<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I N elektronisk nyhedsbrev for AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie nr. 161 d. 11. juni 2003 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: 1. Opslag: Krakatau: The Earth as research object A History of Accelerator-Based Nuclear Physics in India Ph.D.forsvar: Etiske aspekter v. kliniske fors¿g m. akutte patienter International Union of History and Philosophy of Science /Dk. 2. Internet-nyt Liam Hudson: The Cult of the Fact BioTIKs nyhedsbreve <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 1. Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: "Anne Lis Rasmussen, Niels Bohr Archive" The Niels Bohr Archive's Monday, 16 June 2003 at 14:15 History of Science Seminar Aud. A, Niels Bohr Institute Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen Matthias Dšrries Professor, History of Science UniversitŽ Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg "Krakatau: The Earth as research object" The eruption of Krakatau in the Dutch East Indies in 1883 had profound global effects: it erupted seven cubic kilometres of rocks and ashes up to seventy kilometres into the atmosphere; a fine dust blew around the earth several times; the explosion was heard as far away as Australia; the resulting immense sea waves (tsunami) killed more than thirty-six thousand people; and the immediate surroundings of the volcano were plunged into utter darkness for three days. The effects of this event were not limited to south-east Asia. On the contrary, the eruption demonstrated that a single catastrophe taking place on one side of the world could affect (for example) the climate on the opposite side. The natural disaster of Krakatau staged an experiment on a very large scale, an experiment that turned the world into a laboratory. By interesting (and essential) coincidence, the catastrophe occurred at just the moment when it could become a global subject: with the existence of a well-developed colonial bureaucracy; the establishment of transoceanic communications; the standardisation of measurements; and the diffusion of science to the areas most distant from Europe. The Krakatau event thus stimulated systemic and global thinking among scientists who sought to establish links between phenomena hitherto considered as distinct. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> Niels Bohr Archive's Friday 20 June 2003, 10.15 History of Science Seminar Aud. A, Niels Bohr Institute Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen Jahnavi Phalkey Doctoral Candidate School of History, Technology and Society Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S.A. "A History of Accelerator-Based Nuclear Physics in India (1938-1966)" Instruments, accelerators in this case, can be seen as an archive of the aspirations, position and negotiations of their makers and users. They can effectively provide a tangible anchor to explore the scientific culture of the period in question. Accelerator-building activity in India began in 1940, and was carried out at various locations with varied trajectories. This talk will discuss four such facilities within the period from 1938-1966. The period is interesting because it lies at the intersection of India's transition from a colony to an independent nation-state, the rising international prominence of physics and nuclear physics, and the Second World War followed by the Cold War. The history of physics laboratories and research in India is inextricably linked with institutions, instruments and people outside its boundaries, notably with North America and Western Europe. Indian physicists, many of whom were trained in these countries, looked for ways to participate in research on the emerging frontiers of big science and also to enroll the support of their American and European counterparts in research and infrastructure building in India. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> Ph.d.-forsvar: Anne Gammelgaard, cand.scient.: Etiske aspekter ved kliniske fors¿g med akutte patienter - belyst i forbindelse med DANAMI-2 unders¿gelsen. Ph.d.-afhandlingen baserer sig pŒ fem artikler og en sammenfatning udarbejdet i perioden 2000- 2003 under min ans¾ttelse ved Afdeling for Medicinsk Videnskabsteori. Afhandlingen besk¾ftiger sig med etiske aspekter ved at involvere akutte patienter i kliniske fors¿g med s¾rligt henblik pŒ det informerede samtykke. Akutte patienter rejser specielle problemer i forhold til kravet om et informeret samtykke, idet disse patienter kan v¾re i en tilstand, som kompromitterer deres kompetance til at forstŒ informationen og tr¾ffe en beslutning. Endvidere har patienterne kun kort tid til at forstŒ informationen og overveje beslutningen, da de skal i behandling sŒ hurtigt som muligt, og endeligt er det ikke oplagt, at patienterne i det hele taget ¿nsker at deltage i en samtykkeprocess under disse omst¾ndigheder. Disse problemstillinger belyses i form af en interview- og sp¿rgeskemaunders¿gelse af patienters oplevelse af samtykkeprocessen i forbindelse med et dansk randomiseret fors¿g, DANAMI-2, som involverede patienter indlagt akut med blodprop i hjertet. FormŒlet med afhandlingen er (1) at redeg¿re for de forskellige samtykkeprocedurer, som har v¾ret anvendt i tidligere fors¿g med denne patientgruppe, (2) at udarbejde en oversigt over tidligere empiriske studier af samtykkeprocessen i sŒdanne fors¿g samt (3) at analysere, hvorledes patienter, som deltog i samtykkeprocessen i DANAMI-2, oplever og forholder sig hertil. PŒ basis heraf (4) analyseres de etiske aspekter ved sŒdanne fors¿g, og (5) der frems¾ttes retningslinier for fremtidige fors¿g med denne patientgruppe. Endelig (6) evalueres den danske lovgivning pŒ omrŒdet i relation hertil. Tid: Torsdag d. 26.juni 2003, kl. 14.00. Sted: Dam Auditoriet, Panum Instituttet, Blegdamsvej 3, K¿benhavn. Bed¿mmere: Lone Schmidt, lektor, l¾ge, ph.d.; J¿rgen Fischer Hansen, klinikchef, overl¾ge, dr.med. og S¿ren Holm, professor, l¾ge, ph.d., dr.med. Vejledere: Peter Rossel, lektor, mag.art. og Ole Steen Mortensen, l¾ge, ph.d. Yderligere oplysninger: a.gammelgaard[ at ]medphil.ku.dk Afdeling for Medicinsk Videnskabsteori Institut for Folkesundhedsvidenskab K¿benhavns Universitet Panum Instituttet, Bygning 22.3. Blegdamsvej 3 2200 K¿benhavn N tlf. 35 32 79 35 fax 35 32 79 38 <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: ivhhk[ at ]phys.au.dk (Helge Kragh) IUHPS DIVISION OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE, IUHPS: International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS) har som dansk repr¾sentant Nationalkomiteen for Videnskabshistorie og Videnskabsfilosofi. Unionen bestŒr af to afdelinger, DHS = Division of History of Science og DLMPS = Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. DHS har netop etableret et web-newsletter, der bringer en r¾kke relevante informationer og som det anbefales at konsultere: http://ppp.unipv.it/dhs Blandt nyhederne er det nye European Society for the History of Science (ESHS), der vil blive s¿sat pŒ et m¿de i Bruxelles til oktober. Desuden har DHS skabt en pris for unge videnskabshistorikere, med f¿rste uddeling i 2005. For mere information om disse nyheder, se det n¾vnte newsletter. WEBPAGE OM DANSK VIDENSKABSHISTORIE Volker Thomsen fra USA har i lang tid interesseret sig for dansk videnskabshistorie. Han har nu skabt en web-side over danske forskere inden for fysik, kemi, astronomi og geologi. Den er endnu kun 80% f¾rdig, men v¾rd at kigge pŒ: http://webpages.charter.net/fraser384/ EINSTEIN-WEBPAGE Einstein Papers Project ved Caltech har skabt en righoldig webpage med indgange til Einstein-arkiverne, herunder manuskripter: http://www.alberteinstein.info/ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 2. Internet-nyt: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> fra HOPOS listen Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 23:34:04 +1000 From: Rafe Champion Subject: Liam Hudson on Oxford philosophy and "scientific" psychology Hopoi may be interested in some illuminating comments by Liam Hudson on Oxford philosophy of the 1950s, and also Oxford and Cambridge psychology. He has kindly granted permission to reproduce some chapters from his book "The Cult of the Fact" and these can be found at http://www.the-rathouse.com/LiamHudson.html Rafe Champion Sydney, Australia <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> BioTIKs nyhedsbreve FŒ gratis abonnement pŒ BioTIK - internationalt overblik: tilmeld dig pŒ http://www.biotik.dk/abonnement/ Her kan du ogsŒ abonnere pŒ andre af BioTIKs nyhedsbreve mv. - eller afmelde dig som abonnent. BioTIK - internationalt overblik udgives af Forbrugerstyrelsen i samarbejde med h¿yer & mathiasen (chp[ at ]hoyer-mathiasen.dk) BioTIK - internationalt overblik citerer fra internationale kilder - suppleret med danske kommentarer til den internationale bioteknologiske udvikling. Du er velkommen til at bruge materiale fra nyhedsbrevet med beh¿rig kildeangivelse som beskrevet pŒ http://www.biotik.dk/nyheder/om_nyheder/. Yderligere information om BioTIK nyhedsbrevene pŒ http://www.biotik.dk/nyheder/om_nyheder/. Du kan kontakte os pŒ: biotik[ at ]biotik.dk Tlf: 32 66 90 00 Fax: 32 66 91 00 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< HUGIN og MUNIN er et elektronisk nyhedsbrev for aktiviteter indenfor videnskabsteori, videnskabsfilosofi, videnskabshistorie, videnskabssociologi og tilgraensende emneomraader. Det udsendes af Center for Naturfilosofi og Videnskabsstudier, Koebenhavns Universitet, og udspringer af Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie, som Statens Humanistisk Forskningsraad i Danmark igangsatte i 1994 for at styrke kontakten mellem grupper og enkeltpersoner indenfor de naevnte fagomraader. Annoncering af moeder i Hugin og Munin, tilmelding, afmelding, og andre henvendelser sendes til emmeche [at]nbi.dk . Et web-arkiv for tidligere numre er: http://www.nbi.dk/~natphil/hug/hug.intro.html Hugin og Munin - tanke og erindring - er de to vise ravne, der sidder paa Odins skuldre og hvisker ham alle tidender i oeret. Han sender dem ud ved daggry, og ved morgenmaaltidet vender de tilbage med nyheder fra hele verden. Ravnene er her valgt som vartegn for den filosofiske eftertanke og den historiske erindring. Begge er vigtige naar de enkelte videnskaber om natur og menneske skal bringes i kontakt med videnskabsteoriens beskrivelser af videnskab som en konkret og kompleks proces, der maa forstaas ud fra baade filosofiske, historiske og sociologiske studier. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr.161 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I N elektronisk nyhedsbrev for AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie nr. 162 d. 25. aug. 2003 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: 1. Opslag: Niels Bohr and the Soviet Union between the Two World Wars �rsm¿de i Nationalkomiteen for Videnskabshistorie og Videnskabsfilosofi Hvad er god videnskab? Antologi om videnskabelig metode og etik (cfp) 22nd Annual Mephistos Conference Kollokvier ved Institut for Videnskabshistorie, Aarhus Universitet Disputatsforsvar: Niels Bohr«s Philosophy of Quantum Physics Conference On The Logic Of Time And Modality 2. Tidskrift- og bog-nyt Cybernetics & Human Knowing Forskning, etik, konsekvens Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Cognitive Anthropology of Science (cfp) 3. Internet-nyt I. B. Cohen <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 1. Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: "Felicity Pors, Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen" The Niels Bohr Archive's Tuesday 26 August 2003 at 14:15 History of Science Seminar Auditorium D, Niels Bohr Institute Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen Master's thesis colloquium (Specialekollokvium): Peder Jacob Ellehave Kragh "Niels Bohr and the Soviet Union between the Two World Wars: Resources at the Niels Bohr Archive" Abstract: It is well known that Niels Bohr had personal contacts with many physicists in Germany in the period c.1917 - c.1941, but it is less known that Bohr also had widespread contacts with physicists in the Soviet Union in the same period. Bohr and people working at "Institut for Teoretisk Fysik" in Copenhagen had in this period correspondence with more than 20 physicists from the Soviet Union, for example George Gamow, Lev Landau (Nobel Prize in 1962) and Peter Kapitza (Nobel prize in 1978). Besides correspondence with physicists in the Soviet Union Bohr also had correspondence with other scientists and political figures in the Soviet Union (notably Josef Stalin). In my talk I will elucidate Bohr's contacts with the Soviet Union as documented by the material available at the Niels Bohr Archive in Copenhagen. I will shed light on some of the topics Bohr discussed with Soviet physicists such as Gamow, Landau and Kapitza. I will furthermore look more generally at the different aspects of Bohr's contacts with people in the Soviet Union, what made these contacts important for Bohr and the physicists in the Soviet Union, and what they focused on. Selected sources: Archival documents the Niels Bohr Archive, Copenhagen. Correspondence Bohr-Gamow, Bohr-Landau, Bohr-Kapitza and many others. BOAG, J. and RUBININ, P. and SCHOENBERG, D. ed.: Kapitza in Cambridge and Moscow, North-Holland 1990, the Netherlands GRAHAM, L.: Science in Russia and the Soviet Union, a Short History, Cambridge University Press 1993, England JOSEPHSON, P.: Physics and Politics in Revolutionary Russia, University of California Press, 1991, USA Advisors: Finn Aaserud (NBA), Ole Ulfbeck (NBI) <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Hanne Andersen �rsm¿de i Nationalkomiteen for Videnskabshistorie og Videnskabsfilosofi Fredag d. 12. - l¿rdag d. 13. december 2003 Nationalkomiteen holder Œrsm¿de pŒ Carlsberg Akademiet i K¿benhavn d. 12.-13. december 2003 og inviterer hermed deltagere. M¿det arrangeres i samarbejde med Forskerskolen i Filosofi, Ide- og Videnskabshistorie. Forel¿bigt program Fredag d. 12.12.. Temaet for dagen vil v¾re anvendelsesaspekter af videnskabshistorie og videnskabsfilosofi i bred forstand, herunder f.eks. ogsŒ forskningspolitik, videnskabsformidling mv. L¿rdag d. 13.12. Denne dag er reserveret til frie foredag og diskussion. Is¾r ph.d.-stidendiater opfordres til at tilmelde indl¾g til m¿det. Tilmelding til Hanne Andersen, Afd. for Medicinsk Videnskabsteori, Panum Instituttet, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 K¿benhavn N, e-mail: h.andersen[ at ]medphil.ku.dk Deltagere i m¿det bedes tilmelde sig senest 30.10. Program med foredragstitler mv. vil foreligge i midten af oktober. Hanne Andersen og Helge Kragh Hanne Andersen Dept. of Medical Philosophy and Clinical Theory Panum Institute, building 22-3 Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N Phone: +45 3532 7931 Fax: +45 3532 7938 <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> from: Torkild Leo Thellefsen HVAD ER GOD VIDENSKAB? EN ANTOLOGI OM VIDENSKABELIG METODE OG ETIK Call for abstracts - deadline 1. oktober 2003. Redakt¿r Ph.d. Torkild Thellefsen, Institut for Kommunikation, Aalborg Universitet. Hvad er god videnskab? Hvilke kriterier skal v¾re opfyldt for at kunne betegne noget god videnskab? Hvilke etiske problemer kan der v¾re forbundet med videnskabelige metoder? I 1902 skrev den amerikanske filosof C. S. Peirce essayet "The ethics of Terminology", hvor han nedf¾ldede et etisk regels¾t for hvordan filosoffer burde udvikle filosofisk terminologi. Dette regels¾t handler i korthed, om at introducerer man et nyt begreb i det videnskabelige samfund, er det ens pligt dels at s¿rge for at begrebet fremstŒr sŒ klart og veldefineret som muligt, at man ikke blot overtager andres begreber og fylder nyt indhold i dem, at man ikke finder pŒ begreber, som lyder smarte, men som intet reelt indhold har eller er misvisende i forhold til dets indhold, og at man fra tid til anden vender tilbage til ens begreber og retter dem til i forhold til den verden de indgŒr i. Dvs. at man tager ansvaret for ens begreber. F¿lger man Peirces terminologiske etik, i udviklingen af begreber bedriver man ogsŒ god videnskab, dvs. en begrebsdannelse, der er pr¾cis og velformuleret. Men der findes ogsŒ andre mŒder at bedrive god videnskab pŒ, og der findes ogsŒ etiske pro! blemer med den gode videnskab. FormŒlet med antologien er netop at belyse hvad god videnskab er set fra naturvidenskabens, samfundsvidenskabens og humanioras synsvinkel. Derfor indkalder jeg forskere til at give deres bud pŒ, hvad god videnskabelig metode og etik er. Antologien forventes udgivet pŒ Gyldendal i slutningen af 2004. Send et abstract til Torkild Thellefsen tlt[ at ]hum.auc.dk inden 1. oktober 2003, som kort beskriver artiklens indhold, mŒls¾tning og tilknytning til emnet. De tilsendte abstract bliver vurderet i samarbejde med Gyldendal og forfatterne fŒr kort efter 1. oktober besked pŒ om de vil komme i betragtning til antologien. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Melanie Frappier Subject: Mephistos 2004 Call for Papers 22nd ANNUAL MEPHISTOS CONFERENCE - An International Graduate Student Conference on the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Friday January 30th - Sunday February 1st, 2004 University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Deadline for submissions: October 1st, 2003 Mephistos is an international graduate student conference on the history, philosophy, and sociology of science, technology, and medicine that provides an opportunity for graduate students to present papers, participate in discussions, and meet other students in their field. Each year Mephistos is held at a different institution and we are pleased to announce that the 2004 conference will be hosted by the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: The Mephistos 2004 Organizing Committee welcomes the submission of papers from graduate students on the history, philosophy, or sociology of science, technology, or medicine. Papers should take no longer than 20 minutes to present (approximately 3,000 words). Prepare submissions for blind review, and provide an abstract (no longer than 300 words), as well as a cover sheet containing the author's name, institutional affiliation, title of the paper, mailing and e-mail addresses, and telephone number(s). Please submit your papers by mail (duplicate) or e-mail (Word or Word Perfect format) to the below address by October 1st, 2003. As in previous years, we expect to offer SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HELP to conference presenters. If you have any questions or would like to request further information concerning Mephistos 2004, please visit our website at http://publish.uwo.ca/~mfrappie/Mephistos or contact the organizers at the address below. Please forward this message to anyone potentially interested in participating, in any capacity, in Mephistos 2004. Yours, Mephistos 2004 Organizing Committee c/o Department of Philosophy University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7 E-mail: mfrappie[ at ]uwo.ca FAX: + 1 (519) 661-3922 http://publish.uwo.ca/~mfrappie/Mephistos <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Anita Kildebaek Nielsen Kollokvier ved Institut for Videnskabshistorie, Aarhus Universitet EfterŒret 2003 Torsdage kl. 15.15 i koll. G4, Ny Munkegade, bygning 532 4.9. Docent, dr.phil. Sten Ebbesen, Institut for Gr¾sk og Latin, K¿benhavns Universitet, "En dansk f¿rsterangs filosof fra middelalderen: Boethius de Dacia". 18.9. PhD student Marta G—mez Mart’nez, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, "Sacrobosco in Spanish". 25.9. Professor Jan Hogendijk, Mathematical Institute, University of Utrecht, "A Newly Discovered Instrument for Finding the Distance and Direction of Mecca". 2.10. Ph.d. Carl-Michael Edenborg, "The Shame of Alchemy: The Expulsion of the Alchemical Tradition from the Public Sphere". 23.10. Mag.art. Ragna Heyn Olsen, "21 tdr. land af N¿rrevolds f¾stningsterr¾n - Flytningen af K¿benhavns Universitets botaniske have og de naturvidenskabelige institutioner 1850-90". 30.10. PhD student Kaj Johansson, Department of History of Ideas and Theory of Science, Gšteborg University, "Popular Science and the Thought-Style of Ludwik Fleck". 6.11. Professor Steffen L. Lauritzen, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Aalborg University, "T. N. Thiele: Pioneer in Statistics". 13.11. Professor David A. King, Institute of the History of Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, "Astronomy in the Baghdad of the Caliphs". (2nd Olaf Pedersen Lecture) 27.11. Beauty of Nature - Beauty of Science (A symposium to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the University of Aarhus - see www.ivh.au.dk/beauty) 4.12. Professor Lars Broman, Dalarna University, "Science Communication in Museums and Science Centers". 11.12. Associate professor Ole Knudsen, IVH, "¯rsted on Compressibility and the Dynamic Theory of Matter". Foredragenes abstract findes pŒ IVHs hjemmeside, hvor man ogsŒ b¿r holde ¿je med aflysninger/¾ndringer: www.ivh.au.dk/kollokvier/ PŒ gensyn """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Anita Kildebaek Nielsen, PhD, Assistant Professor History of Science Department, University of Aarhus Ny Munkegade, Building 521 DK-8000 Aarhus C., Denmark Phone: +45 8942 3508 Fax: +45 8942 3510 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> from: Steen Brock FORSVAR AF DEN FILOSOFISKE DOKTORGRAD Lektor Steen Brock, Institut for Filosofi forsvarer sin doktorafhandling Niels Bohr«s Philosophy of Quantum Physics In the Light of the Helmholtzian Tradition of Theoretical Physics. Forsvaret finder sted Fredag d. 5. September, kl. 13:00 Statskundskabs Auditorium, A1 Officielle opponenter er Professor Rom HarrŽ, Oxford University/Georgetown University Professor Uffe Juul Jensen, Aarhus Universitet. Det tredie medlem af bed¿mmelsesudvalget, som ogsŒ er tilstede, er Lektor Jan Faye, K¿benhavns Universitet. Afhandlingen er udgivet pŒ Forlaget Logos, Berlin, ISBN 3-8325-0200-9 og kan rekvireres i �rhus Bogcafe og Studiebogladen, samt bestilles online pŒ web adressen www.logos-verlag.de <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Torben Brauner *********************************************** CONFERENCE ON THE LOGIC OF TIME AND MODALITY Call for participation Roskilde University Friday, October 31 - Saturday, November 1, 2003 http://www.philog.ruc.dk/phiconf3.html * Theme. Arthur Norman Prior (1914-69) was the founding father of the modern logic of time and modality. In the 1950s and 1960s he laid out the foundation of temporal logic and showed that this discipline was intimately connected with modal logic. Since then, temporal and modal logic has grown into a mature discipline with many important applications in philosophy, computer science, and also linguistics. It is the aim of the conference to discuss the modern challenges, problems, and applications of the Priorean approach to the logic of time and modality. * Program committee. Torben BraŸner (Roskilde University), Per Hasle (The University of Southern Denmark - Kolding), Peter ¯hrstr¿m (Aalborg University) * Invited speakers. Patrick Blackburn (INRIA Lorraine), Jack Copeland (University of Canterbury), Kit Fine (New York University), Antony Galton (University of Exeter), Peter Simons (University of Leeds), Heinrich Wansing (Dresden University of Technology), Alberto Zanardo (University of Padova) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 2. Tidskrift- og bog-nyt: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> CYBERNETICS & HUMAN KNOWING is a quarterly international multi- and interdisciplinary journal on second order cybernetics, autopoiesis and cybersemiotics. See: http://www.imprint-academic.com/C&HK Volume 10, No.1 2003: special issue: Sebeok's biosemiotic contribution to Cybersemiotics http://www.imprint.co.uk/C&HK/current_issue.html <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Forlaget politisk revy A S G E R S ¯ R E N S E N F O R S K N I N G, E T I K, K O N S E K V E N S - Et filosofisk stridsskrift (K¿benhavn: Forlaget Politisk Revy, 2003) Forskning i etik har konsekvenser, for moralske vurderinger og for handlinger. De begreber, der former vores moralske overvejelser, er skabt af mennesker og kunne derfor v¾re anderledes. Konsekvensetikkens eksperter foregiver at v¾re rationelle og upartiske, men er endog meget partiske: Videnskabsteoretisk er de positivister, politisk liberalister, og denne legitimering af det givne og det bestŒende sl¿res v.h.a. diskursive og retoriske finter. Det er sv¾rt at modstŒ neo-liberalisme og globalisering, hvis det indre marked strukturerer vores bevidsthed; dette stridsskrift er et bidrag til kritikken af etikken som liberalistisk ideologi. Forfatteren tager i bogen udgangspunkt i en disput med Bioetisk Forskningsgruppe ved �rhus Universitet, men bogens principielle etiske overvejelser gŒr langt videre, og den kan sŒledes ogsŒ l¾ses som en bog om etik og moral i den mest generelle filosofiske betydning af ordene. Asger S¿rensen, f¿dt 1960, er mag.art og ph.d. i filosofi. P.t. er han ansat pŒ Handelsh¿jskolen i K¿benhavn. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> from: http://www.worldscientific.com/books/lifesci/5299.html I N F O R M A T I O N T H E O R Y A N D E V O L U T I O N by John Avery (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) (New Jersey: World Scientific) This highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution (and also human cultural evolution), against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems. This paradox has its resolution in the information content of the Gibbs free energy that enters the biosphere from outside sources, as the author shows. The role of information in human cultural evolution is another focus of the book. One of the final chapters discusses the merging of information technology and biotechnology into a new discipline - bio-information technology. Contents: * Pioneers of Evolutionary Thought * Charles Darwin's Life and Work * Molecular Biology and Evolution * Statistical Mechanics and Information * Information Flow in Biology * Cultural Evolution and Information * Information Technology * Bio-Information Technology * Looking Towards the Future 232pp Pub. date: Jun 2003 ISBN 981-238-399-9 US$58 / £39 ISBN 981-238-400-6(pbk) US$28 / £19 <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Routledge Subject: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online Version 2.0 Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online Version 2.0 http://www.rep.routledge.com/ General Editor: Edward Craig, University of Cambridge, UK Routledge is proud to announce the launch of Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online (REP Online) Version 2.0, the first full programme upgrade of the acclaimed Web resource. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Christophe Heintz Subject: CFP: Special Issue 'Cognitive Anthropology of Science' Call for Papers COGNITIVE ANTHROPOLOGY OF SCIENCE Special Issue of the Journal of Cognition and Culture Cognitive Anthropology of Science is at the crossroad of quickly developing disciplines: Cognitive Science provides more and more tools for the study of scientific thinking; Science Studies, and in particular the anthropology of Science, is being enriched with numerous case studies; Naturalised epistemology is constantly reworking its philosophical assumptions thus opening new directions for the naturalist study of science; lastly, cognitive anthropology and ethnoscience, provide Cognitive Anthropology of Science with a rich tradition. This opens large prospects for a cognitive anthropological approach to the study of science. This special edition will aim at both exploring these prospects and bringing together state-of-the-art research of a not yet established field. Cognitive anthropology of science can benefit from several paradigms, traditions and research methods. First, cognitive anthropologists can show how cognitive constraints have contributed, together with historical and cultural factors, to the contents of a given science. Second, sciences are cultural objects of particular relevance for the cross-cultural study of notions such as truth or causality, and cognitive operations such as reasoning or categorising. Third, sciences can be analysed as specific cultural model or schema that frame individuals' cognition. Scientists at work, and, more controversially, people in their everyday activities, appeal to specific ways of thinking informed by the 'culture of science'. Fourth, scientific practice can be analysed as cognition distributed among scientists and scientific instruments. Core issues in these research directions have to do with the relationships between folk theories and scientific knowledge and practices. Do cognitive dispositions afford and constrain science in the same way as they afford and constrain folk knowledge? Can the development of science be seen as a cultural process of emancipation from cognitive constraints? Can cognitive anthropology of science provide new insights in evolutionary theories of science? Does science manage cognitive resources such as memory, imagination and reasoning abilities in the same way as other cultural institutions such as religion? What are the specific cognitive architectures of scientific institutions? How do these structures relate to the production of scientific knowledge? Papers exploring these directions and others dealing with the theoretical and methodological framework of the cognitive anthropology of science would be welcome, as well as case studies. TOPICS OF INTERESTS: The topics of interest of this special issue include (but are not limited to): - Interaction between Cognitive and Contextual factors in the History of Science - Evolutionary Epistemology - Science and Distributed Cognition - The cognitive bases of scientific practice - Empirical studies of scientific practice, using a cognitive anthropological approach (e.g. in vivo investigations of scientific cognition) - Socio-Cognitive aspects of teaching and learning the Sciences - Conceptual Changes in Science - Continuity between folk knowledge and scientific practice IMPORTANT DATES: ASAP and July 15, 2003 at the latest - statement of interest / abstract December 10, 2003 - papers due January 15, 2003 - Notification of acceptance June 2004 - special issue appears SUBMISSION : Submission should be sent by e-mail to: christophe.heintz[ at ]ehess.fr Formatting instruction can be found at the journal's web site (see below). Any queries concerning this special issue should be directed to Christophe Heintz at the above e-mail address. THE JOURNAL: The Journal of Cognition and Culture (ISSN 1567-7095) is edited by E. Thomas Lawson and Pascal Boyer and published by Brill Academic Publishers (The Netherlands). For more details, see the journal homepage at: http://www.wmich.edu/cognition/home.html . You can also consult the table of contents of previous issues at Ingenta Select: http://gottardo.ingentaselect.com/vl=3137579/cl=21/nw=1/rpsv/cw/brill/1567095/contp1- 1.htm <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Eric Scerri Subject: Chemical Explanation volume List members may be interested in an edited collection of articles that has just been published, "Chemical Explanation", edited by Joseph E. Earley, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, 2003. ISBN: 1-57331-457-9. It is also volume 988 of the Annals of the new York Academy of Sciences series. The book contains a total of 40 articles, covering 377 pages. Many of the articles were presented at the 6th summer symposium for the philosophy of chemistry and biochemistry held in Washington DC in August of 2002. The conference was part of an annual series organized by the ISPC. See below for web pages. regards, eric scerri -- Dr. Eric Scerri , UCLA, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569 USA E-mail : scerri[ at ]chem.ucla.edu Web Page: http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/scerri/index.html Editor of Foundations of Chemistry http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1386-4238 Also see International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry http://www.georgetown.edu/earleyj/ISPC.html <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 3. Internet-nyt Subject: HOPOS-L Digest - 18 Jun 2003 to 20 Jun 2003 (#2003-136) Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:56:48 -0400 From: "Fisher, Saul" Subject: I. B. Cohen From: George Smith Subject: I. B. Cohen I regret to inform you that Bernard Cohen died at age 89 early this morning, with his wife Susan at his side. His distinguished career at Harvard began in 1933 when he entered as an undergraduate, proceeding then to a PhD in what was then called the History of Science and Learning followed by fifty five years of teaching and scholarship, ending with the last course he taught in 1999. The manuscript of his most recently finished book, on number, was mailed to Norton only a week ago today. The discipline of history of science has lost one of its giants. George E. Smith - - - From: Valter Alnis Bezerra Subject: Re: I. B. Cohen More info on I. B. Cohen at the Harvard U. website: http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/0306/20-cohen.html Regards, Valter <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr.162 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I N elektronisk nyhedsbrev for AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie nr. 163 d. 3. sept. 2003 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: 1. Opslag: Mathematics: A Body Count Hvad skal et naturvidenskabeligt fakultet med fagdidaktik? Ph.d. kursus i videnskabsfilosofi/videnskabsteori Mini-conference on Entrepreneurial Universities 2. Bognyt Forskningens Verden - Prydhave, Nyttehave, Vildnis Universitet og videnskab - Universitetets idŽhistorie 3. Internet-nyt CFP: Imaging and Imagining NanoScience & Engineering Seminar by Nancy J. Nersessian <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 1. Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> from: Robin Engelhardt Mathematics: A Body Count A mini-seminar on the biological roots of mathematical thought Friday, 19. September, 2003, 1pm - 5pm Auditorium D 169, Danish University of Education Emdrupvej 101 - Copenhagen The Math and Science Consortium at Learning Lab Denmark invites you to an inspiring afternoon seminar where we will discuss the biological and cultural conditions for mathematical thinking. The distinguished professors Rafael Nœ–ez and Uri Leron will discuss this hot topic from the perspective of a non-platonic and constructivist understanding of mathematics. The questions will then be what this leaves for the traditional understanding of mathematics as an exact and perfect (and discorporate) body of knowledge, and what will be the challenges for implementing these new perspectives into the teaching of mathematics. Please send an email to robin[ at ]lld.dk if you would like to attend. Program 13:00 Introduction by Robin Engelhardt of Learning Lab Denmark 13:15 The Bodily-Grounded Cognitive Foundations of Mathematics, by Rafael Nœ–ez, Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego 14:15 Coffee break 14:30 Human Nature and Mathematical Thinking, by Uri Leron, Department of Science Education, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel 15:30 Coffee break 16:00 Open discussion About the speakers and their topics: Rafael Nœ–ez investigates cognition from the perspective of the embodied mind. He is particularly interested in high-level cognitive phenomena such as conceptual systems, abstraction, and inference mechanisms, as they manifest themselves naturally through largely unconscious bodily/mental activity (e.g., gesture production synchronous with conceptual metaphors and blends). His multidisciplinary interests bring him to address these issues from various inter-related perspectives: mathematical cognition, the empirical study of spontaneous gestures, cognitive linguistics, and field research of the Aymara culture in the Andes. His recent book, Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being (with George Lakoff), presents a new theoretical framework for understanding the human nature of Mathematics and its foundations. Uri Leron has for a long time been interested in the relationship between mathematical intuition and formalism. In this connection he studied interactive computational environments and the implementation of constructivist approaches in the mathematics classroom. In his talk Uri Leron will demonstrate -- by surveying relevant research and by analyzing mathematical case studies -- how different elements of mathematical thinking can be either enabled or hindered by aspects of human nature. Human nature is here understood as the collection of traits and behaviors which are shared by all human beings under normal developmental conditions. Human nature has recently been studied closely through cognitive science, neuroscience, research on babies and on animals, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology. This preliminary theoretical framework can add an evolutionary and ecological level of interpretation to empirical findings of math education research, as well as illuminate some cl! assroom issues. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Kjeld Bagger Laursen Subject: tiltr¾delsesforel¾sning Se venligst nedenstŒende og vedh¾ftede invitationer fra Center for Naturfagenes Didaktik pŒ K¿benhavns Universitet. Tiltr¾delsesforel¾sning. Didaktikcentret ved det naturvidenskabelige fakultet, K¿benhavns Universitet, har hermed den forn¿jelse at invitere til professor mso Carl Winsl¿ws tiltr¾delsesforel¾sning HVAD SKAL ET NATURVIDENSKABELIGT FAKULTET MED FAGDIDAKTIK? tirsdag den 9. september 2003 kl. 15:15 i auditorium 4 HC ¯rsted Institutet, Universitetsparken 5, 2100 K¿benhavn ¯ I forel¾sningen vil Carl Winsl¿w f¿rst give en pr¾sentation af, hvad fagdidaktisk forskning og udviklingsarbejde er, med eksempler fra hans egne arbejder vedr. matematikundervisning, hovedsageligt pŒ universitetsniveau. Dern¾st pr¾senterer han sine tanker om hvad fagdidaktik kan bruges til pŒ fakultetet. Alle er velkomne. Umiddelbart efter forel¾sningen er Didaktikcentret v¾rt ved en reception i vandrehallens sydende Med venlig hilsen Kjeld Bagger Laursen Centerleder <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Henrik Vase Frandsen Subject: Nyhedsbrev 9/2003 - Institut for P¾dagogisk Filosofi Annoncering af Ph.d.-kursus, november 2003: Ph.d. kursus i videnskabsfilosofi/videnskabsteori Date: 24.-28. november kl. 9-16 Venue: Danmarks P¾dagogiske Universitet, Emdrupvej 101, K¿benhavn. Teachers: Lektor Kirsten Hyldgaard, DPU, e-mail: kihy[ at ]dpu.dk Professor Hans Siggaard, Learning Lab Denmark, e-mail: siggaard[ at ]lld.dk Content: Kurset vil dels v¾re en pr¾sentation af aktuelle videnskabsfilosofiske/videnskabsteoretiske diskussioner inden for human- og samfundsvidenskaberne, dels en diskussion af studerendes opl¾g med s¾rligt henblik pŒ de videnskabsteoretiske sp¿rgsmŒl og problemer, som disse mŒtte rejse. P¾dagogikkens status som videnskab og diskursive status overhovedet er uafgjort. Heri adskiller p¾dagogikken sig imidlertid ikke fra andre videnskaber; tilsyneladende stiller sp¿rgsmŒlet sig blot pŒ mere pŒtr¾ngende vis i p¾dagogikken, hvilket kun g¿r den til et privilegeret afs¾t for det almene sp¿rgsmŒl om, hvad der kr¾ves for at anerkende, at en form for t¾nkning og praksis er videnskabelig. P¾dagogikken knytter sig til andre videnskaber - sociologi, psykologi, antropologi etc. Er den kun et supplement, en underafdeling? Findes der overhovedet 'selvst¾ndige' videnskaber med klart afgr¾nsede genstandsfelter? P¾dagogikken er f¿rst og fremmest en praksis, h¾vder nogle. Men hvilken videnskab skulle ikke v¾re det? SŒledes kan videnskabsteoretiske sp¿rgsmŒl bearbejdet i p¾dagogikken bidrage til grundlagsdiskussioner inden for human- og samfundsvidenskaberne, ja, videnskaberne overhovedet. Program: Mandag d. 24/11 Kl. 9-12: Velkomst + forel¾sningen "Hvad er humanvidenskabernes subjekt og objekt" - if¿lge f¾nomenologien?" ved lektor Kirsten Hyldgaard, DPU Kl. 12-13: Frokost Kl. 13-16: Forel¾sningen "Nogle grundtr¾k i samfundsvidenskabernes historie og videnskabsteori - formŒl, metoder, subjekt og objekt" ved professor Hans Siggaard, LLD Tirsdag d. 25/11 Kl. 9-12: Forel¾sningen "Er p¾dagogikken en videnskab?" ved rektor Lars-Henrik Schmidt, DPU Kl. 13-16: Workshops Onsdag d. 26/11 Kl. 9-12: "Forskningsprocessens psykologi, sociologi og institutionelle indlejring" ved lektor Simo K¿ppe, KU Kl. 13-16: Workshops Torsdag d. 27/11 Kl. 9-12: "Radikal hermeneutik" ved professor Jens Rasmussen, DPU Kl. 13-16: Workshops Fredag d. 28/11: Kl. 9-12: "Hvad er humanvidenskabernes subjekt og objekt - if¿lge strukturalismen/poststrukturalismen?" ved lektor Kirsten Hyldgaard Kl. 13-16: Afsluttende forel¾sning ved professor Hans Siggaard "Hvor stŒr samfundsvidenskaberne videnskabsteoretisk i dag?" Form: Kurset vil v¾re en blanding af forel¾sninger og workshops Preparation demands: Det forventes, at deltagere har l¾st de opf¿rte grundb¿ger samt kompendiet af tekster til de enkelte forel¾sninger Grundb¿ger: Humanistisk videnskabsteori (red.: Finn Collin og Simo K¿ppe), K¿benhavn: Danmarks Radio Forlaget, 1995. Nb! Ny udvidet udgave efterŒr 2003. Brian Fay: Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science, Blackwell 1996 Responsible of the course: Lektor Kirsten Hyldgaard, DPU, e-mail: kihy[ at ]dpu.dk Enrolment: 24. oktober 2003. Kursusdeltagerantal: 20-30. Hensigten med deltageropl¾g er ikke en fremstilling af de respektive projekter som sŒdanne; snarere ¿nskes fokus pŒ de specifikt videnskabsteoretiske overvejelser og problemer, som projekterne mŒtte rejse. Deltagere, der ¿nsker at bidrage med opl¾g, bedes tilsende kursusansvarlig deres projektbeskrivelse samt et abstract pŒ max. en normalside, hvor videnskabsteoretiske overvejelser omkring projektet fremstilles. Dette skal foreligge mindst en mŒned f¿r kurset. ECTS-points: Ved deltagelse uden opl¾g: 5 ECTS-points. Med opl¾g: 7,5 ECTS-points Med venlig hilsen Institut for P¾dagogisk Filosofi Danmarks P¾dagogiske Universitet <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Line Gry Knudsen Mini-conference on Entrepreneurial Universities Entrepreneurial Universities - Fact or illusion? Monday the 22 nd of September 15.00 - 17.00 Copenhagen Business School, room 2.02 Solbjerg Plads 3, Frederiksberg Knowledge is undoubtedly the buzzword of the early 21 st century and in keeping with this universities qua knowledge producers are now seen as central to economic renewal and growth. The concept of entrepreneurial university describes universities which have managed to take advantage of this new interest in knowledge to reform their institutions and successfully market their knowledge. While the entrepreneurial university is seen by many as an opportunity, many also see it as a radical change in the role of the university in society. This mini conference will feature a number of presentations from researchers who have been studying the phenomenon of entrepreneurial universities and their implications for Danish universities. 15:00-15.05 Introduction - Nicolai Foss 15.05-15.35 America's Entrepreneurial Universities - Nathan Rosenberg (key note speaker) 15.35-16.05 Searching Low and High: What Types of Firms Use Universities as a Source of Innovation? - Keld Laursen ÉShort breakÉ 16.10-16.40 Legitimating Narratives for the Coproduction of Science and Policy: Mode 2, Triple Helix and Systems of Innovations - Merle Jacob 16.40-17.00 Discussion and conclusion The conference will be followed by drinks and a light snack. Participation Please apply before the 17 th of September to Line Gry Knudsen (lk.lpf[ at ]cbs.dk) by pointing out the full name, address, company and occupation of the applicant(s). Participation is free. The conference is held by Centre of Knowledge Governance, REMAP and Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy. About the speakers Nathan Rosenberg (key note speaker) is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Economics, Stanford University. His research interests focus on the economics of technological change, with special attention paid to the role played by scientific research in shaping the rate and direction of technological change. His current research has focused on technological change in the chemical industry and in the delivery of medical care, as well as the role played by universities in facilitating technological change in the "high tech" industries. Keld Laursen is Associate Professor of the Economics of Technological Change at the Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen Business School. He holds an MSc degree from SPRU, University of Sussex and a PhD degree from Aalborg University. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID) and is the author of several articles in refereed journals on innovation, trade and growth; the role of firm organisation for innovation; and on the link between science, innovation and economic performance. Merle Jacob is currently visiting professor attached to the MINK research group at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, CBS. She has written and published books and articles in the fields of science policy and risk management. Her current research interests include the commodification of research and university-industry relations. Best Regards, Line Gry Knudsen Research Assistant Dept. of Management, Politics and Philosophy Copenhagen Business School <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 2. Bog-nyt: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> reference: http://www.unipress.dk/ FORSKNINGENS VERDEN - PRYDHAVE, NYTTEHAVE, VILDNIS Af Peder Olesen Larsen. DKK 298.00, 382 p., hardbound, 2003 ISBN 87 7288 960 8 Bogen giver en fuldst¾ndig beskrivelse af denne verden og s¾tter sp¿rgsmŒlstegn ved meget af det, som tages som givet af de fleste forskere. Det g¾lder blandt andet den Œbne forskning, hvor der alligevel ikke er lige adgang for alle, forskernes normer og motiver, indholdet af og begrundelsen for forskningsfrihed og sammenh¾ngen mellem frihed og pligt, de gode og dŒrlige sider af peer review, af forskningens selvforvaltning og den hertil h¿rende konservatisme, skellet mellem grundforskning og anvendt forskning og det ¿konomiske udbytte af forskningen og fors¿gene pŒ at g¿re forskningen til noget, der kan mŒles. Bogen er skrevet pŒ et letl¾st dansk. Den er n¿dvendig l¾sning for alle med ansvar for beslutninger i og om forskningen. I en tid, hvor forskningen er kommet h¿jt pŒ dagsordenen, er den vigtig for alle, som interesserer sig for forskningen, vil have at vide, hvad der foregŒr og vil f¿lge med i og blande sig i diskussionen om forskningen. I sin pr¾sentation af bogen siger forfatteren bl.a.: "Forskningens Verden er resultatet af mere end 45 Œrs arbejde i dansk forskning, forskningsadministration og forskningspolitik og af de seneste fire Œrs undervisning ved universiteterne i Aarhus og Aalborg. (...) Et gennemgŒende tema i bogen er, at forskningen er en meget menneskelig aff¾re, (...) og at forskningens verden er skabt af mennesker. Derfor er en fort¾lling om forskningen en fort¾lling om mennesker, om forholdet mellem mennesker, om deres g¿remŒl, beslutninger, fejl, mangler, gode og dŒrlige egenskaber og resultater. Kritik af alle resultater er afg¿rende i forskningen, og forskningen bygger bŒde pŒ Œbenhed, samarbejde og konkurrence. Der er i forskningens verden som andetsteds i samfundet megen konservatisme. Det er n¿dvendigt at se denne konservatisme i ¿jnene og at arbejde for, at den ikke stiller sig i vejen for det nye." <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> from: http://www.hansreitzel.dk/ UNIVERSITET OG VIDENSKAB - Universitetets idŽhistorie, videnskabsteori og etik af Hans Fink, Peter C. Kj¾rgaard, Helge Kragh & Jens Erik Kristensen. Fra 1675 til 1971 skulle alle danske universitetsstuderende gennemf¿re en f¾lles introduktion til alle videnskabelige studier, det sŒkaldte filosofikum. I disse Œr genindf¿res et kursus i 'Fagets videnskabsteori' pŒ alle universiteternes bacheloruddannelser. FormŒlet er at give de studerende mulighed for at s¾tte deres fag ind i et st¿rre og mere alment historisk, filosofisk og etisk perspektiv. Universitet og videnskab er en moderne, autoritativ og kvalificeret grundbog i videnskabsteori, der kan bruges pŒ alle universiteternes fakulteter og institutter. Forfatterne behandler sp¿rgsmŒl som universitetets idŽ og idealer, forholdet mellem forskning og undervisning, universitetets idŽhistorie, almen videnskabsteori, videnskabelighed pŒ henholdsvis det naturvidenskabelige, det samfundsvidenskabelige, det sundhedsvidenskabelige og det humanistiske fakultet samt sp¿rgsmŒl om videnskabelig uredelighed og forskerens ansvar. Universitet og videnskab er en tour de force af en videnskabsteoretisk grundbog, der pŒ overbevisende og engageret vis kommer omkring st¿rstedelen af det stof, der vil v¾re f¾lles for alle fags og institutters undervisning i det nye filosofikum. Herudover vil den v¾re oplagt for enhver, der interesserer sig for forskningens og universitetets rolle i det danske samfund. Docent, D.Phil. HANS FINK; adjunkt, ph.d. PETER C. KJ®RGAARD; professor, dr. scient. HELGE KRAGH, og lektor, lic.phil. JENS ERIK KRISTENSEN er alle ansat ved Aarhus Universitet. * Hans Reitzels Forlag * 224 sider * kr. 250,00 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 3. Internet-nyt: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Joachim Schummer CALL FOR PAPERS IMAGING AND IMAGINING NANOSCIENCE & ENGINEERING An International and Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, March 4-7, 2004 __________ This Conference will explore theoretical, pictorial and textual representations of nanoscale science and engineering (NSE) from cross-disciplinary perspectives, including microscopy, molecular modeling, scientific illustration, philosophy, science studies, art theory, and literature studies. With new imaging techniques, such as STM and AFM, the rapid emergence of NSE is inherently linked to visual representations. In various disciplines, computer-generated pictures of nanoscale objects have become standard means of communication. The public's perception of NSE is influenced by high-gloss popular science images of the nanoscale. New art forms also depict a nanoscale world. The Conference aims at a better understanding of the epistemological dimensions of modeling and picture-generating instrumentation; the semiotic dimensions of pictorial representations; the linguistic dimension of images in interdisciplinary discourse; the pragmatic dimension of image usage in different cultural contexts and for different purposes; and the aesthetic dimensions of visualization. >From Stanislaw Lem to Michael Crichton, from Richard Feynman to Eric Drexler, the feasibilities, benefits, and risks of NSE have engaged our imaginations before research gained access to the nanoscale. Unlike any other research field, NSE is now imbued by a large array of visionary literature, including futurology, techno-visions, science policy reports, science fiction, and investor guides. Movies and the visual arts have enlarged the extent to which the public imagination of NSE has become dominated by these visionary images. The Conference also aims to understand the diversity of this literature and its impact on the imagination of scientists, science managers and policy makers, science journalists, science teachers, and the public at large. Please send an abstract of 500 words in MS Word by December 1, 2003 to Conny Chen . Please send inquiries to members of The Program Committee: - Davis Baird, Philosophy - Ot‡vio Bueno, Philosophy - Steven Lynn, English - Richard Ray, Engineering - Chris Robinson, Art - Joachim Schummer, Philosophy For more information, please visit the conference website http://www.cla.sc.edu/cpecs/nirt/events/conf04/index.html The conference is sponsored by - National Science Foundation - USC College of Liberal Arts - USC NanoCenter ________________ Dr. Joachim Schummer js[ at ]hyle.org Editor, HYLE: International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry http://www.hyle.org/ editor[ at ]hyle.org Fax: +49-69-791235861 Institute of Philosophy, University of Karlsruhe D-76128 Karlsruhe, GERMANY Department of Philosophy, University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208, USA <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: roberto.poli[ at ]soc.unitn.it (Roberto Poli) Mitteleuropa Foundation Bolzano (Italy) Seminar by Nancy J. Nersessian Creativity and Conceptual Change: A Cognitive-historical Approach October, 27-28, 2003 Sessions: Model-based Reasoning Practices in Conceptual Change The Cognitive Basis of Model-based Reasoning Conceptual Change in Doing and Learning Physics Interpreting Practice: The Challenge of Integrating the Cognitive, Social, and Cultural Dimensions Each session comprises a two-hour lecture. Ample time will be allocated to discussion. Further information available from http://www.mitteleuropafoundation.it For registration, mail to r.poli[ at ]tin.it ******************** Dr Roberto Poli, PhD Editor-in-chief of Axiomathes, Kluwer: http://www.kluweronline.com/issn/1122-1151 Papers and other information http://www.mitteleuropafoundation.it preferred e-mail: r.poli[ at ]tin.it Dynamic ontology conference: http://www.soc.unitn.it/DynamicOntology <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr.163 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I N elektronisk nyhedsbrev for AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie nr. 164 d. 19. sept. 2003 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: Opslag: Nationalkomiteen for Videnskabshistorie og Videnskabsfilosofi EfterŒrsprogram for Forum for Eksistens og Videnskab Arrangementer ved Medicinsk Museion for medicin, kultur og historie Conf. on Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food Ethics Mini-symposium on Philosophy of Technology at DTU, September 25-26. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 1. Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Hanne Andersen Videnskabs- og Teknologistudiers Aktualitet og Samfundsm¾ssige Relevans �rsm¿de i Nationalkomiteen for Videnskabshistorie og Videnskabsfilosofi Tid: Fredag d. 12. - l¿rdag d. 13. december 2003 Sted: K¿benhavns Universitet, Amager Som akademiske discipliner fokuserer videnskabshistorie og filosofi (samt teknologihistorie og filosofi) oftest pŒ interne problemer, mens fagene kun i mindre grad s¿ges anvendt eller relateret til nutidige problemstillinger af samfundsm¾ssig og politisk art. FormŒlet med m¿det er at belyse forskellige bud pŒ, hvordan videnskabs- og teknologistudier er, kan v¾re, eller har v¾ret af aktuel relevans, f.eks. i de videnskabeligt-tekniske samfunds selvforstŒelse, direkte eller indirekte gennem pŒvirkning af politiske beslutningsprocesser, eller via formidling af videnskabs- og teknologiopfattelser til offentligheden. Vi s¿ger at fŒ belyst nogle af disse aspekter gennem foredrag om og diskussioner af forskningspolitik, virksomheds- og teknologihistorie, forskningsetik, videnskabsformidling m.v. Det er sŒledes m¿dets intention at diskutere disse og lignende emner i relation til de mere teoretiske aspekter af videnskabs- og teknologistudier, idet det er vores pŒstand at der er eller kan (mŒske b¿r) v¾re en vis grad af synergi mellem f¿rstn¾vnte og sidstn¾vnte. Forel¿bigt program Fredag d. 12.12.: Inviterede foredrag af bl.a. adjungeret professor Peder Olesen Larsen (Institut for Videnskabshistorie, Aarhus Universitet), lektor Claus Emmeche (Center for Naturfilosofi, K¿benhavns Universitet), lektor Kurt Jacobsen (Center for Virksomhedshistorie, Handelsh¿jskolen i K¿benhavn), og adjunkt Kristian Hvidtfeldt Nielsen (Institut for Videnskabshistorie, Aarhus Universitet) L¿rdag d. 13.12.: Frie foredag. Is¾r ph.d.-studerende opfordres til at tilmelde indl¾g til m¿det. M¿det arrangeres i samarbejde med Forskerskolen i Filosofi, Ide- og Videnskabshistorie. Tilmelding senest 15. november til Hanne Andersen, Afd. for Medicinsk Videnskabsteori, Panum Instituttet, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 K¿benhavn N, e-mail: h.andersen[ at ]medphil.ku.dk Hanne Andersen & Helge Kragh Hanne Andersen Dept. of Medical Philosophy and Clinical Theory University of Copenhagen Panum Institute, Bld. 22-3 Blegdamsvej 3 DK-2200 Copenhagen N, DENMARK Phone: (+45) 3532 7931 Fax: (+45) 3532 7938 E-mail: h.andersen[ at ]medphil.ku.dk <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Birgitte Muriset subject: EfterŒrsprogram for Forum for Eksistens og Videnskab Program efterŒr 2003 Tirsdag d. 21. oktober, kl. 19.30: Naturens rene f¿lelse og abduktionens mysterie, C. S. Peirce's tanker om religion, erkendelse og videnskab Lektor, S¿ren Brier (CBS, Ledelse, Politik og Filosofi) og Studenterpr¾st Nicolai Halvorsen I opl¾ggene vil vi ud fra filosoffen, videnskabsmanden og semiotikeren C. S. Peirce's arbejde diskutere forholdet mellem religion og videnskab, natur og Œnd, immanens og transcendens. S¿ren Brier vil ud fra Peirce udfolde en panenteistisk mysticisme, som det metafysiske f¾lles udgangspunkt, hvorudfra bŒde det meningsskabende eksistentielle/religi¿se og det rationelle/videnskabelige fŒr plads som to komplement¾re sider af den menneskelige virkelighed. Nicolai Halvorsen vil kommentere Briers opl¾g ud fra en skabelses- og trinitetsteologisk synsvinkel under inddragelse af tanker fra Grundtvig og A. N. Whitehead, men ogsŒ med et blik til Peirce. Sted. K¾ldercafeen, K¿bmagergade 44 over gŒrden Entre: 20 kr. - - - Tirsdag d. 4. November kl. 19.00 (OBS) "Intelligent Design" - er der en plan for skabelsen? Forskningsprofessor i systematisk teologi Niels Henrik Gregersen, Aarhus universitet og lektor i systematisk teologi Jakob Wolf (KU) En r¾kke amerikanske forskere og videnskabsfilosoffer har de sidste ti Œr fremsat den opfattelse, at uintelligente Œrsager som naturlig selektion og tilf¾ldigheder umuligt kan skabe de komplekse biologiske systemer, naturen er fuld af. Det kan kun en intelligent Œrsag. Man afviser den fundamentalistiske creationisme, men fors¿ger at genoplive det gamle design-argument. Betydningen af denne nye "Intelligent design" bev¾gelse vil blive diskuteret af Niels Henrik Gregersen og Jakob Wolf. Sted. K¾ldercafeen, K¿bmagergade 44 over gŒrden Entre: 20 kr. Se med om Forum for eksistens og videnskab pŒ http://medlem.jubii.dk/fev/ <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Charlotte Ploug Til alle interesserede Medicinsk Museion fremsender hermed programmet for [de resterende, red.] seminarer og foredrag i efterŒret 2003. Bem¾rk venligst at enkelte arrangementer kun er internseminarer, og at andre arrangementer har begr¾nsede pladser og derfor kr¾ver tilmelding. Venlig hilsen Charlotte Ploug cp[ at ]mhm.ku.dk tlf. 3532 3821 Medicinsk Museion * for medicin, kultur og historie K¿benhavns Universitet Seminarer og foredrag * efterŒret 2003 * Alle m¿der holdes i det gamle Kgl. Kirurgiske Akademis bygning, Bredgade 62, 1260 K¿benhavn (NotŽr de vekslende tidspunkter!) Onsdag den 24. september, kl.14.30-16 * forskningsseminar Embedsl¾ge Per Vagn-Hansen, Storstr¿ms Amt: "Konstruktionen af kollektiv sygdomsforebyggelse i Danmark f¿r Danske Lov i 1683: metodologiske problemer" (for medlemmer af Forum). Arr: 4 Torsdag den 25. september, kl.15-16.30 * internt forskningsseminar Phd-stipendiat Signe Lindskov Hansen: "Den leksikalske forsker- og l¾rdomsbiografi" (lukket seminar) Torsdag den 9. oktober, kl.19.30 * foredrag Reader Mark Jackson, University of Exeter: "Allergy: the making of a modern plague" (fri adgang). Arr: 1,5 Fredag den 10. oktober, kl.14.30-16 * forskningseminar Reader Mark Jackson: "[titel endnu ikke fastlagt]" (for medlemmer af Forum). Arr: 4,5 Torsdag den 23. oktober, kl.15-16.30 * internt forskningsseminar Phd-stipendiat Lars Ole Andersen: "Indbildningskraft og homoeopati" (lukket seminar) Tirsdag den 4. november, kl.19.30 * foredrag Professor Peter Baldwin, University of California-Los Angeles: "The political culture of public health: A historical perspective" (fri adgang). Arr: 1,2,3,4,5 Onsdag den 5. november, kl.9-12 * forskningsseminar "Trends in the historiography of aids". Opl¾g fra professor Peter Baldwin, University of California-Los Angeles, lektor Signild VallgŒrda, Afdeling for Sundhedstjenesteforskning, KU og phd-stipendiat David ThorsŽn, Institutionen fšr idŽhistoria, Uppsala Universitet (begr¾nset antal pladser, tilmelding til cp[ at ]mhm.ku.dk senest 25. oktober). Arr: 1,2,3,4,5,6 Torsdag den 6. november, kl.15-16.30 * internt forskningsseminar Phd-stipendiat Adam Bencard: "Et overblik over kropshistoriens nutidshistorie" (lukket seminar) Fredag den 7. november, kl.15-17 * udstillingsŒbning og reception �bning af s¾rudstilling "L¾geportr¾tter" med efterf¿lgende reception (adgangskort kan bestilles fra cp[ at ]mhm.ku.dk, senest den 3. november) Arr: 1 Fredag den 14. november, kl.9-17 * forskningsseminar "De kilder, de kilder". Medicin- og helsehistorisk Œrsm¿de, se endvidere s¾rskilt annoncering (tilmelding til cp[ at ]mhm.ku.dk senest den 1. november) Arr: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9 Torsdag den 20. november, kl.15-16.30 * internt forskningsseminar Phd-stipendiat Jesper V. Kragh: "Mellemkrigstidens psykiatrihistorie" (lukket seminar) Onsdag den 3. december, kl.19.30 * foredrag Lektor Pia Bennike, Afdeling for Retspatologi, KU: "Hvad var det egentlig med ham M¿ller-Christensen?", efterfulgt af diskussionsindledning ved professor Thomas Sšderqvist, Medicinsk Museion, KU: "Og hvad sŒ?" (fri adgang). Arr: 5 Torsdag den 4. december, kl.15-16.30 * internt forskningsseminar Cand.mag. Hanne Jessen: "Strategier for dokumentation af dansk biomedicins historie", 1945-2000 (lukket seminar) Fredag den 5. december, kl.15-17 * udstillingsŒbning og reception �bning af s¾rudstilling i anledning af 100-Œrsdagen for Nils Finsens modtagelse af Nobelprisen med efterf¿lgende reception (adgangskort kan bestilles fra cp[ at ]mhm.ku.dk, senest den 1. december). Arr: 1 Onsdag den 10. december, kl.14.30-16 * forskningsseminar "De praktiserende l¾gers nutidshistorie". Opl¾g af adjunkt Nick Nyland, Institut for Uddannelsesforskning, RUC, og phd- stipendiat Astrid Pernille Jespersen, Institut for Ark¾ologi og Etnologi, KU (for medlemmer af Forum). Arr: 4 Herudover vil vi gerne ogsŒ g¿re opm¾rksom pŒ f¿lgende arrangement: Fredag den 12. september, kl.9-16 (Panuminstittutet) og l¿rdag den 13. september, kl.9-15 (Medicinsk Museion): "Folkesundhed f¿r og nu: mellem pŒbud og pŒvirkning". Dansk-norsk seminar om samfundsvidenskabelig og humanistisk sundhedsforskning. Tilmelding senest 5. sept. til admin[ at ]gpract.ku.dk (arr: Signild VallgŒrda, Kirsti Malterud og Susanne Reventlow, sr[ at ]gpract.ku.dk) For sp¿rgsmŒl vedr. den enkelte arrangementer, kontakt venligst arrang¿rerne (kontaktpersoner): 1) Medicinsk Museion, KU (professor Thomas Sšderqvist t.soderqvist[ at ]pubhealth.ku.dk ), 2) Afdeling for Sundhedstjenesteforskning (lektor Signild VallgŒrda, s.vallgarda[ at ]pubhealth.ku.dk ), 3) Institut for Historie, KU (lektor Anne L¿kke, al[ at ]hum.ku.dk ), 4) Forum for Tv¾rfaglig Medicinhistorie, KU (phd-stipendiat S¿ren Bak-Jensen, sbj[ at ]mhm.ku.dk ), 5) Dansk-Medicin-Historisk Selskab (professor em. Henrik R. Wulff, h.r.wulff[ at ]image.dk ), 6) Foreningen Sex og Samfund (phd Christian Graugaard, kack[ at ]post9.tele.dk ), 7) Steno Museet, �rhus (museumsinspekt¿r Morten Skydsgaard, skyd[ at ]dadlnet.dk ), 8) Institut for Etnologi og Ark¾ologi, KU (lektor Lene Otto, lotto[ at ]hum.ku.dk ), 9) Dansk Sygeplejehistorisk Selskab (lektor Susanne Malchau, sm[ at ]sygeplejevid.au.dk) For almene sp¿rgsmŒl, kontakt kontorfuldm¾gtig Charlotte Ploug, cp[ at ]mhm.ku.dk, tlf. 3532 3821 <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Stefan Gammel ---------------------- The Right Measures for Food? Conference on 'Biotechnology, Agriculture and Food from an Ethical Perspective'. Friday, 17. October, 2003, 2pm - 5pm Saturday, 18. October, 2003, 9am - 5pm UniversitŠt TŸbingen, Geisteswissenschaftliches VerfŸgungsgebŠude, Hšrsaal, Wilhelmstra§e 19, 72074 TŸbingen / Germany It is the purpose of this conference at the Interdepartmental Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW) at the university of Tubingen to take up central topics of the current ethical discourse concerned with biotechnology, agriculture and food and discuss them from different perspectives. The main focus will be on five topics: 1) Overall perspectives, 2) the co-existence of an agriculture using genetically modified seeds or transgenic animals and ecological agriculture as an ethical theme in consumer policies, 3) Functional Food, 4) the use of "green genetic engineering" in countries with poorly developed or nonexistent industry and 5) the search for appropriate ethical criteria for the evaluation of certain measures concerning food production and a healthy diet. The conference will be held in German and English, translation into English will be available. Please send an email to Christoph.Baumgartner[ at ]uni-tuebingen.de for further information / if you would like to attend. Registration is possible until 30th September 2003. Program Friday, 17. October 14:00 Introduction by Eve-Marie Engels, University of Tubingen General Perspectives: -Genetically Modified Crops, by Anna Ingeborg Myrh, Tromsš -Gentechnik in Landwirtschaft und Lebensmittelproduktion, by Susanne Stirn, Hamburg -Biotechnology, Agriculture, Food, and Ethics, by Julian Kinderlerer, Sheffield 16:30 Tea/coffee break 17:00 Forms of Production and Consumer Politics: -Food, Citizens and Market, by Frans Brom, Utrecht -GrŸne Gentechnik - wie sŠhe eine "Politik fŸr die Verbraucher" aus?, by Lucia Reisch, Stuttgart-Hohenheim -…kologische Perspektiven der Koexistenz transgener und alternativer Landbaumethoden, by Ruth Brauner, Freiburg i. Br. Saturday, 18. October 09:00 Functional Food: -Functional Food - Erwartungen und reale Potentiale, by Gerhard Rechkemmer, MŸnchen -Ethical Aspects . of Functional Food, by Mihiel Korthals, Wageningen 10:45 Tea/coffee break 11:15 Biotechnology and Developmental Politics -New Seeds and Poor People., by Harald Schmidt, London -GrŸne Gentechnik in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, by Antje Lorch, Amsterdam 13:00 Lunch 14:30 Food Ethics: -A Taste for Ethics - in Search of Food Ethics, by Christian Coff, Kopenhagen -"Novel Food"- Ethische Perspektiven, by Barbara Skorupinski, Freiburg i. Br. -Concluding Discussion 17:00 End of conference <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Frederik Christiansen Mini-symposium on Philosophy of Technology at DTU, September 25-26. LearningLab Denmark, PHIS and Centre for Engineering Educational Development (CDM) have arranged a mini-symposium on Philosophy of Technology, including 2 lectures by Don Ihde (Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, NY). Don Ihde has written extensively on the Philosophy of Technology and is a leading scholar within the field. Other presentations will be given by Camilla Rump & Frederik V. Christiansen and Michael May (all DTU). Preliminary program: Thursday 25th 10.00-12.00 Nomological machines in Science and Engineering. Frederik Voetmann Christiansen and Camilla Rump In the presentation we will outline different metaphors of science, technology and engineering. We will present the "universal law" view of science and engineering and contrast it with Nancy Cartwright's conception of science, with special emphasis laid on her concept of "nomological machines". We shall argue, that on the basis of this concept, it is possible to provide a new and, in our view, more fruitful characterization of the role science in engineering than the one provided on the "universal law" view. 13.00-15.00 New Trends in the Philosophy of Technology Don Ihde At its inception in the 20th century, newly arrived philosophy of technology quickly developed grandiose tendencies which generalized about Techology-overall, and often cast technology in a dystopian light. Heidegger, Ellul, Marcuse and the later Mumford all followed this pattern in variant ways. Late 20th and early 21st century philosophers of technology seem to be following different pathways, more emprical, more pragmatic and while critical, less dystopian in direction. This lecture will review some of the new directions and examine works of more recent philosophy of technology in both Europe and America. Friday 26th 10.00-12.00 Semiotics of technical interfaces Michael May Abstract to be announced 13.00-15.00 Hermeneutics in Science and Technology Don Ihde Hermeneutics, or interpretation theory, has usually been thought of as a humanistic practice and in its strongest form was associated with reading and interpreting texts. What may be called the "Diltheyan Divide", or the division of sciences into Naturwissenschaften and Geisteswissenschaften (natural and social sciences) has often been taken for granted. This lecture questions this division and examines the explicit and implicit interpretive practices within several sciences, and then pushes on to suggest the outlines of a 'material hermeneutics' whereby textual and linguistic interpretations are surpassed by a 'hermeneutics of things.' The symposium takes place at the Technical Knowledge Centre of Denmark (DTV), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), building 101, room LL2. (Go into the library and up the stairs to the 1st floor). Registrations are welcomed, but are not crucial. We hope that many will find their way to DTU in spite of the short notice. Contact: Frederik Voetmann Christiansen, fc[ at ]cdm.dtu.dk <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr.164 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I N elektronisk nyhedsbrev for AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie nr. 165 d. 21. okt. 2003 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: Opslag: Fourth STEP Meeting at Sandbjerg, Denmark, June 2-6, 2004 Theodor W. Adorno Centenary 22.10 - 24.10 2003 Dynamic Ontology 2004 Beauty of Nature - Beauty of Science <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Simon Olling Rebsdorf Subject: Fourth STEP Meeting at the Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark, June 2-6, 2004 STEP MEETING 2004: TRADITIONS AND REALITIES OF NATIONAL HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF SCIENCE Science and Technology in the European Periphery (STEP) Meeting, June 2-6 2004, Denmark. The fourth STEP meeting will take place on June 2 - 6, 2004 on the premises of the Sandbjerg Estate - Aarhus University Conference Centre. The meeting is arranged by a group of scholars associated with the Danish History of Science Project (DVH) and the Department of History of Science (IVH) at the University of Aarhus. More information on IVH's website: www.ivh.au.dk/step. LOCATION The Sandbjerg Estate is well facilitated for a meeting of this kind. It has a rich history dating back to the 16th century and is beautifully located in the southern part of Jutland, not far from the German border. THEME Just like literature and art, science has served nation-building purposes, and in this process historiographies of science have played a major role. While this is the case for all countries, it is to be expected that countries in the European periphery, by virtue of being peripheral, have something in common that is not shared by the greater nations in the scientific centre. We want to explore how the peripheral status is reflected in the histories of science written in the various countries. OUTPUT Given that the theme of the meeting is one that points to many interesting new perspectives on the history of science and has not been systematically investigated before, one possibility would be to have the products of the workshop published in the form of either a book, a conference proceeding, or a special issue in an international journal. We are seriously considering the possibilities in this regard. COSTS Invitations primarily include STEP members. If you are not a STEP member, we encourage you to contact STEP organizer Peter C. Kj¾rgaard. Through The Carlsberg Foundation, the DVH-project will cover all expenses (though, travel expenses to �rhus not included) for participants presenting papers at the meeting. 10 stipends for PhD students are available through The Danish Research School in Philosophy, History of Ideas and History of Science (PHIS). The stipend covers room and board at the conference and not travel expenses. Application for a PHIS-stipend should be send to Peter C. Kj¾rgaard. The application should include a brief presentation of interests in the topic of the conference and reasons for attending (5-10 lines), a CV and a letter of recommendation. All doctoral students that are members of STEP are eligible. Announcement will be made shortly after the deadline for registration. For further information please contact Peter C. Kj¾rgaard. Other participants will have to cover meeting expenses themselves. The cost of the conference (board and accommodation) will be approximately 475 EURO per person. CONTACT INFORMATION Deadline and registration details will follow within the next few months along with a call for papers. For specific questions please contact us at STEP[ at ]ivh.au.dk. ORGANIZERS Helge Kragh, Professor, History of Science Department Henry Nielsen, Associate Professor, History of Science Department Peter C. Kj¾rgaard, Assistant Professor, Department for the History of Ideas Kristine Lynning, PhD Student, History of Science Department Henrik Knudsen, PhD Student, History of Science Department Simon Olling Rebsdorf, PhD Student, History of Science Department Maiken Lolck, Graduate Student, History of Science Department **************************************************************** ************* Nodus: Science and Technology in the European Periphery e-mail list nodus[ at ]uv.es STEP web page: http://www.uoa.gr/step/ **************************************************************** ************* <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Henrik Vase Frandsen THEODOR W. ADORNO CENTENARY Vi beklager, at der har v¾ret problemer med adgangen til at anmelde deltagelse i nedenstŒende arrangement. Der kan derfor registreres frem til den 22/10 pŒ adressen: Registration[ at ]dpu.dk Desuden g¿r vi opm¾rksom pŒ, at studerende deltager gratis i foredrag og workshops, blot skal deltagelse altsŒ anmeldes i forvejen. Announcement of conference - Oct. 2003. Theodor W. Adorno Centenary Society and Education / Gesellschaft und Erziehung / Samfund og opdragelse Danmarks P¾dagogiske Universitet 22.10 - 24.10 2003 Programme Wednesday 22.10 14.30 Registration 15.00 Opening address 15.15-16.45 Key speaker Prof. Dr. Ludwig Pongratz The Liquidation of the Subject - Reflections on Subjectivity and Education 16.45-18.15 Key speaker Prof. Henning Salling Olesen Materializing Utopia - Learning and Collective Experience 18.15-19.00 Get together 20.00-21.30 Concert: The Esrum-Hellerup Choir: Schšnberg & Schumann Introductory lecture: Conductor Henrik Palsmar Choral Music and False Consciousness Thursday 23. 10 9.15-11.15 Workshop: Educating Musical Imagination Session leader: Organist Henrik Palsmar 11.15-11.30 Coffee 11.30-12.45 Key speaker Ass. Prof., Dr. phil. J¿rgen Huggler The Concept of "Erfahrung" in Adorno's Negative Dialectics 12.45-13.30 Lunch 13.30-15.00 Key speaker Ass. Prof. Anne-Marie Eggert Olsen Political Philosophy - A Matter of Necessity and Negativity 15.00-15.30 Coffee 15.30-17.30 Workshop: Society and Sociology Session leader: PhD fellow, MA Mikkel Bo Madsen 19.00 Dinner Friday 24. 10 9.15-11.15 Workshop: Morality and Reconciliation Session leader PhD fellow, MA Thomas Brudholm 11.15-11.30 Coffee 11.30-13.00 Key speaker Prof. Dr. Mirko Wischke Was ist Bildung? Stationen einer Diskussion von Nietzsche bis Adorno und Horkheimer 13.00 Closing Pr¾sentation af workshops mv. pŒ DPUs hjemmeside http://www.dpu.dk/site.asp?p=2838> Anne-Marie Eggert Olsen lektor, mag.art. & ph.d. Institut for p¾dagogisk filosofi Danmarks P¾dagogiske Universitet Emdrupvej 101 DK-2450 K¿benhavn NV Med venlig hilsen Institut for P¾dagogisk Filosofi Danmarks P¾dagogiske Universitet <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: roberto.poli[ at ]soc.unitn.it (Roberto Poli) DYNAMIC ONTOLOGY An Inquiry into Systems, Emergence, Levels of Reality, and Forms of Causality Trento, 8-11 September 2004 Call for papers Many scientific results of the twentieth century, in different fields of research, seemingly converge on the conclusion that science is changing its nature. Quantum indeterminacy, computational limitations, complexity, chaos and turbulence, non-linear dynamics and far-from- equilibrium systems, defects in phase transitions, the far-reaching importance of intentionality, emergent properties and emergent objects, forward, upward and downward forms of causation are all facets of a general view claiming that we are approaching a new scientific agenda. The four- centuries-old Galileian vision of science inadvertently but inexorably seems to be giving way to a new one in which formal, material, mental and social sciences are developing new forms of interaction and are beginning to integrate with each other. Many aspects of this new scenario are still unknown; many others are emerging; and many blind alleys lie in wait, especially if we lack awareness of where we are and where we are! heading. A selected group of well-known and innovative scholars working in different fields - sociology, psychology, computer science, mathematics and philosophy - will present and discuss the basic conceptual issues of this new, incipient vision. Ample time will be allocated to discussion. If you are interested in attending the conference and/or contributing your own ideas, please send a mail (with a two-page abstract if you intend to give a paper) to the address below before February 2003. All submissions will undergo review by at least two of the invited speakers. Invited speakers: * Kenneth D. Bailey (UCLA) * Mark Bickhard (Lehigh) * Brian Goodwin (Schumacher College, UK) * Stuart A. Kauffmann (Santa Fe) * Jack Katz (UCLA) * Giuseppe Longo (Paris) * Roberto Poli (Trento) * Victor Rosenthal (Paris) * David Weissman (New York) * Harrison White (Columbia) The conference will be organized by the Faculty of Sociology of Trento University Applications should be sent to Roberto Poli, Department of Sociology and Social Research 26, via Verdi, I-38100 Trento; Phone: 0039-0461-881403; e-mail : roberto.poli[ at ]soc.unitn.it Conference's website: http://www.unitn.it/events/do/index2.htm <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Anita Kildebaek Nielsen Invitation til 75-Œrs jubil¾umskonference Beauty of Nature - Beauty of Science I anledning af Aarhus Universitets 75-Œrs jubil¾um afholder Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet ved Aarhus Universitet i samarbejde med Institut for Videnskabshistorie et symposium for universitetets ansatte og studerende samt andre interesserede torsdag den 27. november 2003 kl. 9.00-17.15 i Auditoriehuset, Wilhelm Meyers AllŽ, Universitetsparken, Aarhus. Symposiet, der er n¾rmere beskrevet pŒ www.ivh.au.dk/beauty, er bygget op omkring en r¾kke alment forstŒelige foredrag af internationalt h¿jt esti merede videnskabshistorikere og -filosoffer. De seks foredragsholdere vil fra hver sit udgangspunkt kaste lys over et sp¿rgsmŒl, der har v¾ret centralt for naturvidenskabsfolk i flere hundrede Œr: Hvis naturen er smuk, mŒ vi da ikke forvente, at naturvidenskabelige teorier ogsŒ er smukke - at ¾stetiske betragtninger i en eller anden forstand b¿r spille en vigtig rolle i naturvidenskaben? Heraf symposiets titel Beauty of Nature - Beauty of Science. Program: 8.30-9.00 Kaffe / Coffee 9.00-9.15 Velkomst ved Helge Kragh 9.15 James W. McAllister: What Beauty in Science Is and How It Evolves 10.15 David M. Knight: Romantic Chemistry 11.15 Peter J. Bowler: Beauty in the Living World - Natural Theology, Romanticism and the Challenge of Darwinism 13.45-14.15 Kaffe / Coffee 14.15 Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis: Grandeur in this View of Life - The Aesthetic and Passion of Evolution 15.15 Arthur I. Miller: Einstein, Picasso - Art, Science and Aesthetics 16.15-ca. 17.00 Simon Singh: Beauty in Mathematics - The Emotion of Fermat's Last Theorem Gratis adgangskort udleveres til og med d. 21. nov. (og sŒ l¾nge lager haves) ved henvendelse til Institut for Videnskabshistorie: beauty[ at ]ivh.au.dk eller 8942 3508. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Anita Kildebaek Nielsen, PhD, Assistant Professor History of Science Department, University of Aarhus Ny Munkegade, Building 521 DK-8000 Aarhus C., Denmark Phone: +45 8942 3508 Fax: +45 8942 3510 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr.165 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I N elektronisk nyhedsbrev for AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie nr. 166 d. 28. okt. 2003 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: 1. Opslag: Live or dead? Problems in writing lives of recent scientists LLD: Agora 2003: Tools for Learning Konferencen Forskere og Medier Den Gale Videnskabsmand ... i den Offentlige Kloningsdebat �rsm¿de i Nationalkomiteen for Videnskabshistorie og -filosofi Second Graduate Conference/for ph.d.-studerende og vejledere 2. Internet-nyt <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 1. Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Kurt Ramskov Invitation fra Videnskabshistorisk Selskab. ------------------------------------------ Selskabet inviterer til diskussion med: Professor Betty Smocovitis, History of Science, University of Florida og professor Thomas Sšderqvist, Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen Live or dead? Problems in writing lives of recent scientists Tirsdag, den 25. november 2003, kl. 19.45 i auditorium 10 pŒ H. C. ¯rsted Instituttet, Universitetsparken 5, K¿benhavn ABSTRACT -------- The genre of biography has made a come-back in the history of science. In the last ten years a large number of well-written and scholarly biographies of scientists have been published. A significant share of these books deal with subjects who interacted with the author in the research process. Are there any problems in this quest for writing about living scientists? How to draw the limit between historical research and investigative journalism? How to deal with the ethical problems involved? How to deal with questions of subjectivity and emotional engagement? Betty Smocovitis and Thomas Sšderqvist have both been engaged in these and similar issues over the last years and will engage in a plenary discussion with the audience about the topic. --- Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis is Professor in the Department of the Philosophy and History of Science at the University of Athens and Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Florida. She is the author of Unifying Biology: The Evolutionary Synthesis and Evolutionary Biology published by Princeton University Press in 1996. She is currently working on a biography of the noted American evolutionary biologist, G. Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. Thomas Sšderqvist is professor of history of medicine at Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen. He is author of His Science as Autobiography: The Troubled Life of Niels Jerne published by Yale University Press in the spring of 2003. He is now working on a history of the genre of scientific biography. --- Efter foredraget inviterer Selskabet pŒ ¿l/vand og lidt sm¿rrebr¿d for 20 kr. i Institut for Matematiske Fags frokoststue. --- Personer, der ikke er medlemmer, er velkommen til at komme til et arrangement f¿r beslutning om evt. indmeldelse. Vedr. indmeldelse, kontakt sekret¾ren: Kurt Ramskov, E-mail: ramskov[ at ]math.ku.dk <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> Fra: Robin Engelhardt [mailto:Robin[ at ]lld.dk] Emne: Learning Lab Denmark - INVITATION to the Agora 2003 INVITATION to the Agora 2003: Tools for Learning, 4 December, Copenhagen We are proud to hereby invite you to our annual conference, the Agora, this year with the title: Tools for Learning. The Agora 2003: Tools for Learning will take place at Base Camp, 4 December, and will be a marketplace of ideas and tools for learning. As society changes, we need to update our tools for learning, and now is your chance to see Learning Lab Denmark's crew present the tools they are developing. Keynote speaker Philip Mirvis will kick off the event, and every participant is invited to play an active role in the discussion. Read the updated program and register here: www.lld.dk/agora2003 Best wishes Robin Engelhardt Learning Lab Denmark Emdrupvej 101 DK-2400 Copenhagen NV p: +45/ 39 559 954 m:+45/ 26 300 403 http://www.lld.dk/mathandscience/ Learning Lab Denmark Quarterly: www.lld.dk/quarterly <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> from: forskereogmedier[ at ]hum.ku.dk Invitation til konferencen FORSKERE OG MEDIER Forskere prioriterer ikke formidling af forskning til almindelige mennesker, og de er ikke synlige nok i medierne. Journalister skriver ikke nok om forskning, og de forsimpler forskningsresultater til ukendelighed. PŒstande er der nok af, mens enighed lader til at v¾re en mangelvare i debatten om, hvordan forskning skal formidles til offentligheden. Konferencen "Forskere og Medier" lader forskere og journalister m¿des til dialog pŒ K¿benhavns Universitet den 12. og 13. november 2003. Arrang¿r er Institut for Nordisk Filologi, og konferencen afholdes pŒ det nye KUA, auditoriet i bygning 23 (lok. 23.0.50), Njalsgade 120, 2300 Kbh. S. BŒde forskere og journalister er inviteret som opl¾gsholdere pŒ konferencen. De vil bl.a. bruge deres taletid pŒ at analysere forholdet mellem forskere og journalister, beskrive mediernes brug af eksperter og fort¾lle om egne erfaringer med forskningsformidling. Derudover vil en ny unders¿gelse om humanistiske forskeres holdninger til og erfaringer med medierne blive offentliggjort. Hovedtalerne pŒ konferencen er: * Lisbeth Knudsen, nyhedsdirekt¿r, DR * Lise Togeby, professor, Institut for Statskundskab, Aarhus Universitet * Christine Antorini, formand for Videnskabsminister Helge Sanders "t¾nketank vedr¿rende forstŒelse for forskning" * Christian Kock, professor i retorik, K¿benhavns Universitet * Kurt Strand, journalist og studiev¾rt pŒ "Profilen", DR1 * Ditlev Tamm, professor, Det Juridiske Fakultet, K¿benhavns Universitet * Hans Bay, afdelingsdirekt¿r, Socialforskningsinstituttet L¾s mere pŒ konferencens hjemmeside: www.ForskereOgMedier.dk. Her kan du ogsŒ tilmelde dig konferencen. Venlig hilsen Gitte Gravengaard, specialestuderende Mie Fem¿ Nielsen, lektor, ph.d. Institut for Nordisk Filologi <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: webmaster[ at ]videnskabs ***************************************************** ** ** ** Videnskabscafeen i K¿benhavn ** ** ---------------------------- ** ** ** ** "Den Gale Videnskabsmand ** ** - Science og Fiction i den Offentlige ** ** Kloningsdebat" ** ** ** ***************************************************** NŒr snakken falder pŒ dyrekloning taler forskere i ¿st, mens befolkningen taler i vest. Forskere taler om "science", mens vi andre forestiller os "fiction": NŒr forskere taler om h¿jteknologiske fors¿gsdyr, nye behandlingsformer til sygdom som fx klonede og genmanipulerede insulinproducerende dyr, sŒ t¾nker mange af os pŒ ford¾kte videnskabelige projekter a la "Jurassic Parc". Fra fiktionens verden ved vi nemlig, at forskere er gale, onde, gudl¿se, amoralske, arrogante og umenneskelige - og i al fald blinde overfor de farer deres forskning b¾rer med sig. Videnskabscafeen kigger tirsdag d. 28 oktober kl. 20.00 n¾rmere pŒ forholdet mellem science og fiktion - og pŒ hvordan de indbyrdes pŒvirker hinanden. Vi indbyder hermed publikum til at deltage i en uformel samtale med tre eksperter og kritiske elever fra N¾rum Amtsgymnasium: - Anne Skare Nielsen, projektleder i THNK, c/o TDC Innovation - Maja Horst, adjunkt PhD ved Handelsh¿jskolen - Torben Greve, PhD, dr.med.vet. Professor ved Den Kgl. Veterin¾r- og Landboh¿jskole L¾s mere pŒ www.videnskabscafeen.dk/art0027.htm Vel m¿dt! Videnskabscafeen <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Hanne Andersen �rsm¿de i Nationalkomiteen for Videnskabshistorie og Videnskabsfilosofi 12.-13. december 2003 K¿benhavns Universitet, Amager Fredag d. 12. december er programsat f¿lgende foredrag under temaet "Videnskabs- og Teknologistudiers Aktualitet og Samfundsm¾ssige Relevans": Finn Collin: Videnskabsetisk vurdering under "the new production of knowledge" Peder Olesen Larsen: Viden om forskningen. N¿dvendig og brugbar? Kurt Jacobsen: Historien og erhvervslivet: Hvad kommer de hinanden ved? Kristian Hvidtfeldt Nielsen: Forskning, formidling og forstŒelse Claus Emmeche: Biovidenskab, videnskabsteori og biokritik L¿rdag d. 13. december 2003 er der Œbent for foredrag. Foredragene beh¿ver ikke v¾re knyttet til fredagens tema. Forslag til foredrag indsendes inden 15. november til Hanne Andersen, Afdeling for Medicinsk Videnskabsteori, Panum Instituttet, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Kbh N E-mail: h.andersen[ at ]medphil.ku.dk Tilmelding til Œrsm¿det indsendes inden 15. november til Hanne Andersen, Afdeling for Medicinsk Videnskabsteori, Panum Instituttet, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Kbh N E-mail: h.andersen[ at ]medphil.ku.dk Detaljeret program, abstracts samt oplysninger om pris mv. kan findes pŒ hjemmesiden: http://www.pubhealth.ku.dk/~haan/NatKom/NatKomForside.htm �rsm¿det samordens med Forskerskolen for Filosofi, Videnskabs- og Idehistories Œrlige konference for ph.d.-studerende og deres vejledere, der afholdes d. 11. og 12. december samme sted. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Hanne Andersen The Danish Research School in Philosophy History of Ideas and History of Science Second Graduate Conference December 11-12 2003 K¿benhavns Universitet Amager Forskerskolen for Filosofi, Videnskabs- og Idehistorie afholdes konference for alle ph.d.-studerende og deres vejledere Konferencen foregŒr pŒ K¿benhavns Universitet Amager Ideen med Graduate Conference er, at ph.d.-studerende knyttet til forskerskoles m¿des for at diskutere deres projekter med hinanden, vejlederne og forskerskolens internationale evaluatorer. Derudover vil der blive planlagt mere generelle diskussioner af fordele og ulemper ved forskeruddannelser ved danske og udenlandske universiteter, karriereperspektiver, publikationsstrategier og andre problemstillinger af f¾lles interesse for alle forskerskolens ph.d.studerende. Nogle nyligt afsluttede ph.d.-projekter vil sŒledes blive omtalt, og professorerne Peter Barker, Oklahoma University, og Wlodeck Rabinowicz, Lunds Universitet vil belyse temaet Research Training in Philosophy ud fra deres internationale erfaringer. Endvidere vil der blive lejlighed til at dr¿fte PHISâs uddannelsesprogram med PHISâs styregruppe, samt at komme med ideer og forslag til emner og aktiviteter, som PHIS b¿r tage initiativ til. Tilmelding til Graduate Conference til pgh[ at ]ruc.dk Program samt praktiske oplysninger vil blive lagt pŒ forskerskolens hjemmeside www.phis.ruc.dk Graduate Conference samordens med �rsm¿det i Nationakomiteen for Videnskabshistorie og Videnskabsfilosofi, der afholdes d. 12. og 13. december samme sted. Hanne Andersen Dept. of Medical Philosophy and Clinical Theory Panum Institute, building 22-3 Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N Phone: +45 3532 7931 Fax: +45 3532 7938 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 2. Internet-nyt: From: Joachim Schummer Subject: HYLE 9-2 (2003): Aesthetics and Visualization in Chemistry, 2 HYLE's special issue on Aesthetics and Visualization in Chemistry, Part 2, is now available online, including our virtual art exhibition "Chemistry in Art" (see ToC below). http://www.hyle.org/journal/issues/9-2/index.html Enjoy! Joachim Schummer (Editor of HYLE) HYLE: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY Volume 9-2 (2003) SPECIAL ISSUE: AESTHETICS AND VISUALIZATION IN CHEMISTRY, Part 2 edited by Tami I. Spector & Joachim Schummer <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr.166 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I NÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ elektronisk nyhedsbrev forÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og VidenskabshistorieÊÊÊÊÊ nr. 167 d. 7. nov. 2003ÊÊÊ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: 1. Opslag: Astronomy in the Baghdad of the Caliphs A sign-theoretic approach to biotechnology Trends in Logic - 50 Years of Studia Logica 2. Bog-nyt <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 1. Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Anita Kildebaek Nielsen 2nd Olaf Pedersen Lecture Institutkollokvium ved Institut for Videnskabshistorie Aarhus Universitet Torsdag d. 13. 11., kl. 15.15-16 i aud. D2, IMF, Ny Munkegade, bygning 531 Professor David A. King Institute of the History of Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Astronomy in the Baghdad of the Caliphs. Abstract From the 8th to the 12th century Baghdad was the most civilized city in the world, scene of a vigorous cultural and intellectual life. One of the many interests of the scholars of that milieu was astronomy. The speaker will present examples of the remarkable achievements of the Muslim astronomers of this early period: extracts from astronomical manuscripts in the form of diagrams or tables, and astronomical instruments of one sort or another: astrolabes, quadrants, sundials, calculating devices, etc. Both in theoretical and practical astronomy astounding advances were made, and some of these sources bear witness to a development of what may well be called "astronomy in the service of Islam". Litteratur: www.uni-frankfurt.de/fb13/ign/Astronomy_in_Baghdad/lecture.html www.uni-frankfurt.de/fb13/ign/Astronomy_in_Baghdad/bibliography.html (Der afholdes reception i videnskabshistorisk bibliotek efter foredraget) PŒ gensyn """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Anita Kildebaek Nielsen, PhD, Assistant Professor History of Science Department, University of Aarhus Ny Munkegade, Building 521 DK-8000 Aarhus C., Denmark Phone: +45 8942 3508 Fax: +45 8942 3510 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Jesper Hoffmeyer PH.D. Defense: "A sign-theoretic approach to biotechnology" Luis Bruni forsvarer sin afhandling til ph. d. graden torsdag d. 13. november kl 13.30 i Botanisk Auditorium, Gothersgade 140. Vejleder Jesper Hoffmeyer, ordstyrer Kaj Frank Jensen, opponenter Kalevi Kull, Tartu Universitet, Mogens Kilstrup, DTU og Claus Emmeche, KU. Forsvaret foregŒr pŒ engelsk. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: "Vincent F. Hendricks" Subject: PHINEWS Bulletin - November 2003 PHINEWS Bulletin - November 2003 - http://www.phinews.ruc.dk [...] (4) The next conference under the PHILOG auspieces is "Trends in Logic - 50 Years of Studia Logica", to be held at the Carlsberg Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 20-22, 2003. The conference offers lectures by Johan van Benthem (The Netherlands), Wojciech Buszkowski (Poland), Leo Esakia (Georgia), Melvin Fitting (USA), Joseph M. Font (Spain), Robert Goldblatt (New Zealand), Daniele Mundici (Italy), Hiroakira Ono (Japan), Heinrich Wansing (Germany). Please refer to http://www.50yrs.philog.ruc.dk/conference2 .html for information on how to register for this event. The conference booklet is available in PHINEWS 4, October 2003. The proceedings from the conference are available in "Trends in Logic - 50 Years of Studia Logica", edited by Vincent F. Hendricks and Jacek Malinowski, Trends in Logic, Studia Logica Library Series, vol. 21, Kluwer Academic Publishers: ISBN: 1-4020-1601-8. APOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE COPIES Yours Vincent F. Hendricks Editor-in-chief: PHINEWS / Synthese Library Associate Professor of Epistemology, Logic and Methodology Director of PHILOG, Editor of PHINEWS Reviews and Associate Editor: Studia Logica Department of Philosophy and Science Studies Roskilde University P.O. Box 260, 4000 Roskilde Denmark <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 2. Bog-nyt: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Andreas Roepstorff Book announcement IMAGINING NATURE Practices of Cosmology and Identity Edited by Andreas Roepstorff, NilsÊBubandt & KaleviÊKull, Aarhus University Press 2003 http://www.unipress.dk/main.asp?ISBN=8772889454 Contributions by BjšrnÊBjerkli, SabineÊBrauckmann, AlfÊHornborg, TimÊIngold, RandiÊKaarhus, ArneÊKalland, LarsÊKrogh, ToomasÊKukk, KaleviÊKull, AlekseiÊLotman, BjarkeÊPaarup-Larsen, Morten A.ÊPedersen, AntiÊRandviir, AndreasÊRoepstorff & NinaÊWitoszek . During the last decade, many social scientists have sought to show that nature is not an eternal constant but an intrinsically unstable concept - a historical, cultural and social construct with powerful emotional, moral and political connotations. Imagining Nature sets out to explore some of the implications of and lacunae in this recent push to "denaturalise nature". But rather than asking, What is nature? as many academic writers have been doing, the contributors here ask, How is nature established as an entity? Through what processes and practices does nature achieve reality? The first section of the book, "Cosmologies", focuses on ways the practices of nature are embedded in overarching conceptual worldviews. Chapters in the second section illustrate some of the means by which identity unfolds and becomes established in interacting with and imagining nature. The chapters examine nature and identity in the national mythologies of Scandinavia and Germany; two Fulani status groups in Burkina Faso; the confrontational Sami community of Manndalen, Norway; the spatial world of the Tsaatang nomads in Mongolia; and two neoclassic houses by Le Corbusier and Wright. While the individual contributions here will certainly interest specialists in the particular fields they represent, Imagining Nature is broadly interdisciplinary in appeal, and it is especially recommended to anyone intrigued by recent constructivist debate and the multiplying conceptions of nature in the social sciences. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> from: Line Friis subject: NYE B¿GER OM VIDENSKABSTEORI i serien "Problemer, Positioner og paradigmer". Finn Collin (2003): KONSTRUKTIVISME. Forlaget Samfundslitteratur - Roskilde Universitetsforlag. Konstruktivismen er en skoledannelse inden for samfunds- og humanvidenskaberne, der omfatter dels en kritisk, dels en positiv bestr¾belse. Den kritiske bestr¾belse, som kunne betegnes dekonstruktion, bestŒr i en pŒvisning af, at et eller andet f¾nomen, der normalt betragtes som givet, naturligt eller ligefrem uomg¾ngeligt og n¿dvendigt, ved n¾rmere eftersyn viser sig at have en rent historisk status, det er blot Žn mulighed blandt mange andre. Den positive bestr¾belse, som er den, der i sn¾vrere forstand b¾rer betegnelsen konstruktivisme, gŒr ud pŒ at vise, at det historiske f¾nomen er et produkt af visse bestemte menneskelige eller sociale faktorer og b¾rer disses pr¾g. Konstruktivismen har dybe r¿dder i den europ¾iske filosofi, og det er n¾ppe muligt at forstŒ konstruktivismen og dens ¾rinde til fulde uden at kende denne sammenh¾ng. I denne bog ridses indledningsvis den filosofihistoriske baggrund op, og der gives en oversigt over de forskellige konstruktivistiske positioner. Dern¾st f¿lger en gennemgang af centrale argumenter og hovedskikkelser i den moderne konstruktivistiske debat. Det drejer sig bl.a. om den sŒkaldte Edinburgh-skole og dens efterf¿lgere, som is¾r har besk¾ftiget sig med naturvidenskaberne, mens konstruktivismen inden for human- og samfundsvidenskaberne repr¾senteres af skikkelser som Michel Foucault, Niklas Luhmann, samt Ernesto Laclau og Chantal Mouffe. * * *Ê Heine Andersen (2002): SAMFUNDSVIDENSKABER I KONTEKST. Forlaget Samfundslitteratur - Roskilde Universitetsforlag. Samfundsvidenskaber indgŒr i mange forskellige og til dels modsigelsesfyldte forbindelser med de samfund, de studerer. De dyrker rollen som den distancerede, neutrale iagttager, som den engagerede kommentator og kritiker og som den uselvisk tjenende ekspert og rŒdgiver. De s¿ger at frig¿re sig fra ideologiske og normative bindinger, men vil samtidig ogsŒ gerne give nye svar pŒ klassiske sp¿rgsmŒl af grundl¾ggende moralsk og politisk karakter. Denne bog giver en oversigt over samfundsvidenskaber og deres udvikling, set i deres historiske, samfundsm¾ssige og anvendelsesm¾ssige kontekst. Bogen belyser endvidere videnskabsteoretiske og moralfilosofiske aspekter af disse sammenh¾nge: forskellige typer af vidensanvendelse, forholdet mellem samfundsvidenskab pŒ den ene side og moralske vurderinger, politik og ideologier pŒ den anden, rationalitet og relativisme, forskningens forpligtelser og uafh¾ngighed og nye vilkŒr for samfundsvidenskaberne I videnssamfundet. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr.167 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I N elektronisk nyhedsbrev for AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie nr. 168 d. 18. dec. 2003 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: Ph.D.-forsvar: Controversy and Collectivity - (...) biotechnology Swedish national course on Philosophy of Computer Science <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Maja Horst Ph.D.-forsvar: d. 19. december 2003, kl. 13-15 pŒ Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3 2000 Frederiksberg C Auditorium SPs05 Forsvaret foregŒr pŒ den mŒde at jeg f¿rst holder en forel¾sning pŒ max 45 min. om afhandlingens centrale temaer og resultater. Derefter er der sp¿rgsmŒl og kommentarer fra de to eksterne bed¿mmere af afhandlingen, Alan Irwin fra Brunel University i England og Torben Hviid Nielsen fra Oslo Universitet. Til sidst bliver der mulighed for sp¿rgsmŒl fra salen. Efterf¿lgende er Institut for Ledelse, Politik og Filosofi v¾rt ved en reception. Afhandlingen hedder: "Controversy and Collectivity - articulations of social and natural order in mass mediated representations of biotechnology". Resume: Afhandlingen unders¿ger massemedierede kontroverser om bioteknologi som politiske uenigheder ved at analysere argumenters konstruktion af problemer og l¿sninger. Det h¾vdes at ethvert argument i kontroverserne altid implicit artikulerer en eller anden bestemt forestilling om den sociale (og naturlige) orden og om, hvordan denne orden opretholdes eller kritiseres. En sŒdan forestilling er afg¿rende for at argumentet kan fungere som argument, dvs. som en meningsfuld sammenk¾dning af et problem og en mulig probleml¿sning. Kontroverserne om bioteknologi handler derfor ikke kun om teknologi og forskning, men er grundl¾ggende uenigheder om, hvilken rolle forskningen skal spille i samfundet, og om social organisering i al almindelighed. En analyse af m¿nstre i disse argumenter kan derfor belyse de diskursive mulighedsbetingelser for regulering af bioteknologi i Danmark. Den kan k¿bes i Handelsh¿jskolens lokale boglade, Samfundslitteratur, fra ca. 14 dage f¿r forsvaret. Hvis I har mulighed for at give mig en melding om deltagelse vil det v¾re fint af hensyn til receptionen... Med venlig hilsen Maja Horst Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, CBS mh.lpf[ at ]cbs.dk <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic INVITATION TO THE SWEDISH NATIONAL COURSE ON PHILOSOPHY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, PI '04 The PIâ04 course is aimed to introduce Philosophy of Computer Science through the lectures of eminent scholars, starting with the founder of the Philosophy of Information Luciano Floridi, University of Oxford. The course is D-level/PhD course divided into three sections: I. PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS (21/01 23/01) II. METHODOLOGY, MODELLING AND SIMULATION (03/03 05/03) III. MINI-CONFERENCE, ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL ASPECTS (12/05 14/05) The course is sponsored by Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KKS). More information is available at http://www.idt.mdh.se/~gdc/PI-network-course.htm CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JANUARY 1st 2004. [Applications submitted later may be accepted, depending on availability.] For enquiries and preliminary applications e-mail to: gordana.dodig-crnkovic[ at ]mdh.se Please spread this information to your colleagues and any groups you have contact with that might be interested in joining the course. Best, Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic Department of Computer Science and Engineering MŠlardalens Hšgskola, IDt, PO Box 883 S-721 67 VŠsterŒs, Sweden <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr. 168 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I N elektronisk nyhedsbrev for AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie nr. 169 d. 15. jan. 2004 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: 1. Opslag: Kollokvier ved Institut for Videnskabshistorie Debatm¿de: Den oversete kernevŒbentrussel Aksel Haaning: Paracelsus. Medicinens Luther i 1500-tallet Postkolonial tilgang til skandinavisk litteratur ph.d.-kursus i Neuro¾stetik Nanoteknologi pŒ Steno Museet 2. Rapporter, artikler og b¿ger: Fagets Videnskabsteori - rapport om nanotek/biokemi/kemi K¿n, omsorgsud¿velse & investering af uinteresseret god vilje 3. Internet-nyt Workshop: the process of reform of the university across Europe <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 1. Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Anita Kildebaek Nielsen KOLLOKVIER VED INSTITUT FOR VIDENSKABSHISTORIE ForŒret 2004 Torsdage kl. 15.15 i koll. G4, Institut for Matematiske Fag Ny Munkegade, bygning 532 12.2. Associate Professor Mark H. Clark, Oregon Institute of Technology Danish Scientists Abroad 1880-1980: A Statistical Analysis. 19.2. Cand.mag. Anders Albrechtslund Teknikkens tidsalder - filosofiens vending mod teknologien? 4.3. Fil. dr. Anders Houltz, Dept. for the History of Science and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm The Making of an Industrial Heritage: Narratives of Modernity at the Gothenburg Exhibition of 1923. 11.3. Lecturer Lis Brack Bernsen, History of Science Unit, University of Regensburg Astronomical Riddles and Secret Methods of Mesopotamia. 18.3. Ph.d. Hjalmar Fors, Uppsala Universitet Patronage and Reciprocity in 18th-Century Science. 25.3. Fagkonsulent, cand.scient. Charlotte E. Hansen, CVU Syd Genetikkens fremv¾kst i Danmark - alle gode gange tre? 15.4. Ph.d. Maria Rentetzi, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin Gender and the Architectural Design of the Institute for Radium Research in Vienna. 16.4., kl. 13.15-17.00 WORKSHOP: Women in Science - Historiographical Issues. The workshop is co-organised with the Department for the History of Ideas. Registration no later than April 13. Fee 20 DKK. The Lecture Theatre Building, room 3. 22.4. ph.d.-stipendiat Gert Balling og projektleder Lisbeth Sch¿nau, IT-h¿jskolen og Dansk Naturvidenskabsformidling Videnskabscafe og videnskabfestival - nyere videnskabsformidlingsinitiativer. 29.4. Prof. Henk Bos, Mathematical Institute, University of Utrecht Imagination, Mathematics and Philosophy in Descartes' "Regulae", 1628. 6.5. Ph.d.-stipendiat Susan Splinter, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und Technik, UniversitŠt Halle-Wittenberg Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein, a German-Danish Enlightenment Experimental Philosopher. 13.5. (Steno Museet) Senior Curator Simon Chaplin, Museums of The Royal College of Surgeons of England "There is a Dead Carcase Rumbling up the Stairs": The Domestic Economy of John Hunter's Anatomy School. Foredragenes abstract findes pŒ IVHs hjemmeside, hvor man ogsŒ b¿r holde ¿je med aflysninger/¾ndringer: www.ivh.au.dk/kollokvier PŒ gensyn """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Anita Kildebaek Nielsen, PhD, Assistant Professor History of Science Department, University of Aarhus Ny Munkegade, Building 521 DK-8000 Aarhus C., Denmark Phone: +45 8942 3508 Fax: +45 8942 3510 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Navarro Poulsen DEBATM¿DE: DEN OVERSETE KERNEVŒBENTRUSSEL Torsdag d. 29. januar 2004 Kl. 15:00 - 17:00 i Alexander salen, Bispetorvet 3, 1167 Kbh. K, K¿benhavns Universitet M¿det har form af en paneldebat, hvor hvert panelmedlem kommer med et 15 min. indl¾g hvorefter ordet gives frit til panelmedlemmerne og tilh¿rerne i salen. Arrang¿r: Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, i samarbejde med Center for Naturfilosofi og Videnskabsstudier, KU, og Studenterpr¾sten ved det Sundhedsvidenskabelige og Naturvidenskabelige Fakulteter, KU. Program: M¿det Œbnes af John Avery, kontaktperson for Pugwash i Danmark Introduktion (v. Claus Emmeche, Centerleder for Center for Naturfilosofi og Videnskabsstudier, K¿benhavns Universitet) En folkeretslig vurdering af USAs (og Ruslands ?) nye kernevŒbenpolitik (v. Ole Espersen, Professor i folkeret ved K¿benhavns Universitet) Etiske overvejelser om kernevŒben (v. Nicolai Halvorsen, Studenterpr¾st, Sund og Natur, K¿benhavns Universitet) Kan vi l¾re at leve uden bomben? (v. Jan ¯berg, Direkt¿r og medstifter af The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research) Om de helbredsm¾ssige konsekvenser ved brug af kernevŒben (v. Klaus Arnung, Danske L¾ger mod kernevŒben) Yderligere oplysninger, dokumenter, kort, links m.v. pŒ: http://www.pugwash.dk/index.htm --- Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs blev grundlagt i 1955 af Albert Einstein og Bertrand Russell. Organisationen har siden arbejdet for en verden fri for kernevŒben, og modtog i 1995 Nobels Fredspris for sin indsats. Yderligere oplysninger om Pugwash findes pŒ www.pugwash.org. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Kurt Ramskov Indbydelse til foredrag i Videnskabshistorisk Selskab ved: Lektor Aksel Haaning, Faggruppen for Filosofi & Videnskabsteori, Roskilde Universitetscenter: Paracelsus. Medicinens Luther i 1500-tallet - mellem hŒndv¾rk og kyndig tanke. Tirsdag, den 3. februar 2004, kl. 19.45 i auditorium 10 pŒ H. C. ¯rsted Instituttet, Universitetsparken 5, K¿benhavn ABSTRACT Foredraget vil fors¿ge at redeg¿re for grundtr¾k i den schweiziske l¾ge og filosof Paracelsus' (1496-1541) tankeverden med v¾gt pŒ hans l¾re om "das liecht der natur", naturens lys. PŒ den baggrund vil foredraget ogsŒ fors¿ge at karakterisere nybrud i ren¾ssancen i 1500-tallet og placere Paracelsus i videnskabernes historie. Aksel Haaning er mag. art. i middelalderens latin og ph.d. i videnskabsstudier. --- Efter foredraget inviterer Selskabet pŒ ¿l og lidt sm¿rrebr¿d for 20 kr. i Institut for Matematiske Fags frokoststue. Hvis man ikke er medlem er man velkommen til et arrangement f¿r man overvejer indmeldelse. Selskabets hjemmeside er: http://www.math.ku.dk/~ramskov/SEVH/index.htm <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: kim simonsen POSTKOLONIAL TILGANG TIL SKANDINAVISK LITTERATUR Her er et nyt kursus i postkoloniale tilgange og deres anvendbarhed set i videnskabsteoretisk belysning under Georg Brandes Forskerskolen. Se ogsŒ: http://www.hum.ku.dk/georgbrandes/Dansk/Undersider/kurser.htm Kurset arrangeres i samarbejde med Scandinavische Taal- en Letterkunde, Universiteit van Amsterdam Dato: 22.-24. marts 2004 Sted: K¿benhavns Universitet Kursusform: ugekursus Kursuspoint: Kursets timetal x 3 Kursusbeskrivelse Begrebet "postkolonialisme" er i de senere Œr et af de st¾rkest udviklede i international teoridannelse. PŒ dette kursus vil de vigtigste hovedpunkter i begrebet blive fremlagt og diskuteret. Desuden er det et formŒl med kurset at unders¿ge udvalgte v¾rker fra skandinavisk litteratur og kunst ud fra et postkolonialt perspektiv. Mandag 22. marts lokale 13.1.43 9.15-11.00: Professor Henk van der Liet, Leerstoelgroep Scandinavische Taal- en Letterkunde, Universitetet i Amsterdam: "Indf¿ring i den postkoloniale tilgang til dansk litteratur" 11.15-13.00: Professor Judie Newman, American Studies, University of Nottingham: "Methods for Postcolonial Interpretation of Fiction". 14.15-17.00: Lektor Kirsten Thisted, Minoritetsstudier, K¿benhavns Universitet og stipendiat Lasse Horne Kj¾ldgaard, Nordisk Filologi, K¿benhavns Universitet: "Grundbegreber i Homi Bhabhas teori om postkolonialisme" Tirsdag 23. marts lokale 13.1.43 9.15-11.00: Professor Leela Ghandi, School of Communication, Arts and Critical Enquiry, English, La Trobe University, Melbourne: "Postcolonialism: the disciplinary history, the theoretical underpinnings and the future possibilities" 11.15-13.00: F¿rsteamanuensis Johan Henrik Schimanski, Institutt for allmenn litteraturvitenskap, Troms¿: "Hamsuns postkoloniale grense". 14.15-16.00: Professor Wolfgang MŸller-Funk, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham: ³Cultural Asymmetry" Onsdag 24. marts lokale 13.1.59 9.15-11.00: Docent Margareta Petersson, Litteraturvetenskap, VŠxsjš Universitet: "Litteraturhistorieskrivning utifrŒn postkoloniale perspektiv" 11.15-13.00: Lektor Prem Poddar, Engelsk Institut, Aarhus Universitet: Titel f¿lger. 14.15-16.00: Lektor Hans Hauge, Nordisk Institut, Aarhus Universitet: "Fra bastardisering til hybriditet - Johannes V. Jensen og Klaus Rifbjerg (Kongens Fald og Alea)" <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Frederik Stjernfelt (Ph.d. o.a.-) Kursus i Neuro¾stetik ved K¿benhavns Universitet Institutter: Institut for Kunst- og Kulturvidenskab Undervisere: Forel¾sningsr¾kke m. bl.a. Tor N¿rretranders, Andreas Roepstorff, Torben Grodal. V/ F. Stjernfelt F¿rste undervisningsgang: 5/2 Skemaoplysninger: Torsdag 12-14 i lok. 27.0.17 Undervisningsform: Forel¾sningsr¾kke 13 x 2 timer. Indhold: Kurset afholdes som en forel¾sningsr¾kke med 13 x 2 konfrontationstimer med skiftende forel¾sere. [...] Neuro¾stetikken er et kerneomrŒde for m¿det mellem humaniora, biologi, neurologi og filosofi. Kurset ¿nsker dels at give en introduktion, dels at diskutere forskning i menneskets neurokognitive natur, som kan t¾nkes at medvirke til en n¾rmere forstŒelse af vores ¾stetiske adf¾rd. Blandt de ¾stetiske sp¿rgsmŒl, som kan t¾nkes at nyde godt af en sŒdan befrugtning fra neurobiologisk side, er sŒdanne som f¿lgende: Hvorfor har vi (men muligvis ikke andre dyr) ¾stetiske oplevlser; hvad vil det sige, at en genstand er "smuk", "sk¿n" osv.; hvilken type genstand er et kunstv¾rk, og hvorfor opstŒr kunstv¾rker pludselig for ca. 50.000 Œr siden; er der kogntiv forskel pŒ de oplevlser, musik henh. billedkunst, henh. litteratur osv., giver anledning til; m.v., mv.? Vi vil ogsŒ undervejs diskutere den filosofiske problemstilling, i hvilket omfang det giver mening at "naturalisere" ¾stetikfaget vha. neurobiologiske data og teorier. Vi fremstiller et kompendium til kurset, som vil kunne k¿bes i kompendieudsalget pŒ det gamle KUA (lok. 13.1.43). Kursusplan, se hjemmesiden. Arr. v. Frederik Stjernfelt med hj¾lp fra Martin Skov og Nikolaj Zeuthen. Hjemmesiden er http://www.sis.ku.dk/lp/VisKursus.asp?Knr=49674&Sprog=DK&InFrame=0 <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Rikke Schmidt Larsen NANOUDSTILLING S¾rudstilling pŒ Steno Museet om aktuel forskning ved Aarhus Universitet 26. januar - 25. april 2004. S¾rudstillingen tager udgangspunkt i den aktuelle forskning ved det Interdiciplin¾re Nanoscience Center, iNANO, pŒ Aarhus Universitet. Nanoteknologi er et af tidens hastigt voksende forskningsomrŒder. Den giver os en verden af muligheder, hvor sygdomsbek¾mpelse, hurtigere og mindre computere, bedre energiudnyttelse og mindre forurening blot er noget af det, fremtiden byder pŒ. PŒ Aarhus Universitet er man allerede i gang. FormŒlet med udstillingen er at formidle den aktuelle forskning ved Aarhus Universitet bredt. Udstillingen er et nyt initiativ fra Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet og Steno Museet for at g¿re forskningen mere synlig, konkret og tilg¾ngelig. Venlig hilsen, Rikke Schmidt Larsen, MSc Science Communication The Steno Museum University of Aarhus C.F. M¿llers AllŽ 100 DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Phone: +45 8942 3985 Fax: +45 8942 3995 http://www.stenomuseet.dk/ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 2. Rapporter, artikler, b¿ger, m.v. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Claus Emmeche Fagets Videnskabsteori - rapport om NANOTEKNOLOGI/ BIOKEMI/ KEMI L¾rergruppen for Fagets Videnskabsteori pŒ Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet, K¿benhavns Universitet, nedsatte i efterŒret 2003 en arbejdsgruppe, der skulle udarbejde ideer til et kursus i videnskabsteori efter den nye ordning for bachelorstudierne i kemi, biokemi og nanoteknologi. Arbejdsgruppen bestŒende af Christian Baron, Tom B¿rsen Hansen og Sine Zambach fremlagde deres rapport i december 2003. Denne kan nu hentes fra FVT-gruppens hjemmeside: http://www.nbi.dk/~natphil/FVT <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Morten N¿rholm Introduktion til Morten N¿rholms tekst ANSATSER TIL EN DISKUSSION AF K¿N, OMSORGSUD¿VELSE OG INVESTERINGEN AF EN UINTERESSERET GOD VILJE Teksten findes pŒ adressen http://www.hexis.dk/arkiv.html, og freml¾gges og diskuteres pŒ et arrangement i regi af HEXIS - Forum for Samfundsvidenskabelig Forskning torsdag d. 19/2 kl.13.00 pŒ Danmarks P¾dagogiske Universitet. Det pr¾cise sted for arrangementet annonceres pŒ http://www.hexis.dk. Teksten udg¿r en omskrevet, revideret og st¾rkt udvidet udgave af artiklen "Omsorgen, k¿nnet og konstruktionen" i P¾dagogisk Sociologi, Danmarks P¾dagogiske Universitets Forlag 2003. Udgangspunktet er det forskningsprojekt om uddannelsesevalueringer og social reproduktion som pr¾senteres i "Uddannelsesevalueringer og social reproduktion - pr¾limin¾re overvejelser over konstruktionen af et forskningsobjekt" i Praktikker i erhverv og uddannelse, Akademisk Forlag 2001, pp. 548-575. Projektet tager udgangspunkt i en (praktikteoretisk og praktik-sociologisk - praxeologisk) analyse af forslagene til forandring af sygeplejerskeuddannelsen, og samtidig med at udg¿re en art spin off af forskningsarbejdet, rummer teksten en grundlagsdiskussion af is¾r sociale dominansforhold. Herved udg¿r den samtidig en objektivering af en del af betingelserne for gennemf¿relsen af projektets analyse. For en naturfagligt/naturfilosofisk interesseret l¾ser vil det mest interessante sandsynligvis v¾re tekstens bidrag til en radikal, Bourdieu-inspireret forstŒelse af forholdet mellem biologisk k¿n (sex) og socialt k¿n (gender), og dermed til en diskussion af det som traditionelt ben¾vnes forholdet mellem arv og milj¿ - en i ¿vrigt sandsynligvis falsk dikotomi. Diskussionen antydes i tekstens fodnote nr. 11, men udfoldes ikke. Teksten rummer diskussionen af relationen mellem en r¾kke forhold som sŒ at sige udg¿r aspekter af hinanden: Forholdet mellem k¿n, omsorg og en investeret god vilje, hvordan denne investerede gode vilje b¾res af i egen forstŒelse uinteresserede nye mellemlag, hvordan den gode vilje gennems¾tter vilkŒrlige, klassespecifikke interesser som om de var universelle, og hvordan sammenh¾ngen er til en generel feminisering af samfundet og i ¿vrigt til et social-liberalt projekt. Som paradeeksempel pŒ sociale dominansforhold diskuteres forholdet mellem k¿nnene og mellem biologisk og socialt k¿n og konsekvenserne af at de to oftest forveksles. Dermed Œbnes for en generel diskussion af sociale dominansforhold: Forholdet mellem dominante respektive dominerede grupper eksemplificeres med forholdet mellem k¿nnene, og der argumenteres for at en kompensation for en diskrimination som tager udgangspunkt i biologiske forhold, ser ud til at ¿ge forskellene inden for grupperne (de to biologiske k¿n respektive) snarere end at mindske forskellen mellem disse grupper. En - indiskutabel - god vilje ser ud til at fremme dette, og ser ud til at fremme en pŒtvingning og reproduktion af Žn vilkŒrlig logik pŒ bekostning af alle andre - som om de gruppe-specifikke interesser var universelle. Tilsvarende dynamiske forhold g¿r sig g¾ldende for de sociale konsekvenser af den evaluering af sygeplejerskeuddannelsen som er udgangspunktet for forskningsprojektet. I sin tur giv! er dette ophav til en pr¾limin¾r formulering af en sociologi af (demokratiske) repr¾sentationer. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 3. Internet-nyt: From: Graziella Michelante WORKSHOP ON THE PROCESS OF REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY ACROSS EUROPE Dear Colleague, With this email message, we are pleased to inform you that we have postponed the submission deadline for the "WORKSHOP ON THE PROCESS OF REFORM OF THE UNIVERSITY ACROSS EUROPE" to JANUARY 31, 2004. Workshop web site : http://www.eiasm.org/frontoffice/event_announcement.asp?event_id=335 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr.169 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< H U G I N O G M U N I N elektronisk nyhedsbrev for AAbent Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie nr. 170 d. 13. febr. 2004 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bringer meddelelser om aktiviteter indenfor VIDENSKABSHISTORIE og VIDENSKABSFILOSOFI og tilgraensende omraader som eksempelvis FORSKNING I FORSKNING * VIDENSKABSTEORI * VIDENSKABSETIK VIDENSKABSSOCIOLOGI * VIDENSKAB, TEKNOLOGI OG SAMFUND * BIOETIK FORSKNINGSPOLITIK * NATURFILOSOFI * VIDENSKABSFORMIDLING <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Indhold: 1. Opslag: Naturfagsdidaktisk Seminar Why on earth does he have a dog on his lap? Small-World Link Structures across an Academic Web Space Conference: Philosophy of Chemistry & Biochemistry 2. Internet-nyt The Society for Social Studies of Science Information om Naturfagsdidaktisk Nyhedsbrev 3. Bog-nyt Ny bogserie omhandlende videnskabsteori <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 1. Opslag: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Carl Winsl¿w NATURFAGSDIDAKTISK SEMINAR henvender sig til alle med interesse for de naturvidenskabelige fags didaktik, is¾r (men ikke udelukkende) med henblik pŒ universitetsundervisning. Formatet er normalt kortere opl¾g (ca. 45 minutter) efterfulgt af sp¿rgsmŒl og diskussion. Emnerne er eller vedr¿rer forskning i naturfagenes (incl. matematikkens) didaktik. Programmet for forŒrssemesterets seminarer er nu tilg¾ngeligt pŒ: http://www.naturdidak.ku.dk/winslow/nafadise.html Siden opdateres l¿bende. Venlig hilsen, Carl Prof. Dr. Carl Winsl¿w http://www.naturdidak.ku.dk/winslow Center for Naturfagenes Didaktik, K¿benhavns Universitet <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Thomas Sšderqvist Research seminar: WHY ON EARTH DOES HE HAVE A DOG ON HIS LAP? Doctors« portraits in the history of medicine and art Friday 27 February, 9am - 2pm Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen This seminar is a corollary to Medical Museion's current exhibition "Portrait of a doctor", which displays a selection from the rich collection of medical portraits and drawings owned by the University of Copenhagen; portraits that reflect the changing roles of the medical profession in the last 300 years. The seminar is open to scholars and students with an interest in the history of portraiture, the history of mentalities and the history of medicine. Program: 9.00 Welcome by Thomas Sšderqvist, Professor and Director of Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen 9.05 - 9.35 Tour around the exhibition "Portrait of a doctor", guided by Frank Allan Rasmussen, Head of Collections and Exhibitions, Medical Museion, University of Copenhagen. 9.45 - 10.45 Keynote lecture by Ludmilla Jordanova, Professor and Director of the Center for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge; author of Defining features: scientific and medical portraits 1660-2000 (Reaktion Books 2000) 10.45 - 11.15 Coffee break 11.15 - 12.30 Papers by Hannemarie Ragn Jensen, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Art History, University of Copenhagen and author of many articles and books about Danish art history; Steffen Heiberg, Curator at the National Historical Museum, Frederiksborg Castle, Hiller¿d, who has recently published Danske portr¾tter (Aschehoug, 2003); and Adriaan de Boer, mag.art., Fredensborg, who has just finished his Masters« thesis about Dutch portrait painting in the 16th- 17th centuries. 12.45 - 14 Plenary discussion around the lunch table Maximum 25 participants. Participants will be selected according to the first-register-first- admitted principle. Please send requests for admission and/or inquries to Charlotte Ploug, , before Thursday 19 February. For question about the academic programme, please contact Thomas Sšderqvist, <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> from: http://www.db.dk/lb/phd/ PhD defense: SMALL-WORLD LINK STRUCTURES ACROSS AN ACADEMIC WEB SPACE - A LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE APPROACH Lennart Bjšrneborn Department of Information Studies Royal School of Library and Information Science March 5, 2004, kl. 13:00. Auditoriet, Danmarks Biblioteksskole Birketinget 6 2300 K¿benhavn S Summary: The dissertation is concerned with so-called small-world link structures in the shape of short link distances across an academic web space through paths of links from web site to web site. Small worlds are concerned with core library and information science (LIS) issues as navigability and accessibility of information across vast document networks constructed through so-called self- organized and distributed knowledge organization by millions of local web actors. For instance, short link distances affect the speed and exhaustivity with which web crawlers can reach and retrieve web pages when following links from web page to web page. The main research question is concerned with what types of web links, web pages and web sites function as connectors across dissimilar topical domains in an academic web space. The dissertation is situated within the new research field of webometrics concerned with the study of the quantitative aspects of the construction and use of information resources, structures and technologies on the Web, drawing on bibliometric and informetric approaches. The dissertation incorporates approaches from graph theory and social network analysis into this framework. The dissertation introduces a five-step methodology in order to sample, identify and characterize small-world properties by 'zooming' stepwise into more and more fine-grained web node levels among 7669 subsites harvested at 109 UK universities. Detailed case studies comprise 10 so-called path nets containing all shortest link paths in both directions between five pairs of topically dissimilar subsites. Indicative findings suggest that personal link creators, such as researchers and students, as well as computer science-related subsites may be important connectors across sites and topics in the investigated academic web space. A metaphor of crumpled-up paper is used to conceptualize small-world network structures. Further, the dissertation gives an intuitive support to how the Web may be conceived as a web of genres with a rich diversity of interlinked page genres and with genre drift, that is, changes in genres of pages along link paths. The dissertation discusses hypothesized complementarities of topical uniformity and diversity (including topic drift and genre drift) in the formation of small- world link structures. It is argued there is a need for redefining the traditional overall aim and explanatory framework of LIS research, so it encompasses both convergent (goal-directed) and divergent (serendipitous) information behavior conducted by users in both 'top-down'- and 'bottom- up'-constructed information systems. (Bjšrneborn, Lennart. Small-world link structures across an academic web space: a library and information science approach. PhD dissertation. Copenhagen: Department of Information Studies, Royal School of Library and Information Science, 2004. xxxvi, 399 p. ISBN 87-7415-276-9) The thesis can be downloaded from http://www.db.dk/lb/phd/phd-thesis.pdf <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHEMISTRY 8TH SUMMER SYMPOSIUM Hatfield College University of Durham Sunday 15th - Wednesday 18th August 2004 Call for Papers Previous summer symposia of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry have provided a forum for philosophers and chemists to present papers on metaphysical, epistemological, methodological, semantic, logical and historical issues raised by thinking about the subject matter and science of chemistry. The 8th Summer Symposium will continue this tradition. Papers are therefore invited on any topic in the philosophy of chemistry. If you would like to present a paper, please send a title and abstract (of around 300 words) to Robin Hendry, as an email attachment in Word or RTF formats, or (preferably) in the body of an email message. You should also give your postal and email address, and academic affiliation. I will notify you as soon as possible whether your abstract has been accepted. The deadline for submitting an abstract is Saturday 1 May 2004. The deadline for registration for the conference is Thursday 1 July. For further details see http://www.dur.ac.uk/philosophy.department/general/events/ISPC.html Please contact: Dr RF Hendry Department of Philosophy University of Durham 50 Old Elvet Durham DH1 3HN UK email: r.f.hendry[ at ]durham.ac.uk <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 2. Internet-nyt: <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> THE SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL STUDIES OF SCIENCE Visit http://www.lsu.edu/ssss/ The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) is a nonprofit, professional association. It was founded in 1975 and now has an international membership of about 1000. The main purpose of 4S is to bring together those interested in understanding science, technology, and medicine, including the way they develop and interact with their social contexts. * Meeting in PARIS! 25-28 August, 2004 * New! STS Course Syllabi Download Science, Technology & Society Course Syllabi <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> From: Sebastian Horst Til alle med interesse for universitetsdidaktik og udvikling af universitetsuddannelser, s¾rligt inden for naturvidenskab Med dette brev vil jeg gerne g¿re opm¾rksom pŒ det nye nyhedsbrev om naturfagsdidaktik og udvikling af naturvidenskabelige universitetsuddannelser fra Center for Naturfagenes Didaktik, K¿benhavns Universitet. Jeg vil gerne opfordre alle til at sende indhold til nyhedsbrevet, som vil udkomme efter behov. Vi vil dog redigere nyhedsbrevet sŒ informationen har relevans for undervisere pŒ de naturvidenskabelige universitetsuddannelser. Det f¿rste nr. af nyhedsbrevet er udsendt tidligere i dag [12/2], [...]. ¯nsker du at modtage det fremover, sŒ skriv til sh[ at ]naturdidak.ku.dk, som ogsŒ er adressen der kan sendes indhold til. Venlig hilsen Sebastian Horst ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sebastian Horst, konsulent Center for Naturfagenes Didaktik (CND) K¿benhavns Universitet Universitetsparken 5, 2100 Kbh. ¯ Tlf: 3532 0340 Fax: 3532 0460 Mobil: 6168 1886 Kontor: HC¯, D-118 E-post: sh[ at ]naturdidak.ku.dk www.naturdidak.ku.dk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< 3. Bog-nyt Bes¿g: http://www.samfundslitteratur.dk/videnskabsteori/ [Dette websted] vil prim¾rt v¾re information om og uddrag af nye videnskabsteoretiske udgivelser [...]. I mindre omfang vil der ogsŒ v¾re links - fx til klassiske filosofiske v¾rker pŒ nettet - og nyheder om videnskabsteori og filosofi i Danmark og udland. PROBLEMER - POSITIONER - PARADIGMER - i aktuel videnskabsteori Forlaget Samfundslitteratur/Roskilde Universitetsforlags videnskabsteoriserie er en r¾kke udgivelser, der i kort form introducerer de v¾sentligste videnskabsteoretiske problemer, positioner og paradigmer i tilknytning til humaniora og samfundsvidenskab. Serien retter sig mod den grundl¾ggende videnskabsteoretiske undervisning inden for de enkelte fag, men kan med udbytte l¾ses af alle, der ¿nsker et teoretisk perspektiv pŒ studiet af menneske, kultur og samfund. Serien er redigeret af Heine Andersen, Thomas Bestle og S¿ren Kj¿rup. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< HUGIN og MUNIN er et elektronisk nyhedsbrev for aktiviteter indenfor videnskabsteori, videnskabsfilosofi, videnskabshistorie, videnskabssociologi og tilgraensende emneomraader. Det udsendes af Center for Naturfilosofi og Videnskabsstudier, Koebenhavns Universitet, og udspringer af Netvaerk for Videnskabsfilosofi og Videnskabshistorie, som Statens Humanistisk Forskningsraad i Danmark igangsatte i 1994 for at styrke kontakten mellem grupper og enkeltpersoner indenfor de naevnte fagomraader. Annoncering af moeder i Hugin og Munin, tilmelding, afmelding, og andre henvendelser sendes til emmeche [at]nbi.dk . Et web-arkiv for tidligere numre er: http://www.nbi.dk/~natphil/hug/hug.intro.html Hugin og Munin - tanke og erindring - er de to vise ravne, der sidder paa Odins skuldre og hvisker ham alle tidender i oeret. Han sender dem ud ved daggry, og ved morgenmaaltidet vender de tilbage med nyheder fra hele verden. Ravnene er her valgt som vartegn for den filosofiske eftertanke og den historiske erindring. Begge er vigtige naar de enkelte videnskaber om natur og menneske skal bringes i kontakt med videnskabsteoriens beskrivelser af videnskab som en konkret og kompleks proces, der maa forstaas ud fra baade filosofiske, historiske og sociologiske studier. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Slut paa HUGIN og MUNIN nr.170