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)
DATE: 13-19 August 2000
EVENT: 23rd International Wittgenstein Symposium
THEME: Rationality and Irrationality
LOCATION: Kirchberg am Weschel
CONTACT: Barry Smith, Rothenbaumchaussee 34, 20148 Hamburg, Germany (e-mail: nhbp@post10.tele.dk)

Belgium

DATE: 29 June-2 July 2000
ORGANIZATION: Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness
DESCRIPTION: 4th Annual Meeting
THEME: The 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: 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)

Canada

DATE: 12-15 October 2000
EVENT: Conference on Confidentiality and Society: Psychotherapy, Ethics, and the Law. Psychoanalytic, Philosophical, and Cultural Perspectives
LOCATION: Montreal, Quebec
CONTACT: http://home.ican.net/~analyst/confidentiality.html
DATE: 2-5 November 2000
ORGANIZATION: The 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, Zentralinstitu für Museuminsel 1, D-80306 München, Germany (e-mail: t79 11@mailin.1rz-muenchen.de)

Greece

DATE: 19-27 August 2000
ORGANIZATION: International Association for Greek Philosophy
DESCRIPTION: Meeting
THEME: Quest for Truth: Greek Philosophy and Epistemology
LOCATION: Samos
CONTACT: K. Boudouris, 5 Simonidou St., 174 56 Alimos- Greece (e-mail: kboud@cc.uoa.gr; http://www.hri.org/iagp)

India

DATE: 1-4 August 2000
ORGANIZATION: The 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)

Israel

DATE: 26 December 2000-2 January 2001
EVENT: 9th International Conference in Jerusalem
THEME: "Radical Evil" as Seen in the Holocaust in Movements of Modern Thought
LOCATION: Hebrew University
CONTACT: Bernard Klein, History and Philosophy, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11235

Italy

DATE: 26-29 August 2000
EVENT: The 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)

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; http://www.kun.nl/phil/algemeen/seminar_nietzsche_2000.html)
DATE: 16-18 November
EVENT: Advanced European Bioethics Course
THEME: Ethics and Genetics
LOCATION: Nijmegen
CONTACT: N. Steinkamp, Catholic University Nijmegen, 232 Dept. Ethics, Philosophy, and History of Medicine, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands (tel. 0031-24-3615320; fax 0031-24-3540254; e-mail n...