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PSA Newsletter: Volume 11 : Number 4: November 2005
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Edited for the Philosophy of Science Association by
Malcolm Forster, http://philosophy.wisc.edu/forster
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. PSA 2006: CALL for CONTRIBUTED PAPERS. Deadline: March 1, 2006.
http://philsci.org/PSA06/
2. JOB: Dean of Humanities, University of California, Santa Cruz. Deadline: Dec.
2, 2005.
3. CALL for Applications: Summer School, Philosophy and Economics, Vienna,
July 17-28 2006. Deadline:
January 30, 2006. http://www.univie.ac.at/ivc/VISU
4. CALL for Applications: Summer University, Central European University,
Hungary.
Summer 2006. Deadline:
February 14, 2006. http://www.ceu.hu/sun
5. POSTDOC: Science in Human Culture, Northwestern University. Deadline: Jan.
15, 2006.
6. JOURNAL: ILAR special issue, "Serendipity, Science, and Animals".
http://www.nationalacademies.org/ilarjhome
7. JOURNAL: L&PS - Logic and Philosophy of Science. http://www.units.it/~episteme/
8. REMINDER: Symposium and Workshop Proposals, PSA 2006. Deadline: Dec. 1, 2005.
http://philsci.org/PSA06/
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PSA LINKS:
PSA 2006: http://philsci.org/PSA06/
PSA website: http://philsci.org/
Philosophy of Science journal: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/PHILSCI/home.html
PhilSci Archives: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/
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FURTHER DETAILS:
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1. PSA 2006: Call for Contributed Papers. Deadline: March 1, 2006.
Members of the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA) are invited to submit
papers to be presented at the PSA 2006 meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia on
November 2-5. Contributed papers may be on any topic in the philosophy of
science. The PSA 2006 Program Committee will strive for quality, variety,
innovation and diversity on the program. We encourage papers in both traditional
and novel areas of philosophy of science.
The deadline for paper submissions is March 1, 2006. Some papers will be
accepted for both presentation at the PSA 2006 meeting and publication in a
supplementary issue of Philosophy of Science; other papers will be accepted just
for presentation. Both types of accepted paper will be electronically published
prior to the meeting. In each case, the Program Committee expects to make its
decision by mid-June, 2006. Final versions of all papers accepted for
publication must be submitted by January 15, 2007.
The maximum manuscript length is 5,000 words, including footnotes and
references. If the text includes tables or figures, an appropriate number of
words should be subtracted from the limit. Submissions must include a 100-word
abstract and a word count. Format and citation style should match those of the
journal Philosophy of Science (see http://www.indiana.edu/~philsci/submit.html#finalts
for details). Submissions should be prepared for blind review, with no
identifying information in the body of the paper or abstract. Your identifying
information can appear in the body of an e-mail (where the paper is an
attachment file) or will be requested online if you submit at the program
website.
Authors of accepted papers are expected to present abbreviated versions of their
papers, with a time limit of twenty minutes.
Submissions must be electronically submitted at http://philsci.org/PSA06/submit.
N.B. Any submission accepted for publication in Philosophy of Science will have
to be ultimately submitted in a Word-compatible format. We encourage you to
submit in such a format initially, if at all possible.
The program committee for PSA 2006 will take on a different form than in the
past. Instead of a single, relatively small, committee responsible for referring
all submissions, this year the program committee shall consist of 35
individuals, divided into a number of subcommittees based on area of
expertise. Each paper will be refereed by the appropriate subcommittee. The
program committee for PSA 2006, chaired by Cristina Bicchieri (University of
Pennsylvania) and J. McKenzie Alexander (London School of Economics), is as
follows:
Horacio Arlo-Costa (Carnegie Mellon University)
Brad Armendt (Arizona State University)
Robert Batterman (Ohio State University)
William Bechtel (University of California, San Diego)
Craig Callender (University of California, San Diego)
David Christensen (University of Vermont)
John Dupre (University of Exeter)
Branden Fitelson (University of California, Berkeley)
Patrick Grim (SUNY, Stony Brook)
Francesco Guala (University of Exeter)
Hans Halvorson (Princeton University)
William Harper (University of Western Ontario)
Stephan Hartmann (London School of Economics)
Gary Hatfield (University of Pennsylvania)
Alan Hájek (The Australian National University)
Nicholas Huggett (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Kevin Kelly (Carnegie Mellon University)
Noretta Koertge (Indiana University)
Elisabeth Lloyd (Indiana University)
Penelope Maddy (University of California, Irvine)
Deborah Mayo (Virginia Tech)
Ned McClennen (Syracuse University)
Wayne Myrvold (University of Western Ontario)
John Norton (University of Pittsburgh)
Samir Okasha (University of Bristol)
David Papineau (King¹s College, London)
Wlodek Rabinowicz (Lund University)
Alex Rosenberg (Duke University)
Sherri Roush (Rice University)
Sahotra Sarkar (University of Texas, Austin)
Kristin Shrader-Frechette (University of Notre Dame)
Wolfgang Spohn (University of Konstanz)
Paul Weirich (University of Missouri)
Michael Weisberg (University of Pennsylvania)
Scott Weinstein (University of Pennsylvania)
All questions about submissions should be directed to:
J. McKenzie Alexander, Co-Chair
PSA 2006 Program Committee
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
London School of Economics
London WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom
jalex@lse.ac.uk
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2. JOB: Dean of Humanities, University of California, Santa Cruz. Deadline: Dec.
2, 2005.
The University of California, Santa Cruz seeks a Dean of Humanities. The UC
Santa Cruz campus is recognized as an outstanding research university, combining
innovative research and multidisciplinary scholarship with a strong commitment
to undergraduate and graduate education. The Dean provides intellectual,
academic, and administrative leadership in the instructional and research
missions of the Division of Humanities. The Division of Humanities is a leading
force in interdisciplinary research, recruitment and retention of a diverse
faculty and student populations, and excellence in graduate and undergraduate
teaching. The division houses nine academic departments and a number of
interdisciplinary research centers and initiatives. Collaborations forged within
the division and throughout the campus optimize the excellent teaching,
research, and public service that make UC Santa Cruz a unique institution of
higher education. We seek an individual whose qualifications include
demonstrated academic administrative leadership, an interest in fostering
interdisciplinary research, an appreciation for the mission and responsibilities
of a university serving a multi-ethnic state, a demonstrated commitment to
diversity, and an outstanding record of scholarly achievement that is
appropriate for appointment as full Professor in the UC system. Detailed
position description and application information are available at
http://www2.ucsc.edu/ahr/HumDean.pdf. Review of applications and nominations
will begin December 2, 2005, and continue until the position is filled. UCSC is
an EEO/AA employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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3. CALL for Applications: Summer School, Philosophy and Economics, Vienna,
July 17-28 2006. Deadline: January 30, 2006. http://www.univie.ac.at/ivc/VISU
VISU Vienna International Summer University
SWC Scientific World Conceptions
Since 2001 the University of Vienna and the Institute Vienna Circle have been
holding an annual two-week summer program dedicated to major current issues in
the natural and social sciences, their history and philosophy. The title of the
program reflects the heritage of the Vienna Circle which promoted
interdisciplinary and philosophical investigations based on solid disciplinary
knowledge.
As an international interdisciplinary program, VISU-SWC will bring graduate
students in close contact with world-renowned scholars. It will operate under
the academic supervision of an International Program Committee of distinguished
philosophers, historians, and scientists. The program is directed primarily to
graduate students and junior researchers in fields related to the annual topic,
but the organizers also encourage applications from gifted undergraduates and
from people in all stages of their career who wish to broaden their horizon
through crossdisciplinary studies of methodological and foundational issues in
science.
The summer course consists of morning sessions, chaired by distinguished
lecturers which focus on readings assigned to students in advance. Afternoon
sessions are made up of tutorials by assistant professors for junior students
and of smaller groups which offer senior students the opportunity to discuss
their own research papers with one of the main lecturers.
Philosophy and Economics, Vienna, July 17–28, 2006, organized by the University
of Vienna and the Institute Vienna Circle together with the University of
Bayreuth, Philosophy & Economics
A two-week high-level summer course on questions related to fundamental problems
of philosophy and economics, spanning a wide range of topics from ethics to
methodology and addressing both substantial and formal, historical and topical
issues.
Main Lecturers:
Geoffrey Brennan (Duke University, USA)
Hartmut Kliemt (University of Duisburg, Germany)
Guest Lecturer:
Rainer Hegselmann (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
International Program Committee
John Beatty (Vancouver), Martin Carrier (Bielefeld), Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara
(Florence), Maria Carla Galavotti (Bologna), Malachi Hacohen (Durham/Raleigh),
Rudolf Haller (Graz), Rainer Hegselmann (Bayreuth), Michael Heidelberger (Tübingen),
Elisabeth Leinfellner (Vienna), James G. Lennox (Pittsburgh), Paolo Mancosu
(Berkeley), Paolo Parrini (Florence), Friedrich Stadler (Vienna), Roger Stuewer
(Minneapolis), Thomas Uebel (Manchester), Jan Wolenski (Cracow), Anton Zeilinger
(Vienna).
Michael Stöltzner (Secretary of the PC, Vienna)
Karoly Kokai (Secretary of the VISU, Vienna)
ivc@univie.ac.at
Philosophy and Economics
The course will deal with some fundamental problems of philosophy and economics,
spanning a wide range of topics from ethics to methodology and addressing both
substantial and formal, historical and topical issues. This approach will show
how broad the field of “Philosophy, Politics, and Economics” has become, as is
also reflected in our present interests as philosopher-economists. Alluding to
one of John Broome’s titles, we could say that we will have both “economics out
of philosophy” and “philosophy out of economics”. The course will be genuinely
interdisciplinary. In addition to material assigned for each lecture, general
background material (as a sort of introductory course to “philosophy and
economics”) will be provided in electronic form to facilitate an
inter-disciplinary discussion.
The lectures will deal with the following topics:
The economic approach to ethics.
Discounting the future.
Rational choice from a participant's and from the objective point of view.
Arrow and the economic approach.
Sen and Coase.
Trust, its role and its evolution.
Economising on virtue.
The economy of virtue.
David Hume's theory of government.
Esteem: conceptual and analytic.
No theory of justice.
Expressive voting
Public and private responsibility in health care and the limits of state action.
Cost of the program: EUR 880,–
Lodging in student dormitories is available at approximately EUR 250,– for the
whole duration of the course.
Applicants should submit:
A short educational curriculum vitae.
A list of most recent courses and grades or a copy of your diplomas.
A one-page statement (in English), briefly outlining your previous work and your
reason for attending the VISU-SWC.
A (sealed) letter of recommendation from your professor, including some comment
on your previous work. This letter may also be sent directly by your professor.
A passport photo.
Please make sure that all documents arrive in time because we can process only
complete applications.
Application form (available on our web site: http://www.univie.ac.at/ivc/VISU)
may be sent in advance.
Application deadline: January 30, 2006 (Later applications may be considered if
space is still available.)
A letter of admission together with a detailed syllabus will reach successful
applicants by mid-February, 2006.
The administration of VISU-SWC at the University of Vienna can assist the
candidates admitted in applying for funds and in the accreditation of the
course, but unfortunately, cannot offer financial assistance. However, for a few
gifted applicants who can demonstrate that, despite serious documented efforts,
they have not been able to obtain any financial support, in particular due to
economic difficulties in their own country, a tuition waiver grant, awarded by
the Institute Vienna Circle and the University of Vienna, will be provided.
Applications should be sent to
Professor Friedrich Stadler, c/o Institute Vienna Circle
University Campus, Spitalgasse 2–4, Court 1, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Fax: +43-1-4277 41297
For further inquiries, please send email to friedrich.stadler@univie.ac.at or
consult the IVC's Web site http://www.univie.ac.at/ivc/VISU
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4. CALL for Applications: Summer University, Central European University,
Hungary.
Summer 2006. Deadline: February 14, 2006. http://www.ceu.hu/sun
The CEU Summer University (SUN) program hosts high-level, research-oriented,
interdisciplinary and innovative academic courses as well as workshops on policy
issues for professional development in the social sciences and the humanities.
The one- or two-week long courses involve distinguished international faculty
(including CEU professors), and advanced doctoral students, junior or
post-doctoral researchers, teachers and professionals as participants. Financial
aid is available (see further details on the web site).
Please find enclosed the joint course flyer for the courses entitled "Descrying
the World in Physics " and "Philosophy and Science in the Greco-Roman World".
The application deadline is February 14, 2006, unless stated otherwise in the
announcement of a particular course.
For further information applicants can visit our WEB site (http://www.ceu.hu/sun),
where they can find the application form and the description of each course, or
contact the SUN office (summeru@ceu.hu), or write to our automatic e-mail
account to receive an application form (sunreq@ceu.hu). Applicants are
encouraged to apply online at https://online.ceu.hu/osun and send the
attachments via regular mail by the application deadline.
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5. POSTDOC: Science in Human Culture, Northwestern University. Deadline: Jan.
15, 2006.
Northwestern University's Science in Human Culture Program (SHC) invites
applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the contextual study of
science, technology, and/or medicine, to run September 2006 - August 2008. We
seek applicants in the history of science/medicine/technology, the philosophy of
science, and the sociology/anthropology of science. The fellow will be
affiliated with both the SHC program and an appropriate disciplinary department
(History, Philosophy, Sociology, etc). Fellows will pursue a program of
independent scholarship and teach two one-quarter courses a year: a seminar and
a lecture course. They will also help organize the SHC weekly faculty seminar
series, and give a talk each year. Applicants must have completed all the
requirements for the Ph.D. before beginning their fellowship. The starting
annual stipend is $33,500 per year, plus help with moving expenses, and $2100
per year to fund research and conference travel.
Applicants should send the following materials directly to the SHC office: 1) a
cover letter and full curriculum vitae, 2) a four-page fellowship proposal, 3) a
writing sample consisting of either a dissertation chapter or published paper,
and 4) a graduate school transcripts. They should also arrange to have three
letters of recommendation, at least one commenting on teaching qualifications,
sent directly to the office. Office address: Ms. Barbara Phelan, Program in
Science in Human Culture, 20 University Hall, Northwestern University, Evanston,
IL 60208-2245. The due date for all materials is January 15, 2006. The SHC
website is http://www.shc.northwestern.edu/ Questions about administrative
matters may be addressed to Ms. Barbara Phelan at b-phelan2@northwestern.edu
about the content and goals of the program to Ken Alder, program director, at
k-alder@northwestern.edu. AA/EOE: applications from women and minorities are
especially encouraged.
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ENDNOTES:
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