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250 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY La Filosofia della storia della filosofia, i suoi nuovi aspetti. Ed. Enrico Castelli. (Padova: CEDAM, 1974. Pp. 347) This work is a sequel to the excellent earlier volume, La Filosofia della storia dellafilosofia, published in French by Vrin (Paris) and in Italian by the Instituto de Studi Filosofici (Universit~tdi Roma). Unlike the earlier volume, which had featured contributions by historians of philosophy from several countries, the present one is composed solely of contributions by Italian historians. Like the earlier volume, the present work concerns itself in great part with the writings of German historians and philosophers. This new book contains the following contributions: Enrico Castelli, "I nuovi aspetti della filosofia della storia della filosofia," pp. 9-13; Paolo Filiasi Carcano, "Metafilosofia e storia della filosofia," pp. 15-49; Valerio Verra, "Heidegger, Schelling e l'idealismo tedesco," pp. 51-71; Franco Bianco, "Esperienza ermeneutica e storiografia filosofica," pp. 73-97; Gilo Dorfles, "Storia dell'arte come storia della filosofia," pp. 109-124; Augusto Del Noce, "Teologia della secolarizzazione e filosofia," pp. 125-167; Marco M. Olivetti, "Filosofia della religione e storia della filosofia," pp. 169-204; Gianni Vattimo, "Oltre la malattia storica: Ragione ermeneutica e ratione dialettica," pp. 205-225; Girogio Derossi, "Interpretazione e tradicibilidt dei testi filosofici," pp. 227-248; Dario Antiseri, "A proposito dei nuovi aspetti delia filosofia della storia della filosofia: Epistemologia, ermeneutica e storiografia filosofica analitica," pp. 249-282; Arturo Carsetti, "Informatica e filosofia," pp. 283-308; Salvatore Spera, "I1 mito di Faust: Aspirzationi letterarie, riflessioni filosofiche, preoccupazioni religiose del giovane Kierkegaard," pp. 309-339. The book concludes with two book reviews. -- DONALD CRESS Announcements VICO/VENEZIA: An International Conference Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the Original Appearance , in Venice, of Giambattista Vico's Autobiography will be held in Venice, 22-25 August 1978. This closely precedes the opening, on 27 August, of the 16th World Congress of Philosophy in Dtlsseldorf. Charter air transportation from Venice to Diisseldorf will be arranged for participants in both meetings. Special arrangements for reduced travel fares from New York will also he available. Inspired by the historical tradition of Venice as a geographical and cultural point of mediation between East and West, the Conference will concentrate on three fundamental topics: (1) Vico in relation to Renaissance and contemporary humanism; (2) Vico and the Geisteswissenschaften; (3) Vico and Venice. The Conference is sponsored by the Fondazione Giorgio Cini (Venice) in association with the Institute for Vico Studies (New York). Advisors are: Nicola Badaloni, Gaetano Cozzi, Eugenio Garin, Rodolfo Pallucchini, Pietro Piovani, Ezio Raimondi (Italy); Max Fisch, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Paul O. Kristeller, Allen Mandelbaum, Benjamin Nelson, Talc0tt Parsons, Meyer Schapiro, Donald P. Verene, Hayden White (U.S.A.); Eugene Kamenka (Australia); Werner Stark (Austria); Chaim Perelman (Belgium); John O'Neill, Frederick Vaughan (Canada); Georg Henrik yon Wright (Finland); Yvon Belaval, Claude L6viStrauss , Alain Ports (France); Schlomo Avineri, Nathan Rotenstreich (Israel); Juli~n Madas (Spain); Sir Isaiah Berlin, Stuart Hampshire, Leon Pompa, Sir Karl Popper (U.K.); Karl Otto Apel, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Ernesto Grassi (West Germany). For information, write Dr. Giorgio Tagliacozzo, Director, Institute for Vico Studies, Suite 17A, 69 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003. THE AUSTRIAN WITTGENSTEIN SOCIETY is pleased to announce the Second International Wittgenstein Symposium in Kirchberg/Wechsel, Austria from 29 August to 7 September 1977. Participants will include: G. E. M. Anscombe, Cambridge; M. Black, Cornell; B. F. McGuinness, Oxford; N. Malcolm, Cornell; W. Stegmuller, Munich; E. Stenius, Helsinki; and G. H. Wright, Helsinki. Scholars wishing to present a twenty minute paper should send three copies of a one page abstract to either Dr. A. Hubner, President of the Austrian Wittgenstein Society, 2880 Kirchberg/Wechsel, Markt 234, Austria, or Professor W. Leinfellner, Department of Philosophy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508. Address inquiries, including requests for programs and registration forms, to Professor H. L. Berghel at the Nebraska address. Ad Placement 252 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY BERKELEY NEWSLETTER. Professor E. J. Furlong and Dr. David Berman of Trinity College, Dublin, propose to initiate an annual Berkeley Newsletter. The Newsletter is to contain mainly items of philosophical interest and occasional reviews of Berkeley books. It is not intended that the Newsletter should contain...