May be of interest to colleagues?

Keith

>
>To the International Members of IUHPS/DLMPS,
>
>Please find below an updated announcement for our LMPS Congress in
>Beijing this summer. After some initial problems the congress web
>site is now working (even if a bit slow), one can register on-line
>(without paying until the (new) deadline of May 15), the list of
>invited speakers is almost complete and can be found on the web site,
>etc.
>
>Right now is a good time to make some further advertising for the
>congress; there is still ample time for submission of abstracts, as
>you can see below.
>
>I would like to ask for your help with this. That is, I would very
>much appreciate if you could distribute the information via email to
>the members of your organization.
>
>Further information about the schedule, the General Assembly, etc.
>will come soon.
>
>Thank you in advance,
>
>-Dag Westerstahl
>Secretary-General IUHPS/DLMPS
>
>
>============================================
>
>LMPS 2007
>Beijing, China, August 9 - 15, 2007
>
>13TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
>
>is held for the first time in Asia. It is organized by the
>International Union for History and Philosophy of Science, Division
>of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS/DLMPS), and
>Tsinghua University, Beijing. The congress features plenary speakers,
>invited speakers in 16 sections, a number of special symposia, and
>contributed papers in each section. The sections are:
>
>A LOGIC
>A1 Mathematical logic
>A2 Philosophical and applied logic
>A3 Logic and computation
>
>B GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
>B1 General problems of methodology and scientific reasoning
>B2 Formal approaches to methodology
>B3 Historical and sociological aspects in the philosophy of science
>
>C PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES OF PARTICULAR SCIENCES
>C1 Philosophy of mathematics and logic
>C2 Philosophy of physics
>C3 Philosophy of biology
>C4 Philosophy of cognitive science, psychology and linguistics
>C5 Philosophy of economics, theories of rationality, decision theory,
>game theory
>C6 Philosophy of social sciences
>C7 Philosophy of medicine
>
>D SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
>D1 Ethical issues in scientific practice and technology
>D2 Bioethics
>D3 Science and education
>
>For information about organizers, invited speakers, symposia,
>registration, submission of abstracts, accommodation, travel,
>excursions, etc. visit
>
> http://www.clmps2007.org
>
>or send email to <lmps2007@...>.
>
>Some main points:
>
>- Register on-line now; the (regular) fee should be paid by May 15, 2007.
>
>- The full participation fee is US $ 250, and $ 125 for students and
>accompanying persons.
>
>- A limited number of grants are available.
>
>- The abstracts review process will start on March 1 and will end
>around April 10. Contributors are urged to submit their abstracts (1
>page) as early as possible, preferably by March 1 in order to receive
>early notification of acceptance/rejection, but in no case later than
>March 20.
>
>- Invited papers will be published in proceedings. Proceedings from
>the previous LMPS Congress are in P. Hajek, L. Valdes-Villanueva, D.
>Westerstahl (eds.), Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science
>(London: King's College Publications, 2005), available in internet
>bookstores, e.g.
>fohttp://www.amazon.com/Logic-Methodology-Philosophy-Science-Hajek/dp/190498
>7214/sr=1-3/qid=1168600113/ref=sr_1_3/103-3225201-2156654?ie=UTF8&s=books
>(paperback, $ 30).
>
>------ End of Forwarded Message


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Dr. Keith S. Taber
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education