Announcements

Announcements THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR VALUE INQUIRY The organizational meeting of the American Society for Value Inquiry was held on May 7, 1970 in St. Louis as a part of the Western Division meeting of the A.P.A. The purpose of this new inter-disciplinary organization is the advancement of the study of values. The Society is expected to have some formal relationship with The Journal of Value Inquiry. Membership is open to professionals in all disciplines concerned with the study of value. The next meeting of the group will be in association with the Western Division meeting of the A.P.A. on May 6-8, 1971 in Chicago. The following officers were elected: President, John W. Davis; PresidentElect , Robert S. Hartman; Secretary-Treasurer, James B. Wilbur. Dues for 19701971 are $5.00, to be sent to the treasurer at State University College at Geneseo, Geneseo, New York 14454. 1971 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE The Fourth International Congress for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science will be held in Bucharest, Romania, from 29 August to 4 September 1971, under the auspices of the International Union for History and Philosophy of Science. The proceedings of the Congress will be organized under the following twelve sections: 1. Mathematical Logic 2. Foundations of Mathematical Theories 3. Automata and Programming Languages 4. Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics 5. General Problems of Methodology and Philosophy of Science 6. Foundations of Probability and Induction 7. Methodology and Philosophy of Physical Sciences 8. Methodology and Philosophy of Biological Sciences 9. Methodology and Philosophy of Psychological Sciences [144] ANNOUNCEMENTS 145 10. Methodology and Philosophy of Historical and Social Sciences 11. Methodology and Philosophy of Linguistics 12. History of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science The proceedings will consist of a number of invited addresses and symposia, in addition to brief contributed papers. The closing date for submission of abstracts of contributed papers is 1 March 1971. All such abstracts should be sent to Professor Patrick Suppes, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305. Information about membership fees, housing, and other details of the Congress may be obtained by writing to Professor Marcus Solomon, Secretary General, Roumanian Organizing Committee, 1971 International Congress for DLMPS, Calea Victoriei 125, Bucharest, Romania. ...