International News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Canada

DATE: 30 January-1 February 2004
EVENT: 22nd Annual Mephistos Conference (An International Graduate Student Conference on the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science, Technology, and Medicine)
LOCATION: University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
CONTACT: Mephistos 2004 Organizing Committee, c/o Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7 (e-mail: mfrappie@uwo.ca; web site: http://publish.uwo.ca/~mfrappie/Mephistos)

DATE: 6-8 May 2004
EVENT: Deliberation, Desires, and Emotions: A Debate among Medieval and Contemporary Philosophers
LOCATION: Université de Montréal, Montreal
CONTACT: Send three copies to: Fabienne Pironet, Université de Montréal, Département de philosophie, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada; (e-mail: fabienne.pironet@umontreal.ca; web site: http://mapage web.umontreal.ca/pironetf/appel.htm)

Cuba

DATE: 7-10 January 2004
EVENT: 2nd Biennial Seminar on the Philosophical, Epistemological, and Methodological Implications of Complexity Theory
LOCATION: Instituto de Filosofia, Havana, Cuba
CONTACT: E-mail: filosof@ceniai.inf.cu (subject line: Professor Sotolongo)

Finland

DATE: 13-15 May 2004
EVENT: XV Internordic Philosophical Symposium
THEME: Science—A Challenge to Philosophy?
LOCATION: Helsinki, Finland
CONTACT: Heikki J. Koskinen, Department of Philosophy, PO Box 9, FIN-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland (e-mail: heikki.j.koskinen@kolumbus.fi; symposium web site: http://www. helsinki.fi/filosofia/sciencecfp.htm)

Germany

DATE: 23-26 September 2004
EVENT: 7th International Conference on Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology
THEME: Time, Memory, and History
LOCATION: Heidelberg
CONTACT: Thomas Fuchs, MD, PhD, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg, Vosstrasse 2, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany (e-mail: ppp.2004@med.uni-heidelberg.de)

India

DATE: 3-6 January 2004
EVENT: International Interdisciplinary Conference: Society of Indian Philosophy & Religion
THEME: Language, Consciousness, and Culture: East-West Perspectives
LOCATION: Calcutta, India
CONTACT: Secretary, Society of Indian Philosophy and Religion, 1210 Jamestowne Drive, Elon, NC 27244

Italy

DATE: 10-13 November 2004
ORGANIZATION: World Psychiatric Congress: Treatments in Psychiatry
EVENT: A three-hour course on Phenomenological and Anthropological Psychiatry in the 21st Century (sponsored by The Irwin Foundation)
LOCATION: Florence
CONTACT: Michael A. Schwartz (e-mail: mindbrain1@ aol.com)

Scotland

DATE: 17-20 June 2004
EVENT: Conference
THEME: Truth and Realism
LOCATION: University of St. Andrews, Scotland
CONTACT: E-mail: tr2004@st-andrews.ac.uk

Spain

DATE: 15-17 March 2004
EVENT: 14th Inter-University Workshop on Philosophy and Cognitive Science. Invited Speaker: John McDowell, University of Pittsburgh
LOCATION: Murcia, Spain
CONTACT: Dr. A. Garcia-Rodriguez, Dipartmento de Filosofia, Universidad de Murcia, E-30071, Murcia, Spain (e-mail: agarcia@um.es; web site: http://www.um.es/~logica/siufcc04.htm)

DATE: 2-7 August 2004
ORGANIZATION: International Society for the Study of European Ideas
EVENT: 9th International ISSEI Conference
THEME: Narrative of Modernity: Co-Existence of Differences
LOCATION: Pamplona, Spain
CONTACT: Web site: http://issei2004.haifa.ac.il/Introduction%20and%20Conference%20Topic

United Kingdom

DATE: 16-19 June 2004
ORGANIZATION: Society for Ancient Medicine: European Meeting 2004
THEME: Anatomical Knowledge in the Ancient World: From Prehistory to Late Antiquity
LOCATION: The University of Birmingham Medical School (Conference Park), Centre for the History of Medicine, Birmingham
CONTACT: Dr. Robert Arnott, Chairman of the Organising Committee (e-mail: R.G.Arnott@bham.ac.uk) or Professor Lesley Dean-Jones, Department of Classics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (e-mail: ldjones@mail.utexas.edu)

U.S.A.

DATE: 27-30 December 2003
ORGANIZATION: American Philosophical Association (APA-E)
LOCATION: Washington, DC (Washington Hilton)
CONTACT: Janet Sample, American Philosophical Association, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716 (web site: www.apa.udel.edu)

DATE: 27-30 December 2003
ORGANIZATION: Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (with APA-E)
LOCATION: Washington, DC
THEME: Aristotle
CONTACT: Tony Preus, Philosophy, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York 13902 (e-mail: apreus@binghamton.edu)

DATE: 27-30 December 2003
ORGANIZATION: Society for Realist/Antirealist Discussion (with APA-E)
LOCATION: Washington, DC
CONTACT: John M. Rose, Philosophy, Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21204 (e-mail: jrose@goucher.edu)

DATE: 27-30 December 2003
ORGANIZATION: Society for the...