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1. Call for abstracts and papers: 24th Regional
Conference on the History and Philosophy of
Science: "Experiment," to be held at the
University of Colorado at Boulder, October 10-12,
2008. Preference will be given to papers dealing
with experimentation; however, submissions in any
area of the history or philosophy of science will
be considered. Deadline for submission: August
15th, 2008.
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-1.pdf>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-1.pdf
2. Edouard Machery is conducting a web-based
survey on philosophers' and scientists' judgments
about intentionality in the context of scientific
research. He seeks participation from scholars
and graduate students in the philosophy of
biology, the history of biology, the social
studies of science or related disciplines.
Responses are desired by the end of June, 2008.
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-2.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-2.html
3. The University of Minnesota press announces
BÍOS: Biopolitics and Philosophy, by Roberto
Esposito; translated and with an Introduction by
Timothy Campbell. The book builds on two decades
of Esposito's thought, including his thesis that
the modern individual is an attempt to attain
immunity from the contagion of the
extraindividual, namely, the community.
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-3.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-3.html
4. Call for papers: In 2009, the Spanish
philosophy journal teorema will publish a special
issue to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the
initial publication of On the Origin of Species
and the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's
birth. teorema welcomes submissions of original
papers dealing with historical, epistemological,
methodological, sociological, ethical, and other
aspects of Darwin's work and Darwinism. Book
reviews and critical notices of recent relevant
publications are also welcome. Deadline for
submissions: February 1, 2009.
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-4.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-4.html
5. An editor is needed to direct the writing of
a book depicting the parallel development of the
National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
and the science of biology with special emphasis
on biology education. The NABT would like this
published by Fall 2013.
<http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-5.html>http://www.ishpssb.org/listserv/20080616-5.html
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