International News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Austria

DATE: 6–9 July 2000
EVENT: Third International History of Philosophy of Science Conference
DESCRIPTION: Conference
LOCATION: University of Vienna
CONTACT: Michael Heidelberger (e-mail: MichaelHeidelberger@rz.hu-berlin.de; http://hhobel.phl.univie.ac.at/wk)

Brazil

DATE: 19–23 July 2000
ORGANIZATION: International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics
DESCRIPTION: Second World Congress
THEME: The Ethical Challenges of Globalization
LOCATION: São Paulo, Brazil
CONTACT: Georges Enderle, College of Business Administration, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, In 46556, USA (e-mail: enderle.l@nd.edu)

Germany

DATE: 2–5 March 2000
ORGANIZATION: Society for Philosophy and the Science of Psyche
DESCRIPTION: Conference
THEME: The Objectives of Suffering—Clinical and Theoretical Concepts (mostly German language)
LOCATION: Berlin
CONTACT: Dr. Martin Heinze, Dept. of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Lendesklinik Teupitz, Buchholzer Str. 21, D-15755 Teupitz, (tel: 49-33766-66139; fax: 49-33766-66128; e-mail: heinzenm@zedat.fu-berlin.de)

DATE: 26–31 March 2000
EVENT: Ninth International Kant Congress
location: Humbolt University of Berlin
CONTACT: Volker Gerhardt, Institüt für Philosophie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 1009 Berlin (e-mail: Kant=Kongress@rz.hu-berlin.de)

India

DATE: 1–4 August 2000
ORGANIZATION: Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion
DESCRIPTION: International Interdisciplinary Conference
THEME: Language, Thought, and Reality: Science, Religion, and Philosophy
LOCATION: Calcutta
contact: Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti, Elon College Campus Box 2336, Elon College, NC 27244, USA (tel: 336-538-2705; fax: 336-538-2627; e-mail: chakraba@numen.elon.edu; http://www.elon.edu/chakraba)

Italy

DATE: 26–29 August 2000
EVENT: Conference
THEME: Madness, Science, and Society
LOCATION: Florence
CONTACT: C.S.S. Viale G. Mazzini 70, 50132 Firenze, Italy (tel: 39-055-248-02-02; fax: 39-055-248-02-46; e-mail: elena@css-congressi.it; http://www.dadacasa.com/socitpsic)

Mexico

DATE: 20–22 May 2000
EVENT: World Phenomenology Institute / Forty-Seventh International Congress in Phenomenology
DESCRIPTION: Conference
THEME: The Passion for Truth: Reality, Cognition, Deceit, Illusion Revisited
location: Puebla, Mexico
CONTACT: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, World Phenomenology Institute, 348 Payson Rd., Belmont, MA 02478

Northern Ireland

DATE: 5–8 August 2000
EVENT: FISP Conference: Philosophy, Democracy, and Culture
LOCATION: Belfast
CONTACT: Project Planning International, Montalfo Estate, Spa Broad, Ballynahinch, Northern Ireland BT 24 8 PT (e-mail: 01455.1521@compuserve.com)

Poland

DATE: 24–26 August 2000
EVENT: Second World Congress of Philosophy of Medicine
DESCRIPTION: Conference
THEME: Human Health Care—Sciences, Technologies, Values
LOCATION: Cracow, Poland
CONTACT: Prof. dr. Henk ten Have, Secretariat ESPMH, Dept. of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands (fax: 31-24-3540254)

Sweden

DATE: 13–16 May 2000
EVENT: International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks in Medicine and Biology
DESCRIPTION: Conference
LOCATION: Gothenburg
CONTACT: The Artificial Neural Networks in Medicine and Biology Society, Dept. of Philosophy, Gothenburg University, Box 200, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden (tel: +46 31 773 5573; fax: +46 31 773 5159);
e-mail:annimab@www.phil.gu.se;http://www.phil.gu.se/annimab.html)

United Kingdom

DATE: 19–21 May 2000
event: Society for Applied Philosophy Conference: Are Genes Us?
THEME: Ethical, Social, and Philosophical Issues Raised by the New Genetics
LOCATION: Manchester, England
CONTACT: Brenda Almond, Philosophy, University of Hull, Cottingham Rd., Hull, HU7 6RX, England (e-mail: s.a.burwood@phil.hull.ac.uk)

U.S.A.

DATE: 9–23 January 2000
EVENT: Eighth East-West Philosopher’s Conference
THEME: Technology and Cultural Values: On the Edge of the Third Millennium
LOCATION: University of Hawaii
CONTACT: Stepaniants and Ames, University of Hawaii, 2530 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822-2382 (e-mail: farrell@hawaii.edu)

DATE: 9–11 March 2000
ORGANIZATION: Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy
DESCRIPTION: Conference
LOCATION: Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
CONTACT: Kenneth Stikkers, Philosophy, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901-4505 (e-mail: phildept@siu.edu)

DATE: 16–18 March 2000
EVENT: Second University of South Carolina Comparative Literature Conference
DESCRIPTION: Conference
THEME: History, Technology, and Identity after Foucault
LOCATION: University of South Carolina
CONTACT: Paul Allen Miller, Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 209208 (e-mail: pamiller@sc...