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1. Postdoc: The Integrative Research Center (IRC) at the Field Museum
of Natural History in Chicago seeks a philosopher of biology or
similarly qualified individual for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship,
focusing on the metaphysics of species and gene concepts. Ingo
Brigandt (University of Alberta) will act as external co-supervisor
for the fellow. Deadline: 1 October 2013.
http://ishpssb.org/listserv/20130902-1.docx
2. Call for Abstracts: Philosophy of Biology at Madison (POBAM)
workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 30 May to 1 June 2014. We
encourage abstracts in all areas of philosophy of biology or general
philosophy of science with a biological focus. We want a diverse
program and hope that presented papers will differ from each other on
several dimensions (e.g., technical and nontechnical, historical and
nonhistorical, evolutionary and nonevolutionary). Deadline: 1 October
2013.
http://goo.gl/UKZGo
3. Request: The editors (Kostas Kampourakis and Ron Numbers) of a
volume on historical myths current in science education request input
regarding any myths in science texts that need exposure. The volume is
in the preliminary planning phase.
http://ishpssb.org/listserv/20130902-2.doc
4. Journal: Back issues of History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
are now available on JSTOR, from vol. 1 (1979) to vol. 31 (2009). The
journal contains many classic papers that have until now been
difficult to access online.
http://goo.gl/bNTOVL
5. Newsletter: Situating Science newsletter for Fall 2013, including
workshops, conferences, events, etc. Situating Science
(http://www.situsci.ca/) is a strategic knowledge cluster of the
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, focused on
the social and humanist study of science.
http://goo.gl/vhdGP1
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