International News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Argentina

DATE: 20-22 September 2000
EVENT: Fifth International Conference of Phenomenological Psychology and Psychiatry
THEME: Mind, Language, and Word
LOCATION: Buenos Aires
CONTACT: Prof. Dra. María Lucrecia Rovaletti, Coordinadora General, Cátedra de Psicología Fenomenológica y Existencial de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Juramento 1453 4° piso Dto 29, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina (e-mail: mlrova@psi.uba.ar)

Austria

DATE: 6-9 July 2000
EVENT: 3rd International History of Philosophy of Science Conference
DESCRIPTION: Conference
LOCATION: University of Vienna
CONTACT: Michael Heidelberger( e-mail:
heidelberger@rz.hu-berlin.de; http://hhobel.phl.univie.ac.at/wk)

Belgium

DATE: 29 June - 2 July 2000
ORGANIZATION: Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
DESCRIPTION: 4th Annual Meeting
THEME: Unity of Consciousness: Binding, Integration, and Dissociation
LOCATION: Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels
CONTACT: e-mail: assc4@ulb.ac.be; www.ulb.ac.be/EVENT/assc4/

Brazil

DATE: 19-23 July 2000
ORGANIZATION: International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics
DESCRIPTION: Second World Congress
THEME: 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)

Canada

DATE: 2-5 November 2000
ORGANIZATION: History of Science Society
DESCRIPTION: Annual Meeting
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia
CONTACT: e-mail: hssexec@uwashington.edu; http://depts.washington.edu/hssexec/

Germany

DATE: 17-22 August 2000
ORGANIZATION: Society for the History of Technology
DESCRIPTION: Meeting
LOCATION: Munich
CONTACT: Michael Allen, Zentralinstitut für
Museuminsel 1, D-80306 Munchen, Germany (e-mail: t7911@mailin.1rz-muenchen.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)

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: 101455.1521@compuserve.com)

Italy

DATE: 26-29 August 2000
EVENT: Fourth International Conference on Philosophy and Psychiatry
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/47th International Congress in Phenomenology
DESCRIPTION: Conference
THEME: Passion for Truth: Reality, Cognition, Deceit, Illusion Revisited
LOCATION: Puebla, Mexico
CONTACT: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, World Phenomenology Institute, 348 Payson Rd., Belmont, MA 02478

The Netherlands

DATE: 21-23 September 2000
EVENT: Nietzsche's Use of Language
DESCRIPTION: Conference
LOCATION: Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen
CONTACT: Hester Ijsseling, Philosophy, University of Nijmegen, Postbus 9013, 6500 HD, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (e-mail: hesterij@xs4all.nl; www.kun.nl/phil/algemeen/seminar_nietzsche_2000.html)

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: 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...