International News and Notes

Conferences and Symposia

Belgium

DATE: 15-18 May 2002
EVENT: International Congress: Causation and Explanation in the Natural and Social Sciences
LOCATION: Ghent University
CONTACT: CENss2002, Erik Weber, Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; censs2002@logica.rug.ac.be

Canada

DATE: 20-23 June 2002
ORGANIZATION: Society for Philosophy and Psychology
DESCRIPTION: Meeting
LOCATION: University of Alberta
CONTACT: Thomas Polger, Philosophy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0374; thomas.polger@uc.edu; http://spp.tamu.edu/html/

Finland

DATE: 3-6 July 2002
EVENT: The 1st International Congress of Psychiatric Trainees on Science, Ethics and Philosophy
DESCRIPTION: Conference
LOCATION: Turku
CONTACT: Tanja Suomela; Tel. +358 50 5974527; tapasu@utu.fl

The Netherlands

DATE: 20-24 April 2002
EVENT: Euroconference on Consciousness and the Imagination
THEME: Mind, Language, and Metaphor
LOCATION: Kerkrade
CONTACT: Dr. J. Hendekovic, European Science Foundation, EURESCO Unit, 1 quai Lezay- Marnésia, 67080 Strasbourg Cedex, France; Tel. +33 388 7671 35; Fax +33 388 36 69 87; euresco@esf.org; www.esf.org/euresco/02/hc02184

Turkey

DATE: 10-17 August 2003
EVENT: XXIst World Congress of Philosophy
LOCATION: Istanbul
THEME: Philosophy Facing World Problems
CONTACT: Congress Secretariat, 21st World Congress of Philosophy, Ahmet Rasim Sok. 8/2, Cankaya, 06550 Ankhara, Turkey; toc@tfk.org.tr; www.tfk.org.tr

United Kingdom

DATE: 25-26 April 2002
ORGANIZATION: British Society for Ethical Theory
DESCRIPTION: Conference
THEME: Imagination and the Arts
LOCATION: University of Leeds
CONTACT: Matthew Kieran, School of Philosophy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION: Meeting
CONTACT: Jimmy Lenman, Philosophy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom; j.lenman@philosophy.arts.gla.ac.uk; www.gla.ac.uk/Acad/Philosophy/Lenman/bset.html

U.S.A.

DATE: 2 May 2002
EVENT: University of Pittsburgh 40th Anniversary Lecture Series
THEME: Philosophy of Science in Italy: the Epistemology of Psychoanalysis as a Case Study
LOCATION: University of Pittsburgh
CONTACT: Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr

DATE: 18-19 May 2002
ORGANIZATION: Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry
DESCRIPTION: Annual Meeting
THEME: Psychiatry and Personal Agency: Nature vs. Nurture Revisited
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CONTACT: Linda Muncy, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9070; Tel: 214-648-4959; Fax: 214-648-4967; Linda.Muncy@UTSouthwestern.edu; www3.utsouthwestern.edu/aapp

DATE: 7-10 November 2002
ORGANIZATION: Radical Philosophy Association
DESCRIPTION: Meeting
THEME: Activism, Ideology, and Radical Philosophy
LOCATION: Brown University
CONTACT: Lisa Heldke, Philosophy, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN 56082; heldke@gac.edu

DATE: 7-10 November 2002
EVENT: Conference: Exploring Jane Addams
LOCATION: University of Dayton
CONTACT: Marilyn Fischer, Philosophy, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-1546; Fischer@udayton.edu

National and Local Groups

Australia

ORGANIZATION: Interest Group for Philosophy and Psychiatry
CONTACT: Dr. Jeanette Martin and Dr. Stephanie Winfield, Australia/New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, 2/97 Edgecliffe Road, Bondi Junction - NSW 2002

Denmark

ORGANIZATION: Danish Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
CONTACT: Dr. Soren Holm, Department of Medical Philosophy and Clinical Theory, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3C - 2200N
CONTACT: Dr. Anton Aggernaes, Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Copenhagen, Buldborgvej 25 - DK, 2000 Fredriksberg

Finland

ORGANIZATION: Finnish Group for Philosophy, Medicine and Mental Health
CONTACT: Professor Ingmar Porn and Dr. Markus Heinimaa, Department of Philosophy, University of Turku - 20700 Turku

France

ORGANIZATION: L'Évolution Psychiatrique
CONTACT: Professor Yves Thoret, 53 Aven Anatole, 78300, Poissy

Germany

ORGANIZATION: Society Anthropologische
CONTACT: Professor Arnd Barocka, DGA-Psychiatrische Klinik der Universitaet, Erlangen- Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage, 6u, 91054 Erlangen
ORGANIZATION: Society for Philosophy and the Science of Psyche

CONTACT: Dr. Martin Heinze, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Lendesklinik Teupitz, Bucholzer Str. 21, D-15755 Teupitz (tel: -49-33766-66139; fax: -49-33766-66128; e- mail: heinzem@zedat.fu-berlin.de) & Dr. Christian Kupke, Grolman Str. 53-54, D- 10625 Berlin (e-mail: kupke@csi.com)

Isreal

ORGANIZATION: Society for Philosophy, Counseling and Psychotherapy
CONTACT: Dr. Ran Lahav, 25 Yarmin Street - Mevascret Zion 90805

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