miv.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~matumura/FSS02/ or the AAAI Symposium web-site: http://www.aaai.org/Symposia/Fall/2002/fss-02.html Organizing Committee: Yukio Ohsawa, University of Tsukuba (osawa@gssm.otsuka.tsukuba.ac.jp) (Chair) Simon Parsons, University of Liverpool (s.d.parsons@csc.liv.ac.uk) Peter McBurney, University of Liverpool (p.j.mcburney@csc.liv.ac.uk). **************************************************************************** **************************************************************** Peter McBurney Department of Computer Science University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 7ZF U.K. Tel: + 44 151 794 6760 Email: P.J.McBurney@csc.liv.ac.uk Web page: www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~peter/ **************************************************************** 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 14 10:30:35 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:30:35 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Philosophy in a Changing World Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:12:34 -0600 From: James B. Sauer To: Philosophy Listserv The American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, March 28th March 27-31, 2002 The Westin Seattle, 1900 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World co-sponsored by the APA Committee on International Cooperation March 29, 2002 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. VASHON I-3rd flr., N Title: Philosophy in a Changing World: Cosmopolitanism, Democracy and Justice Chair: Charles Moore (UCLA) Speaker: Gillian Brock (University of Auckland, New Zealand) "Cosmopolitanism Democracy and Justice: Held Versus Kymlicka" Speaker: Leonard Harris (Purdue University) "On Cosmopolitanism" Speaker: Eddy Souffrant (Marquette University) "Ethics, Cosmopolitanism and Informal Democracies" Speaker: Olufemi Taiwo (Seattle University) "TBA" For information about the Society http://www.phil.stmarytx/edu/SPCWhm/ 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 14 10:39:26 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:39:26 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] JOBS: Ontology Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 14:22:52 -0500 From: Barry Smith To: philosop@louisiana.edu University of Leipzig, Leipzig , Germany Doctoral Fellowships Deadline: 25.03.02 The University of Leipzig invites applications for three doctoral fellowships of between one and three years in the period 2002- 2005. Fellows will be required to be resident in Leipzig. They will work on a highly innovative interdisciplinary project in formal ontology involving philosophers, computer scientists and medical information scientists. The work of the project will be carried out in English. Please send a CV and a writing sample giving evidence of strong formal skills to the director of the project: Barry Smith Department of Philosophy, 135 Park Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-4150. Contact E-Mail: phismith@buffalo.edu Web: http://www.ifomis.de 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 From ian.pitchford@SCIENTIST.COM Thu Mar 14 11:14:39 2002 From: ian.pitchford@SCIENTIST.COM (Ian Pitchford) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:14:39 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Alas Poor Evolutionary Psychology: Unfairly Accused, Unjustly Condemned Message-ID: <029601c1cb49$ae7d8f80$cdb887d9@s2o4y1> Human Nature Review 2002 Volume 2: 99-109 ( 14 March ) URL of this document http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/apd.html Essay Review Alas Poor Evolutionary Psychology: Unfairly Accused, Unjustly Condemned By Robert Kurzban Alas, Poor Darwin: Arguments Against Evolutionary Psychology edited by Hilary Rose and Steven Rose. Jonathan Cape, London, 2000. In "Alas Poor Darwin" (hereafter APD), Steven and Hilary Rose and the other contributors to this edited volume accuse evolutionary psychologists of sins both scientific and political, in prose filled with self-righteous rage, smug dismissals, and unremitting invective. Evolutionary psychologists, they say, are wedded to genetic determinism, a view simplistic in conception, fatalistic in outlook, and flatly mistaken. Further, they argue that evolutionary psychologists indulge in post-hoc, "Just-so" story-telling, the seediest kind of scientific promiscuity. If evolutionary psychology were guilty of the sins of which it was accused, the Roses and their contributors could be considered to have produced an important work, helping to prevent the spread of flimsy science and distasteful politics. It is therefore important to determine if evolutionary psychology bears any resemblance to the beast the Roses have conjured. Unfortunately, like the witches in Salem or Communists under McCarthy, evolutionary psychologists stand exposed to nearly any character assassination inflicted upon them, their tormentors knowing well that to defend the field is to expose oneself to similar treatment. Let us nonetheless for the sake of decency interrogate these supposed failings both intellectual and spiritual, against the chance, small it may be, that evolutionary psychology has been falsely maligned, and might after all be worthy of residing among its more reputable brethren disciplines. In the process, let us see if we can ensure that its critics are righteous scholars in pursuit of truth, rather than scoundrels who would through innuendo, mischaracterization, and yes, even outright dishonesty, shame and dishonor a foe they little understand, and therefore fear. Let us review the charges, and hear the defense. Full text http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/apd.html Table of contents http://human-nature.com/nibbs/contents.html LETTERS TO THE EDITORS should be addressed to review@human-nature.com 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 From N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK Thu Mar 14 11:42:29 2002 From: N.E.Widder@EXETER.AC.UK (Nathan Widder) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 11:42:29 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Studentship in History of Political Thought/Contemporary Political Theory Message-ID: <003f01c1cb4d$527368a0$1f4aad90@Widder> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The Department of Politics at the University of Exeter is offering a = scholarship in the History of Political Thought and/or Contemporary = Political Theory to the value of UK/EU fees (2001/2002 =A32,805) for the = duration of 1 academic year. This is open to MA as well as MPhil/PhD = students and will have attached to it a certain teaching assistant or = administrative duty. Details of the MA in Political Theory can be found at = http://www.ex.ac.uk/shipss/school/ma/poltheo.shtml. For details of all = postgraduate programmes in Politics and an application form please = contact: Sue Jackson or Mary Guy SHIPPS Graduate School, School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies University of Exeter Amory Building Rennes Drive Exeter EX4 4RJ Telephone: +44 (0)1392 263 165 Fax: +44 (0)1392 263 305 Email: SHIPSS-GradSchool@exeter.ac.uk Http://www.ex.ac.uk/shipss/politics Dr. Nathan Widder Lecturer in Political Theory University of Exeter Department of Politics Amory Building Exeter EX4 4RJ Tel: 01392 263 164 Fax: 01392 263 305 http://www.ex.ac.uk/shipss/politics/staff/widder/ MA in Critical Global Studies: = http://www.ex.ac.uk/shipss/school/ma/global.php Genealogies of Difference: = http://www.press.uillinois.edu/s02/widder.html ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html From cemushr@ilstu.edu Thu Mar 14 18:02:51 2002 From: cemushr@ilstu.edu (Christopher Mushrush) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:02:51 -0600 Subject: [Philnet] FW: Re: Labor issues discussed on Campus Message-ID: NAGPS employment concerns folks: I picked this up off a listserv that I'm subscribed to...the following article crossed the Associated Press wires and was picked up by CNN. This article sums up an important facet of the Employment Concerns Committee. As an addendum to the article, there is a little more that has occurred since Tuesday. http://www.dailyillini.com/mar02/mar14/news/stories/news_story03.shtml points to a break in negotiations during a sit-in just prior to a UIUC Board of Trustees meeting at the main administration building. As has been the tradition of NAGPS, the organization does not take a stance on unionization itself. Rather, NAGPS supports each campus's ability to decide for itself whether it wants to unionize or not. As a majority of the graduate employees at UIUC have voted to create such a union and are still meeting resistance from multiple sources, I will send an additional message to the NAGPS Board of Directors and/or at the current Board of Director's meeting page regarding a proposal. I also hope that we can obtain up-to-date information on how the drive is going at Columbia. For more information on the UIUC Graduate Employees' Organization, visit www.shout.net/~geo Chris Christopher E. Mushrush Midwest Regional Coordinator, National Association of Graduate/Professional Students; Lecturer, Department of Economics; Ph.D. Student, Educational Administration Illinois State University (309) 438-8495 -----Original Message----- From: owner-geo-allies@prairienet.org [mailto:owner-geo-allies@prairienet.org]On Behalf Of Graduate Employees' Organization Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:06 AM To: geo-allies@prairienet.org Subject: Fwd: Re: Labor issues discussed on Campus >Delivered-To: xx820@prairienet.org >X-Sender: ajgottli@staff.uiuc.edu >Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 18:04:51 -0600 >To: "Graduate Employees' Organization" , > geo-allies@prairienet.org >From: "Alma J. Gottlieb" >Subject: Re: Labor issues discussed on Campus >Status: > >Reported this morning on CNN! AG > > >At 3:11 PM -0600 3/11/02, Graduate Employees' Organization wrote: >>Dear GEO, I wanted you to see that you were mentioned in this AP story, = >>in case you hadn't heard. Mary Lee >> >>>>> portsidemod@yahoo.com 03/11/02 11:18AM >>> >>Labor Issues Discussed on Campuses=20 >> >>AP Sun Mar 10,=20 >> >>By ARLENE LEVINSON, AP National Writer >> >>Columbia University teaching assistants vote this week >>on whether to join the United Auto Workers (news - web >>sites). Resident assistants at the University of >>Massachusetts at Amherst have already agreed to >>unionize. >> >>At the University of Illinois, graduate employees plan >>to strike next month =AF their second walkout this school >>year. And Harvard janitors recently won a 16 percent >>raise, partly due to their alliance with students. >> >>Labor causes are heating up American campuses. While >>administrators say they are taking the trend in stride, >>they are also fighting organizing efforts. >> >>The latest developments include last week's vote at >>UMass, believed to be first time an undergraduate group >>has formed a collective bargaining unit. The resident >>assistants, or RAs, act as supervisors and advisers in >>the dormitories and want a raise in their annual $5,000 >>compensation package. >> >>"We've never seen the rush to organize like we've seen >>in the last five years," said Jamie Horwitz of the >>American Federation of Teachers, which represents >>125,000 college faculty and staff. He ticked off a >>dozen new bargaining units, from the University of >>Vermont to two-year Palomar College in California. >> >>"A lot of that has to do with full-time faculty seeing >>threats from the increasing use of part-time faculty, >>and part-time faculty saying 'I can't live on this >>wage,' or 'I want more job security,'" he said. >> >>On more than two dozen campuses, student activists are >>joining the national "living wage" movement to improve >>pay for workers who maintain their dorms, cook their >>food and guard their quadrangles. >> >>"You see this glaring divide between those who have, >>and those who don't have," said Ben Speight, a >>20-year-old sophomore at Valdosta State University in >>Georgia. He's a leader of the campaign at his school >>and also works a campus clerical job. >> >>Harvard students occupied administrative offices last >>spring to demand school employees be paid at least >>$10.50 an hour. Nine students were arrested last month >>for blocking traffic to protest the slow pace of >>negotiations between janitors and the school. >> >>More graduate teaching and research assistants are also >>seeking labor's clout, getting help from established >>unions eager to add to their rolls. Graduate students >>and part-time, adjunct faculty comprise about >>two-fifths of the 1.1 million faculty at America's >>colleges, the National Center for Education Statistics >>said. >> >>College administrators recognize that unions are part >>of campus life but also "have an obligation to exercise >>their duties as an employer," said Sheldon Steinbach, >>general counsel for the American Council on Education, >>which counts many colleges and universities among its >>members. >> >>"They will oppose unionization campaigns the way >>employers in this society generally do," Steinbach >>said. >> >>Lately, the movement has spread to private >>universities, where for two decades graduate students >>were barred from organizing as the National Labor >>Relations Board interpreted federal law. >> >>The board agreed with schools that teaching is >>training, not employment =AF but changed its position in >>2000, when it gave some New York University graduate >>employees the right to organize. >> >>This new interpretation is being challenged by >>administrators at Brown University and other schools >>with union activity, including Columbia, where teaching >>and research assistants will decide if they want a >>union in a vote that starts Wednesday. >> >>UAW organizers have been making their pitch to students >>in person, by e-mail and by phone. The school countered >>with a letter to students. >> >>"Unionization of students could undermine the >>intellectual and collegial culture of Columbia," said >>the letter from Jonathan R. Cole, provost and dean of >>faculties. >> >>Public institutions are covered by state labor laws, >>and some allow graduate employee unions. But Illinois >>is not among them. >> >>"What we're needed for is a cheap labor source," said >>Jon Coit, a 30-year-old doctoral candidate in history >>at the University of Illinois. He's in the Graduate >>Employee Organization seeking union recognition. >> >>For six semesters, Coit taught undergraduates. In >>return, his tuition and some fees were waived and he >>was paid about $12,000 a year. >> >>The university maintains that graduate students are >>students first, with no right in Illinois to bargain >>collectively. In protest, graduate employees walked out >>for two days in November and up to 240 classes were >>canceled. Another strike is planned for April. >> >>Coit said more is at stake than money. He believes a >>union could give him more say about his work load. In >>the past, he's seen lecture sizes increased while >>students' contact with teaching assistants was reduced. >> >>"Decisions that get made are really hostile to >>students' learning," Coit said. "They affect our lives >>as graduate students, and affect (undergraduate) >>students' ability to learn." > >-- >Alma Gottlieb >Dept. of Anthropology >109 Davenport Hall >607 S. Mathews Ave. >University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >Urbana, IL 61801 >U.S.A. > >off. tel. (private line): 217-244-3515 >off. tel. (main office): 217-333-3616 >off. fax: 217-244-3490 >e-mail: ajgottli@uiuc.edu >website: http://www.anthro.uiuc.edu/faculty/gottlieb/ -- ****************************************** Graduate Employees' Organization University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1001 S. Wright St. (MC-390) Champaign, IL 61820 (217)344-8283--phone (217)344-8281--fax http://www.shout.net/~geo ****************************************** From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 14 22:03:38 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 22:03:38 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Marketing Philosophy (fwd) Message-ID: THere have been several posts and exchanges about the question raised by Bob Timko on Philosop: the listowner has now made a forum available for this who wish to continue the discussion (see below). I note with some amusement that the creation of the new list chora for discussion of topics raised on philos-l seems to have quietened discussion on philos-l without actually starting any discussions on chora (which has been entirely silent)! So: members of philos-l are welcome to subscribe to chora (send to listserv@liv.ac.uk: subscribe chora yourname) and discuss this or other topics as they please. Stephen ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 15:39:45 -0600 From: Istvan Berkeley To: philosop@louisiana.edu Subject: Marketing Philosophy Hi there, This thread has generated some interesting insights (as well as some less interesting ones!). May I politely suggest though that the debate moves off the PHILOSOP list. One of my motivations in making this request is to try and reduce the number of e-mails that hit my mail box (there are a number of bad subscriptions that I need to take care of that generate mail errors with every posting). It is also the case that it would be nice to have a record of this debate and see where it leads. To this end, may I suggest that those who are interested in continuing this thread, do so using a web forum. I have set up a web forum at http://cognition.louisiana.edu:8080/philosopchat for just this purpose. Thank you all for your continued interest in the PHILOSOP list. All the best, Istvan PHILOSOP Moderator -- Istvan S. N. Berkeley, Ph.D. Philosophy & Cognitive Science E-mail: istvan@louisiana.edu The University of Louisiana at Lafayette P.O. Box 43770 Tel: +1 337 482-6807 Lafayette, LA 70504-3770 Fax: +1 337 482-5002 USA http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~isb9112 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Fri Mar 15 11:02:04 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:02:04 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] European Latsis Prize 2002 (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:59:42 +0000 From: "Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard McCarty )" From: "Johanne" The European Science Foundation invites nominations for the European Latsis Prize 2002. The Prize, of a value of 100 000 Swiss Francs, is presented each year by the Latsis Foundation at the ESF Annual Assembly to a scientist or research group in recognition of outstanding and innovative contributions in a selected field of European research. The research field for the 2002 Prize is: Cognitive Sciences The Cognitive Sciences study the human mind and the nature of intelligence through interactions among the disciplines of psychology, linguistics, anthropology, computer science, neuroscience and biology. The Prize will be awarded for outstanding multidisciplinary contributions to the understanding of human intelligence as a whole or any of its component mechanisms. For more details and nomination forms please go to: http://www.esf.org/prize ---oo---oo-------->oo<--------oo----oo---- The European Science Foundation has a new and upgraded web site. Enter into it at http://www.esf.org and you will have instant access to more than 4,000 pages of information on the ESF and its activities Ms. Johanne Martinez webmaster and information officer Communication and Information Unit European Science Foundation 1, Quai Lezay-Marnsia F- 67080 Strasbourg Cedex tel: +33 (0)3 88 76 71 14 fax: +33 (0)3 88 37 05 32 http://www.esf.org 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 From D.M.Phillips@UKC.AC.UK Fri Mar 15 16:32:34 2002 From: D.M.Phillips@UKC.AC.UK (Dawn Phillips) Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:32:34 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Undergraduate Journals - Summary of Responses Message-ID: <01c201c1cc3f$02d31b40$b6120c81@ukc.ac.uk> Many thanks to all the people who responded to my request for information about Undergraduate Journals. The suggestions I received are listed below. Best wishes, Dawn Phillips The following URL has full details of, and links to, 5 undergraduate journals: http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~phil2c/ug_phil_journals.html Episteme: A Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy Pensees: Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy Sophia: Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy Interloqutor: Sewanee Undergraduate Philosophical Review The Canadian Undergraduate Journal of Cognitive Science The following URL is a page with links to about 20 undergraduate and postgraduate journals: http://www.ed.ac.uk/~pmilne/journals_html/stu.html Agora (U) Aporia: A Student Journal of Philosophy (U) Auslegung (G) Carleton University Student Journal of Philosophy (U & G) CommonSense: The intercollegiate journal of humanism and freethought Cyberphilosophy Journal (U) Dear Habermas: A Journal of Postmodern Thought By Undergraduates for Undergraduates (U) De Philosophia The Dualist: A Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy (U) Eidos (G) The Interlocutor: The Sewanee Undergraduate Philosophical Review (U) Kinesis: Graduate Journal in Philosophy (G) Philosophical Writings (G) Sophia: Journal of Undergraduate Philosophy (U) Stoa (U) Studies in Social and Political Thought (partly G) Le Tract (U) A further student journal called DISCOURSE does not appear on the links pages but the email of the Managing Editor is gidiblumstein@hotmail.com Another suggestion that does not appear on the links pages is the magazine Philosophy Now - the contact email is subscriptions@philosophynow.org Dawn Phillips Philosophy Section School of European Culture and Languages Cornwallis Building University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NF 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Sat Mar 16 10:19:26 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:19:26 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Toward a Culture of Sustainable Development (fwd) Message-ID: I've been asked to pass this on: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 21:59:13 -0700 From: michael aleksiuk Fellow Scholars and Environmentalists: "We have entered the Century of the Environment=85" (E.O. Wilson in "Landscapes of the Heart" and "The Future of Life," both 2002). Human ecology - the relationship of the human species to its environment - will be the greatest issue of the twenty-first century. Placing that relationship on a sustainable course will be the single greatest challenge. The potential ramifications of our current unsustainable lifestyle are far-reaching. They include collapsing economies, widespread homelessness, unprecedented civil strife, mass starvation, intense human suffering, decimated biodiversity, and a profoundly unhealthy physical environment (air, land and water). Some of these features are already evident regionally in developing countries. E.O. Wilson is right: Science is the answer to our pressing ecological problems. It is especially the science of human behaviour we must address, namely psychology. People define "psychology" variously. Psychology, a sub-discipline of biology (the science of life), is the study of human behaviour and its regulation. Regulatory factors include genes, brain mechanisms, environment during the developmental years, cognition, culture, personal values, peer pressure, a highly variable desire for power, and much more. Personal values are especially relevant here: individuals will work toward preserving a healthy environment only if they value it. Scholars are becoming increasingly aware that health is fundamental to the subject of environment. The good news is we all value health. Therein lies our hope. The purpose of this message is to encourage scholars from a broad range of disciplines to focus on the problem of unsustainability and its solution. It will take concerted intellectual effort on a global scale to avert an extinction phenomenon unparalleled since the end of the Cretaceous. The human suffering occasioned by that phenomenon would be beyond measure. If you agree that sustainability is a crucial issue, perhaps you might consider forwarding this message to your lists (faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate students, undergraduate students, class lists, other). Our greatest hope for a solution lies with young people, as I think Thomas Kuhn would have agreed. Young people are capable of initiating a cultural shift in how we - humans everywhere - view our relationship to the natural environment. For more click on http://www.telusplanet.net/public/aleksiuk/homepage Michael Aleksiuk 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Sat Mar 16 12:21:34 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:21:34 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Humanities & Technology Conference (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 10:27:17 +0000 From: Alerts Humanities and Technology Association Conference 24 to 26 October 2002, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States Humanities and Social Sciences Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, Indiana Call for Papers THE HUMANITIES AND TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION is an interdisciplinary scholarly society that explores interactions of technology, science, the humanities, and the social sciences. We welcome papers dealing with all aspects of these interactions and wish to draw in as broad a range of disciplines and perspectives as possible. For the 2002 conference, we are particularly interested in receiving proposals for papers that deal with the general theme of Permeable Boundaries: Technology and the Natural World We invite individual papers and session proposals addressing the conference theme from all possible disciplinary angles, such as its representation in literature, the visual arts, political essays, or scientific and philosophical writings. In addition to the conference theme, papers on all other aspects of the interaction of technology, science and the humanities are welcome. Today, the boundaries between nature and technology have blurred to such an extent that it is difficult to say where one ends and the other begins. This crossing of traditional boundaries brings with it a host of theoretical, technical, ethical, and political concerns: * Are we, along with our natural habitat, becoming part of technology? * Does technology have to be managed? By whom? * How do we distinguish between nature and artifice? Is nature becoming more artificial, and technology more natural? * How do the arts represent the intersection between technology and nature? * What lies in the future for the figure of the cyborg and for the interface between humans and technology? * How does technology affect the ecologies of place and the environment? * How do environmentalists and engineers address them? Keynote speakers: Steven Vogel is James B. Duke Professor of Zoology at Duke University. He has published 9 books and numerous articles, among them Vital Circuits: On the Pumps, Pipes, and Workings of Circulatory Systems (1992) and Cats' Paws and Catapults: Mechanical Works of Nature and People (1998). His work in biomechanics focuses on the way in which nature influences technology design. Science fiction writer Maureen McHugh is the author of China Mountain Zhang, winner of the Tiptree Award, the LOCUS best first novel award, and the Lambda. Her current novel Nekropolis is a New York Times Notable Book for 2001. Her short stories have appeared in The Year's Best Science Fiction. For further details, please go to www.rose-hulman.edu/hta/ Submit proposal (200 words) electronically by April 1, 2002 to: Andreas Michel, Conference Co-chair andreas.michel@rose-hulman.edu Or write to Andreas Michel HTA Conference Co-Chair Humanities and Social Sciences Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 5500 Wabash Ave Terre Haute, IN 47803 E-mail enquiries: andreas.michel@rose-hulman.edu Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/hta Submission deadline: 1 April 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This announcement distributed via http://www.ConferenceAlerts.com 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Sat Mar 16 19:14:21 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 19:14:21 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Call to host DRH 2004 (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 17:54:52 +0000 From: Michael Fraser To: cti-textual-studies@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Digital Resources for the Humanities Conference http://www.drh.org.uk/ Call to host DRH 2004 The Digital Resources for the Humanities (DRH) conference is an annual international conference for bringing together the creators, users, distributors, and custodians of digital resources in the Humanities. The conference promotes the creation, management, dissemination, use and preservation of high quality humanities digital resources. The term 'humanities' in this context has a wide definition which encompasses the work of the cultural industries, epitomised by libraries, museums, galleries, archives, and heritage management; as well as subjects like art, design, architecture, film, radio, television, performance, music, dance, literary and linguistic studies, history, archaeology, religion and classics. The Digital Resources for the Humanities (DRH) Standing Committee warmly invites proposals from organisations within the British Isles to host the DRH conference in 2004. Previous hosts of DRH have found running the conference very rewarding. Hosts have also found that it can be an opportunity to alert their own institution to the growing range of activity in this area as well as having the potential to raise the international profile of their own institution within the broad communities served by the conference. The document, "Hosting a Digital Resources for the Humanities Conference" available online via , provides background information to the conference, answers some of the commonly-asked questions about hosting a DRH conference, and outlines the requirements of submitting an initial expression of interest and any subsequent bid. The document should be read together with the DRH Protocol, also online via . You are encouraged to discuss the submission of a bid with Michael Fraser, Chair of the Standing Committee or any other member of the Committee (especially members who have been actively involved in the local organisation of a previous DRH conference). Expressions of interest should be submitted by email to Michael Fraser (mike.fraser@oucs.ox.ac.uk) by 30 April 2002. --- Dr Michael Fraser Chair, DRH Standing Committee Humbul Humanities Hub Oxford University Computing Services 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN Tel: 01865 283 343 Fax: 01865 273 275 http://www.drh.org.uk/ 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Sun Mar 17 09:31:48 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 09:31:48 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Formal Research Findings Online (fwd) Message-ID: For information ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 01:23:59 -0500 From: Ronald Jump Hi, Stephen -- Please convey to your philosophic subscribers my invitation to them to read (and discuss if they wish) a series of researches and reports of findings I am currently posting online for public information. These are systematic -- ideometric -- analyses and formal definitions of philosophic ideas. Life, understanding, objectivity, knowledge, etc. To receive these reports, they may send an e-mail to basics-subscribe@topica.com -- just click on that address and send. That will allow them to ask questions in case there's anything they don't understand, or contribute in case they do! Thanks. Regards to all. -- Ron Jump ron@ifss.org The Institute of Formal Social Sciences Systematic Philosophy www.ifss.org 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 From rick.lewis@PHILOSOPHYNOW.DEMON.CO.UK Sun Mar 17 20:51:37 2002 From: rick.lewis@PHILOSOPHYNOW.DEMON.CO.UK (Rick Lewis) Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:51:37 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] Lively magazine articles needed. Message-ID: Dear Listers, This "Philosophy Now" call for papers comes from my American colleague Raymond Pfeiffer. Could you send suggestions and offers of contributions for these three issues of the magazine directly to him at rspfeiff@alpha.delta.edu or at his snailmail address below? A thousand thanks, Rick Lewis Philosophy Now magazine ------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers From the editors of Philosophy Now Three issues of the magazine planned for 2002-2003 need articles for the general public on philosophical aspects of: * ETHICS IN HEATH CARE deadline for submissions: October 1, 2002 * AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY deadline for submissions: January 1, 2003 * COMPLEMENTARY ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES deadline for submissions: April 1, 2003 The editors welcome articles written in non-technical language from any source and on virtually any aspect of a subject. The purpose of Philosophy Now is to make good philosophical thinking available to the educated public. Articles may be between 1000 and 3500 words long. We are interested in articles such as: - Descriptions of recent philosophical debates with summaries of main arguments and responses. - Introductions to the work of important philosophers. - Clarifications of the philosophical ideas and reasoning in literature, film, science and politics. - Illuminations of the positions of philosophical schools on important issues. - Philosophically pertinent historical tales. - Book reviews of important, timely, relevant philosophical works. - Non-technical analyses of philosophical arguments and positions. - Letters to the editor. - Survey articles. - Interviews with famous philosophers. Manuscripts should be written in a non-technical style, with an emphasis on readability. They should be concise. Avoid references and footnotes (except for articles which form part of a debate conducted within the magazine). If it is necessary to mention a work, it is usually best to do so in the text of the manuscript. Buy a recent copy of Philosophy Now off the newsstand, or order an inexpensive subscription from the Philosophy Documentation Center at www.pdcnet.org for a friend. See the Philosophy Now website at www.philosophynow.org for information and Guide for Authors. Send contributions to: Prof. Raymond Pfeiffer, Philosophy Now US Editor Delta College University Center, MI 48710 rspfeiff@alpha.delta.edu phone: 517 686-9373 September through April ---------------------------------------------- ============================================== PHILOSOPHY NOW: a magazine of ideas http://www.philosophynow.org ============================================== 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 From T.W.Bailey@WARWICK.AC.UK Mon Mar 18 01:01:57 2002 From: T.W.Bailey@WARWICK.AC.UK (Tom Bailey) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 01:01:57 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Kant and Autonomy Conference Message-ID: <3C953C85.58727799@warwick.ac.uk> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Kant and Autonomy Saturday 4 May 11am - 6pm University of Warwick Onora O’Neill (Cambridge) ‘On Reading Kant’s Account of Autonomy’ Howard Williams (Wales) ‘Kant’s Concept of Liberty’ Katrin Flikschuh (Essex) ‘Autonomy as Cosmopolitan Responsibility’ William Smith (Warwick) ‘Law, Freedom and the Disobedient Citizen’ Tom Bailey (Warwick) ‘Autonomy and the Grounds of an Empiricist Kantian Ethics’ For more details, contact Tom Bailey, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL T.W.Bailey@warwick.ac.uk or see the following websites http://www.naks.ucsd.edu/Autonomy.htmlhttp://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/groups/hsgb/kantconf.html Conference Registration Form Name: Title: Address: E-mail: Special requirements (access, etc.): Registration fee: Waged £15, Unwaged £10 Registration fee excludes meals and accommodation. Details of local accommodation are available on request. Please return this form, along with a cheque payable to ‘The University of Warwick’ for the appropriate amount, to: Kant and Autonomy Conference, Centre for Research in Philosophy and Literature, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL (E-mail H.A.Jones@warwick.ac.uk Telephone 024 76 522582 ) With the support of the Kant Society of Great Britain and the University of Warwick Centre for Research in Philosophy and Literature ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/philnet/attachments/f463ddf3/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- 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 From ucrhamh@UCL.AC.UK Mon Mar 18 12:00:53 2002 From: ucrhamh@UCL.AC.UK (Adam Hedgecoe) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:00:53 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Yuk! In-Reply-To: <39F20137.5073D2EA@sfsu.edu> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020318120053.0087f210@pop-server.ucl.ac.uk> can anyone tell me when the 'yuk' factor was first actually _named_ as such? many thanks adam H. Adam Hedgecoe; Wellcome Trust Research Fellow Department of Science and Technology Studies University College London Gower Street WC1E 6BT a.hedgecoe@ucl.ac.uk http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/ Tel: 020 7679 7863 Fax: 020 7916 2425 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 From S.P.Sayers@UKC.AC.UK Mon Mar 18 12:51:59 2002 From: S.P.Sayers@UKC.AC.UK (Sean Sayers) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:51:59 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Conference: Consciousness from a Historical Perspective, May 16, Univ of Kent Message-ID: <008f01c1ce7b$d0640680$db464ed5@ukc.ac.uk> Conference announcement Consciousness from a Historical Perspective Thursday May 16, 9.30 am - 6.30 pm University of Kent at Canterbury The conference will approach the contemporary problems of consciousness and self-knowledge via the work of central figures in the philosophical tradition such as Kant, Thomas Reid, Brentano, Husserl and Sartre. Speakers are: Keith Hossack (King's College, London), Mark Rowlands (University of Cork), Susan Stuart (University of Glasgow), Alan Thomas (University of Kent) and Amie Thomasson (University of Miami). Details of the program and how to register are available at: http://www.logical-operator.com/conference.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 From s.l.hurley@WARWICK.AC.UK Mon Mar 18 13:45:50 2002 From: s.l.hurley@WARWICK.AC.UK (Prof. S. L. Hurley) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:45:50 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Rational Animals? Conference Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020318134315.00ae21b8@dredd.csv.warwick.ac.uk> RATIONAL ANIMALS? Oxford, 3-4 October 2002 Are any non-human animals rational? Do they act for reasons? Do they employ reasoning or are there simpler explanations for their behaviour? The focus of this two-day meeting will be on the character and limits of rationality in animals, in particular, apes, cetaceans, and birds. Speakers will include leading scientists from around the world researching cognitive abilities in animals and philosophers interested in the issues raised by their work. Workshop website: www.cogneuro.ox.ac.uk/seminars/animalintelligence.html Registrations now being accepted. Places on Oct. 4 will be limited to facilitate discussions. Registration materials available at: www.cogneuro.ox.ac.uk/autsch/ List of speakers and provisional topics: 3 Oct 2002, Department of Psychology, Oxford (This day constitutes the final day of the McDonnell-Pew Autumn School in Cognitive Neuroscience, but it is possible to register for only Oct. 3 and 4, and not the rest of the Autumn School; see registration materials on website.) FIRST SESSION: Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig TBA Daniel Povinelli, Comparative Behavioral Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana Theory of Mind Is not an Inevitable Byproduct of Social Evolution Richard Byrne, Psychology, St. Andrews Who Needs Rationality? SECOND SESSION: Lou Herman, Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa Evidence for Rationality in Dolphins? Alain Tschudin, Psychology, Cambridge TBA THIRD SESSION: Irene Pepperberg, Media Lab, MIT In Search of King Solomon's Ring: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of African Grey Parrots Alex Kacelnik, Zoology, Oxford Meanings of Rationality FOURTH SESSION: Sally Boysen, Psychology, Ohio State University TBA Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Biology/Language Research Center, Atlanta Culturally Driven Adaptations in the Vocal Communication Skills of Pan Paniscus Brainstorming Day, 4 Oct 2002, Department of Pharmacology, Oxford 4 sessions, consisting of short talks by the following with discussion (Open only to those who have also registered for 3 October 2002) Colin Allen, Philosophy, Texas A & M University Animal Inferences: Reasoning or Conditioned Association? Jose Bermudez, Philosophy, Stirling Three Levels of Animal Rationality Josep Call, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig Apes use Inferential Reasoning to Find Hidden Objects Nicky Clayton, Psychology,, Cambridge The Rationality of Animal Memory: Social Inference in Thieving Scrub Jays Richard Connor, U. Mass/Ann Arbor (Shark Bay Research Foundation) Alliance Formation in Cetaceans Greg Currie, Philosophy, Nottingham Tomasello's Opposition to Imitation Learning in Primates and What this Might Say about their Simulative Capacities, if any Tony Dickenson, Psychology, Cambridge The Rationality of Animal Memory: Interacting Memories of Caching in Scrub Jays Fred Dretske, Philosophy, Duke Action and Behavior: The Origins of Agency Celia Heyes, Psychology, UCL Rational Imitation in Birds? Ruth Millikan, Philosophy, Connecticut Styles of Rationality David Papineau, Philosophy, Kings, London Means-End Knowledge: Learning from Observation vs. Learning from Experience Sara Shettleworth, Psychology, Toronto Do Animals Know What They Know? Kim Sterelny, Philosophy, RSSS ANU Canberra/Victoria University Wellington Translucent Worlds and Frugal Heuristics Herbert Terrace, Psychology, Columbia NY Rhesus Macaques Use Rational Strategies to Solve Serial Problems Elisabetta Visalberghi, Psychology, Rome Socially Biased Individual Learning: What Capuchins Learn about Novel Foods from Others Organizers: Prof. Susan Hurley, University of Warwick Prof. Marian Dawkins, University of Oxford SPONSORED BY: The McDonnell-Pew Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Oxford All Souls College, Oxford The British Academy The Mind Association Mind and Language The British Society for the Philosophy of Science The ESRC Research Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution (ELSE) 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 From dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com Mon Mar 18 15:28:59 2002 From: dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com (Doris Dirks) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:28:59 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Fwd: NAFSA.news Vol. 7, No. 11 Message-ID: Hello all, The latest from NAFSA. Doris NAGPS >From: "NAFSA.news" >To: NAFSANEWS@LISTS.NAFSA.ORG >Subject: NAFSA.news Vol. 7, No. 11 >Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 08:30:56 -0500 > >**************** >NAFSA.news >**************** > >Vol. 7, No. 11 >March 18, 2002 > >Published weekly, NAFSA.news is the association's channel for direct >electronic communication to its members, providing authoritative >information, advocacy, and professional education news. > >NAFSA's 54th Annual Conference >* Enhancing Leadership and Learning in a Cultural Mosaic * >May 26-31, 2002 >San Antonio, Texas > >========= >CONTENTS >========= > >1. Focus >-- Register Now for NAFSA's 54th Annual Conference > >2. Government Relations and Public Affairs Update >-- State Department Reaffirms Openness to International Students >-- Regulatory Notices > >3. International Education Briefs >-- INS to Give SEVP/SEVIS Overview and Update in CLHE Teleseminar March 26 >-- Updated NAFSA SEVP Information Pages: Preparing for SEVIS >-- OSEAS NAFSA Conference Travel Grants >-- SECUSSA Institute Workshops in Chicago, PDP Workshops Offered This >Spring > >-- UMass to Hold Barbara Burn Memorial Celebration > >4. Upcoming Deadlines >-- 2002 DAAD Edu.de Undergraduate Study Abroad Awards--Deadline March 20 >-- COOP Mini-Grants Available--Deadline April 1 >-- Hosting Opportunities for 2002-03 FSA Undergraduate Program--Deadline >April 1 >-- EAIE Course on Advising International Students--Deadline April 10 >-- Nominations for SECUSSA Awards--Deadline April 12 >-- Proposals for New Balkans Junior Faculty Development Program--Deadline >May 10 >-- Region VI Conference Proposals--Deadline May 22 >-- Region III Conference Proposals--Deadline June 7 > >5. Accessing Federal Register Notices > > >============ >NAFSA FOCUS >============ > > >**Register Now for NAFSA's 54th Annual Conference** > >Join colleagues from around the world at the biggest annual conference of >international educators, this year in San Antonio, Texas, May 26-31. >Information about the conference is now available on the Web at: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thConfere >nce/annualconference.htm > >Special Offer! >If you register online by April 12, you will receive a coupon in your >registration packet in San Antonio entitling you to a special gift. Online >registration for the conference, workshops, and housing is easier than ever >using our newly enhanced Web site. > >If you prefer to register off line, you can print the necessary forms for >mailing by accessing the links below: > >- Registration procedures: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thConfere >nce/registrationprocedures.pdf > >- Registration form for conference, special events, and workshops: >http://www.eseries.nafsa.org/staticcontent/images/pdfs/registrationform.pdf > >- Housing procedures: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thConfere >nce/housingprodcedures.pdf > >- Hotel information: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thConfere >nce/hotelinfo.pdf > >- Registration form for housing: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thConfere >nce/housing_form.pdf > > >================================================ >GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE >================================================ > > >**State Department Reaffirms Openness to International Students** > >NAFSA has learned that the U.S. State Department has instructed embassies >that the following language can be used to help send the message that the >United States welcomes international students: "Our doors and our >educational institutions remain open to all qualified students from around >the world. The United States is proud of an educational system that >attracts >more than a half-million international students and scholars to our >campuses. Concerned that fear and misinformation may discourage some from >seeking educational opportunities here, many U.S. presidents have spoken >out >against intolerance and stressed that college and university campuses >continue to welcome students from abroad." > >In related news, on March 12, 2002, Secretary Colin L. Powell echoed these >sentiments in testimony before the Senate Commerce, Justice, and State >Appropriations Subcommittee, emphasizing that educational and cultural >exchanges help to "take people from other lands, bring them here, let them >go to our schools, let them participate in activities with our families and >with our communities. And they go back and take those values with them." He >also expressed that exchange also "helps build the trust, confidence and >international cooperation necessary to sustain and advance the full range >of >our [national] interests." > >To view Powell's testimony, access: >http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2002/8733.htm. > > >**Regulatory Notices** > >- The State Department announced that the U.S. Advisory Commission on >Public >Diplomacy will hold a meeting on Tuesday, March 26, 2002. The meeting is >open to the public. This meeting will discuss direction for a new executive >director and provide a general update on the effectiveness of public >diplomacy initiatives. To view this notice, issued on March 12, 2002, >access: >http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&doci >d=02-5914-filed > >- The Department of Education announced the proposed agenda of a >forthcoming >meeting of the National Board of the Fund for the Improvement of >Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) to discuss the fund's programs and special >initiatives. The meeting will be held on March 22, 2002 and is open to the >public. The FIPSE is authorized to recommend to the director of the fund >and >the assistant secretary for postsecondary education priorities for funding >and procedures for grant awards. To view this notice, issued on March 14, >2002, access: >http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2002_register&doci >d=02-6152-filed > > >============================== >INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION BRIEFS >============================== > > >**INS to Give SEVP/SEVIS Overview and Update in CLHE Teleseminar March 26** > >The Council on Law in Higher Education (CLHE) will be holding a teleseminar >entitled "SEVP/SEVIS: An INS Overview and Update of the Foreign Student >Tracking System" on March 26 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST. NAFSA is >cosponsoring the teleseminar, and NAFSA members receive the same >registration fee discount as CLHE members. The teleseminar will feature INS >officials Chase Garwood, project director, SEVIS, and Maura Deadrick, >assistant director of business and trade services, SEVIS. INS will be >giving >SEVIS updates at the upcoming NAFSA conference in San Antonio in May and at >the Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) at the end of March. 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Clark) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:02:40 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: FORMAL EPISTEMOLOGY (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 19:27:29 -0000 From: Maxim Lebedev To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com Prague International Colloquium FORMAL EPISTEMOLOGY (RECENT ISSUES IN DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC EPISTEMOLOGY) organised by the Department of Logic Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic September 10 -13 2002, Villa Lanna, V sadech 1, Prague, Czech Republic The colloquium continues the series of annual international meetings organized in Prague by the department; it is devoted to the discussion of both probabilistic and deterministic approaches to the key topics in epistemology such as justification, induction, explanation, belief change, conditionalisation and the like. Contributions devoted to any of the topics in this area are welcome except those focussed on purely technical results. Among the invited speakers of the colloquium are David Makinson (King's College London), Peter Milne (University of Edinburgh) and Wlodek Rabinowicz (Uppsala University). The conference fee is EUR 90. (Participants not able to pay the fee are encouraged to negotiate a discount.) Potential contributors are asked to submit a two page abstract; the deadline is April 30, 2002. Abstracts are to be submitted by e-mail (preferably as MS Word files, but other common formats are also acceptable) prepared for anonymous reviewing. (To prevent problems caused by e-mail failures, the receipt of every abstract will be confirmed within one week.) Notification of acceptance will be distributed by May 31. Contributed papers are scheduled for ca 40 minutes including discussion. Please direct your abstracts to: lanna@site.cas.cz. The conference website is http://www.flu.cas.cz/Logica/konf/col2002.html If you need more information, please contact Ondrej Majer Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences Jilsk=E1 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic lanna@site.cas.cz 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 From christine.tappolet@UMONTREAL.CA Mon Mar 18 20:41:54 2002 From: christine.tappolet@UMONTREAL.CA (Christine Tappolet) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:41:54 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] Job in modern philosophy Message-ID: POSTE DE PHILOSOPHIE MODERNE Le D=E9partement de philosophie de la Facult=E9 des arts et des sciences = de l'Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al recherche une professeure ou un professeur a= u rang d=92adjoint ou d=92agr=E9g=E9 =E0 temps plein en philosophie moderne. Fonctions Le d=E9tenteur du poste devra assurer des enseignements de 1er, 2e et 3e cycles dans le champ de la philosophie moderne, ainsi que des activit=E9s= de recherche et d'encadrement des =E9tudiants aux =E9tudes sup=E9rieures. Exigences =CAtre titulaire d=92un doctorat en philosophie dans le domaine de la philosophie moderne; poss=E9der une exp=E9rience d'enseignement et de rec= herche et un dossier de publications de haut niveau attest=E9 par la qualit=E9 d= es publications. Traitement L'Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al offre un salaire concurrentiel, jumel=E9 =E0= une gamme compl=E8te d'avantages sociaux. Date d'entr=E9e en fonction : 1er janvier 2003 (Sous r=E9serve d=92approbation budg=E9taire) Les personnes int=E9ress=E9es doivent faire parvenir leur curriculum vita= e faisant =E9tat de leurs exp=E9riences et de leurs int=E9r=EAts ainsi que = quelques exemplaires des publications ou r=E9alisations les plus r=E9centes et au = moins trois lettres de r=E9f=E9rence au plus tard le 1er juin 2002, =E0 Fran=E7ois Lepage, directeur D=E9partement de philosophie Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville Montr=E9al (Qu=E9bec) H3C 3J7 Courriel : francois.lepage@umontreal.ca Fax : (514) 343- 7899 Conform=E9ment aux exigences prescrites en mati=E8re d'immigration au Can= ada, la priorit=E9 sera accord=E9e aux citoyens canadiens, aux immigrants re=E7us= ou aux r=E9sidents permanents du Canada. L'Universit=E9 de Montr=E9al souscrit =E0= un programme d'acc=E8s =E0 l'=E9galit=E9 en emploi pour les femmes et aux pr= incipes d'=E9quit=E9 en mati=E8re d'emploi. 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 From pir@UALBERTA.CA Mon Mar 18 21:25:22 2002 From: pir@UALBERTA.CA (Philosophy in Review) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 14:25:22 -0700 Subject: [Philnet] Call for reviewers Message-ID: *Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques* is a specialist book review journal in philosophy, appearing 6 times a year. We are pleased to solicit offers to review a new slate of books, which are listed on our website at http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/pir/Call.html The current slate of books for review leans heavily toward philosophy of mind and the cognitive sciences, but also has a bit of ancient, religion, and continental. Please visit and consider volunteering for books on the list, which is updated as reviewers are found and new books become available. Thanks. David Kahane Editor, Philosophy in Review Department of Philosophy University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 Ph: (780) 492 8549 Fax: (780) 492 9160 http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/pir/ David Kahane Editor, Philosophy in Review Department of Philosophy University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2E5 Ph: (780) 492 8549 Fax: (780) 492 9160 http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/pir/ 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 From aristotelian.society@SAS.AC.UK Tue Mar 19 11:16:41 2002 From: aristotelian.society@SAS.AC.UK (Aristotelian Society) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:16:41 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Announcement of new web site for the Aristotelian Society Message-ID: <833D04FED970D311997200A0C9DD9BA7016BB28D@school3.sas.ac.uk> APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE POSTING The Aristotelian Society would like to draw your attention to its new web site. http://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk We can now take credit/debit card payments through the web site for subscriptions, the book series and the Supplementary Volume. If you require information about the Society please make the web site your first port of call. The site contains details on: * the officers of the Society (with contact details) * current programme and abstracts of papers * details on the Book Series Volumes still available for purchase through the Society * how to submit papers to the journal * applying for permission to reprint material copyrighted by the Society * subscription prices and information * the dates, programme of and registration for the Joint Session, which is the annual conference held in conjunction with the Mind Association. If you have any problems using the web site, please contact the Society on mail@aristoteliansociety.org.uk Georgia Testa Executive Secretary The Aristotelian Society University of London Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU Tel and fax: + 44 (0) 20 7255 1724 Email: mail@aristotelian.society.org.uk http://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 19 13:01:12 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:01:12 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] complexity conference (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:51:14 -0000 From: Robert Geyer The University of Liverpool Complexity Network INTRODUCING COMPLEXITY 24 April 2002 University of Liverpool, Rendall Building, Lecture Room 6 2:00 - 3:00 "What is Complexity Science?" Prof. Peter Allen, Cranfield University, Head of the Complex Systems Management Centre and a founder of the UK Complexity Society. 3:00 - 3:15 Coffee Break 3:15 - 4:30 "Applying Complexity" =B7=09Dr. Samir Rihani, School of Politics and Communications Studies "Complexity, Development and Health" =B7=09Dr. Martyn Amos, School of Biological Sciences and Department of Comp= uter Science "Complexity in the Life Sciences" =B7=09Prof. Denis Smith, Dean of the School of Management "Complexity, Economic Risk and Crisis" =B7=09Dr. Zosia Archibald, Senior Research Fellow, School of Archaeology, Classics and Oriental Studies "Modelling Past Societies Using Complexity Science" =B7=09Dr. Robert Geyer, School of Politics and Communications Studies "Complexity, the State and Public Policy" 4:30 - 5:00 Plenary Question and Answer Session WHAT IS COMPLEXITY? Complexity is a broad term for describing and understanding a wide range of chaotic, dissipative, adaptive, non-linear and complex systems and phenomena. Emerging out of the physical sciences in the mid-20th century and increasingly spilling over into the social sciences at the end of that century, complexity is a new and exciting interdisciplinary approach to science that challenges traditional academic divisions and frameworks. WHO SHOULD ATTEND? The conference will provide a general introduction to complexity and its applications. All of the presentations are oriented to a broad academic audience. Audience questions and interaction are strongly encouraged. The conference is free. However, due to limited space please register with the Complexity Network coordinator, Dr. Robert Geyer, rgeyer@liv.ac.uk WHAT IS THE COMPLEXITY NETWORK? The Complexity Network is an informal network that was set up to promote complexity theories and applications in the University of Liverpool and Merseyside region and increase symbiotic linkages between regional, national and international complexity organisations and activities. For more information see: www.liv.ac.uk/complexitynetwork Dr. Robert Geyer School of Politics and Communications University of Liverpool Roxby Building, Chatham Street Liverpool L69 7ZT tel:44-(0)151-794-2902 fax:44-(0)151-794-3948 r.r.geyer@liverpool.ac.uk 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 From aristotelian.society@SAS.AC.UK Tue Mar 19 13:57:33 2002 From: aristotelian.society@SAS.AC.UK (Aristotelian Society) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:57:33 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Locating Prof. G B Hunter formerly of Bangor, Wales Message-ID: <833D04FED970D311997200A0C9DD9BA7016BB28F@school3.sas.ac.uk> Could anyone help me trying to find contact details for Prof. G. B. Hunter who was formerly of University College of North Wales. They no longer have a philosophy department and he is not listed on their web site. He was however included in our [Aristotelian Society] member list as Prof. of Philosophy at Bangor up until 2000. Their Human Resources department swears he never worked there! Does anyone out there know him and know where I may now find him as I am rather keen to contact him and the only address I have for him is Bangor? Any information/leads gratefully received. Please reply off list. Thanks Georgia Testa Executive Secretary The Aristotelian Society University of London Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU Tel and fax: + 44 (0) 20 7255 1724 Email: mail@aristotelian.society.org.uk http://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk 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 From peter@DOLLYKNOT.COM Tue Mar 19 14:13:04 2002 From: peter@DOLLYKNOT.COM (Peter Turland) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:13:04 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Website announcement Message-ID: <001801c1cf50$2fa59a80$a7230450@turland> Hello, I spend a lot of time on the 'net, sometimes I come across interesting/funny/philosophical things. I would like to share this, also I like to write sometimes and be creative, hence http://www.dollyknot.com feedback/suggestions welcome. Peter. 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 From bcj@PSU.EDU Tue Mar 19 22:02:36 2002 From: bcj@PSU.EDU (Kevin Berland) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 17:02:36 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] Selected Readings, No. 88 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020319163444.02db8ec0@mail.psu.edu> We are delighted to announce the publication of the 88th issue of our=20 online interdisciplinary bibliography of eighteenth-century studies,=20 Selected Readings, now available:=20 http://www.personal.psu.edu/special/C18/sr/sr88.htm This issue is our most thorough yet, thanks to our loyal volunteers,=20 Costica Bradatan, Antoine Capet, Neil Guthrie, Laura Kennelly, James E.=20 May, Benoit Melan=E7on, Clotilde Prunier, Gabriel S=E1nchez Espinosa, & A.J.= =20 Wright. It is especially strong in Bibliography (History of the Book,=20 Libraries); English, French, Scottish, and Spanish Literature; Philosophy;= =20 Theory & Criticism -- and there are many more entries in fields including=20 Africa; the Caribbean; China; History of Architecture, Art, Music,=20 Medicine, Religion, Science, and Sexuality; Korea; German Literature; Irish= =20 History and Literature; U.S. Colonial and Federal History and Literature,=20 and more. Please take a few minutes to visit this website. We are always looking for= =20 people who would be willing to take on the occasional and not terribly=20 onerous task of reporting on one or more journals in their fields -- see=20 our Journals page for a list of those we'd like to cover:=20 http://www.personal.psu.edu/special/C18/sr/journals.htm -- we would be glad= =20 to hear of other titles that should be included. Becoming a member of the= =20 Volunteer Fire Department is easy -- see=20 http://www.personal.psu.edu/special/C18/sr/volunteers.htm. And we will be= =20 overjoyed to hear from volunteers who have fallen silent recently. The=20 next issue of Selected Readings will be published on or about May 15, 2002. Cheers -- Kevin Berland for C18-L 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 From iwinham@MACALESTER.EDU Wed Mar 20 01:00:38 2002 From: iwinham@MACALESTER.EDU (I. P. Winham) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 19:00:38 -0600 Subject: [Philnet] pyrrhonian In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020319163444.02db8ec0@mail.psu.edu> Message-ID: <959704.3225553238@[141.140.104.38]> Pyrrhonian. When the word "pyrrhonian" is used in philosophy, what does it usually mean? Cheers, ~Ilya 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 From srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM Wed Mar 20 03:10:17 2002 From: srbayne@CHANNEL1.COM (steven bayne) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:10:17 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] Re: pyrrhonian References: <959704.3225553238@[141.140.104.38]> Message-ID: <000801c1cfbc$c3554070$f2943c18@p4h6p2> "Pyrrhonian" probably refers, depending on context, to living the life style, "agoge," of Pyrrho, one of the earliest of the Greek skeptics. There is so little known about him that *much* that can be said is merely guess work. I recommend for starters the brief essay by Philip Hallie in Paul Edward's Encyclopedia of Philosophy vol. 7. Popkin's history of skepticism has a couple of points. On the more substantial side is a comment that might help you out from R. Chisholm. Another important epistemic concept is that of a proposition being *counterbalanced*. A proposition is counterbalanced if there is as much, or as little, to be said in favor of accepting it as there is to be said in favor of accepting its negation.... The followers of Pyrrho held that if a proposition is counterbalanced, then it ought to be withheld. _Theory of Knowledge_ Second Edition. Prentice Hall 1966. p. 10. Chisholm also directs our attention to _Outlines of Pyrrhonism_ by Sextus Empiricus. Others on the list can probably add a great deal to this. Steve Bayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "I. P. Winham" To: Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:00 PM Subject: pyrrhonian > Pyrrhonian. When the word "pyrrhonian" is used in philosophy, what does it > usually mean? > > Cheers, > ~Ilya > > 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 From daniel.russell@WICHITA.EDU Wed Mar 20 05:17:42 2002 From: daniel.russell@WICHITA.EDU (daniel.russell) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 23:17:42 -0600 Subject: [Philnet] Re: pyrrhonian Message-ID: <3C90B36F@webmail.wichita.edu> >===== Original Message From "I. P. Winham" ===== >Pyrrhonian. When the word "pyrrhonian" is used in philosophy, what does it >usually mean? > >Cheers, >~Ilya This can be difficult to determine, for at least a couple of reasons. For one, the word primarily refers (as Steven Bayne pointed out) to the philosophical practice based on the practice of Pyrrho, about whom little is known, and whose "followers" never really constituted a proper school in the strict sense. This view is, I think, best summarized in book I of Sextus Empiricus' "Outlines of Pyrrhonism"; of course, interpretation here is also controversial, & I especially recommend Annas & Barnes, "Modes of Scepticism" and "Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism." In a nutshell, the view (as I see it) is that Pyrrhonists live without theoretical commitments on anything "unclear," i.e. which requires a theoretical position; this is so because they have not been so convinced by any side of a theoretical debate that they can fully discount the other side(s), at which point they find that they are between positions on which they cannot fully decide (what is called "equipollence"), with the result that no theoretical commitment is formed ("suspension of judgment"). (NB I see this as a psychological phenomenon, and not a normative practice--it's that they *don't* form commitments, not that they *ought* not to; the latter would require a theory of reasonable belief, which they lack, while the former would not.) Their practice is to present and motivate an opposing viewpoint for any theoretical thesis offered; thus Pyrrhonists have no theories of their own, but oppose & scrutinize the theories offered by others. Second, the word *also* came to be used among certain intellectuals some centuries after Sextus; perhaps the best example is the "Pyrrhonian" philosophy of Michel de Montaigne's "Apology for Raymond Sebond," published only a few years after the reappearance of Sextus' "Outlines" in Estienne's edition. This "New Pyrrhonism" is a very complex beast, and is well discussed by Popkin. To make matters worse, it is far from clear to me that Montaigne's view in particular is anything that Sextus would ever have considered at all "Pyrrhonian." In short, it strikes me that whereas Sextus gets us caught up in intellectual disagreement so that we end up no longer willing to hold onto certain theoretical commitments, but rather to keep on investigating, Montaigne seeks to get us caught up in intellectual disagreement so that we might conclude that the whole business of purely rational discourse (i.e. unaided by divine revelation) is a blind alley & give up such investigating. Sextus would classify the latter, I take it, as its own sort of dogmatism. Sorry to go on so long. Perhaps, though, this will give some aid in understanding the term 'Pyrrhonian' in context. Best, DCR PS Is anyone on list aware of any discussion of whether Montaigne's "Pyrrhonism" is in fact a proper instance of Sextus' Pyrrhonism? 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 From jls@NETVERK.COM.AR Wed Mar 20 01:11:28 2002 From: jls@NETVERK.COM.AR (J L Speranza) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 22:11:28 -0300 Subject: [Philnet] Re: pyrrhonian In-Reply-To: <959704.3225553238@[141.140.104.38]> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020319163444.02db8ec0@mail.psu.edu> Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20020319221128.00772a64@pop.netverk.com.ar> >Pyrrhonian. When the word "pyrrhonian" is used in philosophy, what does it >usually mean? Never mind what it usually means. Mind what _you_ may mean by it. Being a kind of eponym, it's like "Gricean". A lot of people, even Grice, have been called "Gricean". These below are the OED-registered uses of your query word. If you happen to find new ones, feel free to cc. OED for they are always interested in interesting quotes. Cheers, JL. Pyrrhonian, a. and sb. Also 7 -ien, 8 -ean. [a. Fr. pyrrhonien (Rabelais, 16th c.), f. L. pyrrho=AFnius, -eus adj. and sb. (f. Pyrrho, Gr. Pu=B4rrwn, name of a sceptic philosopher of Elis: see definition s.v. Pyrrhonism): see -an.] A adj. =3D Pyrrhonic a. 1651 Biggs New Disp. =A7159 The most pyrrhonian incredulity may be evinced. 1678 Manton Serm. xiv. Wks. 1871 II. 321 The Pyrrhonian conceit that the whole world is but a fantasy. 1751 Hume Ess. Hum. Underst. (ed. 2) xii. iii. 254 The natural Result of the Pyrrhonian Doubts and Scruples. 1908 Hibbert Jrnl. Apr. 586 The form of consolation offered us by the Pyrrhonian writers of the day. B sb. =3D Pyrrhonist. 1638 Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. vi. =A738. 356 If he be a true Aristotelian, or Platonist, or Pyrrhonian, or Epicurean. 1683 Dryden Life Plutarch in Pl.'s Lives (1700) I. 18 The Pyrrhonians..who bring all certainty in Question. 1751 Hume Ess. Hum. Underst. (ed. 2) xii. ii. 252 A Pyrrhonian cannot propose that his Philosophy will have any constant Influence on the Mind. 1900 Q. Rev. Oct. 432 If one has the misfortune not to be a Christian, it is wise to be a Pyrrhonian. Pyrrhonism. Also 8 pyrro-. [f. as prec. + -ism. In Fr. pyrrhonisme (Pascal, 17th c.).] A system of sceptic philosophy taught by Pyrrho of Elis (c 300 b.c.), founder of the first school of Greek sceptic philosophy; the doctrine of the impossibility of attaining certainty of knowledge; absolute or universal scepticism; hence generally, scepticism, incredulity, philosophic doubt.=20 1670 Blount Glossogr. (ed. 3), Pyrrhonism, the Doctrine or tenets of Pyrrho. 1711 Shaftesb. Charac., Moralists iii. i, You,..tho you disown philosophy, are yet so true a Proselyte to Pyrrhonism. 1768 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 116 Driven into arrant pyrrhonism, as being wholly uncertain whether we know anything or not. 1863 F. Jacox in Bentley's Misc. LIV. 241 Another noble lord..avows his disposition to extend his pyrrhonism..to historical facts themselves. 1893 J. B. Brown Stoics & Saints 12 A misinterpretation of the Socratic method was at the root of Pyrrhonism. 1899 S. L. Wilson Theol. Mod. Lit. 359 To lapse into the unreasoning pyrrhonism which would treat all history in the light of `a laborious deception skilfully concocted'. Pyrrhonic, sb. and a. Also 6 Pironik. [f. Gr. Pu=B4rrwn (see prec.) + -ic.] = a sb. =3D Pyrrhonist. b adj. Of or pertaining to the sceptic philosopher Pyrrho, or to his doctrines (see next); purely sceptical.=20 1593 Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 120 They followe the Pironiks, whose position and opinion it is, that there is not hel or misery but opinion. 1668 M. Casaubon Treat. Spirits (1672) 155, I am no Sceptick or Pyrrhonick. 1725 Watts Logic ii. ii. =A77 After these arose the sect of Pyrrhonics. 1831 I. Taylor Pref. Ess. to Edwards' Freed. Will 32 Such doctrines as the Pyrrhonic or the Stoic..have a claim to be listened to. 1892 Nation (N.Y.) 13 Oct. 275/1 The inquiring, pyrrhonic spirit of the age is fatal to presumptions of this sort. Pyrrhonist. [f. as prec. + -ist.] A follower or disciple of Pyrrho; a professor of Pyrrhonism; one who doubts everything; a sceptic.=20 1598 Marston Sco. Villanie i. i. B viii, Fye Gallus, what, a skeptick Pyrrhomist? 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) I. 49/2 The distinguishing tenet of the Pyrrhonists was their asserting an absolute acatalepsy in regard to every thing. 1893 Liddon, etc. Life Pusey (1894) I. ii. 45 Now he..was too much of a Pyrrhonist to think that any opinions, even when entirely negative, were certainly true. Hence Pyrrho'nistic a. rare, of the nature of a Pyrrhonist or of Pyrrhonism. 1886 Swinburne Misc. 146 Disciples of a radically and essentially Pyrrhonistic system of theosophy. =3D=3D J L Speranza, Esq Country Town St Michael's Hall Suite 5/8 Calle 58, No 611 Calle Arenales 2021 =20 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 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 20 13:02:07 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:02:07 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Philosophical Insights into Logic and Mathematics (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:45:38 -0000 From: Maxim Lebedev To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM Philosophical Insights into Logic and Mathematics: The History and Outcome of Alternative Semantics and Syntax September 30 - October 4, 2002, NANCY, France =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Information about the Symposium, together with an on-line Registration Form, are available from the Symposium home page: http://www.univ-nancy2.fr/ACERHP/colloques/symp02/Symp02-angl.html =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =9C Laboratoire de Philosophie et d'Histoire des Sciences-Archives Henri Poincar=CA (UMR 7117) =9C Universit=CA de Nancy 2 =9C Beth-Foundation (Amsterdam) =9C Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (Amsterdam) =9C Goethe Institut (Nancy) Founded in 1992, the Laboratoire de Philosophie et d'Histoire des Sciences -Archives Henri Poincar=CA (LPHS-AHP) is an Unit=CA mixte de Recherche du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). Besides the conservation of Poincar=CA's writings and the collection of documents related to his work, its members conduct research projects concentrating on the philosophy and history of logic, mathematics and physics from 1850 to 1950. Following the International Congress - Henri Poincar=CA (Nancy 1994) and the Nelson Goodman Conference (Pont-=C1-Mousson 1997), the Logic Symposium of 2002 is the third large conference organized by the Archives. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Towards the end of the 20th century the following question arises: Is translatability into the language of set theory and logic really the exclusive form of justification and rigor in mathematics? Since Poincar=CA there have always been some outsiders who rejected the standard view about the foundations of mathematics. Formulated in modern terms, Poincar=CA held that the varieties of formal logical theories-which he thought to be considerably attached to set operations-don't express the structure which is essential for a genuine understanding of mathematics. One possible alternative were: "Mathematics without foundations," and it could be evidenced by the fact that the existence of formally undecidable propositions (within a given arithmetical system) or of problems unsettled by standard axioms (within set theory) does not obstruct the development of a viable and, in fact, powerful science. Accordingly, the foundational view of mathematics itself might then be suspect. Mathematics can and has to be understood from mathematical praxis alone. Nevertheless, we would like to formalize truth, for classical model theory depends on truth definitions. As long as these definitions can only be given in a language of second-order or in set theory, model theory depends on second-order logic or set theory. But category theorists have defended the view that there are foundational operations different from set operations. Is this a way-out? Further, recent years have witnessed a gradually increasing interest in the study of game-based semantics, such as GTS, dialogical logic, or Hintikka's IF-logic. Lately, these game-based approaches have been formulated with the help of mathematical game theory (van Benthem) and category theory (Hyland). In addition, they proved to be very effective for the formal study of linear, paraconsistent and non-monotonic logics, among others. By these developments, traditional views and received wisdom concerning the relations between syntax, semantics and pragmatics, between constructivist and classical positions, and the role of logic in foundations seem to be challenged. Finally, most of the time the question concerning the foundations of mathematics tacitly assumes that what is to be founded is the mathematics as done by professional mathematicians of the 20th century. However, many historical, anthropological or sociological works have shown that mathematical activity is much more diverse than hitherto thought. If we accept, at least partially, that to found mathematics is relative to the practice of mathematics itself, then it is necessary to investigate the mathematics (and the mathematicians) of other cultures and other periods as well as their conception and practice of foundations. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D The conference will features three sections in which the subject will be considered from a philosophical, historical or, if it comes with some philosophical insight, even technical point of view. =9C Section 1 Mathematical structures in foundations of mathematics: sets, categories and models =9C Section 2 Logical and cognitive aspects of foundations of mathematics: games, dialogues, and cognitive architecture =9C Section 3 Historical and Cultural Perspectives on foundations of mathematics =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D COMITE D'HONNEUR Paul Gochet, Gilles-Gaston Granger, Jaakko Hintikka, Kuno Lorenz, Roshdi Rashed. ORGANISATION COMMITTEE Jean-Paul Amann, Johan van Benthem, Bernd Buldt, Dominique Fagnot, Dominique Flament, Jean-Louis Greffe, Gerhard Heinzmann, Ralf Kr=C3mer, Philippe Nabonnand, Shahid Rahman, Manuel Rebuschi, Helge R=D8ckert, Anne-Fran=DAois= e Schmid, Joseph Vidal-Rosset, Henk Visser SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Michel Bourdeau, Karine Chemla, Gabriella Crocco, Jacques Dubucs, Catherine Goldstein, Marcel Guillaume, Jan Hogendijk, Theo M. V. Janssen, Jeffrey Ketland, Karel Lambert, Paolo Mancosu, Jean-Pierre Marquis, J=CAsus Mosterin, Jaroslav Peregrin, Philippe de Rouilhan, Gabriel Sandu, Hourya Sinaceur, Max Urchs, Denis Vernant. INVITED LECTURES Newton Da Costa, Geoffrey Hellman, Jaakko Hintikka, F. William Lawvere, Stewart Shapiro. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 20 13:02:32 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:02:32 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Workshop on Fictional Entities (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:45:38 -0000 From: Maxim Lebedev To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com Do Ficta Follow Fiction? Workshop on Fictional Entities University of Eastern Piedmont at Vercelli June 3-4, 2002 Provisional programme Monday 3, morning Monday 3, afternoon 9.00 Opening 9.15 Stefano Predelli (Oslo), "Novels and Sonatas. Prolegomena to an Ontology of the Arts" 10.15 discussant 10.30 open discussion 15.00 Amie Thomasson (Miami), "Fictional Characters and Literary Practices" 16.00 discussant 16.15 open discussion 16.45 break 11.00 break 11.15 Andrea Bonomi, Sandro Zucchi (Milan) "A Pragmatic Framework for Truth in Fiction" 12.15 open discussion 17.00 Paolo Leonardi (Bologna), "Fakes and Ficta" 18.00 open discussion Tuesday 3, morning Tuesday 4, afternoon 9.15 Gregory Currie (Nottingham), tba 10.15 discussant 10.30 open discussion 11.00 break 11.15 Kendall Walton (Michigan), "About Fictitious Entities: Methodological Reflections" 12.15 open discussion 15.00 Eros Corazza (Nottingham) "Deconstructing Fictional Discourse" 15.45 open discussion 16.15 Edward Zalta (Stanford), "What is Fictional Discourse About?" 17.00 open discussion 17.30 break 17.45 Alberto Voltolini (Vercelli), "A Synchretist Ontology of Fictional Beings" 18.30 open discussion For further information contact Alberto Voltolini, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Universit=C1 del Piemonte Orientale a Vercelli, I-13100 Vercelli (Italy), tel. 0161/228207, fax 0161/228229, email albertov@apollo.lett.unipmn.it . 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 20 13:07:54 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:07:54 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] JOB: Level C/D Lectureship - Univ. of Tasmania (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:15:49 +1100 From: Jeff Malpas To: aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy, Hobart, University of Tasmania Closing Date: Monday, 22 April 2002 Reference No: HA 56/02 Applications are invited for appointment to the position of Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy, which will be offered on a full-time tenurable basis. 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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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 20 13:04:04 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:04:04 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: ETHICS OF TERRORISM & COUNTER-TERRORISM (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:45:38 -0000 From: Maxim Lebedev To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com ETHICS OF TERRORISM & COUNTER-TERRORISM ZiF, Bielefeld October, 28 - 30, 2002 Scientific Organisation GEORG MEGGLE (Leipzig) & SEUMAS MILLER (CAPPE, Canberra) Summary This conference will provide a) a substantive moral critique of terrorism in the light of theories about justice in war and international relations; and b) a theory about what responses to terrorism are just and appropriate. Aims The overall aims of the conference are to provide a sound moral basis for an assessment of terrorism and for an account of how nations and international institutions ought to respond to terrorist attacks. The more specific aims are as follows. 1. To provide a definition of terrorism which makes possible a substantive and comprehensive critique - that is, a characterisation that doesn't condemn terrorist acts by definition or determine a priori that only organisations of certain kinds can be terrorist. 2. To assess terrorist acts and organisations in the light of changes in world society and the nature of armed conflict, taking into account conflicting views about the nature and significance of those changes and about the nature of international justice. 3. To assess critically traditional views about just war and justice in war that have sometimes been used to condemn terrorism and to determine whether these views are applicable to contemporary conflicts, methods of war, ideas about legitimate authority and collective responsibility. 4. To use the results of #1, #2 and #3 to arrive at a view about justice and politically motivated violence that is able to distinguish terrorism from other acts of war or political violence, to explain why terrorism is open to moral condemnation, and to determine whether terrorist acts can ever be justified. 5. To arrive at a view about the just way of dealing with terrorism and terrorists: about who has the authority to act against terrorism or to put on trial those responsible; what is allowable in a 'war against terrorism', and whether pacifist ideas about responses to violence can be plausibly applied to conflicts that involve terrorism. 6. To stimulate a more comprehensive and fruitful discussion about terrorism and responses to terror among philosophers, political leaders, and a wider public. Significance The idea that the events of September 11 completely changed the world now seems exaggerated. However, terrorist attacks on targets in the US and the later attack on the Indian Parliament by Moslem extremists brought to people's consciousness dangers that experts have long been warning about. Modern societies are extremely vulnerable to terrorist attack and terrorist organisations are capable of acquiring and using means of mass destruction. Threats of terrorist attack are likely to have an increasing impact on people's lives and the politics of states and international institutions. In some places, for example, Sri Lanka or Israel/Palestine, terrorist attacks are or have been almost an everyday event with resulting fear, insecurity, and loss of life. Terrorism is widely condemned, and the US and its allies, including Germany and Australia, are now engaged in a 'war against terrorism', the extent and implications of which are difficult to foresee. Responses to terrorism raise issues which not only require discussion but a well developed moral position from which judgments can be made about terrorist acts and appropriate responses to them. Applications via Philosophy Institute, University of Leipzig Prof. Dr. Georg Meggle Universit=C4t Leipzig, Burgstra=F1e 21, D-04109 Leipzig " (0341) 97 35810/1= 1 FAX (0341) 97 35819 e-mail: meggle@uni-leipzig.de www.uni-leipzig.de/~philos/meggle.htm Giving a talk and/or contributing to the Proceedings (max 30 / at present 18) *PER BAUHN (Lund) *R=F8DIGER BITTNER (Bielefeld) *JOHN BRAITHWAITE (Melbourne) *TONY COADY (CAPPE, Canberra) *MARCELO DASCAL (Tel Aviv) T *JOHN MCFARLANE (Melbourne) *GEORG MEGGLE (Leipzig) T&A *DIETER LUTZ (Hamburg) *THOMAS MERTENS (Nijmegen) T *SEUMAS MILLER (CAPPE, Canberra) *OLAF M=F8LLER (G=C3ttingen) *WALTER PFANNKUCHE (Konstanz) T *IGOR PRIMORATZ (CAPPE, Canberra) *HUBERT SCHLEICHERT (Konstanz)T *ULRICH STEINVORTH (Hamburg) *RALF STOECKER (Bielefeld) *JANNA THOMPSON (La Trobe Univ) *VERONIQUE ZANETTI (T=D8bingen) T CAPPE =3D Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Affairs T/A/P(D)=3D Title of Contribution/ Abstract/Paper (Draft) handed in Media Correspondents Guests *MICHAEL KIENECKER (Paderborn) *MONIKA KIRLOSKAR (K=C3ln) *SASKIA THIELE (Paderborn) * agreed, otherwise envisaged & invited Conference-Language: English Monday - Oct 28, 2002 09:30 - 10:00 Opening / Welcome / Introduction 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break I Basic Issues 10:30 - 12:00 [1] N.N. The Logic of Terror and Terrorism 12:00 Lunch 14:00 - 15:30 [2] N.N. The Pragmatics of Definitions of Terrorism 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break 16:00 - 17:30 [3] N.N.: Research on Terrorism: The State of the Art 18:30 Public Lecture [4] N.N.: The Ethics of Terrorism & Counter-Terrorism Reception at the ZiF Tuesday - Jan 29, 2002 II The Ethics of Foreign Affairs Counter-Terrorism (Fact) PART II.1 08:30 - 10:00 [5] N.N.: Means and Ends in FACT-Wars 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break 10:30 - 12:00 [6] N.N. FACT Wars and International Law 12:00 Lunch 13:30 - 15:00 [7] N.N. Are FACT-Military-Tribunals o.k.? Part II.2 15:00 - 16:30 [8] N.N. Means and Ends in Non-War-FACT 16:30-17:00 Coffee Break III The Ethics of Home-CT 17:00 - 18:30 [9] N.N: Means and Ends in Home-CT 18:30 - 20:00 [10] N.N: Home-CT & Civil Rights 20:30 Joint dinner - tables reserved Wednesday Oct 30, 2002 08:30 - 10:00 [12] N.N. Home-CT & State Terrrorism 10:00-10:30 Coffee Break IV The Ethics of the CT-Software 10:30 - 12:00 [13] N.N. CT as Mental Combat 12:00 Lunch 13:30 - 15:00 [14] N.N. CT as Morala Combat 15:00 - 16:00 V Additional Statements / Open Questions End of the conference Proceedings-Volume: ETHICS OF TERRORISM & COUNTER-TERRORISM, ed. by Georg Meggle / Seumas Miller; Contents: General Introduction, Lectures, Invited Papers, Statements & Replies, Bibliography ZiF - Zentrum f=D8r interdisziplin=C4re Forschung Universit=C4t Bielefeld Wellenberg 1 D 33615 Bielefeld " ++49 / 521 106-2768 Fax: ++49 / 521 106-6024 Marina.Hoffmann@uni-bielefeld.de http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/ZIF/ Prof. Dr. Georg Meggle Institut f=D8r Philosophie Universit=C4t Leipzig Burgstra=F1e 21 D-04109 Leipzig " ++49 / 341 97 35800 Fax: ++49 / 341 97 35819 meggle@uni-leipzig.de http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~philos/meggle.htm Prof. Seumas Miller Charles Sturt University Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics LPO Box A260 ANU Australia - Canberra, CTO 2601 " ++61/2-61 25 65 80 Fax ++61/2-61 25 65 79 Seumas.miller@anu.edu.au http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/arts/cappe 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 20 13:03:21 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:03:21 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Intentionality: Past and Future (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:45:38 -0000 From: Maxim Lebedev 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: G=C2bor Forrai (University of Miskolc), forrai@ludens.elte.hu Gy=C3rgy Kampis (Lor=C2nd E=C3tv=C3s 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 and 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 and Husserl. The papers will be about 30 minutes long. 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: G=C2bor Forrai (University of Miskolc), forrai@ludens.elte.hu Ferenc Huoranszki (Central European University), huoransz@ceu.hu Gy=C3rgy Kampis (Lor=C2nd E=C3tv=C3s University), gk@hps.elte.hu Bal=C2zs Mezei (Lor=C2nd E=C3tv=C3s University), bmmezei@ludens.elte.hu Csaba Pl=CAh (University of Szeged). pleh@edpsy.u-szeged.hu Tibor Schwendtner (University of Miskolc), h6171sch@ella.hu The conference is partially sponsored by the Hungarian National Research Foundation (OTKA) and the Hungarian Ministry of Education (FKFP and NKFP target programmes). Things to know 1. Currency and prices The Hungarian currency is called Forint (Ft). The current rate at the changing booths is as follows. 1 EURO =3D 240 HUF, 1 USD =3D 275 HUF, 1 GBP =3D 389 HUF. By European and American standards Hungary is definitely cheap. The prices indicated below are all the current prices, which may go up a little bit, but no dramatic change can be expected. 2. Arrival The talks start on June 21st in the morning, so you should arrive on the 20th. If you fly in by 13:00, you will have time to get to Miskolc, register, settle in your hotel, and make it to the reception in the evening. If you fly in later, you might have to register later, or, worse, miss the reception. >From the Budapest airport you can reach the Eastern Railway Station ("Keleti") by the airport minibus service. It leaves every 15-20 minute, and it takes about 40 minutes to reach the railway station.. The fee is 1800 HUF/person. Some of the cab drivers hanging around the airport like to rip off tourists, so be careful. If you want to go by cab, you should order it by phone at the following numbers: 466- 6666, 266-6666, 355-5555, 222-2222 All the companies whose numbers are listed have set rates from the airport, currently between 2800-3500 HUF. Miskolc is located in the north-east of Hungary, about 170 km from Budapest. The fastest and cheapest way to get there from Budapest is by an intercity train (IC), which leaves from Budapest, Eastern Railway Station at 7:00, 9:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00. (On the way back, the trains for Budapest leave at the same time.) The ride takes 1 hour and 52 minutes. Most trains go directly to Miskolc, but some stop at F=D8zesabony. The second class ticket costs about 2000 HUF, which includes a reserved seat. If you just missed the intercity and do not want to wait, you might be able to catch a fast ("gyors") train, which gets you to Miskolc in about 2 hours and 20 minutes. It is not as nice as the intercity, so it is worth buying a first class ticket (also about 2000 HUF). Do not take a slow ("szem=CAly") train: it is terribly slow, and you'll be better off waiting for the next intercity or fast train. There will be student aides waiting at the Miskolc railway station in the afternoon to help you to get to the site of registration or your hotel. For latecomers we will give instructions and contact numbers later. 3. Location of the conference The conference will take place in the building of the Miskolc Academic Committee (hereafter MAC), Erzs=CAbet t=CAr 2. It was built in 1900, and originally served as th= e building of the Miskolc Chamber of Commerce. Recently redecorated, it is the home of most academic and non-academic conferences and symposia in Miskolc. It is located downtown, in the walking area, just off Sz=CAchenyi Istv=C2n utca. 4. Accommodation All participants will be accommodated in Miskolctapolca, a nice resort suburb with a huge beach and a cave-bath, which is definitely worth a visit. We are currently negotiating with several hotels. Probably, we will be able to put up most participants in the same hotel. Those of you who get placed elsewhere do not have to worry: Tapolca is a small place and the hotels we are dealing with are within comfortable walking distance from one another. Tapolca is about a 15 minutes by cab from MAC. We will arrange for cabs to pick you up at your hotel in the mornings. We will also try to negotiate a set rate with one of the taxi companies. The only hotel downtown Miskolc, 3 minutes from MAC, is now fully booked up. If you have health problems or other reasons for being placed there, we can have you put on the waiting list. But we cannot hope to get more than one or two rooms. 5. Registration You can register at our main hotel in Tapolca between 13:00-18:30 on June 20 th and in MAC between 8:30-12:00 on the 21 st =2E. Otherwise catch one of the organisers or the student aides. 6. Participation and registration fee The participation fee is the HUF equivalent of 300 USD, and it covers accommodation, meals and social events. There is a registration fee, the HUF equivalent of 100 USD, for the expenses of organisation. Accompanying persons will have to pay the participation fee only. Your payment should arrive by electronic transfer before May 15 th =2E Those who do not meet the deadline will have to pay a surcharge of the HUF equivalent of 100 USD. Unfortunately, we cannot accept cash on the location. If you do not stay for the whole period of the conference, i.e. arrive later than the 20 th or leave earlier than the 24 th in the morning, your participation fee will be reduced.. If you know this right now, please indicate the time of your arrival and departure on the Information Sheet. If it turns out only later that you cannot stay for the full period, please let us know about this as soon as you can, but before May 15 th at the latest. Payments from abroad are to be made to: Magyar Nemzeti Bank 19017004 MNB Budapest SWIFT: MANEHUHB H-1054 Budapest, Hold. u. 4. Tel: 36 1 302-3000 Please make sure that the following appears in the comment column: "4010494, Intentionality, participation fee". If your payment is handled by someone else than yourself, your name should appear there too. Payments from within Hungary are to be made to: Magyar =E2llamkincst=C2r Account no.: 10027006-01426672-00000000 The comment column should include the same information as above. 7. Meals Breakfast will be served in your hotel. A buffet lunch will be provided in MAC. Dinner will be served in a nearby restaurant. 8. Social events There will be a welcome reception on June 20 th at the university, in the evening. On June 22 nd there will be an organised excursion to Tokaj, the famous wine growing region. We will leave by bus in the afternoon. We shall visit one of the wine cellars and taste what is rightly called "the king of wines and the wine of kings". 9. Program The complete program will be available well before the conference. You will have 35 minutes for the presentation and the discussion. There will be two parallel sections. There will also be plenary sessions with the invited speakers. The 35-minute constraint and the parallel sections are necessary because we have received excellent abstracts, which we just could not reject. (In fact, the abstracts we eventually chose to reject were also very good.) 10. Proceedings volume We will try to publish a proceedings volume. As we have a number of big names, our chances of finding a decent publisher are quite good. However, there will be nearly 50 papers, so, most likely, we will have to make a selection. If you intend your paper to be considered for publication, please bring a hard copy of the first version of your paper, which should not be longer than 8000 words. If your paper is accepted, we will leave time for you to make changes and send us an electronic version. 11. Individual transportation Tickets to streetcars and buses can be purchased at news agents or from the driver, who, however, sometimes does not have change. A ticket costs 115 HUF. Instead of public transportation, you can travel by cab, which is fairly cheap. Miskolc cab drivers do not have the ill reputation of their colleagues at the Budapest airport, but their rates vary. The cheapest companies are Hell=D5 Taxi (333-444), which operates a fleet of black-and-yellow cars, and Vol=C2n Taxi (555-555), whose cars white-and-blue. Cabs have a cheaper rate when they are ordered on the phone than when they are caught in the street. 12. Things to see in Miskolc Even though Miskolc is better suited for philosophy than tourism, there a couple of things worth visiting: Hermann Ott=D5 Museum (Papszer u. 1.), Museum of the Hungarian Orthodox Church (Batthy=C2nyi u. 7.), the Avas Church (Papszer u. 14), the Plank-Church (Pet?fi t=CAr), Cave-bath (Miskolctapolca, Paz=C2r I. s=CAt=C2ny). The medieval Castle of Di=D5sgy?r,= is beautiful, but is quite far. Lillaf=D8red is one of the most beautiful places in Hungary, but it is 20km from downtown Miskolc. If you want to find out more and see pictures, visit the city's homepage at www. Miskolc.hu. Tokaj, which we will visit for wine tasting, also has a homepage: www.tokaj.hu. Should you have any questions or requests, please contact G=C2bor Forrai (forrai@ludens.elte.hu) or Gy=C3rgy Kampis ( gk@caesar.elte.hu ). 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 20 13:07:27 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:07:27 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] 5th INPC: Law & Social Justice (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:57:04 -0800 (PST) From: Michael O'Rourke To: philosop@louisiana.edu 5th annual Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference Topic: Law and Social Justice Dates: April 5-7, 2002 Location: University Inn & University of Idaho Commons, Moscow, ID The Inland Northwest Philosophy Conference is a topic-focused, interdisciplinary conference, co-sponsored by the Philosophy Departments at the University of Idaho and Washington State University. This year the subjects of law and social justice will be the focus of numerous paper sessions and panel discussions. These begin at 9:00 on the morning of Friday, April 5, and continue through 1:00 on the afternoon of Sunday, April 7. Presenters include: Joshua Cohen (Keynote), Brian Bix, Philip Bobbitt, Thomas Christiano, Jules Coleman, Carl Cranor, John Gardner, Philip J. Ivanhoe, Ann Levey, Dennis Patterson, Stephen Perry, Robert Schopp, Anthony Sebok, Ori Simchen, Lee Tilson, Ben Zipursky The conference will begin with a set of undergraduate sessions on the morning of Friday, April 5. Additional information about this conference can be obtained at our website: http://www.its.uidaho.edu/inpc/5th-2002 . Registration materials and the conference program are available at that site. Please contact us at inpc@uidaho.edu if you have any questions about the conference or require further information. Sincerely, Joseph Keim Campbell, Washington State University Michael O'Rourke, University of Idaho David Shier, Washington State University INPC, Co-Directors 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 20 13:08:20 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:08:20 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] 6th meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:45:38 -0000 From: Maxim Lebedev 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 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 subject's language arguably helps to structure his or her conscious experience, not least by shaping the subject's 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, 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 ------------ 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.edu Address all enquiries about registration to dlopez@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.edu 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 dlopez@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/ 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 From maynardclark@YAHOO.COM Wed Mar 20 13:40:53 2002 From: maynardclark@YAHOO.COM (Maynard S. Clark) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 05:40:53 -0800 Subject: [Philnet] Philosophers (and other Authors) who were Vegetarian Message-ID: <20020320134053.28908.qmail@web11106.mail.yahoo.com> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A number of philosophers and other writers were vegetarians. Do any listmembers know any books which discuss (or even mention) this fact about the philosophical and/or other writers? The only book I know that discusses this topic at all is The Vegetarian Sourcebook by Keith Akers, where there's a chapter on various philosophers (Schopenhauer, etc.) who were devout vegetarians. We could also think of Peter Singer, Tom Regan, Colin Spencer, numberous philosophers of the Eastern religions, and theoretical and applied mathematicians and researchers in the natural and social sciences. But what might be available regarding the classical philosophers, primarily of yore. Maynard S. Clark http://www.ivu.org/people/ http://www.ivu.org/people/writers/index.html --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/philnet/attachments/69e269f6/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- 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 From I.Votsis@LSE.AC.UK Wed Mar 20 15:04:06 2002 From: I.Votsis@LSE.AC.UK (Votsis,I (pgr)) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:04:06 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Structural Realism Conference Message-ID: <79ADB904A57B9C42AED97ABC2EB80EF51F1782@ExS2.pc.lse.ac.uk> Dear all, Just a reminder.... Also, please note the venue change! STRUCTURAL REALISM AND NEWMAN'S PROBLEM=20 Saturday, 23 March =20 At The London School of Economics, St. Clement's Building, Room S75 Conference Schedule: =20 10:00 - 10:30 Registration / Tea & Coffee 10:30 - 11:40 'The Structuralist Conception of Objects'=20 Anjan Chakravartty, Cambridge University 11:40 - 13:10 'In Defence of Ontic Structural Realism'=20 James Ladyman, Bristol University =20 'Reason, Reference and the Quest for Objects'=20 Steven French, Leeds University =20 13:10 - 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 - 15:10 'Exemplification, Application and Structure'=20 Jeffrey Ketland, Kings College London 15:10 - 16:20 'Structural Realism and Ramseyfication: Responding to = Newman and Putnam' John Worrall, LSE & Elie Zahar, LSE Emeritus 16:20 - 16:40 Tea & Coffee Break 16:40 - 18:00 Panel Discussion (all the named speakers plus Michael = Redhead, LSE) 18:00 End of Programme=20 Sponsors: CPNSS (Centre for Philosophy of the Natural and Social = Sciences), BSPS (British Society for the Philosophy of Science) Organisers: Prof. John Worrall and Ioannis Votsis, London School of = Economics Any inquiries should be directed to: Ioannis Votsis, tel.: = 0207 955 6136, e-mail:i.votsis@lse.ac.uk The conference is organised by the Structuralism Project of the Centre = for Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences at LSE. The project = was established in Autumn 2000 with the intention to study and further = elaborate structural realism, a viewpoint that investigates structural - = broadly understood mathematical - continuity between successive = scientific theories. The conference will concentrate on topics such as = Newman's problem, Putnam's model-theoretic argument against realism, SR = and theories of reference and Ontic vs Epistemic SR. For more = information about the project and the centre please visit our website: = 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 From pronoia@nni.com Wed Mar 20 15:21:17 2002 From: pronoia@nni.com (Marilynn Lawrence) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:21:17 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] Re: pyrrhonian In-Reply-To: <000801c1cfbc$c3554070$f2943c18@p4h6p2> Message-ID: An article on Pyrrho can be found at the IEP: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/p/pyrrho.htm Apparently he was loved so well they made philosophers immune from taxes. Marilynn From luciano.floridi@PHILOSOPHY.OXFORD.AC.UK Wed Mar 20 17:28:01 2002 From: luciano.floridi@PHILOSOPHY.OXFORD.AC.UK (Luciano Floridi) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:28:01 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Re: pyrrhonian Message-ID: "I. P. Winham" writes: > Pyrrhonian. When the word "pyrrhonian" is used in philosophy, what does it > usually mean? You will find more information about your query (and about Montainge's use of Sextus Empiricus, among other things) in: Sextus Empiricus - The Transmission and Recovery of Pyrrhonism, "Classical Studies Series - American Philological Association" (Oxford University Press, 2002), http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0195146719.html Cheers Luciano _______________________________________ luciano.floridi@philosophy.oxford.ac.uk http://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/~floridi 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 From rofrega@TIN.IT Wed Mar 20 11:59:53 2002 From: rofrega@TIN.IT (Roberto Frega) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:59:53 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] competence Message-ID: <008201c1d015$a8256c40$9999abd4@robbo> Does anybody knows recent philosophical contributions that could throw light onto the notion of competence and his grammar (eg. like the Ryle's distinction between knowing how and knowing that) and/or relating to specific disciplinary application fields like learning processes and working performances study (eg like the competence/performance distinction)? Please, reply off list. Many thanks, Roberto Frega rofrega@tin.it 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 21 10:28:30 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:28:30 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: 2002 Bled Conference on Rationality (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:47:15 -0000 From: Maxim Lebedev To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com 2002 Bled Conference on Rationality Bled, June 3 - June 8, 2002 The conference is organized by a team consisting of Matjaz Potrc of the University of Ljubljana, Nenad Miscevic of the University of Maribor, Danilo Suster of the University of Maribor, Mylan Engel of the Northern Illinois University and Eugene Mills of Virginia Commonwealth University. The conference is officially included in the program of the activities of the Slovenian Society for Analytic Philosophy. The conference's website is up and running, thanks to Danilo Suster of the University of Maribor. Its address is http://www.daf-drustvo.si/bled.html On the website you will find: (a) a list of those who have already made at least a tentative commitment to come; (b) answers to frequently asked questions; and (c) links to tourist information about Bled and Slovenia. The list of participants will be updated periodically, and the program and abstracts will eventually be posted. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 21 15:46:01 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:46:01 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Call for papers: History of Ethics; Deadline: 30. June 2002 (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:14:06 +0100 From: Albert Newen Dear collegues, with this email you receive a call for papers concerning the bilingual journal "Philosophiegeschichte und logische Analyse/Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy". We would be pleased to receive a submission from yo= u. Sincerely Albert Newen ********************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS: Please contact our webpages: =09=09=09=09=09 http: //www.mentis.de/pla We are presently accepting papers for the sixth and seventh annual volume (Jan. 2003/Jan.2004), which will concentrate on the following topics: Volume 6 "History of Ethics" (to appear in Jan. 2003), Volume 7 "History of Philosophie of Science" to appear in Jan. 2004). The deadline for papers is 30 June 2002 for volume 6; resp. 31 May 2003 for volume 7. Furthermore, papers concerning the classics throughout the History of Philosophy are welcome at any time. The languages of publication are English and German. Papers must be submitted together with an electronic version. Electronic versions may be sent to us as attachment by e-mail. Each paper should also begin with a short abstract. Send papers to: ________________________________________________________________________ Apl. 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Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html From ian.pitchford@SCIENTIST.COM Thu Mar 21 15:54:12 2002 From: ian.pitchford@SCIENTIST.COM (Ian Pitchford) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:54:12 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] The Nature of Grief Message-ID: <00b801c1d0f0$a654fa80$429287d9@s2o4y1> Human Nature Review 2002 Volume 2: 119-121 ( 21 March ) URL of this document http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/archer.html Book Review The Nature of Grief: The Evolution and Psychology of Reactions to Loss by John Archer Routledge, 1999. Reviewed by Eduardo Keegan, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapies, School of Psychology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Email: ekeegan@psi.uba.ar John Archer's The Nature of Grief offers an original approach to the topic. Rather than presenting the conventional, clinical emphasis on depression and bereavement, Archer's book argues that grief is a natural reaction to the loss of a relationship. This particular view places grief 'in the province of biology and psychology, rather than psychiatry and counselling'. The research that gave origin to the book is theoretically based on evolutionary psychology and attachment theory, particularly on the works of Colin Murray Parkes and John Bowlby. Archer also acknowledges the important influence of ethology, through the work of Niko Tinbergen and his emphasis that psychological theory should only come after a detailed description of the phenomenon has been attained. Indeed, one of the great aspects of this interesting book is the constant effort to avoid a reductionistic conception of grief. Archer highlights the importance of a cross-cultural consideration of the phenomenon. Since an overwhelming proportion of research on the topic is done in the United States, there is a risk of generalizing aspects of grief that are idiosyncratic of the American society. The book offers, instead, a wealth of information on the experience of grief in different cultures. Full text http://human-nature.com/nibbs/02/archer.html Table of contents http://human-nature.com/nibbs/contents.html LETTERS TO THE EDITORS should be addressed to review@human-nature.com 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 From jonesey@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 21 17:06:25 2002 From: jonesey@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Lisa Jones) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:06:25 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] ASL Logic Colloquium Travel Grants Message-ID: <200203211706.g2LH6PF04161@webmail1.liv.ac.uk> ------ Forwarded message ------- We would like to remind you that the deadline for application for ASL Student Travel Grants and DFG Eastern European Scientist Grants for the ASL European Summer Meeting LOGIC COLLOQUIUM 2002 in Muenster (Germany) is APRIL 1st, 2002 Please find more information about the grants at http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/LC2002/grants.html and please do inform your PhD students and recent PhDs about the possibility of applying for a grant. The Organizing Committee -- For more information on the conference, visit our website at http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/LC2002/ 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 21 18:47:19 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:47:19 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: "Human Nature in Law and Political Morality" (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:25:23 +0000 To: bset@maillists.keele.ac.uk >Reply-To: "Dr. M. H. Kramer" > > > CAMBRIDGE FORUM FOR LEGAL & POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY > >Conference Announcement: > > "Human Nature in Law and Political Morality" > > 11-13 July 2002 > > VENUE: Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge > >co-sponsored by: > Faculty of Philosophy, Cambridge University > Faculty of Law, Cambridge University > Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities > British Academy > > >KEYNOTE SPEAKERS >---------------- >* Brian Barry (Columbia) > "Are People Responsible for Their Culture?" >* Gerald Postema (North Carolina) > Title to be announced > >PANELISTS >--------- >* Paula Casal (Keele) > "Neolithic Injustice" >* Antony Duff (Stirling) > "Heroism or Frailty: What the Criminal Law Should Expect of Us" >* Susan Hurley (Warwick) > "Imitation and Freedom of Expression" >* Susan James (Birkbeck) > "Passion and Politics" >* Edward McClennen (LSE) > "Rationality, Rights, and Prudence" >* Michael Rosen (Oxford) > "Liberalism and Human Nature" >* Hillel Steiner (Manchester) > "Duties to Enforce Rights" >* Andrew Williams (Reading) > "Justice, Constructivism, and Human Nature" >* Jonathan Wolff (UCL) > "Righting Wrongs and the Human Good" > >MODERATORS: Simon Blackburn * Raymond Geuss * Ross Harrison > Matthew Kramer * Onora O'Neill * Nigel Simmonds > > >The conference will examine how views of human nature affect the design of >laws and political institutions, and how we can use law and political >institutions to transform as well as regulate the nature of human beings. >Issues to be explored include the following: > --> the nature of human decision-making; > --> theories of rationality and their role in the design and > operation of political institutions; > --> the role of human nature in the formulation and > implementation of conceptions of distributive justice; > --> human nature and dispute resolution; > --> human nature and governmental regulation. >The conference is designed to appeal to legal and political philosophers >generally, and also to behavioral economists, game theorists, and cognitive >psychologists who are interested in applications of their disciplines to >the design of laws and political institutions or to the construction and >implementation of theories of distributive justice. > >Conference Coordinator: Mark Reiff (mrr23@cam.ac.uk) >For Further Information: > WEB: www.law.cam.ac.uk/cflpp (with electronic registration form) > E-MAIL: Matthew Kramer > >You can register on our Web site or with the e-mail version of the >registration form below. You should please transmit the completed form to >Matthew Kramer (mhk11@cam.ac.uk). Thank you. > > > REGISTRATION FORM > > "Human Nature in Law and Political Morality" > > 11-13 July 2002 > > Cambridge Forum for Legal & Political Philosophy > > >NAME: > >POSITION: > >INSTITUTION: > >E-MAIL: > >MAILING ADDRESS: > > > >CONFERENCE FEE: Regular 45 pounds Student 20 pounds >(select one) > > >ACCOMMODATION: Newnham College, 35 pounds/night, with breakfast >(if required) > Churchill College, 57 pounds/night, en-suite, > with breakfast > > >MEALS: Dinner 17 pounds per night >(if desired) > Lunch (Friday only) 13 pounds > > >Do you have any special dietary requirements? > > >TOTAL PAYMENT DUE: > >Please send your registration form and a cheque for the appropriate amount >(made out to "Human Nature in Law and Political Morality") by 1 July to: > Dr Matthew Kramer > Churchill College > Cambridge CB3 0DS > > > > > > > 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Thu Mar 21 18:48:21 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:48:21 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: LOGIC COLLOQUIUM 2002 (fwd) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 13:45:38 -0000 From: Maxim Lebedev To: philos-russia@yahoogroups.com LOGIC COLLOQUIUM 2002 (ASL European Summer Meeting) August 3 - 10, 2002 Institut fuer Mathematische Logik und Grundlagenforschung Muenster (Germany) The European summer meeting of the ASL in the year 2002 will be held in Muenster, Germany: http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/LC2002/ Invited speakers: Jeremy Avigad (Pittsburgh PA) Arnold Beckmann (Wien) Tim Carlson (Columbus OH) Robert Constable (Ithaca NY) Kosta Dosen (Toulouse) Moti Gitik (Tel Aviv) Volker Halbach (Konstanz) Bakhadyr Khoussainov (Auckland) Steffen Lempp (Madison WI) Toniann Pitassi (Tucson AZ) Thomas Scanlon (Berkeley CA) Ralf Schindler (Wien) Patrick Speissegger (Madison WI) Katrin Tent (W=D8rzburg) Tutorials by: Lev Beklemishev (Utrecht/Moscow) Steven Cook (Toronto ON) Olivier Lessmann (Chicago IL) Simon Thomas (Piscataway NJ) You can now pre-register by sending us a completed pre-registration form by fax. You can find the pre-registration form and the information needed to pre-register at: http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/LC2002/registration.html All people who pre-registered will be on our e-mail list and receive all information updates about the conference. Registration will *NOT* include a hotel reservation. Make sure that you visit our accommodation page http://wwwmath.uni-muenster.de/LC2002/accomm.html to select a hotel and book a room in advance. The later you organize your hotel room, the more complicated (and the more expensive) it will get. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Fri Mar 22 07:44:45 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 07:44:45 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Objectivism Theory and Practice Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 20:44:43 +0000 From: Alerts Objectivism Theory and Practice 29 June 2002 to 6 July 2002, Los Angeles, California A week-long exploration of the many facets of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism--from its broadest applications to its most subtle implications, from the inspirational qualities of Rand's fiction to her intellectual system. Topics include: John Locke, David Hume, Abraham Lincoln, Globalization, National Security, Ethics in War, Free Speech, Virtue Ethics, Benevolence, Individualism, Philosophy of Math, and introductory and advanced topics in Objectivism. Noted Speakers: David Kelley, Ph.d; Eric Mack, Ph.d; Joyce Penner, Ph.d; Brink Lindsey, J.D; Stephen Cox, Ph.d; Nathaniel Branden, Ph.d; Robert Levy, Ph.d, J.D; David Mayer, Ph.d; Kenneth Livingston, Ph.d; Edward Hudgins, Ph.d, and many more. E-mail enquiries: summerseminar@objectivistcenter.org Website: http://www.objectivistcenter.org/events/sem2002/seminars-sem02.asp Organized by: The Objectivist Center ----------------------------------------------------------------- This announcement distributed via http://www.ConferenceAlerts.com 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 From mejn@HUM.KU.DK Fri Mar 22 11:26:45 2002 From: mejn@HUM.KU.DK (Morten E.J. Nielsen) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:26:45 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Ackerman's Social Justice in The Liberal State Message-ID: Can Anyone recommend good articles, reviews, comments etc. on Ackerman's "Social Justice in the Liberal State", apart from the symposium in Ethics (1983). Of special interest is comments on Ackerman's defence of neutrality. Please reply off-list to mejn@hum.ku.dk Thanks in advance Ph.D. student M.E.J. Nielsen University of Copenhagen 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 From dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com Fri Mar 22 19:37:34 2002 From: dorisdirks00_@hotmail.com (Doris Dirks) Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:37:34 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Fwd: NAFSA.news Vol. 7, No. 12 Message-ID: All, The latest from NAFSA, including their response to the last Washington Po= st=20 article on tracking international students. Doris NAGPS >From: "NAFSA.news" >To: NAFSANEWS@LISTS.NAFSA.ORG >Subject: NAFSA.news Vol. 7, No. 12 >Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:00:58 -0500 > >**************** >NAFSA.news >**************** > >Vol. 7, No. 12 >March 25, 2002 > >Published weekly, NAFSA.news is the association's channel for direct >electronic communication to its members, providing authoritative >information, advocacy, and professional education news. > >NAFSA's 54th Annual Conference >* Enhancing Leadership and Learning in a Cultural Mosaic * >May 26-31, 2002 >San Antonio, Texas > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >CONTENTS >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > >1. Focus >-- Register Now for NAFSA's 54th Annual Conference > >2. Government Relations and Public Affairs Update >-- INS Considers Changes to Foreign Student Regulations >-- Border Security Legislation Remains Stalled in Senate >-- Gilman Study Abroad Program Highlights Diversity Among Students, >Locations >-- Study Abroad Touted During Senate Hearing >-- NAFSA Opinion Piece Published in San Diego Paper >-- NAFSA Responds to 'Washington Post' Articles on Student Visas, Tracki= ng >-- Regulatory Notices > >3. International Education Briefs >-- Senate Confirms Stroup as Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary=20 >Education > >-- 2002 'International Exchange Locator' Available >-- PDP Institute in San Francisco, Others Offered This Spring > >4. Upcoming Deadlines >-- Host Opportunities for Junior Faculty Development Program--Deadline=20 >March >29 >-- COOP Mini-Grants Available--Deadline April 1 >-- OSEAS NAFSA Conference Travel Grants--Deadline April 1 >-- Hosting Opportunities for 2002-03 FSA Undergraduate Program--Deadline >April 1 >-- EAIE Course on Advising International Students--Deadline April 10 >-- Nominations for SECUSSA Awards--Deadline April 12 >-- Region VI Conference Proposals--Deadline May 22 >-- Region III Conference Proposals--Deadline June 7 > >5. Accessing Federal Register Notices > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >NAFSA FOCUS >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > >**Register Now for NAFSA's 54th Annual Conference** > >Join colleagues from around the world at the biggest annual conference o= f >international educators, this year in San Antonio, Texas, May 26-31. >Information about the conference is available on the Web at: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thCon= fere >nce/annualconference.htm > >Special Offer! >If you register online by April 12, you will receive a coupon in your >registration packet in San Antonio entitling you to a special gift. Onli= ne >registration for the conference, workshops, and housing is easier than e= ver >using our newly enhanced Web site. > >If you prefer to register off line, you can print the necessary forms fo= r >mailing by accessing the links below: > >- Registration procedures: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thCon= fere >nce/registrationprocedures.pdf > >- Registration form for conference, special events, membership, and >workshops: >http://www.eseries.nafsa.org/staticcontent/images/pdfs/registrationform.= pdf > >- Housing procedures: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thCon= fere >nce/housingprodcedures.pdf > >- Hotel information: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thCon= fere >nce/hotelinfo.pdf > >- Registration form for housing: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/54thCon= fere >nce/housing_form.pdf > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > >**INS Considers Changes to Foreign Student Regulations** > >At a March 20 meeting at the American Council on Education, U.S.=20 >Immigration >and Naturalization Service (INS) officials briefed representatives of=20 >higher >education and exchange associations on pending regulations affecting >international students, scholars, and exchange visitors. To view a summa= ry >of the meeting, access: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/publicpolicy/NAFSAontheIssues/INSreg3202002= .htm > >The proposed regulations were also mentioned by INS Commissioner James >Ziglar on March 19 before the House Immigration and Claims Subcommittee, >which held a hearing regarding INS's recent mailing of I-20s for Mohamme= d >Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi to the Florida flight school where the two >airplane hijackers trained. For more information on the hearing and the >potential impact on foreign student exchange, access: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/publicpolicy/NAFSAontheissues/ziglar.htm > > >**Border Security Legislation Remains Stalled in Senate** > >On March 12, in a unique attempt to encourage Senate passage of border >security legislation, the House passed the language from its border=20 >security >bill (H.R.3525) by attaching it to an unrelated bill. H.R.3525 originall= y >passed the House on December 19, 2001, but Senate passage has been delay= ed >by Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), who refuses to budge in his demand for >floor debate prior to passage. "Congressional Quarterly" reports that=20 >Senate >leaders are considering scheduling debate on the border security measure >sometime after the Senate reconvenes April 8. > > >**Gilman Study Abroad Program Highlights Diversity Among Students, >Locations** > >On March 19, Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman (D-N.Y.) praised the Gilman >International Scholarship Program's first year statistics, which showed = an >increase in participation of minority students in study abroad and=20 >increased >diversity in the locations where students are studying. In the 2001-02 >academic year, 302 scholarships were awarded to students representing 17= 2 >higher education institutions across the United States. Of the 302=20 >awardees, >nearly a third were minority students. More than half of all students in= =20 >the >program studied in locations outside Western Europe. > >For more details of the program's statistics, read Gilman's congressiona= l >statement at: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/publicpolicy/NAFSAontheIssues/gilmanfloorte= xt.h >tm. >For general program information, access: http://www.iie.org/gilman. > > >**Study Abroad Touted During Senate Hearing** > >On March 12, in a congressional hearing on critical skills for national >security, study abroad was touted as the best method to learn a foreign >language. Susan Westin, managing director of international affairs and=20 >trade >at the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), stated that in her experien= ce, >GAO applicants with fluency in another language had studied abroad. Dr. = Ray >T. Clifford of the Defense Language Institute also stated that studying >abroad had a beneficial impact on language acquisition. > >The hearing was held by the Senate Subcommittee on International Securit= y, >Proliferation, and Federal Services. For more information the on the >subcommittee and the hearing, access: >http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs/ispfs.htm > > >**NAFSA Opinion Piece Published in San Diego Paper** > >On March 19, the "San Diego Union-Tribune" published an opinion piece by >NAFSA Executive Director and CEO Marlene Johnson. Johnson's piece focuse= s=20 >on >the significant contributions of international students and scholars to = the >United States, and the importance of continuing to be open to them. The >article was submitted several weeks prior to publication in the >Union-Tribune, and therefore does not address the media's most recent >coverage of student visas and SEVIS. To read the op-ed, access: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/PublicPolicy/FortheMedia/uniontrib.htm > > >**NAFSA Responds to 'Washington Post' Articles on Student Visas, Trackin= g** > >In response to two articles about student visas and tracking published i= n >the "Washington Post" on March 16 and 17, NAFSA submitted a letter to th= e >editor. To read the letter and to access the Post articles, go to: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/PublicPolicy/FortheMedia/post319.htm > > >**Regulatory Notices** > >- INS issued a request for comments regarding the Form N-400, Form for >Naturalization. Comments should be submitted by May 14, 2002. To view th= is >notice, issued on March 15, 2002, access: >http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=3D2002_registe= r&doci >d=3D02-6213-filed > >- The State Department submitted an information collection request to th= e >Office of Management and Budget regarding the Thomas R. Pickering Foreig= n >Affairs Fellowship Program. Comments should be submitted to OMB within 3= 0 >days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. To view this >notice, issued March 21, 2002, access: >http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=3D2002_registe= r&doci >d=3D02-6862-filed > >- The State Department announced a meeting of the Advisory Committee for= =20 >the >Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet >Union (Title VIII). The meeting will take place on Friday, April 19, 200= 2. >The Advisory Committee will recommend grant recipients for the FY2002 >competition of the Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the >Independent States of the Former Soviet Union in connection with the >"Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of = the >Former Soviet Union Act of 1983, as amended." This meeting is open to th= e >public. To view this notice, issued March 21, 2002, access: >http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=3D2002_registe= r&doci >d=3D02-6861-filed > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION BRIEFS >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > >**Senate Confirms Stroup as Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary >Education** > >On March 15, the U.S. Senate confirmed Sally Stroup as the new Assistant >Secretary for Postsecondary Education. The Bush administration announced= =20 >its >intention to nominate Stroup last October. Stroup comes to the position >after an extensive career in both government and higher education. > > >**2002 'International Exchange Locator' Available** > >The new "International Exchange Locator: 2002 Edition" is now available=20 >from >the Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange. Publis= hed >jointly with the State Department, the Locator is a complete guide to >international exchange organizations and programs. In addition, it lists >contact information for House and Senate committees, for State Departmen= t >and INS offices, and for other federal agencies involved with internatio= nal >exchange. To order, visit the Alliance's Web site at: >http://www.alliance-exchange.org. > > >**PDP Institute in San Francisco, Others Offered This Spring** > >A variety of Professional Development Program (PDP) workshops will be >offered within the NAFSA Spring 2002 Series in March/April, including th= e >PDP Institute in San Francisco on April 11-13 and the SECUSSA Institute >Workshops in Chicago on April 4-6. (Dates listed for the SECUSSA worksho= ps >in the previous issue of NAFSA.news were incorrect.) For a complete list= ing >of PDP and other workshops, please visit the Web at: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/trainin= g/up >comingtraining.htm. > >For questions and other information, please contact the Education and >Training Department at 202.737.3699, ext. 261, or via e-mail at >et@nafsa.org. > > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >UPCOMING DEADLINES >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > >**Host Opportunities for Junior Faculty Development Program--Deadline Ma= rch >29** > >The American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is seekin= g >U.S. institutions to host participants of the Junior Faculty Development >Program (JFDP) for the 2002-03 academic year. Host applications are due >March 29. JFDP is a non-degree, professional development program intende= d=20 >to >provide opportunities for university faculty from 10 Eurasian countries = to >develop new courses, implement curriculum reform, and cultivate new=20 >teaching >skills and techniques through exposure to U.S. educational methods. JFDP= is >funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. >Department of State. Information and the host application are located at= =20 >the >JFDP Web site: www.actr.org/JFDP. > > >**COOP Mini-Grants Available--Deadline April 1** > >NAFSA's Cooperative Grants Program (COOP) is accepting proposals for its >Mini-Grant competition. Mini-Grants are awards of up to $2,000. The=20 >deadline >for proposals is April 1, 2002. For more information, visit the NAFSA We= b >site at http://www.nafsa.org. Go to the Professional and Educational >Resources heading and then click on Grants and Scholarships. > >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 of 1961, as amended. > > >**OSEAS NAFSA Conference Travel Grants--Deadline April 1** > >Due to the generous support of Thomson Prometric, Peterson's (a Division= of >the Thomson Corporation), and Educational Testing Service (ETS), NAFSA i= s >offering OSEAS NAFSA Conference travel grants to help overseas education= al >advisers attend the NAFSA conference in San Antonio, Texas, May 26-31,=20 >2002. >Deadline to apply is April 1. The travel grants, in the amount of $500 >dollars, will be given to awardees at the conference. For more informati= on >on eligibility requirements and to download an application form, access: >http://www.nafsa.org/content/ProfessionalandEducationalResources/Grantsa= ndSc >holarship/GrantsAndScholarships.htm or e-mail jamied@nafsa.org. > > >**Hosting Opportunities for 2002-03 FSA Undergraduate Program--Deadline >April 1** > >U.S. universities and community colleges interested in hosting undergrad= s >from the Newly Independent States as part of the 2002-2003 FSA=20 >Undergraduate >Program should submit applications by April 1. This U.S. Department of=20 >State >Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs program is funded by the Free= dom >Support Act; IREX will administer the program pending State Department a= nd >congressional approval. Applications are available at: >http://www.irex.org/programs/fsau/index.htm. > > >**EAIE Course on Advising International Students--Deadline April 10** > >The European Association of International Education (EAIE) is offering a >European training course "Advising International Students" May 2-5, 2002= ,=20 >at >Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands. The=20 >registration >deadline is April 10, 2002. For more information, access=20 >http://www.eaie.nl, >or contact the course leaders at the following e-mail addresses: >Jeanine.Hermans@mkt.osa.wau.nl or MDPusch@pobox.com. > > >**Nominations for SECUSSA Awards--Deadline April 12** > >NAFSA's Section on U.S. Students Abroad (SECUSSA) is seeking nominations= =20 >for >the Lily von Klemperer Award and the Education Abroad Leadership Award. >Descriptions of the prestigious awards and nomination protocol can be fo= und >on the SECUSSA Web site at http://www.secussa.nafsa.org/awards.html. The >2002 awards will be presented at the SECUSSA business meeting during=20 >NAFSA's >54th Annual Conference in San Antonio. Nominations must be submitted by >April 12. > > >**Region VI Conference Proposals--Deadline May 22** > >NAFSA Region VI is now accepting proposals for its conference, "Music to= =20 >Our >Ears: Grass Roots Diplomacy," November 3-5 in Lexington, KY. The form fo= r >submitting proposals is available at: >http://www.bsu.edu/web/international/nafsa/nafsa6/events.htm. Hard copie= s=20 >of >the form will be available in the upcoming Region VI Newsletter. For mor= e >information, contact Dee Bunge (conference chair) at e-mail >luxembrg@bright.net. > > >**Region III Conference Proposals--Deadline June 7** > >NAFSA Region III is now accepting proposals for its regional conference, >"Rebuilding From the Heartland," November 6-8, in Oklahoma City, Oklahom= a. >Deadline for proposals is June 7. 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NUFFIELD COUNCIL ON BIOETHICS RESEARCH OFFICER The Nuffield Council on Bioethics examines the ethical issues raised by advances in biological and medical research to promote public understanding and assist policy makers. The Council is funded by The Nuffield Foundation, The Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council. The Research Officer will support the Director and Assistant Directors by carrying out relevant research, drafting papers, identifying and managing appropriate research resources, and supervising the maintenance of internal files and databases by the Information Assistant.=20 The candidate will require a degree or equivalent experience, preferably in the life sciences, biomedicine or similar. Experience of research and drafting and familiarity with a range of research techniques and resources are essential. The appointment is on a fixed term contract until 31 December 2006, in the first instance. 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Miller To: SSEA@LISTSERV.VT.EDU The Society for the Study of Ethics & Animals meets in conjunction with the Divisional meetings of the American Philosophical Association. Papers are hereby invited for the 2002 Eastern meeting in late December. Papers are welcome on any topic concerning ethical issues affecting nonhuman animals. Possible topics include (but certainly are not limited to): The ethics and epistemology of animal research. Vegetarianism in religious traditions. Companion animals, paternalism, and community. The importance of animal issues in philosophy. The justifiability of Animal Liberation Front activities. Historical studies of conceptions of the moral standing of nonhumans. The moral significance (if any) of genetic engineering or other biotechnology. Animal liberation and environmental ethics. The propriety of pet-keeping. Xenotransplantation and related issues. and so on. A system of blind refereeing is used. 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Clark) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 15:48:24 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Journal of Applied Philosophy & the Ms B Case Message-ID: Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:34:03 +0000 From: Suzanne M Uniacke Journal of Applied Philosophy influential in 'Right to Die' case On 22 March, 2002, England's senior woman judge, Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, ruled that Ms B, a 43 year old woman paralysed from the neck down and kept alive on a ventilator, had the right to have her life support switched off at her own request. Dame Butler-Sloss said that she had been helped in reaching her judgement about the rights of a competent patient by an article from the Journal of Applied Philosophy. The article to which Dame Butler-Sloss referred is by Dr Kim Atkins of the University of Tasmania: 'Autonomy and the Subjective Character of Experience', Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol. 17, no. 1 (2000). ---------------------------------------- Suzanne M Uniacke Email: S.M.Uniacke@hull.ac.uk University of Hull 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 From rick.lewis@PHILOSOPHYNOW.DEMON.CO.UK Sat Mar 23 19:05:19 2002 From: rick.lewis@PHILOSOPHYNOW.DEMON.CO.UK (Rick Lewis) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:05:19 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] Re: Yuk! Message-ID: >can anyone tell me when the 'yuk' factor was first actually _named_ as such? > >many thanks >adam H. > >Adam Hedgecoe; According to an excellent article by Charles Fethe that appeared in Philosophy Now a while back, the origin of the term was as follows: --------------------------------- "'Yuck' (or 'yuk') has been around for some time. The Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary notes that it appeared as an American slang term early in the 1940's and was used pejoratively to describe someone as a fool. But by the 1960's, it took on a different meaning. It became associated with revulsion and disgust. The Supplement offers an example which nicely illustrates the later use of the term: "Rotting wodges of chilly yuck which once were apples and pears." The word also acquired a forceful expressive function, as in this sentence from a 1983 novel: "It was the way he talked about her... 'You know what older women are, wink, wink.'.. Yuk!" Perhaps the clearest sign that 'yuck' was gaining a measure of respectability was the transformation of the single word into a term now often used by academics and culture critics: 'the yuck factor'. "It was in the 1990's that the philosophers really began to notice how yucky things have become. Those who found the term most appealing were the ethicists, beginning with Professor Arthur Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania, and the word now appears regularly at bioethical conferences, sometimes used in a serious way and sometimes as a joke." (from "The Yuck Factor" by Charles Fethe, PHILOSOPHY NOW Issue 29, Oct/Nov 2000) --------------------------------- This suggests that Arthur Caplan was the first to use the term "yuck factor" in an ethics context, though Charles Fethe doesn't say exactly when. You could always ask Caplan if he did indeed coin it, and if so when. Hope this helps, Rick Lewis ============================================== PHILOSOPHY NOW: a magazine of ideas 43a Jerningham Rd, London SE14 5NQ, U.K. http://www.philosophynow.org ============================================== 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 From areth@EARTHLINK.NET Sat Mar 23 22:44:01 2002 From: areth@EARTHLINK.NET (Charles Young) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:44:01 -0800 Subject: [Philnet] JHP search for editor Message-ID: EDITOR JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Edi- tor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy. The Editor will serve a five-year term beginning in August 2003. The Journal, an international quarterly with some 1400 subscribers, publishes ar- ticles, notes, discussions, and reviews devoted to the history of Western philosophy, broadly conceived. The Editor must be a lead- ing scholar in some area of the history of Western philosophy. It is also expected that the Editor's home institution will provide some form of operating support. The Editor is responsible to the Board of Directors for all aspects of the editorial process of the Journal. Letters of application or nomination, with a copy of the applicant's or nominee's C.V., must be submitted by December 31, 2002, to ensure full consideration. Send all correspondence to: Professor Charles M. Young JHP Search Committee Chair Department of Philosophy Claremont Graduate University 736 N. College Ave. Claremont, CA 91711-6199 Phone: (909) 607-3926 Fax: (909) 621-7872 Email: areth@earthlink.net The Journal of the History of Philosophy is committed to equal op- portunity and affirmative action in all appointment decisions. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Sun Mar 24 07:23:30 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 07:23:30 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] JHP search for editor (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:41:59 -0800 From: Charles Young To: PHILOSOP@louisiana.edu EDITOR JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Edi- tor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy. The Editor will serve a five-year term beginning in August 2003. The Journal, an international quarterly with some 1400 subscribers, publishes ar- ticles, notes, discussions, and reviews devoted to the history of Western philosophy, broadly conceived. The Editor must be a lead- ing scholar in some area of the history of Western philosophy. It is also expected that the Editor's home institution will provide some form of operating support. The Editor is responsible to the Board of Directors for all aspects of the editorial process of the Journal. Letters of application or nomination, with a copy of the applicant's or nominee's C.V., must be submitted by December 31, 2002, to ensure full consideration. Send all correspondence to: Professor Charles M. Young JHP Search Committee Chair Department of Philosophy Claremont Graduate University 736 N. College Ave. Claremont, CA 91711-6199 Phone: (909) 607-3926 Fax: (909) 621-7872 Email: areth@earthlink.net The Journal of the History of Philosophy is committed to equal op- portunity and affirmative action in all appointment decisions. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Sun Mar 24 07:26:09 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 07:26:09 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Ethics Conference CFP (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 13:25:19 -0800 From: J M Fritzman Please direct all replies and questions to Mylan Engel, Jr. Call for Papers The Northern Illinois Ethics Consortium Hosts a Conference on "Ethics in Contemporary Life" September 27-28, 2002 Northern Illinois University Keynote Events: "Animal Experimentation Pro and Con" Dr. Ray Greek and Prof. Carl Cohen will debate the relative merits of using animals in scientific research. "Social Justice and Internet Technology" Prof. Clifford Christians Submission Deadline: July 15, 2002 See submission guidelines below Ethics in Contemporary Life This is the call for papers for the inaugural Northern Illinois Ethics Consortium Conference. The conference will be held on the campus of Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, 27-28 September 2002. 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On Saturday, September 28, Prof. Clifford Christians will present a lecture entitled: "Social Justice and Internet Technology." Clifford Christians is Research Professor of Communications and Director of the Institute for Communications Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana. He is senior author or editor of: Good News: Social Ethics and the Press; Communication Ethics and Universal Values; and Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning. 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 From counsel@ACTCOM.CO.IL Sun Mar 24 21:33:00 2002 From: counsel@ACTCOM.CO.IL (Shlomit C. Schuster) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:33:00 +0200 Subject: [Philnet] Call for papers Message-ID: <007801c1d37b$841e4920$401673c0@vday> http://www.radpsynet.org/journal/callforpapers.html Radical Psychology, an online, peer-reviewed journal, announces a call for manuscripts for a special issue on Activism in Psychology. Original Research, overviews, case studies, theoretical, and position papers will all be considered. Since the inception of modern psychology, psychologists--but also other professionals--have been active in social change and in attempts to influence policy issues. Moreover, the rise of social activism in the second half of the 20th century and of the constructivist and qualitative methodologies that are both replacing and supplementing positivist research have resulted in the engagement of psychology as a profession. The upcoming special issue will focus on the following issues: 1. Liberation psychology in Latin America and other areas of political oppression. 2. 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Other philosophical resources on the Web can be found at http://www.liv.ac.uk/Philosophy/philos.html From pfeifer@SASK.USASK.CA Mon Mar 25 15:35:41 2002 From: pfeifer@SASK.USASK.CA (Karl Pfeifer) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:35:41 -0600 Subject: [Philnet] Re: Yuk! References: Message-ID: <3C9F43CB.1BFE108B@sask.usask.ca> Rick Lewis wrote: > fool. But by the 1960's, it took on a different meaning. It became > associated with revulsion and disgust. When I was a teen in the 60's here in Canada, "yuk" (less frequently spelled "yuck") was an interjection, used in a an onamatopoeic way to express or highlight a humorous, albeit sometimes derisive, reaction (e.g. "coito ergo sum, yuk, yuk, yuk" -- the yuks often came in twos or threes), and the other revulsive sense, along with the cognate adjective "yucky", came along quite a bit later; "yucky" perhaps developed by association with "icky", which it seemed to replace as the term of choice in many contexts. Karl Pfeifer 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 From wjp@LANL.GOV Mon Mar 25 17:46:08 2002 From: wjp@LANL.GOV (William Powers) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:46:08 -0700 Subject: [Philnet] Re: Yuk! References: <3C9F43CB.1BFE108B@sask.usask.ca> Message-ID: <3C9F6260.8FCD9F36@lanl.gov> Growing up perhaps a little earlier than Karl, I can remember a very similar meaning for yuk. Following this sense of yuk, the term yukky was not employed. As Karl notes, however, there is a mild sense of derision in the use of the term, as someone might respond to a bad joke. What I am having trouble remembering, however, is whether the term yuckky was used when I was growing up in the 50's to mean what my children mean today, i.e., something that tastes bad, either literally or metaphorically. It is possible that the term yuk, as Karl and I remember it, and the term yuckky have different etymological roots. bill powers Los Alamos, NM Karl Pfeifer wrote: > Rick Lewis wrote: > > > fool. But by the 1960's, it took on a different meaning. It became > > associated with revulsion and disgust. > > When I was a teen in the 60's here in Canada, "yuk" (less frequently spelled "yuck") was an > interjection, used in a an onamatopoeic way to express or highlight a humorous, albeit sometimes > derisive, reaction (e.g. "coito ergo sum, yuk, yuk, yuk" -- the yuks often came in twos or threes), and > the other revulsive sense, along with the cognate adjective "yucky", came along quite a bit later; > "yucky" perhaps developed by association with "icky", which it seemed to replace as the term of choice > in many contexts. > > Karl Pfeifer > > 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 -- Email: wjp@lanl.gov Voice: 505-665-3614 SnailMail: Los Alamos National Laboratory X-1 MS : B259 Los Alamos, NM 87545 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 From conor@STAINTONPOLLAND.FREESERVE.CO.UK Mon Mar 25 22:11:34 2002 From: conor@STAINTONPOLLAND.FREESERVE.CO.UK (Conor) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 22:11:34 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] yuk/yuck/ick/etc Message-ID: <001901c1d44a$07830520$dad0883e@OFFICE> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment From: Jonathan Green, ed. The Cassell Dictionary of Slang (London: = Cassell, 1999) the following - yuck/yecch/yech/yuk n. [1960s+] (US) anything or anyone seen as = repulsive. yuck v. [1960's +] (US campus/teen) to vomit. [echoic] yuck!/yeech!/yech!/yuk! excl. [1960s+] an all-purpose usu. juv. excl. of = distste. [echoic] yucky/yecchy/yukky/ucky adj. [1960s+] (usu. juv.) unpleasant disgusting, = with overtones of stickyness or smelliness. (cf. OOKY) ook n. [1960s+] anything unpleasant, esp. something slimy and/or viscous = (cf. YUK). [the sound of disgust that indicates the discovery of such a = thing] ooky adj. [1960s+] (US) disgusting, esp. sticky, slimy (cf ICKY) icky/icky-boo/icky-poo adj. [1930s+] (orig.US) 1 of a person or an = object (typically a film or play), sickly, over-sentimental. 2 (mainly = teen) distasteful, nauseating, unpleasant 3 (mainly teen) of food, = sticky, sweet. [abbr. SE sticky/echoic] ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/philnet/attachments/27829116/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 26 07:09:52 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 07:09:52 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] CFP: Grad Student Conference (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 11:35:12 -0600 From: Scott Berman To: PHILOSOP Saint Louis University Graduate Conference in Philosophy The Metaphysics of Persons October 10 -11, 2002 Keynote Speaker: Dean Zimmerman, Syracuse University The Graduate Students of Saint Louis University are calling for papers on the metaphysics of persons. Papers dealing with issues such as Human Nature, personal identity over time, personal identity after death, issues in philosophy of mind, freedom, and issues in Personalism. Deadline for Submissions: Friday, May 17, 2002 Send Papers to: Graduate Conference Coordinator Department of Philosophy Saint Louis University 3800 Lindell Ave. Room 130 St. Louis, MO 63108 or brentjr@slu.edu 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 26 07:10:33 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 07:10:33 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] JOB: Cog Sci and Psych, Carleton Univ (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:04:23 -0500 From: Andrew Brook To: PHILOSOP Psychology and Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada seeks applicants for a tenure-track joint appointment in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the level of Assistant or Associate Professor commencing July 1, 2002. Carleton University offers Canada=s first fully integrated PhD programme in Cognitive Science and our HCI group, one of the first in North America, is extremely well funded; its exciting research is backed by excellent facilities and support. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. by the time of taking up the appointment and a solid record of research in cognitive science and experimental approaches to human cognition, with interests in AI and/or HCI.. The successful candidate will administer a new Minor in Cognitive Science. Salary and terms and conditions of employment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. The applications of Canadians and permanent residents will be considered first. Carleton University is committed to equality of employment for woman, visible minorities, aboriginal candidates, and candidates with physical challenges. The position is subject to budgetary approval. Applications including a c.v., at least three letters of reference, samples of recent research, summaries of courses recently taught and/or seminars given, and teaching evaluations where available should be sent to: Prof. Andrew Brook, Director, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, or Prof. Kim Matheson, Chair, Department of Psychology, Carleton University, 1125 Col. By Drive, Ottawa K1S 5B6. Candidates are welcome to communicate by email: andrew_brook@carleton.ca or kim_matheson@carleton.ca. Last date for receipt of applications: Monday, Apr. 8, 2001. 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 26 07:11:45 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 07:11:45 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] 8th PG Conference, Essex Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:58:57 -0000 From: "Huskinson, Lucy A" 'Desire' Friday, 28th June 2002 8th International Philosophy Postgraduate Conference, University of Essex. http://www.essex.ac.uk/philosophy Plenary speakers: Professor Jonathan Lear (Chicago) Dr. Adam Philips (Psychotherapist and author of Darwin's Worms and Monogamy= ) Postgraduate Speakers: Eric Champion (Melbourne, Australia); Fabio Fraccaroli (Lancaster) Laura Werner (Helsinki); Chris Sodering (Bristol); Eran Dorfman (Paris) David Webster (Sunderland/Gloucestershire); Peter Rollins (Queens, Belfast) Cinara Nahra (Essex); Dalia Nassar (Boston, U.S.A); Lorenzo Chiesa (Warwick= ) Topics and thinkers discussed: Hegel, Honneth and film; Derrida and Marion; Husserl, Meleau-Ponty and Lacan; Deleuze and Guttari; Bataille, Hamlet, Melville and Cioran; Von Sacher Masoch; Theravada Buddhism; Virtual environments; Artaud and suffering; Kearney, Sartre, Bataille and the photograph; Koj=E8ve, Lacan and tragedy. Conference Registration: =A315 waged; =A310 unwaged. Cheques made payable to: University of Essex. Send to: Lucy Huskinson/Charmaine Coyle University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ. Further information and general enquiries to: lahusk@essex.ac.uk / ccoyle@essex.ac.uk 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Tue Mar 26 07:13:27 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 07:13:27 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Conference on Russell, Wittgenstein & History of Analytic Philosophy (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:12:35 -0600 From: David G. Stern To: philosop@louisiana.edu Department of Philosophy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 Conference on Russell, Wittgenstein, and the History of Analytic Philosophy April 11-13 2002 For a conference schedule and abstracts, please go to: http://www.uiowa.edu/~phil/conf.html There is no conference registration fee, but those attending from out of town are asked to email the organizer, david-stern@uiowa.edu, so that we can plan accordingly. Thursday, April 11 Annual Bergmann Memorial Lecture. 1. "Sorcerer's Apprentice: Philosophizing in Wittgenstein's Shadow." Jaakko Hintikka, Boston University. Friday, April 12 Five Perspectives on the Tractatus. 2. Wittgenstein's Tractatus: a controversial 'underview.' Edgar C. Boedeker, Jr., University of Northern Iowa. 3. Infinity as a number. David C. McCarty, Indiana University. 4. Russell's Version of the Doctrine of Showing. Gregory Landini, University of Iowa. 5. A Worldly Wittgenstein: Situation Semantics as a Model for Tractarian Awe. Hilmi M. Demir, Indiana University. 6. The New Wittgenstein and his Critics. James Conant, University of Chicago. 7. It depends on what you mean by 'is': How Did Contemporary Logic Come About? Jaakko Hintikka, Boston University. Russell's Influence. 8. From Russell's T to Wittgenstein's Cube. Jean-Philippe Narboux, University of Chicago. 9. Russell's Influence on Carnap's Aufbau: An Update. David S. Bullwinkle, Iowa City. The Limits of Ontology. 10. Moore's Characterization of Consciousness and the Limits of the Phenomenological Ontology of Mind. Ken Williford, University of Iowa. 11. The central arguments of the Philosophical Investigations: an elementary exposition. David G. Stern, University of Iowa. David G. Stern Department of Philosophy 269 English-Philosophy Building University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242-1408 USA phone: (319) 335 0020 fax: (319) 353 2322 email: david-stern@uiowa.edu 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 From ucrhamh@UCL.AC.UK Tue Mar 26 10:38:32 2002 From: ucrhamh@UCL.AC.UK (Adam Hedgecoe) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 10:38:32 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Re: the yuk debate In-Reply-To: <001901c1d44a$07830520$dad0883e@OFFICE> Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20020326103832.0086c100@pop-server.ucl.ac.uk> many thanks to everyone who has helped on the origins of the yuk factor. all very useful. cheers adam H. Adam Hedgecoe; Wellcome Trust Research Fellow Department of Science and Technology Studies University College London Gower Street WC1E 6BT a.hedgecoe@ucl.ac.uk http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/ Tel: 020 7679 7863 Fax: 020 7916 2425 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 From apa_hutchinson@YAHOO.CO.UK Tue Mar 26 18:45:01 2002 From: apa_hutchinson@YAHOO.CO.UK (=?iso-8859-1?q?phil=20hutchinson?=) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:45:01 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Mind and Society 2002 Message-ID: <20020326184501.51133.qmail@web20209.mail.yahoo.com> dear all, MIND AND SOCIETY 2002 (The 9th Mind and Society Seminars) Thursday/Friday, 6/7 JUNE to be held at: Room 335, Manton Bldg, MMU, Oxford Rd., Manchester. Speaker Line-up: Meredith Williams (Johns Hopkins) Michael Williams (Johns Hopkins) Dennis Patterson (Rutgers) Jeff Coulter (Boston) Rupert Read (UEA) Ivan Leudar (Manchester) Full details of programme - schedule of sessions and titles of papers - will be sent in a few weeks. All enquiries to one of the following. Dave Francis - d.francis@mmu.ac.uk Phil Hutchinson - apa_hutchinson@yahoo.co.uk Rupert Read - r.read@uea.ac.uk __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 27 07:39:18 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 07:39:18 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] JOB: Level C/D Lectureship - Univ. of Tasmania (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 16:48:09 +1200 From: Jeff Malpas at Jeff.Malpas@utas.edu.au wrote: > Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy, Hobart, University of > Tasmania > > Closing Date: Monday, 22 April 2002 > Reference No: HA 56/02 > > > Applications are invited for appointment to the position of Senior > Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy, which will be offered on a > full-time tenurable basis. The School of Philosophy is seeking someone with > an established record of excellence in research and to contribute > significantly to the further development of the School's already strong > reputation within philosophy in Australasia. The appointee will also be > expected to take on a significant leadership role within the School, which > may include the role of Head of School. Duties will include teaching and > administration, in addition to research. Applicants must possess expertise > in Feminist Philosophy, and either European Philosophy or Moral Philosophy. > > The successful applicant will be appointed at Academic Level C or D and an > attractive and competitive salary will be negotiated. The position is based > on the Hobart campus, although a contribution to the delivery of the > School's program on other campuses will be expected. Women are particularly > encouraged to apply as the University is seeking to increase the number of > women in senior academic and administrative positions. > > Please contact the Head of the School of Philosophy, Professor Jeff > Malpas on (03) 6226 2257 or email Jeff.Malpas@utas.edu.au for further > information about this position. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Prof Jeff Malpas<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > Head, School of Philosophy, University of Tasmania > Director, University Centre for Applied Philosophy and Ethics > GPO Box 252-41 Hobart, Tasmania 7001, AUSTRALIA 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 From G.K.Harrison@DURHAM.AC.UK Wed Mar 27 12:55:17 2002 From: G.K.Harrison@DURHAM.AC.UK (G.K.Harrison) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:55:17 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Call For Papers Message-ID: <3CA1C135.1DADC8FD@durham.ac.uk> Call For Papers Philosophical Writings, the journal for postgraduates and new academics, is currently accepting essays for Issue 18. Submissions are invited on any area of Philosophy and the deadline for Issue 18 is 25 April. Founded in 1996, Philosophical Writings is an international journal published tri-annually in the University of Durham's Philosophy Department. Submission guidelines are available on our webpage:http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophical.writings Submissions should be sent to: The Editors Philosophical Writings Department of Philosophy 50 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HN Tel: 0191 374 7641 Fax: 0191 374 7635 Email: Philosophical.Writings@dur.ac.uk http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophical.writings 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 From cperring@YAHOO.COM Wed Mar 27 20:18:48 2002 From: cperring@YAHOO.COM (Christian Perring) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:18:48 -0800 Subject: [Philnet] Books for Review on Metapsychology Online Message-ID: <20020327201848.6901.qmail@web13409.mail.yahoo.com> I am looking for prompt and careful reviewers for Metapsychology Online Review. Either Ph.D. or ABD in Philosophy, Psychology, or other behavioral sciences is preferable. Ideally reviews should draw connections between the subject of the book and issues in mental health, psychopathology, normality or emotions. Guidelines at http://metapsych.topcities.com/revguide.htm Deadline: July 15, 2002 If interested, please e-mail me at CPERRING@YAHOO.COM 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 Please do NOT send me any large attachments with CVs etc -- my mailbox will soon reach its size limit. Unsanctifying Human Life Peter Singer Blackwell 2002 400 pages Restraining Rage The Ideology of Anger Control in Classical Antiquity William Harris Harvard UP 2001 468 pages Losing Matt Shepard Life and Politics in the Aftermath of Anti-Gay Murder Beth Loffreda Columbia University Press 2000 189 pages Responsible Genetics The Moral Responsibility of Geneticists for the Consequences of Human Genetics Research Philosophy & Medicine Anders Nordgren Kluwer Academic 2001 273 pages Sovereign Virtue The Theory and Practice of Equality Ronald Dworkin Harvard UP 2000 510 pages Philosophy & Psychotherapy Edward Erwin Sage Publications 1997 178 pages The Portable Ethicist for Mental Health Professionals An A-Z Guide to Responsible Practice Barton Bernstein & Thomas Hartsell Wiley 2000 285 pages Health, Science, and Ordinary Language Lennart Nordenfelf Rodopi 2000 234 pages Refuting Peter Singer's Ethical Theory The Importance of Human Dignity Susan Lufkin Krantz Praeger 2002 132 pages In Love with Life Reflections on the Joy of Living and Why We Hate to Die John Lachs Vanderbilt 1998 123 pages The Relevance of Philosophy to Life John Lachs Vanderbilt 1995 277 pages __________________________________________________ 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/bioethical relevance: On the Internet by Hubert L. 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Raabe Ph.D. on Mar 14th 2002 http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=1027 Body Bazaar The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age by Lori Andrews and Dorothy Nelkin Review by Ann Heesters on Mar 14th 2002 http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=1028 The Art of Living Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault by Alexander Nehamas Review by Robert Makus, Ph.D. on Mar 19th 2002 http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=1030 Naturalism and the Human Condition Against Scientism by Frederick A. Olafson Review by Mark Welch, Ph.D. on Mar 22nd 2002 http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=1035 Hidden Minds A History of the Unconscious by Frank Tallis Review by Peter B. Raabe, Ph.D. on Mar 24th 2002 http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=1039 Mind and Mechanism by Drew V. McDermott Review by Marcel Scheele on Mar 27th 2002 http://mentalhelp.net/books/books.php?type=de&id=1045 Thanks, Christian Perring ===== Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/cperring/ Editor of Metapsychology Online Review: http://mentalhelp.net/books/ Contributing Editor to The Philosophers' Magazine: http://www.philosophers.co.uk Office Phone/Fax: (631) 244-3349 / 589-6644 Dept Philosophy, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ 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 From srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK Wed Mar 27 20:46:22 2002 From: srlclark@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (Prof S.R.L. Clark) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:46:22 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] JOB: Research Fellowship at Tulane University (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:31:36 +1100 From: Fred D'Agostino To: aphil-l@postbox.anu.edu.au The Philosophy Department and the Center for Ethics and Public Affairs at Tulane University announce a Research Fellowship for an outstanding scholar in Moral, Social or Political Philosophy for the Spring (Jan-May) of 2003. Preference is for a candidate who will spend the semester in residence, and who is willing to teach one seminar on his or her research. Accommodations for a shorter visit may be made for exceptional candidates. The Fellowship involves a significant financial element, depending on the Fellow's need. Normally support for Americans on sabbatical will match the contributions of their university; arrangements for others will be negotiated. Fellowship includes fares to and from New Orleans. For further information please contact Gerald Gaus as ggaus@tulane.edu Fred D'Agostino Head, School of Social Science University of New England Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia phone & voicemail: +61 (0)2 6773 2679 secretary: +61 (0)2 6773 2300 fax: +61 (0)2 6773 3748 email: fdagosti@metz.une.edu.au 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 From janzb@AUGUSTANA.AB.CA Wed Mar 27 20:48:46 2002 From: janzb@AUGUSTANA.AB.CA (Bruce Janz) Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:48:46 -0700 Subject: [Philnet] FYI: CIRLA Conference Registration Reminder Message-ID: Greetings. This is just a reminder that the early registration deadline = for the CIRLA Banff conference, "Playing the Wild Card: Un/Disciplined = Thoughts on Wild(er)ness" is April 1, 2002. The rate for faculty before = this is $125, and after it goes to $195. The rate for students before the = deadline is $75, and after is $95. So please register soon, if you are = planning on coming. Registration forms can be faxed to Augustana University= College at 780-679-1129. Please mark it "attention: Anna Hoefnagels" = Registration forms can be found on the conference website, at http://www.au= gustana.ca/departments/cirla/cirla02=20 If you want to see a list of the presenters or the program, go to the = website listed above. If you have a question, please contact me (Bruce = Janz), at janzb@augustana.ca Thanks very much. Bruce Janz Bruce B. Janz Associate Professor, Philosophy Augustana University College 4901 46 Ave, Camrose, AB CANADA T4V 2R3 TEL: 780-679-1524 FAX: 780-679-1129 EMAIL: janzb@augustana.ca WWW: http://www.augustana.ca/~janzb CIRLA Conference: Playing the Wild Card: Un/disciplined Thoughts on Wild(er)ness Banff, Alberta, May 9-12, 2002 http://www.augustana.ca/departments/cirla/cirla02 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 From J.A.Lippitt@HERTS.AC.UK Thu Mar 28 11:28:19 2002 From: J.A.Lippitt@HERTS.AC.UK (John Lippitt) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 11:28:19 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Soren Kierkegaard Society conference - 11 May 2002 Message-ID: ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment With the generous support of the Philosophy Department University of Essex The S=F8ren Kierkegaard Society of the United Kingdom One Day Conference on 'Kierkegaard and Modern European Thought' Saturday 11 May, 2002 University of Essex Programme RUDI VISKER (Louvain) 'KIERKEGAARD, ANXIETY AND CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY' REPLY ESPEN HAMMER (Essex) PIA S=D8LTOFT (Copenhagen) 'LOVE AND/OR ETHICS IN KIERKEGAARD AND LEVINAS' GENIA SCHOENBAUMSFELD (Southampton) 'SENSE AND INEFFABILIA: KIERKEGAARD AND WITTGENSTEIN ON NONSENSE AND PARADOX' PATRICK SHEIL (Author of Kierkegaard, Levinas and the Subjunctive Mood, Ashgate 2002) 'FORGIVENESS AND RESENTMENT: KIERKEGAARD, LEVINAS AND WEIL' Registration: 9.30 am; conference starts: 10.00 am Conference fee: =A310.00 waged/=A35.00 students; =46ree for members of the Kierkegaard Society and Essex Philosophy students. =46or registration details please contact: Barbara Crawshaw, Philosophy Department, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ. Email: craws@essex.ac.uk Tel: 01206 872703 http://www.essex.ac.uk/philosophy -- Dr John Lippitt Reader in Ethics and Philosophy of Religion Philosophy Group Department of Humanities University of Hertfordshire Watford Campus Aldenham Watford Herts WD2 8AT Tel: 44 (0) 1707 285682 =46ax: 44 (0) 1707 285616 email: j.a.lippitt@herts.ac.uk ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/philnet/attachments/5b713413/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- 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 From counsel@ACTCOM.CO.IL Thu Mar 28 16:17:44 2002 From: counsel@ACTCOM.CO.IL (Shlomit C. Schuster) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:17:44 +0200 Subject: [Philnet] Philosophical Counseling/Supervision by E-mail Message-ID: <002901c1d675$037fa820$091673c0@vday> Philosophical Counseling/Supervision by E-mail You can receive philosophical first-aid, philosophical counseling, and supervision from a philosophical perspective on your counseling, psychotherapy, or any other work also by email. For a description of what you more or less can expect from philosophical consultations please read through my article "Philosophy Practices as Alternative Ways to Well-being" at http://www.yorku.ca/danaa/vol1-1/Schuster.htm or even better experience philosophical counseling by trying it. For more information please contact me at counsel@actcom.co.il Your philosophical counselor on the Internet, Dr Shlomit C. Schuster 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 From boisvert@phil.ufl.edu Thu Mar 28 15:27:07 2002 From: boisvert@phil.ufl.edu (Daniel Boisvert) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:27:07 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] [gradconference] philgrad April 2002.htm Message-ID: <0.900007741.1141666554-1463792638-1017333010@topica.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment philgrad: April 2002Below is the Graduatae Student Philosophy Conference Calendar for April 2002. Please forward the calendar to anyone whom you think might benefit from it. Dan Boisvert University of Florida Calendar Administrator ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ---- Welcome to the Graduate Student Philosophy Conference Calendar 2001-2002 This page is maintained by the Graduate Student Philosophy Society of= the University of Florida. Since we strive to keep this calendar up-to-date= and as useful a resource as possible for graduate students and conference coordinators, we welcome any comments and suggestions for improving the calendar. Please email all comments, suggestions and inquiries to the calendar administrator. Join our Mailing List! To receive a summary of the submission deadlines and conference information for the upcoming month, simply send a blank email message to gradconference-subscribe@topica.com. All mailing lis= t messages will be sent in HTML format only. (Note: Topica, our mailing list service, will send you an email message asking you to confirm your subscription by clicking on a hyperlink, which will then bring up a registration page in your browser. At that point, you will be subscribed to= the newsletter. You do not need to register with Topica by filling in the forms on the registration page.) To Add a Conference to the calendar, please send all relevant information, including at least the conference title, conference dates, submission deadline, submission guidelines and contact information to the calendar administrator. To Search for Conferences by keyword or title, or to View the calenda= r in Block or Condensed format, navigate to the bottom of the page and click the respective link. Navigate: 2001 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2003 April 2002 Apr 4 Thu The First Annual Fordham Graduate Philosophy Conference Fordham University The First Annual Fordham Graduate Philosophy Conference Fordham University Dates: April 4-5, 2002 Conference Theme: "Philosophies of the Self: Epistemological, Metaphysical and Moral Reflections." Keynote Speaker: Professor Dr. Dieter Sturma, University of Essen, Germany Opening Night Plenary Speaker: to be announced Submission Deadline: February 1, 2002 Submissions: What is the self or the soul? Can we associate one particular conception of 'human nature' with the self? How can we begin to think about= that which does not present itself as an object to the knowing subject, or does the self present itself as object? Can we account for the self's identity over time? Does the self exist prior to and/or survive its embodie= d instantiation? What is the self's role in the broader moral community, both= religious and secular? What historical forces helped shape the contemporary= manifestation of the self? How does the self cultivate or create itself in relation to the social? Every Philosophical tradition has been faced with questions concernin= g the self. Yet no tradition appears able to offer a wholly convincing accoun= t of the self, whether epistemological, metaphysical or moral. By bringing together a plurality of philosophical perspectives addressing these issues,= the conference hopes to think towards some agreeed understanding of the self. The Fordham Philosophical Society welcomes papers from any philosophical school and across all philosophical traditions--after all, Platonists, Aristotelians, Scholastics, Rationalists, Empiricists, German Idealists, Phenomenologists, Pragmatists, Post-Modernists, Process Philosophers, Critical Theorists, and contemporary Analytic Philosophers have all offered rich reflections on the self. This invitation is directed to graduate students pursuing the M.A., o= r Ph.D., as well as those who have completed their Ph.D., within one year of the paper submission deadline. Submissions should be made via e-mail to Brian Harding < brianharding76@hotmail.com>or Mike Kelly and meet the= following requirements: a.. Title Page: Your title page should include your name, institutional affiliation, paper title, email and phone contact on a separate sheet of paper. In order to facilitate blind review, please makes sure there is no name or other identifying mark within the abstract or pape= r itself. b.. Proposed Paper: We would prefer papers of less than 15 pages, 12 point font, double spaced with an accompanying 2 page abstract, but proposals in the form of merely a 2 page abstract, 12 point font, double space will be given equal consideration. For further information and updates on the Keynote address and Plenar= y speaker, please visit the Fordham Philosophical Society's Web Page < www.fordham.edu/philosophy/fps/> Apr 5 Fri The First Annual Fordham Graduate Philosophy Conference Fordham University The First Annual Fordham Graduate Philosophy Conference Fordham University Dates: April 4-5, 2002 Conference Theme: "Philosophies of the Self: Epistemological, Metaphysical and Moral Reflections." Keynote Speaker: Professor Dr. Dieter Sturma, University of Essen, Germany Opening Night Plenary Speaker: to be announced Submission Deadline: February 1, 2002 Submissions: What is the self or the soul? Can we associate one particular conception of 'human nature' with the self? How can we begin to think about= that which does not present itself as an object to the knowing subject, or does the self present itself as object? Can we account for the self's identity over time? Does the self exist prior to and/or survive its embodie= d instantiation? What is the self's role in the broader moral community, both= religious and secular? What historical forces helped shape the contemporary= manifestation of the self? How does the self cultivate or create itself in relation to the social? Every Philosophical tradition has been faced with questions concernin= g the self. Yet no tradition appears able to offer a wholly convincing accoun= t of the self, whether epistemological, metaphysical or moral. By bringing together a plurality of philosophical perspectives addressing these issues,= the conference hopes to think towards some agreeed understanding of the self. The Fordham Philosophical Society welcomes papers from any philosophical school and across all philosophical traditions--after all, Platonists, Aristotelians, Scholastics, Rationalists, Empiricists, German Idealists, Phenomenologists, Pragmatists, Post-Modernists, Process Philosophers, Critical Theorists, and contemporary Analytic Philosophers have all offered rich reflections on the self. This invitation is directed to graduate students pursuing the M.A., o= r Ph.D., as well as those who have completed their Ph.D., within one year of the paper submission deadline. Submissions should be made via e-mail to Brian Harding < brianharding76@hotmail.com>or Mike Kelly and meet the= following requirements: a.. Title Page: Your title page should include your name, institutional affiliation, paper title, email and phone contact on a separate sheet of paper. In order to facilitate blind review, please makes sure there is no name or other identifying mark within the abstract or pape= r itself. b.. Proposed Paper: We would prefer papers of less than 15 pages, 12 point font, double spaced with an accompanying 2 page abstract, but proposals in the form of merely a 2 page abstract, 12 point font, double space will be given equal consideration. For further information and updates on the Keynote address and Plenar= y speaker, please visit the Fordham Philosophical Society's Web Page < www.fordham.edu/philosophy/fps/> "Women in Dialogue with Philosophy," 3rd Annual Boston College Graduate Student Conference "Women in Dialogue with Philosophy," 3rd Annual= Boston College Graduate Student Conference Dates: April 5-6, 2002 Keynote Speaker: Gail Weiss, George Washington University Submission Deadline: January 31, 2002 Submissions: This conference will consider the topic of women in relation to philosophy. We hope to encourage a broad conversation about the role, effects, and contributions of women and thinking about women (or not) in philosophy. Topics may be thematic (i.e. feminism, ethics, epistemology, etc.) or might focus on one or more specific thinkers. We strongly encourag= e papers from disciplines other than philosophy, as well as the varied traditions within the field of philosophy itself. We invite papers, panels, and responses. Papers must be no more than 10-12 pages double spaced, 12 point font (20 minutes), accompanied by an abstract of no more than 350 words. Email submissions will be accepted if the paper is attached to a cover letter indicating author=92s name, title, = and school affiliation. Panel proposals are encouraged. Interested respondent= s should email with areas of competence and interest. Please send via email to gradphil.conference@bc.edu or to: 3rd Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Conference Philosophy Department Boston College 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 The DePaul University Philosophy Graduate Association's 8th Annual Graduate Student Conference The DePaul University Philosophy Graduate Association's 8th Annual Graduate Student Conference Dates: April 5-6, 2002 Keynote Speaker: Ed Casey, SUNY-Stony Brook Submission Deadline: February 15, 2002 Submissions: We welcome papers that address the following areas: a.. Feminism b.. Marxism c.. Race Theory d.. Psychoanalysis e.. Jewish Mysticism f.. Aesthetics g.. Hermeneutics h.. German Idealism Phenomenology i.. Ancient Philosophy j.. Ethics k.. 20th C. French Two page abstracts or full-length papers are acceptable. Papers shoul= d be presented in roughly twenty minutes. Send three copies for blind review to: Robert Valgenti DePaul University Department of Philosophy Byrne Hall 4th Floor 2219 N. Kenmore Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 Direct any questions to rvalgent@students.depaul.edu. Apr 6 Sat "Women in Dialogue with Philosophy," 3rd Annual Boston College Graduate Student Conference "Women in Dialogue with Philosophy," 3r= d Annual Boston College Graduate Student Conference Dates: April 5-6, 2002 Keynote Speaker: Gail Weiss, George Washington University Submission Deadline: January 31, 2002 Submissions: This conference will consider the topic of women in relation to philosophy. We hope to encourage a broad conversation about the role, effects, and contributions of women and thinking about women (or not) in philosophy. Topics may be thematic (i.e. feminism, ethics, epistemology, etc.) or might focus on one or more specific thinkers. We strongly encourag= e papers from disciplines other than philosophy, as well as the varied traditions within the field of philosophy itself. We invite papers, panels, and responses. Papers must be no more than 10-12 pages double spaced, 12 point font (20 minutes), accompanied by an abstract of no more than 350 words. Email submissions will be accepted if the paper is attached to a cover letter indicating author=92s name, title, = and school affiliation. Panel proposals are encouraged. Interested respondent= s should email with areas of competence and interest. Please send via email to gradphil.conference@bc.edu or to: 3rd Annual Philosophy Graduate Student Conference Philosophy Department Boston College 140 Commonwealth Ave. Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 3rd Annual Rutgers - Princeton Graduate Philosophy Conference 3rd Annual Rutgers - Princeton Graduate Philosophy Conference Dates: April 6-7, 2002 Keynote Speakers: John Hawthorne, Rutgers University and Gideon Rosen, Princeton University Submission Deadline: February 4th 2002 Submissions: The philosophy graduate student associations of Rutgers University an= d Princeton University will be hosting a conference on the weekend of April 6th and 7th, 2002. Papers in all areas of philosophy will be considered. We will be accepting papers of various lengths for this conference, so any paper that takes from thirty minutes to an hour to present will be considered. If sending hard copies please submit for blind review two copies of your paper and two brief abstracts. We also accept (and actually= prefer) electronic formats. For electronic formats send the files in eithe= r Rich Text Format or as an MS Word document. Please include your name, dept= . affiliation and contact details on detachable cover sheet/e-mail. E-mail submissions to Owen Greenhall, oweng@rci.rutgers.edu, or snail-mail to: Third Annual Rutgers - Princeton Graduate Conference c/o Owen Greenhall Department of Philosophy 26 Nichol Ave New Brunswick, NJ 08901 For further information, visit the conference website at www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/events/index.html, or send questions to Owen Greenhall (732 - 828 9955, oweng@rci.rutgers.edu) or Christopher Mole (609-258-4305, cmole@princeton.edu) The DePaul University Philosophy Graduate Association's 8th Annual Graduate Student Conference The DePaul University Philosophy Graduate Association's 8th Annual Graduate Student Conference Dates: April 5-6, 2002 Keynote Speaker: Ed Casey, SUNY-Stony Brook Submission Deadline: February 15, 2002 Submissions: We welcome papers that address the following areas: a.. Feminism b.. Marxism c.. Race Theory d.. Psychoanalysis e.. Jewish Mysticism f.. Aesthetics g.. Hermeneutics h.. German Idealism Phenomenology i.. Ancient Philosophy j.. Ethics k.. 20th C. French Two page abstracts or full-length papers are acceptable. Papers shoul= d be presented in roughly twenty minutes. Send three copies for blind review to: Robert Valgenti DePaul University Department of Philosophy Byrne Hall 4th Floor 2219 N. Kenmore Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 Direct any questions to rvalgent@students.depaul.edu. Apr 7 Sun 3rd Annual Rutgers - Princeton Graduate Philosophy Conference 3rd Annual Rutgers - Princeton Graduate Philosophy Conference Dates: April 6-7, 2002 Keynote Speakers: John Hawthorne, Rutgers University and Gideon Rosen, Princeton University Submission Deadline: February 4th 2002 Submissions: The philosophy graduate student associations of Rutgers University an= d Princeton University will be hosting a conference on the weekend of April 6th and 7th, 2002. Papers in all areas of philosophy will be considered. We will be accepting papers of various lengths for this conference, so any paper that takes from thirty minutes to an hour to present will be considered. If sending hard copies please submit for blind review two copies of your paper and two brief abstracts. We also accept (and actually= prefer) electronic formats. For electronic formats send the files in eithe= r Rich Text Format or as an MS Word document. Please include your name, dept= . affiliation and contact details on detachable cover sheet/e-mail. E-mail submissions to Owen Greenhall, oweng@rci.rutgers.edu, or snail-mail to: Third Annual Rutgers - Princeton Graduate Conference c/o Owen Greenhall Department of Philosophy 26 Nichol Ave New Brunswick, NJ 08901 For further information, visit the conference website at www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/events/index.html, or send questions to Owen Greenhall (732 - 828 9955, oweng@rci.rutgers.edu) or Christopher Mole (609-258-4305, cmole@princeton.edu) Apr 12 Fri The University of Texas at Austin Department of Philosophy= Graduate Conference The University of Texas at Austin Department of Philosophy= Graduate Conference Conference Theme: Virtue Ethics: The Ongoing Project Keynote Speaker: To be announced Panel Discussion: Prof. Robert Kane, Prof. David Sosa, Prof. Stephen White, Prof. Paul Woodruff Dates: April 12 - 14, 2002 Submission Deadline: February 15, 2002 Submissions: Graduate students are invited to submit papers and panel proposals on= all issues related to Virtue Ethics (VE). Topics of interest include but= are not limited to: a.. The history and development of VEVE in comparison to other form= s of ethics (e.g. deontological, utilitarian). b.. Identification and classification of the virtues, unity and hierarchy. c.. VE and the notion of character. d.. VE and moral agency. e.. Practical considerations and possible problems of application. f.. Who or what can be virtuous? (e.g. individuals, actions, groups, institutions, political systems). g.. VE in the private and the public realm. h.. The socio-political relevance of VE (e.g. in the context of th= e current communitarianism debate). i.. VE and cultural relativism. We welcome submissions from graduate students in Philosophy or relate= d fields. Papers should be approximately 20 minutes in reading length (3000 words). All submitted papers will be read and considered. Please send three copies of panel proposals or completed papers prepared for blind review to: Department of Philosophy Waggener Hall 316 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Attn: Graduate Conference or e-mail to pga@uts.cc.utexas.edu For further information contact: Ellen Briggs, ebriggs@mail.utexas.edu, Markus Weidler, weidler@mail.utexas.edu, Ariela Tubert, atubert@mail.utexas.edu, or visit the conference webpage at http://www.utexas.edu/students/pga/ Apr 13 Sat The University of Texas at Austin Department of Philosophy= Graduate Conference The University of Texas at Austin Department of Philosophy= Graduate Conference Conference Theme: Virtue Ethics: The Ongoing Project Keynote Speaker: To be announced Panel Discussion: Prof. Robert Kane, Prof. David Sosa, Prof. Stephen White, Prof. Paul Woodruff Dates: April 12 - 14, 2002 Submission Deadline: February 15, 2002 Submissions: Graduate students are invited to submit papers and panel proposals on= all issues related to Virtue Ethics (VE). Topics of interest include but= are not limited to: a.. The history and development of VEVE in comparison to other form= s of ethics (e.g. deontological, utilitarian). b.. Identification and classification of the virtues, unity and hierarchy. c.. VE and the notion of character. d.. VE and moral agency. e.. Practical considerations and possible problems of application. f.. Who or what can be virtuous? (e.g. individuals, actions, groups, institutions, political systems). g.. VE in the private and the public realm. h.. The socio-political relevance of VE (e.g. in the context of th= e current communitarianism debate). i.. VE and cultural relativism. We welcome submissions from graduate students in Philosophy or relate= d fields. Papers should be approximately 20 minutes in reading length (3000 words). All submitted papers will be read and considered. Please send three copies of panel proposals or completed papers prepared for blind review to: Department of Philosophy Waggener Hall 316 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Attn: Graduate Conference or e-mail to pga@uts.cc.utexas.edu For further information contact: Ellen Briggs, ebriggs@mail.utexas.edu, Markus Weidler, weidler@mail.utexas.edu, Ariela Tubert, atubert@mail.utexas.edu, or visit the conference webpage at http://www.utexas.edu/students/pga/ Apr 14 Sun The University of Texas at Austin Department of Philosophy= Graduate Conference The University of Texas at Austin Department of Philosophy= Graduate Conference Conference Theme: Virtue Ethics: The Ongoing Project Keynote Speaker: To be announced Panel Discussion: Prof. Robert Kane, Prof. David Sosa, Prof. Stephen White, Prof. Paul Woodruff Dates: April 12 - 14, 2002 Submission Deadline: February 15, 2002 Submissions: Graduate students are invited to submit papers and panel proposals on= all issues related to Virtue Ethics (VE). Topics of interest include but= are not limited to: a.. The history and development of VEVE in comparison to other form= s of ethics (e.g. deontological, utilitarian). b.. Identification and classification of the virtues, unity and hierarchy. c.. VE and the notion of character. d.. VE and moral agency. e.. Practical considerations and possible problems of application. f.. Who or what can be virtuous? (e.g. individuals, actions, groups, institutions, political systems). g.. VE in the private and the public realm. h.. The socio-political relevance of VE (e.g. in the context of th= e current communitarianism debate). i.. VE and cultural relativism. We welcome submissions from graduate students in Philosophy or relate= d fields. Papers should be approximately 20 minutes in reading length (3000 words). All submitted papers will be read and considered. Please send three copies of panel proposals or completed papers prepared for blind review to: Department of Philosophy Waggener Hall 316 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Attn: Graduate Conference or e-mail to pga@uts.cc.utexas.edu For further information contact: Ellen Briggs, ebriggs@mail.utexas.edu, Markus Weidler, weidler@mail.utexas.edu, Ariela Tubert, atubert@mail.utexas.edu, or visit the conference webpage at http://www.utexas.edu/students/pga/ Apr 26 Fri Thinking Through September 11th: New York Philosophers Respond A Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Sponsored by New School University Thinking Through September 11th: New York Philosophers Respond A Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Sponsored by New School University Dates: April 26-27, 2002 Submission Deadline: January 7, 2002 Submissions: This conference aims to provoke philosophical response and provide a forum for dialogue relating to the events and aftermath of September 11th. We cordially invite graduate students from Metropolitan area institutions t= o submit work. Our intention is to draw on the thoughts and experiences of graduate students currently studying in and around New York City who have been thinking through this difficult time. Submissions in the form of papers, presentations and multi-media are welcome on topics, including, but not limited to: a.. =93Infinite Justice,=94 =93Enduring Freedom=94 b.. The aesthetics of suffering/ Making art from grief c.. Rebuilding: the task and space of memorial d.. The flag as symbol e.. =93America Strikes Back=94: Mass media and the rhetoric of war f.. Thinking and non-thinking in public policy g.. The ethics of intervention/ America=92s role abroad h.. The role of philosophy and the state of thinking i.. Rights and duties of individuals, states, and nations j.. Politically speaking: Bush on =93good=94 and =93evil=94 k.. Making sense of the irrational l.. Terrorism and tolerance Papers and descriptions of presentations should be between 6 and 8 pages and submitted by email AS WORD OR WORD PERFECT ATTACHMENTS by January= 7th, 2002. Each submission should be prepared for blind review and accompanied by an abstract of 150-200 words and a cover sheet with the author=92s name, institutional affiliation, title of paper, e-mail address,= and telephone number(s). We hope to notify applicants by February 12th, 2002. Please send submissions and questions to: WeinM972@newschool.edu Apr 27 Sat Thinking Through September 11th: New York Philosophers Respond A Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Sponsored by New School University Thinking Through September 11th: New York Philosophers Respond A Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Sponsored by New School University Dates: April 26-27, 2002 Submission Deadline: January 7, 2002 Submissions: This conference aims to provoke philosophical response and provide a forum for dialogue relating to the events and aftermath of September 11th. We cordially invite graduate students from Metropolitan area institutions t= o submit work. Our intention is to draw on the thoughts and experiences of graduate students currently studying in and around New York City who have been thinking through this difficult time. Submissions in the form of papers, presentations and multi-media are welcome on topics, including, but not limited to: a.. =93Infinite Justice,=94 =93Enduring Freedom=94 b.. The aesthetics of suffering/ Making art from grief c.. Rebuilding: the task and space of memorial d.. The flag as symbol e.. =93America Strikes Back=94: Mass media and the rhetoric of war f.. Thinking and non-thinking in public policy g.. The ethics of intervention/ America=92s role abroad h.. The role of philosophy and the state of thinking i.. Rights and duties of individuals, states, and nations j.. Politically speaking: Bush on =93good=94 and =93evil=94 k.. Making sense of the irrational l.. Terrorism and tolerance Papers and descriptions of presentations should be between 6 and 8 pages and submitted by email AS WORD OR WORD PERFECT ATTACHMENTS by January= 7th, 2002. Each submission should be prepared for blind review and accompanied by an abstract of 150-200 words and a cover sheet with the author=92s name, institutional affiliation, title of paper, e-mail address,= and telephone number(s). We hope to notify applicants by February 12th, 2002. 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Presentations should take approximately half an hour.=20 The submission deadline is Monday, 15th of April 2002.=20 Please email your paper to Julie Kelso: jk3@stir.ac.uk=20 or send it to:=20 Julie Kelso Department of Philosophy University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA (UK)=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luca Malatesti PhD Student Department of Philosophy The University of Stirling FK9 4LA Stirling (UK) http://lgxserver.uniba.it/lei/mind/index.htm=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --=20 The University of Stirling is a university established in Scotland by charter at Stirling, FK9 4LA. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not disclose, copy or deliver this message to anyone and any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. 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Clark) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 07:12:53 -0800 Subject: [Philnet] Vegetarian History list Message-ID: <20020329151253.41959.qmail@web11108.mail.yahoo.com> ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Vegetarian-History/ The Vegetarian History list is for the exploration and critical discussion of the history of human beings following plant-based diets. This list will attempt to cultivate a broad understanding of "being vegetarian" across time and culture by discussing issues insiders and outsiders have with the diet, as long as these opinions are expressed well in print or in other enduring media, or can be documented through solid research. Some excellent background reading for beginners (and others) on this list would be The Heretics Feast, Famous Vegetarians, Famous Vegetarians and their Recipes, any biography about a vegetarian (even if the book doesn't mention her or his vegetarianism), works about the various spiritual traditions and vegetarian issues within them and their texts, and books about religious vegetarians and vegetarianism. To explore these issues historically, check out the following websites: Vegetarian History, maintained by the IVU, the International Vegetarian Union (www.IVU.org): http://www.ivu.org/history/ SERV (Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians): http://Groups.Yahoo.com/group/serveg/ http://SERV.FaithWeb.com http://www.SERV-Online.org/ Buddhist Resources on Vegetarianism and Animal Welfare (maintained at San Francisco State University) http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/BuddhismAnimalsVegetarian/BuddhistVegetarian.htm Although the "famous vegetarians" topic is NOT the focus or center of this list, a good starting point for researching "famous vegetarians" is the International Vegetarian Union website at www.IVU.org. http://www.ivu.org/people/ However, keep in mind that vegetarian history is about the history of vegetarianism and vegetarians as they exist in the world psychologically, socially, culturally, anthropologically, economically, politically, ideologically, and technologically. As such, history is a social science with critical questions to ask, and, in asking and exploring these emerging questions, perhaps we can help illuminate vegetarians, the vegetarian community, and even the vegetarian future. No one lives in a vacuum. Those with a pro-vegetarian personal or intellectual, professional, research interest are invited, whether interested in individuals, groups, or quantitative economics. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send greetings for Easter, Passover ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/philnet/attachments/ee33ed11/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- 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 From u.haase@MMU.AC.UK Fri Mar 29 23:25:07 2002 From: u.haase@MMU.AC.UK (Dr. Ullrich Haase) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 23:25:07 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] Annual Conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society Message-ID: <005701c1d82c$0aeab880$c7053c3e@mmu.ac.uk> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Call for Papers The 12th Annual Conference of the Friedrich Nietzsche Society Nietzsche and the Classical Tradition Friday 20th — Sunday 22nd of September 2002 The University of Glasgow, Scotland This is a preliminary announcement. More details will follow within the next fortnight. Abstracts of about 300 words of length should be send to the conference organizer: Paul Bishop, at p.bishop@german.arts.gla.ac.uk The deadline for receipt of abstracts is the 15th of May 2002. Dr. Ullrich M. Haase Manchester Metropolitan University Dept. of Politics and Philosophy Geoffrey Manton Building Rosamund Street West Manchester M15 6LL Tel. 0161-2473452 Fax. 0161- 2476312 Email. U.Haase@mmu.ac.uk Web. www.mmu.ac.uk/h-ss/pap/philos/ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/philnet/attachments/44f73473/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment-- 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 From Ancient Philosophy Fri Mar 1 08:40:37 2002 From: Ancient Philosophy (fred.fauquier) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:40:37 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] Numenius and idea eautou References: <3C756AAE.4FF5752B@cyberg8t.com> Message-ID: <000001c1c0fd$04e28ee0$9e1613d5@kukwh> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B2_01C1C105.24C87A00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: proper flowering vs. proper functioning My question is about Numenius' fragment 16 (ed.Des Places=3D fr.25 = ed.Leemans). Numenius writes: "(o g\ar de/uteros ditt\os )\wn a)utopo=EEei t/hn te = )id/ean (eauto=FB ka\i t\on k/osmon..." I think that we must understand: "The Second (...) produces himself the = idea of the self and the world"; indeed, the Second cannot produce his = own idea because the First is already the idea of the Second (fr.20, = l.5-6). The First thinks ideas but does not think himself, the = particularity of the Second is the reflexiveness. Do you know other texts where the expression "idea eautou", understood = as "idea of the self", appears? (I've looked quickly at Plot. V, 3 and Proclus Commentary on Alcibiades = but I've found nothing). Thanks in advance Regards Frederic Fauquier ------=_NextPart_000_00B2_01C1C105.24C87A00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: proper flowering vs. proper functioning
 
My question is about Numenius' fragment = 16 (ed.Des=20 Places=3D fr.25 ed.Leemans).
 
Numenius writes: "(o g\ar de/uteros = ditt\os )\wn=20 a)utopo=EEei t/hn te )id/ean (eauto=FB ka\i t\on = k/osmon..."
 
I think that we must understand: "The = Second (...)=20 produces himself the idea of the self and the world"; indeed, the Second = cannot=20 produce his own idea because the First is already the idea of the Second = (fr.20,=20 l.5-6). The First thinks ideas but does not think himself, the = particularity of=20 the Second is the reflexiveness.
 
Do you know other texts where the = expression "idea=20 eautou", understood as "idea of the self", appears?
 
(I've looked quickly at Plot. V, 3 and = Proclus=20 Commentary on Alcibiades but I've found nothing).
 
Thanks in advance
 
Regards
 
Frederic Fauquier
 
------=_NextPart_000_00B2_01C1C105.24C87A00-- Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From Ancient Philosophy Fri Mar 1 16:59:44 2002 From: Ancient Philosophy (Han Baltussen) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:59:44 -0800 Subject: [Philnet] Re: proper functioning In-Reply-To: <000201c1bbcb$f3a1b1a0$cf818693@creighton.edu> References: Message-ID: I agree about the advice to read A.A. Long, and note that he has just published a monograph on Epictetus (Oxford 2001). HB >I would suggest people interested in understanding the Stoics' conception >of "living according to nature" read A. A. Long, "The logical basis of Stoic >ethics" with its postscript, and those interested in understanding the >Stoics' >conception of happiness to "Stoic eudaimonism", both in Long's Stoic >Studies (Cambridge, 1996). > >For an excellent discussion of how a contemporary stoic would modulate >(rather than eradicate) his emotional responses, see Lawrence Becker, >A New Stoicism (Princeton, 1998) esp. p.97-102, and 112-122 for an >explication >of virtue as ideal agency. And as a corrective for thinking that a stoic >would >not cry, see p.157. Becker does a good job of arguing that a contemporary >stoicism, as he understands it, is not at all psychologically ridiculous. > >-- William Stephens > Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From Matt Matravers Fri Mar 1 09:37:40 2002 From: Matt Matravers (Matt Matravers) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:37:40 +0000 Subject: [Philnet] Re: Scottish verdict References: <2512987.3223879699@[141.140.104.38]> Message-ID: <3C7F4BE4.782E2654@york.ac.uk> I assume s/he means 'not proven'. This (somewhat unusual) verdict is allowable under Scottish law. Matt Matravers "I. P. Winham" wrote: > This is probably an easy question, but I don't know and am curious about the formal and historical meaning of the phrase "Scottish verdict" > > Here is where I came across it: > > "Whether the East Asian countries represent a new model for a ?middle way? to economic prosperity, or whether the extensive intervention by their governments will in the end prove to have reduced consumer welfare and ossified the protected producer sector, we do not know. Nor do we know whether their mix of markets and intervention would work in other less stable, less homogenous, less disciplined and less cohesive societies?indeed, whether it will continue to work in their own. On this > point, the evidence demands a Scottish verdict?we don?t know enough to identify an optimum mixture of free markets and government participation that will, in all places and at all times, maximize growth. Indeed, we do not know whether there is a universally valid mixture. But what we do know > is not trivial" > > Best, > ~Ilya P. Winham > > 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 -- Matt Matravers Dept. of Politics University of York York, YO10 5DD UK Tel.: +44 (0)1904 433568 http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/poli/staff/mm.htm 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 From Luciano Floridi Fri Mar 1 11:10:24 2002 From: Luciano Floridi (Luciano Floridi) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:10:24 -0000 Subject: [Philnet] the paradox of the concentric circles Message-ID: Dear colleagues, a question for those who know about the history of geometry. John Wallis (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Wallis.html) in the course of an argument against the definition of a point as an indivisible, refers to the paradoxical case in which, having two concentric circles and a line as a radium of both, the two circles, if constituted by "indivisibles", would be demonstrably of equal lenght (click here for a nice visualization: http://www.math.arizona.edu/~mcenter/maw/philosophy/). Montucla refers to the same mental experiment describing it as a sceptical paradox and attributing (wrongly) it to Sextus Empiricus. I'm aware of Galileo and the so-called Aristotle's wheel paradox, which is (only) a similar issue (see here for example: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AristotlesWheelParadox.html). Unfortunately, there is nothing about it in Jesseph's excellent book (Jesseph, D. M. Squaring the Circle: The War Between Hobbes and Wallis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999). The question is: does anyone know whether there is an ancient source for this paradox? Many thanks in advance, Luciano Floridi _______________________________________ luciano.floridi@philosophy.oxford.ac.uk www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/~floridi/ 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 From Ancient Philosophy Fri Mar 1 14:43:59 2002 From: Ancient Philosophy (Barlow, James C. DOC) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 08:43:59 -0600 Subject: [Philnet] Re: proper functioning Message-ID: I for one am glad to hear that, for I have been a stoic acc. to Epictetus all my adult life and it has bailed me out of many an embroglio! -jb -----Original Message----- From: Han Baltussen [mailto:han.baltussen@KCL.AC.UK] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:00 AM To: SOPHIA@liverpool.ac.uk Subject: Re: proper functioning I agree about the advice to read A.A. Long, and note that he has just published a monograph on Epictetus (Oxford 2001). HB >I would suggest people interested in understanding the Stoics' conception >of "living according to nature" read A. A. Long, "The logical basis of Stoic >ethics" with its postscript, and those interested in understanding the >Stoics' >conception of happiness to "Stoic eudaimonism", both in Long's Stoic >Studies (Cambridge, 1996). > >For an excellent discussion of how a contemporary stoic would modulate >(rather than eradicate) his emotional responses, see Lawrence Becker, >A New Stoicism (Princeton, 1998) esp. p.97-102, and 112-122 for an >explication >of virtue as ideal agency. And as a corrective for thinking that a stoic >would >not cry, see p.157. Becker does a good job of arguing that a contemporary >stoicism, as he understands it, is not at all psychologically ridiculous. > >-- William Stephens > Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From pege@email.unc.edu Fri Mar 1 16:58:16 2002 From: pege@email.unc.edu (Thomas Pegelow) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 11:58:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Philnet] Washington Post on tracking internation students Message-ID: Hello everyone: Earlier this week, the Washington Post ran an article on the INS' problems with implementing the changes in tracking international students decreed by the Patriot bill. NAGPS legislative director, Bob Brink, was so kind to bring it to my attention. It reveals further limits of the grandiose plans devised by the government. Let's hope, it won't lead to higher fees for international students. I'll keep you posted. Best, Thomas ISCC, Chair NAGPS To view the entire article, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61697-2002Feb24.html Visa Tracking Limited by Lack of Personnel By Mary Beth Sheridan With great fanfare, the Bush administration has pledged to fortify the nation's anti-terrorism protections by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new computer systems to keep tabs on millions of foreign students and visitors. But even if that complex effort succeeds, immigration officials and experts say there is a gaping hole in the strategy: Because of a shortage of investigators, there are few people to chase foreigners flagged by the computers for overstaying their visas or dropping out of school. The Immigration and Naturalization Service has 2,000 agents to enforce immigration law inside U.S. borders. The enormous workload requires them to focus on the most serious cases, such as the deportation of immigrant felons, leaving no time to round up student no-shows and others who abuse the terms of their visas, agents say. "How do you cope with the identification and questioning and perhaps apprehension of a couple hundred thousand people when you don't have the resources trained or in place to do it? That's the void. You've got a nice car but no engine," said Tom Fischer, a retired INS district director whose Atlanta office oversaw a test of the student tracking system. The nation's approximately 600,000 foreign students have come under particular scrutiny since the Sept. 11 attacks because one of the 19 alleged hijackers, Hani Hanjour, used a student visa to enter the United States. He never turned up for class. One of the men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing also came to the United States on a student visa but dropped out of Wichita State University. Such revelations have outraged President Bush and Congress. "If a person applies for a student visa and gets that visa, we are going to make sure that person actually goes to school," Bush said on Oct. 29. Days earlier, he had signed the USA Patriot Act, which provides $36.8 million to set up a computer system to collect up-to-date information on foreign students. Last month, the president announced that the government would also intensify its efforts to track down tourists and business travelers who overstay their visas. The government is spending $13.3 million this year on the first phase of an "entry-exit" system to monitor foreigners' arrivals and departures, according to the INS. Bush has proposed an additional $362 million in the fiscal 2003 budget to continue building the system. Two of the Sept. 11 hijackers stayed on after their visitors' visas lapsed. A look at a local INS district office shows how ill-prepared the system is to follow up on the estimated 3 million foreign students, tourists and business travelers who remain here, often to take jobs, after their visas have expired. On a recent morning, the Alexandria office that houses INS investigators was nearly deserted. The office is authorized to have 25 special agents; because of transfers and other personnel issues, it has only 17, spokesman Bill Shaw said. Of those, four are away working with other agencies on special drug and terrorism task forces. "There are [local] police departments we service. . . that have more resources than I have from an investigative standpoint," said Warren Lewis, director of the INS district headquarters, in Arlington, which oversees the District and Virginia and handles some international cases. Three more agents are based at a substation in Norfolk. At a bare wooden desk in the front lobby, a lone agent fielded a stream of telephone tips and queries from the public and law enforcement agencies. Under the current system, he takes the call when a university reports that a foreign student hasn't turned up. Who is in charge of following up on that call? "Nobody," said Shaw, an investigator who was filling in as press officer for the district because of personnel shortages. He said an officer would typically check the database to see whether the missing student had committed a crime. "If they don't have a criminal history, it's added to the stack of papers we have," Shaw said. He admits feeling frustration about such calls. "As an agent, you want to be able to respond to all these people's inquiries. . . but we don't have the resources to do it." The manpower shortage might seem odd in an agency that has tripled its budget since 1993. But much of that increased spending went to beef up the Border Patrol, which now has about 10,000 agents, most on the Mexican border. In recent years, as the economy boomed, the number of undocumented immigrants in the Unites States soared to 7 million or more. Although there was political support for a border crackdown, there was no such enthusiasm for INS raids aimed at rooting out illegal immigrants at workplaces across the country. With limited staff and facing a sometimes hostile public, the INS leadership focused its internal enforcement strategy on what it considered the most dangerous targets: immigrant smuggling gangs, fraud rings and noncitizen felons due to be deported. "The location of people who have fallen into illegal status in the United States is not really one of the high-priority items" set by INS headquarters, said Lewis, the Arlington district director. Joseph R. Greene, the INS assistant commissioner for investigations, acknowledged that it will be difficult for the agency to go after all the foreigners flagged by the new computer systems. "There is a real problem in terms of resources," he said. He praised the work of agents in making big cases, but added: "As these new responsibilities come down the pike, in an absence of new resources, we are going to have to make some very tough calls." That doesn't mean the new computer systems have no value, INS officials and experts say. The systems will automate handling of information that now is often incomplete and out of date. The student monitoring system, for example, currently relies on universities to maintain records on foreigners, and to provide them to the INS if asked. The universities are not required to tell the INS if a student fails to show up. With the new computer system, the INS and the university will be able to determine quickly if a student doesn't enroll. For the first time in years, the INS would know how many students failed to show up for school. "You're really coming up to the late 20th century in terms of trying to get a handle on the kinds of people that might be in your midst. And you'll get general profiles," said Demetrios Papademetriou, co-director of the Migration Policy Institute, a pro-immigration think tank. However, he added, "this is not about really enabling us to pick out of all these people the one person who wishes us harm. You won't be able to do it with anything we're discussing here." In fact, it's not even clear that the new programs would have stopped Hanjour, the hijacking suspect. INS officials say the computer systems may allow officials to use the new database to more quickly spot suspicious individuals. But Hanjour was apparently not on any watch list that would have set him apart from the thousands of other foreign students who don't turn up for school. In the fiscal 2003 budget, the INS investigative unit is slated to receive a modest increase in staff, including 70 special agents, as the anti-terrorism campaign intensifies. A bipartisan bill recently passed by the House and headed for the Senate could provide more staff this year. But the problem of finding visa violators goes beyond the lack of agents. The volume of foreign visitors is enormous, with an estimated 31.5 million arriving in 1999. They move freely through the United States, presenting agents pursuing undocumented immigrants with a kind of giant game of "Where's Waldo?" More drastic measures to detect illegal immigrants haven't won much support. Proposals for a national identity card, for example, have raised concerns about civil liberties. And INS officials are reluctant to deputize local police to arrest visa violators because of the complexity of immigration law and concerns about racial and ethnic profiling. INS investigators discovered the difficulty of finding foreign student dropouts in an operation in San Diego in December. They sought the records of local universities and found about 50 apparent visa violators from countries linked to terrorism, officials said. When they went looking for the students, they located only 10, one of whom had his papers in order. Other students weren't home, had moved or transferred. And finding visa violators isn't the end of the story. "You have to make sure. . . once you pick them up, you've got enough detention space, trial attorneys, immigration courts to keep the whole process moving," said David Martin, a law professor and former general counsel of the INS. "You can't, in our due-process system, just pick people up and put them on airplanes." From Ancient Philosophy Fri Mar 1 21:22:17 2002 From: Ancient Philosophy (Michael Chase) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 22:22:17 +0100 Subject: [Philnet] Re: Numenius and idea eautou In-Reply-To: <000001c1c0fd$04e28ee0$9e1613d5@kukwh> References: <3C756AAE.4FF5752B@cyberg8t.com> <000001c1c0fd$04e28ee0$9e1613d5@kukwh> Message-ID: --============_-1197104753==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >My question is about Numenius' fragment 16 (ed.Des Places=3D fr.25 ed.Leema= ns). > >Numenius writes: "(o g\ar de/uteros ditt\os )\wn a)utopo=EEei t/hn te >)id/ean (eauto=FB ka\i t\on k/osmon..." > >I think that we must understand: "The Second (...) produces himself >the idea of the self and the world"; indeed, the Second cannot >produce his own idea because the First is already the idea of the >Second (fr.20, l.5-6). The First thinks ideas but does not think >himself, the particularity of the Second is the reflexiveness. >M.C.:I don't believe your translation is possible, Fred: I don't >know of any thinker before Themistius who hypostasizes the self in >such a way, and when he does so Themistius speaks not of *eautou* >but of *to egO*. I think your Numenius passage must be translated =AB >for the second, since he is twofold, auto-creates his own form, and >the universe =BB. As you know, the Greek *idea* does not *have to* >mean "Platonic Form or Idea"; it does not always mean this even in >Plato. But of course I could be wrong. One text seems to speak in favor of an interpretation similar to yours: at In Alc. =A7172, when discussing the different modalities of self-knowledge, Olympiodorus writes that it is possible to know oneself "theologically, viz. when one knows oneself according to the idea of oneself (*kata tEn idean tEn heautou*"). Here too, however, I believe we must translate not =ABthe idea of the Self=BB but =ABthe idea of oneself=BB; not =ABl'Id=E9e du= Soi =BB but =ABl'Id=E9e de soi-m=EAme=BB. HTH, Mike. -- Michael Chase, Phd (goya@vjf.cnrs.fr) C.N.R.S./Annee Philologique Villejuif/Paris --============_-1197104753==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Numenius and idea eautou
 
My question is about Numenius' fragment 16 (ed.Des Places=3D fr.25 ed.Leemans).
 
Numenius writes: "(o g\ar de/uteros ditt\os )\wn a)utopo=EEei t/hn te )id/ean (eauto=FB ka\i t\on k/osmon..."
 
I think that we must understand: "The Second (...) produces himself the idea of the self and the world"; indeed, the Second cannot produce his own idea because the First is already the idea of the Second (fr.20, l.5-6). The First thinks ideas but does not think himself, the particularity of the Second is the reflexiveness.


M.C.:I don't believe your translation is possible, Fred: I don't know of any thinker before Themistius who hypostasizes the self in such a way, and when he does so Themistius speaks not of *eautou* but of *to egO*. I think your Numenius passage must be translated =AB for the second, since he is twofold, auto-creates his own form, and the universe =BB. As you know, the Greek *idea* does not *have to* mean "Platonic Form or Idea"; it does not always mean this even in Plato.


        But of course I could be wrong. One text seems to speak in favor of an interpretation similar to yours: at In Alc. =A7172, when discussing the different modalities of self-knowledge, Olympiodorus writes that it is possible to know oneself "theologically, viz. when one knows oneself according to the idea of oneself (*kata tEn idean tEn heautou*"). Here too, however, I believe we must translate not =ABthe idea of the Self=BB but =ABthe idea of oneself=BB; not =ABl'Id=E9e du Soi =BB but =ABl'Id=E9e de soi-m=EAme=BB.

        HTH, Mike.



       


       

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--============_-1197104753==_ma============-- Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/sophia.html From Prof S.R.L. Clark" Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 18:25:35 +0000 From: sp117 Dear List-Members, The following website contains information about the "International Conference on Anglo-American Idealism." The Conference will be held at the Olympic Centre for Philosophy and Culture and the Municipality of Pyrgos, in Pyrgos, GRRECE, 20th-25th August 2003. The Conference is organised in association with the British Idealism Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of the UK and the R. G. Collingwood Society. Please reply to: sp117@york.ac.uk The website is: http://www.stfx.ca/arpa/idealism2003.htm Thank you. Stamatoula Panagakou. 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 From Prof S.R.L. Clark" Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:45:10 +0000 From: Peter McBurney Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence Workshop on Complexity and Philosophy First Calling Notice 29-30 July 2002, Courtyard Marriott, Norwood, MA (Near Boston) Call for Participants I am writing to you today to inform you about the upcoming two-day Complexity and Philosophy workshop to be held this summer at Norwood, MA and hosted by the Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence (http://www.isce.edu). The aim of this meeting is to explore the considerable philosophical implications of the fledgling science of complex systems. Call for Papers Attendees are encouraged to present papers to the assembled participants. Suggested topics include: =B7 Status of knowledge regarding complex systems =B7 Relationship between linear and nonlinear philosophies =B7 Complexity-based ethics =B7 Frameworks for the analysis of complex systems =B7 Complex limits to ?theories of everything? =B7 Status of scientific knowledge =B7 Limits to understanding complex systems =B7 Complexity and the social sciences =B7 Legitimacy of the complexity perspective All paper submissions will be considered for publication in the international journal Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences (depending upon suitability), and/or publication in an edited book of papers to be published by Quorum Press. All papers will be considered for publication even if time cannot be found for the papers to be presented at the conference itself (the emergent properties of such an event may at times dictate the proceedings!). For full details please visit http://isce.edu/site/comphil.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 From Prof S.R.L. Clark" Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:02:10 -0700 From: Alan Carter To: PHILOSOP@louisiana.edu The 2002 Bertram Morris Colloquium on Environmental Ethics will take place on the 15th and 16th March, 2002 at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Keynote Address Friday, 15th March, 2002 in Humanities 1B50 6.00 p.m. =09TOM REGAN (North Carolina State University) "Work, Hypocrisy, and Integrity" (Professor Regan is the world=92s leading advocate of animal rights) Admission is free and all are welcome. Saturday, 16th March, 2002 from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. in Hale 270 9.00 a.m. =09ERIC KATZ (New Jersey Institute of Technology) "Genocide and Ecocide: Reflections on Environmentalism and Nazism" 11.00 a.m. =09CAROLY MERCHANT (University of California, Berkeley) "Partnership Ethics: Humanity and the Environment" 1.30 p.m. =09PETER WENZ (University of Illinois at Springfield) "Environmental Synergism" 3.30 p.m. =09JAMES STERBA (University of Notre Dame) "What Ecology Can=92t Do: The Importance of Ethics to Environmental Policy" Admission is free and all are welcome. Full details are now available at: http://spot.colorado.edu/~cartera/Morris/events_morris.html _______________________________________________________ From: Alan Carter Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies Department of Philosophy University of Colorado at Boulder CO 80309-0232 USA URL: =09http://spot.colorado.edu/~cartera E-mail:=09alan.carter@colorado.edu Phone:=09303 492 8577 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 From Barry Smith Sat Mar 2 15:32:39 2002 From: Barry Smith (Barry Smith) Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2002 10:32:39 -0500 Subject: [Philnet] The Monist: NEW CALLS FOR PAPERS Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020302102414.0333c598@pop.acsu.buffalo.edu>
Humor (88:1 January 2005)

   Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2004.
   Advisory Editor: Laurence Goldstein (Hong Kong University) <laurence@hkusua.hku.hk>

=91An unarmed man has been shot dead by police in London for the second time this week.' Interesting. Both Russellians, who give a quantificational analysis of sentences containing indefinite descriptions, and anti-Russellians, who say that such descriptions typically pick out an individual, seem to be wrong about the indefinite description occurring in the quoted sentence. And talking of the police, I got knocked down by a bus the other day, and there I was, lying injured in the road, when a policeman came up to me and said, =91Let me have your name, sir, and I'll inform your relatives.' I said =91But my relatives already know my name.' Here the policeman's utterance invites misinterpretation, yet it does not contain any ambiguous expressions. The policeman was optimistically relying on my having mastered those principles of interpretation, on which all competent speakers depend, which would have delivered his intended meaning. The theoretical challenge is to identify those principles. Nonsense and absurdity are frequently amusing, and a certain kind of nonsense springs from conceptual (=91grammatical') error of just the sort that philosophy aims to expose. Wittgenstein went so far as to identify the depth of philosophy with the depth of a grammatical joke (Philosophical Investigations, 111). He himself made much of utterances such as =91It is raining and I don t believe it' (op. cit., p. 192), and =91I know that I am in pain' =AD- which, he held, can't be said, except perhaps as a joke (op. cit., 246). But Wittgenstein aside, there has until now been little investigation of humor as a stimulus to philosophy, and little investigation of the forms and varieties of humor and of how these relate to the forms and varieties of language-use in general.
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Conformism (88:2 April 2005)

   Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2004
   Advisory Editor: Francisco Gil-White (University of Pennsylvania) <fjgil@psych.upenn.edu>

This issue of The Monist is devoted to the phenomenon of conformism. It will focus especially on the effects of conformism on social processes, which have been brought to light in recent years through game-theoretic analyses (summarized in http://monist.buffalo.edu/conformism.htm). It matters little whether we drive on the right, or on the left, but it matters greatly that we all drive on the same side. All sorts of social interactions are likewise maximally beneficial when the players involved share the same signaling system and expectations. Conformism allows us to profit from the convergence upon solutions reached by those who have gone before through trial-and-error learning, by allowing us to simply copy their solutions. It allows us also to maximize the number of our potential interactants by adopting the interactional norms that are most common in the local population. Conformism is thus adaptive; it saves us time in learning and it improves our chances of reproductive (and other types of) success. But conformism also has its price: it will tend to sustain even suboptimal patterns of behavior.
   Issues to be dealt with may include: How do conformist processes help to determine social (including ethnic) boundaries and how do they contribute to the associated phenomena of ethnic prejudice and xenophobia? What is the role of conformism in our susceptibility to propaganda? Can a better understanding of conformism lead to institutional improvements in the organization of modern democratic societies that may mitigate the negative effects of silent majorities remaining quiescent in the face of political activity by extremists?

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Time Travel (88:3 July 2005)

   Deadline for Submissions: July 31, 2004
   Advisory Editor: Achille Varzi (Columbia University) <av72@columbia.edu>

Might we some day be in a position to move about in time, just as we can already move about in space? Few would question that deliberate change in temporal location is logically possible. But is it also metaphysically possible? Is there a possible world in which one might freely change one's location in time? Here is where puzzlement and bewilderment lead to philosophical controversy. Someone traveling into the past could shoot her grandfather's identical twin but not her own grandfather. Someone traveling from the future could help you win your next game of poker, but not the one you have just lost. To some philosophers asymmetries such as these must be unacceptable, and so they conclude that time travel is impossible, physically as well as metaphysically. To others the paradoxes of time travel are only apparent. Time travel would be peculiar, to be sure, but not absurd; it would be strange, but not impossible.
   Quarrels on these matters are gaining new interest today as a result of recent work in cosmology and on the theory of causation. They bear also on recent discussions of the problems of free will and personal identity. The present number of The Monist aims to promote further progress in this debate, with emphasis on questions such as the following. Would travel to the past require reverse causation? Would travel to the future entail determinism? Is the apparent asymmetry between a fixed past and an open future merely an epistemic illusion? Does the possibility of time travel entail a realist attitude toward past and future facts? Does it entail commitment to entities that do not presently exist? Does it entail that things may be wholly present in several places at once?

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Ordinary Objects (88:4 October 2005)

   Deadline for submissions: October 31, 2005
   Advisory Editor: Laurie Paul <lapaul@arizona.edu>

Ordinary objects such as apples, statues and cats can be understood philosophically in different ways: as bundles of properties, as Aristotelian substances, as substrates having attributes, or as hunks of matter. There are familiar puzzles associated with each of these alternative conceptions. Consider: Is my apple identical to the matter it is made of? My apple could not, after all, survive being squashed, yet its matter could. This difference in modal properties suggests that the apple and its matter are not identical. Some have suggested that the matter constitutes, but is not identical to, the apple. But what, then, is the apple? If it is merely a bundle of properties, does it have all its properties essentially? And if so, then how does this square with the common-sense opinion that the apple could have had a slightly different color or shape? And if the apple is a bundle of properties or a substrate that has properties, then are these properties themselves universals, or tropes, or something else? Perhaps we must find out what concept my apple falls under before these questions can be answered. But would then our concept of the apple determine what the apple is? Or would the apple still exist independently of whatever concepts we apply to it?
   Papers are invited on the metaphysics of objects which provide an analysis of what objects such as apples, statues and cats are in a way which will yield solutions to problems of these sorts, including problems concerning material constitution, the identity of indiscernibles, essentialism, and the role of ordinary objects in cognition.

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 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 From Prof S.R.L. Clark" Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 10:24:48 -0500 From: Demetri Kantarelis 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 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 From Prof S.R.L. Clark" Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 17:48:10 +1100 (EST) From: Katalin Bimb=F3 To: aphil-l@coombs.anu.edu.au 2002 Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Logic November 30 -- December 2, 2002, Canberra (Australia) AAL'02 will take place on the campus of the Australian National University. The last day of the conference will be joint with the Australasian Workshop on Computational Logic (AWCL'02). Papers contributed to AAL'02 may address any topic in the area of logic. Abstracts of contributed talks should be submitted by August 31, 2002 (in electronic format or in hard copy) to the organizer (program chair) of the conference: Katalin Bimbo Automated Reasoning Group CSL, RSISE, Bld. #115 Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia E-mail: bimbo@arp.anu.edu.au Further information concerning AAL'02 is available from the web site of the conference (http://csl.anu.edu.au/~bimbo/AAL02.html) or via email. 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 From Prof S.R.L. Clark" Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 15:13:48 -0000 From: Laura Mahoney "Philosophy and Psychoanalysis" 22nd Annual Conference of the National Committee for Philosophy to be held at the Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street Dublin 2. April 25th-26th 2002. Keynote speaker: Professor Betty Cannon. To be added to the mailing list for full programme and registration details please email: L.Mahoney@ria.ie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura Mahoney Assistant Executive Secretary Royal Irish Academy 19 Dawson Street Dublin 2 tel: +353 1 6762570 / 6380914 mobile: 086 8289858 fax: + 353 1 6762346 email: