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Winter School: "Integration and Translation in Systems Medicine," 1-5
February 2016, Hamburg, Germany. Submissions invited from doctoral
students and postdocs in social studies of science, philosophy of
science, systems medicine/biology, and comparable fields. Travel and
accommodation are funded. Deadline: 30 September 2015.
https://goo.gl/UiMUhF

Call for Abstracts: Philosophy of Biology at Madison Workshop (POBAM),
20-21 May 2016, University of Wisconsin-Madison. We encourage
abstracts in all areas of philosophy of biology or general philosophy
of science with a biological focus. Deadline: 1 October 2015.
https://goo.gl/U48lBv

Call for Abstracts: "New Trends in Metaphysics of Science," 16-18
December 2015, Paris, France. The general aim of the conference is to
discuss metaphysics of science as such, its relation to science, its
commitment (or not) to realism, its methods and aims, etc. Deadline:
15 October 2015.
http://goo.gl/phPrl3

Call for Abstracts: "Dehumanization: New Approaches to Understanding
the Politics of Human Nature," 6-9 April 2016, Central European
University, Budapest, Hungary. This interdisciplinary conferences
brings together historians, scientists, philosophers, and artists
together in order to discuss the phenomenon of dehumanization.
Deadline: 30 October 2015.
http://goo.gl/VzQHnF

Call for Papers: Three Societies Conference, Eighth Joint Meeting of
the British Society for the History of Science, the Canadian Society
for the History and Philosophy of Science, and the History of Science
Society, 22-25 June 2016, University of Alberta, Canada. Deadline: 7
December 2015.
https://goo.gl/gnMzqi

Job: Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Department of
Philosophy; AOS: Philosophy of biology with a focus on neuroscience;
AOC: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Psychology. Deadline: 15
October 2015.
http://philjobs.org/job/show/3814

Job: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of
History and Philosophy of Science. AOS: Open, but with strong
preference for (i) History and Philosophy of Physics and (ii) History
and Philosophy of Biology; AOC: Open. Deadline: 31 October 2015.
http://philjobs.org/job/show/3839

Job: Associate/Full Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of
History and Philosophy of Science. AOS: Open, but with strong
preference for (i) History and Philosophy of Physics and (ii) History
and Philosophy of Biology; AOC: Open. Deadline: 31 October 2015.
http://philjobs.org/job/show/3840

Book: Elliott Sober, *Ockham's Razors: A User's Manual.*
http://goo.gl/qdicx1

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