18-21 June 2008
Vancouver BC, Canada
Seventh Congress of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science Vancouver, Canada June 18-21, 2008 http://www.hopos.org/hopos2008 The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) will hold its seventh international congress in Vancouver, Canada, June 18-21, 2008. The conference is open to scholarly work on the history of philosophy of science from any disciplinary perspective. Submissions of abstracts of papers of approximately 25-30 minutes' reading length, and of symposia of three to four thematically related papers will be considered for the program. Proposals for papers should include: - title and abstract of the paper (maximum 500 words); - address of the participant, including e-mail, phone, and institution. Proposals for symposia should include: - title of symposium; - symposium summary statement (maximum 500 words); - titles and abstracts of papers (maximum 500 words for each paper); - address of each participant, including e-mail, phone, and institution; - identification of symposium organizer, who will serve as contact person. The language of the meeting is English. All submissions must be received by 15 December 2007. Notification of acceptance of submissions will be provided by 1 March 2008. Required format for all submissions is plain ASCII text or RTF attachment submitted by electronic mail to hopos-2008@interchange.ubc.ca with HOPOS 2008 Submission in the subject line of the email. Program Committee for HOPOS 2008: Lisa Downing, Co-Chair, Ohio State University David Hyder, Co-Chair, University of Ottawa Peter Anstey, University of Otago John Beatty, University of British Columbia Karen Detlefsen, University of Pennsylvania Andreas Httemann, Westflische Wilhelms-Universitt Mnster Jean Leroux, University of Ottawa Donald Morrison, Rice University Lisa Shabel, Ohio State University Jutta Schickore, Indiana University Local Organizing Committee for HOPOS 2008: Alan Richardson, University of British Columbia, Chair Robert J. Deltete, Seattle University Patrick McDonald, Seattle Pacific University Lisa Shapiro, Simon Fraser University Andrea Woody, University of Washington Audrey Yap, University of Victoria The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS) is an international society of scholars with special interest in research on the history of philosophy of science and related topics in the history of natural and social sciences, logic, philosophy, and mathematics. This shared interest includes all historical periods, geographical regions, and diverse methodologies. The activities promote historical work in a variety of ways, including the sponsorship of meetings and conference sessions, the publication of books and special issues of journals, maintaining an e-mail discussion group, and the dissemination of information about libraries, archives and collections, and bibliographic information.