Submissions of abstracts of papers of approximately 30
minutes' reading length, or a full panel of three to four
papers, will be considered for the program. Abstracts of individual paper submissions
should be between 300 and 500
words in length. Panel proposals should include one panel abstract, names and contact
addresses of all participants,
and abstracts of approximately 500 words for each paper. Although the conference languages
are English, German and
French, all abstracts should be in English. All submissions should arrive by November 1,
1999. Acknowledgments will be sent by December 1, 1999. Notification of acceptance of
submissions will be provided by January 15, 2000. Submissions should be delivered by
electronic mail to Angelika Rzihacek at the Institute Vienna Circle (i_v_c@ping.at) with "HOPOS Submission" in the
subject line of the email. If you do not use Windows 95, please submit your file also in
RTF-format. Other submissions should include three paper copies and one copy on 3.5''
diskette. |
HOPOS 2000: THIRD INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY OF
SCIENCE CONFERENCE
The History of Philosophy of Science Group/ Institute Vienna Circle
Conference Languages: English, German, and French
Organizers:
The History of Philosophy of Science Working Group (HOPOS) and the Institut Wiener Kreis/
Institute Vienna Circle
(IVC), in conjunction with: Zentrum für Internationale und Interdisziplinäre Studien der
Universität Wien (ZIIS)/ Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies of the
University of Vienna. CALL FOR PAPERS: HOPOS 2000
The History of Philosophy of Science Working Group announces its Third International
Conference in July 2000, organized
together with the Institute Vienna Circle and the University of Vienna. The Conference
invites contributions to the history of philosophy of science from all time periods and
from all scholarly approaches.
HOPOS, The History of Philosophy of Science Working Group, is an international society of
scholars with special
interest in research on the history of philosophy of science and related topics in the
history of natural and social sciences, logic, philosophy, and mathematics. This shared
interest includes all historical periods, geographical regions, and diverse methodologies.
The activities promote historical work in a variety of ways, including the sponsorship of
meetings and
conference sessions, the publication of books and special issues of journals, maintaining
an e-mail discussion group,
and the dissemination of information about libraries, archives and collections, and
bibliographic information.
Further information:
http://scistud.umkc.edu/hopos/index.html
THE INSTITUTE VIENNA CIRCLE (IVC), an international nonprofit society for the advancement
of a scientific world
view, aims at the promotion, cultivation and dissemination of the philosophy of the Vienna
Circle/ Logical Empiricism. This includes also the documentation, application and
development of its results. In the spirit of the members of the Vienna Circle, the IVC
adheres to an enlightenment conception of science which includes a commitment to the
democratization of knowledge
and of science and the critique of irrationalism, dogmatism, and fundamentalism in any
form.In order to realize these goals, the IVC organizes conferences, lectures, edits three
book series, and it maintains a library and an archive with material by and on Vienna
Circle members and related philosophers. Further information:
http://hhobel.phl.univie.ac.at/wk
Program Committee:
Co-Chairs:
Michael Heidelberger (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Friedrich Stadler (Universität Wien, and Institut Wiener
Kreis)
Gary Hatfield (University of Pennsylvania)
Don Howard (University of Notre Dame)
Cassandra Pinnick (Western Kentucky University)
Joelle Proust (Ecole Polytechnique CREA, C.N.R.S Paris)
G. A. John Rogers (University of Keele)
Rose Mary Sargent (Merrimack College)
Thomas Uebel (University of Manchester)
Catherine Wilson (University of British Columbia)
Registration, further questions:
Details regarding registration, hotel, travel, discounted airfare, side program, etc. will
be provided at a later
date. All inquiries in this respect should be sent to:
Institut Wiener Kreis/ Institute Vienna Circle,
Museumstrasse 5/2/17, A-1070 Wien, Austria. Tel./Fax:
+431-5261005 (i_v_c@ping.at)
Please refer to "HOPOS 2000" in your mail.
If you have further questions, please contact: Michael
Heidelberger (Michael=Heidelberger@rz.hu-berlin.de)
or
Friedrich Stadler (Friedrich.Stadler@univie.ac.at)
Conference Website: http://hhobel.phl.univie.ac.at/wk |
