I am writing in the hope of discovering some help in a research
project being conducted by the distinguished psychoanalyst, R. D.
Hinshelwood, author of many admirable writings. He was the founder
and editor of significant periodicals: The British Journal of
Psychotherapy, The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities
and Psychoanalysis and History , as well as the essential reference
work, A Dictionary of Kleinian Thought and a number of other books. 

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In 1978 Gary Werskey published The Visible College: A Collective
Biography of the British Scientists and Socialists of the 1930s
(London: Allen Lane; reprinted by Free Association Books, 1988 and
still available from amazon.co.uk).

He was recently invited to take part in a conference at Princeton on
that movement and the later radical science movement of the 1960s
-1980s. The result is a long reflective essay, portions of which have
been delivered at Princeton and at Imperial College, London: 

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BULGARIAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION POLICY (BJSEP)

In the last 30 years the different branches of pedagogy emerged in a new
science – the Science of Education. The processes in the social
systems are too complicated and their understanding can be achieved in
interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies only. Pedagogy,
Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology provide part of the techniques which have
to be applied in such kind of research. The University/School Policy and
Management and Science Policy and Planning are among the most important
areas of research within the Science of Education. The academic journals
mark the world scientific process. The 

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/subjectivist

Subjectivism stands in contrast to Plato, rationalism, and all derivatives
including materialism and realism. This group is a place to debate against
these, favoring subjectivism of course, and is also a place for
subjectivists to share thoughts.

A subjectivist believes objects in our environment exist only because we
think they do. This does not mean a person can simply believe anything and
make it true. The universe is like a bowl of soup. It is up to us to use our
minds, construct meanings, and create the intellectual objects we need.
Rationalism, materialism, and realism discount individual perception and
 

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'INTELLIGENT DESIGN: A SYMPTOM OF METAPHYSICAL MALAISE'
http://www.psychoanalysis-and-therapy.com/human_nature/papers/151.dwt

I was asked to contribute a chaper in a volume on the debate about
Intelligent Design, a positiion held by some who dispute the adequacy
of the Darwinian theory of evolution to account for some biological
phenomena and who wish to provide theistic explanations to fill these
purported gaps. I do not myself advocate the theory of Intelligent
Design, and I am no expert on Intelliget Design or on recent
theological debates, but I have studied the nineteenth-century debate
on science and religion and have made a close study of the origins 

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It May Be of Interest...

BULGARIAN SOCIETY FOR THE CHEMISTRY EDUCATION AND HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY
OF CHEMISTRY (CE&HPC):

CALL FOR MEMBERSHIP

On 29 September 2005, the Bulgarian Society for the Chemistry
Education and History and Philosophy of Chemistry (CE&HPC) was
constituted.

The main objective of this Society is to foster interest both in
chemistry education and history and philosophy of chemistry with
their social and cultural dimensions and influences. The Society
wishes to provide a forum for discussion and to promote scholarly
research in these fields. The Society will pursue these objectives
through publications in Khimiya/Chemistry. The Bulgarian Journal of
 

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---------------------- MENSAGEM ORIGINAL ----------------------

Colleagues:

I am a feature editor of an ongoing topic, the Teaching of Literature and Culture, for _Academic Exchange Quarterly_ an international journal
dedicated to the presentation of ideas research, methods, and pedagogical theories leading to effective instruction and learning regardless of level or subject.

I am looking for articles dealing with theoretical and practical methods of the teaching of literature and/or culture, how technology can be used for the teaching of literature/culture, student attitudes towards literature/culture, the role of literature in various disciplines, how culture can influence the learning process, the future of
literary/cultural studies, ethical issues concerning the 

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Webstreaming
Refresh! the 1st International Conference on the
Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology

" Recognizing the increasing significance of media art for our culture, this Conference on the Histories of Media Art will discuss for the first time the history of media art within the interdisciplinary and intercultural contexts of the histories of art. Banff New Media Institute, the Database for Virtual Art and Leonardo/ISAST are collaborating to produce the first international art history conference covering art and new media, art and technology, art-science interaction, and the history of media as pertinent to contemporary art. "
www.banffcentre.ca/bnmi/
http://virtualart.hu-berlin.de
 

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Psychoanalytic Studies
(Distance Learning)
University of Sheffield UK

New Interactive Online MA in Psychoanalytic
Studies at the University of Sheffield, with a
30% fee reduction on previous years.

Residential component now optional.

This interdisciplinary masters programme offers
modules in the foundations of psychoanalytic
theory, and contemporary applications of
psychoanalytic theory in social sciences and
humanities research.

Psychoanalytic Studies has emerged over the past
20 years as a challenging and exciting new field
of academic research; the MA in Psychoanalytic
Studies at the University of Sheffield is
committed to providing a theoretically
pluralistic course which encourages students to
explore issues of 

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Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the release of the extended Database of
Virtual Art. It now provides an enlarged set of features and research
opportunities: The major novelty is the freshly implemented Thesaurus
featuring a variety of categories and keywords. The Database offers an
extensive search tree that permits a targeted set search : 

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CALL FOR PAPERS: "Aristotelian Encounters"

Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg, The Netherlands

January 2007

The aim of this conference is to re-evaluate Aristotle's contributions to philosophy, science and art from a contemporary and multidisciplinary perspective. Possible topics include Aristotle's logic, physics, biology, psychology, metaphysics, ethics, politics, economics, rhetoric and poetics. Authors are invited to elaborate on the Wirkungsgeschichte of an Aristotelian (sub-)discipline and/or to investigate its relevance for today. Please note that Aristotelian Encounters will not be a specialist conference on textual exegesis of Aristotle's writings, but rather an interdisciplinary gathering around Aristotle's work. All participants will receive (electronic versions of) all 

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Special Double Issue on "Nanotech Challenges"
Jointly Published by
HYLE: International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry
http://www.hyle.org
and
TECHNE: Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/SPT/

Edited by Davis Baird & Joachim Schummer

PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS ARE INVITED TO SEND BOOKS FOR REVIEW

We are interested in reviewing books in the field of chemistry, physics,
education or books historically orientated and focused on philosophical
aspects of science. The reviews of such books could be published in
Khimiya/Chemistry. Bulgarian Journal of Chemical Education ISBN 0861-9255,
presented in British Library and indexed and abstracted in Chemical
Abstracts. 

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Dear List members,

THE NEW EDUCATION LIBRARY has recently been established at the
Department of Chemistry Education, 'St. Kliment Ohridski' University of
Sofia. The idea to collect journals and books that are hard to find in
Bulgaria came after a generous donation of books received in Sofia from
Springer (Kluwer). The library is organized in three sections: I.
Samples of journals from the field of education and related areas
including history and philosophy of science and education; II. Books
from the field of education and related areas including history and
philosophy of science and education; III. Oral history and photo 

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May be of interest to some of the Listmembers--

CALL FOR PAPERS: Einstein and Brownian Motion

Einstein wrote three remarkable papers in the year 1905. In one of these
papers he provided an explanation for what had been known as Brownian
motion.

To record this important anniversary Khimiya/Chemistry. Bulgarian Journal
of Chemical Education is soliciting articles that may be considered for
publishing in Volume 14 (2005) of the journal. We seek manuscripts that
shed light on that Einstein's famous paper in connection with the further
development of chemistry, physical chemistry, science education and history
and philosophy of science.
Deadline: November, 

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INVITATION

Khimiya/Chemistry encourages the discussion between the readers, authors
and freinds of the Bulgarian Journal of Chemical Education ISSN 0861-9255

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khimiya

The aim of this list is to facilitate the communication of the different
parties involved in science/chemistry education - students, parents,
teachers, educators - in general people who share the love to Chemistry.
More general points of view in respect to science, society and education
with their history and philosophy will be much appreciated. 

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The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena Conference (INSAP) V
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum
Chicago, Illinois
June 26 - July 1, 2005

INSAP conferences explore the rich and diverse ways in which people of the
past and present incorporate astronomical events into literary, visual,
and performance arts. This emphasis distinguishes INSAP from other
conferences that focus on archeoastronomy, ethnoastronomy, or cultural
astronomy. INSAP provides a mechanism for a broad sampling of artists,
writers, musicians, historians, philosophers, scientists, and others to
talk about the diversity of astronomical inspiration. 

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Dear Colleagues

Apologies for cross postings. Please find attached information on an international conference that I hope will be of interest to you.

The 'Talking Biotechnology: Reflecting on Science in Society' will be held in Wellington, New Zealand, from 29 November to 2 December, 2005.

The conference seeks to explore how the discourse and dialogue surrounding the development of biotechnology has evolved and how that evolution has impacted, or might impact, upon society. There is much interest and much concern over 'modern' biotechnology and the way in which the science could and is changing our agricultural, nutritional, medical and health 

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Accessible versions of the writings of some early modern
philosophers, edited by a leading philosopher, Jonathan Bennett:
Berkeley, Descartes, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Leibniz, Malebranche, Reid, Spinoza
<http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/>www.earlymoderntexts.com

Pickren, W. E., and Schneider, S. F. (Eds.) (2004).
Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health: A
Historical Analysis of Science, Practice, and Policy.
Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association
Press.

This edited volume provides a historical analysis of the
reciprocal relationship of psychology and the NIMH. The 11
chapters illustrate the expansion of psychology and its
influence on government since World War II, and highlight
the NIMH?s impact on the field through its mental health
policy, research and training grant programs, and mental
health services. The copious references and tables will
provide scholars with rich resources for future 

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>Details of a new MA in Science Communication at the University of
>Leeds in 2005-6 are now available at:
>http://www.hps.leeds.ac.uk/PostgraduateInfo/sciencecommunication.htm
>
>The programme has recently been accredited by the Association of
>British Science Writers for its Student Journalism bursaries
>(deadline 28th Feb)- see http://www.absw.org.uk/bursaries.htm
>
>For information about admissions and also bursaries supplied by the
>School of Philosophy and University of Leeds
>please visit http://www.hps.leeds.ac.uk/PostgraduateInfo/pg_admission.htm
>
>For information about the programme itself please contact the
>Director of the MA in Science Communication:
>Dr. Jon Topham, Lecturer in History of Science email [log in to unmask]
>
>Address:
>Division of History and Philosophy of 

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We are pleased to offer FREE online access until January 31st 2005
to a recently published article from Social Studies of Science (click
on the article below to view the free PDF)

<http://sss.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/34/6/829>Merton's Contribution to
the Sociology of Science by Stephen Cole

This paper is reminiscence and a critique of Robert K. Merton's work
in the sociology of science. The author got to know Merton very well
as he served as his student, assistant, and colleague for 15 years
from 1960. Merton's works which are most discussed are his doctoral
dissertation on Puritanism and science, his paper on scientific
norms, 

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what the heck is this??

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DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART - now public

For the first time, the DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART has been developed to
specifically document digital installation art. This type of art has rapidly
evolved over the last decades and is emerging into our most contemporary
art.

In close cooperation with established media artists, researchers and
associated institutions, a complex overview of the immersive, interactive,
telematic and genetic arts is being developed. This new documentation
instrument, appropriate to the needs of processual art, is built in Open
Source Technology. It is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
and the Federal Ministry of 

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>1) 2004 FHHS Dissertation Prize: Call for Submissions
>
>The Forum for History of Human Science (an interest group affiliated
>with the History of Science Society) invites submissions for its
>Dissertation Prize, which is awarded every other year for best
>recent dissertation on some aspect of the history of the human
>sciences. The prize, to which a US $100 monetary award is attached,
>alternates annually in rotation with the Forum's prize for the best
>published article. The winner of the 2004 Dissertation Prize will be
>announced at the 2004 History of Science Society meeting, which will
>be held 18-21 November 

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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:05:03 GMT

This message describes the focus and explains
rules for the Critical Awareness Discussion List

list started January 22, 2004

These are topics which may or may not be
discussed:
* fear of being criticized
* anxiety
* defensiveness against perceived criticism
* criticism and personal identity
* to what extent can negativism be avoided as a
virtue, or is it possible to be only positive
* moral models
* moral relativism
* intransigence against criticism
* criticism and evolution of contemporary reality
* falsifiability 

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CALL FOR PAPERS
workshop: Types of phylogenic memory: the intersecting theories of memetics, morphic fields, semiotics, collective agency, and theatrum mundi.

There are at least 3 kinds of phylogenic memory: (1) genes (DNA); (2) mind-stuff that is somehow passed on (propagated) as well as acquired by imitation (and which resides in organic carriers); and (3) memorabilia (human cultural artifacts and tools). It is the purpose of this workshop to describe these organic, endogenous and social modes of inheritance, relate this bio-psycho-social memory to earlier dual systems of genetic and cultural, and adjoin multidisciplinary expertise to integrate and restructure existing points 

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See the URL:

http://todiscuss.com

IMPORTANT! This message has been blind-carbon-copied to you.
Do not reply-to-all or forward it without the author's permission.

Apols for X posting.

I have a student interested in doing a project on text messaging: are any
list members aware of literature in this area, either on the development of
text messaging or, especially, the social use/value of texting? 

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HYBRID REALITIES 03

The ninth edition of the Virtual Systems and MultiMedia International
Conference. VSMM 2003 continues to push the boundaries of Virtual Reality
and Multimedia research with the theme "Hybrid Realities: Art, Technology
and the Human Factor".

Science Center of Montreal, Quebec Canada // October 15-17, 2003

http://www.vsmm.org/2003/index.cfm?pg=Home&l=en

Volume 12 Number 3/September 2003 of Science as Culture is now
available on the Taylor & Francis web site at
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com.

The following URL will take you directly to the issue:
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=K5VEA6KJWRQ0

This issue contains:

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE 1970s CHANNEL TUNNEL DEBATE PART II: The
Garden Tunnel Alternative p. 275 by RICHARD ROGERS
URL of article:
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=GL5DD7PK3X32QH9P
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09505430309012 

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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

PROGRESS IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT [HyperCapitalist] PRODUCT

“While we think of ourselves [in the West] as a people of change and
progress, masters of our environment and our fate, we are no more entitled
to this designation [e.g., Norman Levitt, Paul R. Gross and Victor Stenger
in our technocracy] than the most superstitious savage, for our relation to
change is entirely passive.…We talk of technology as the servant of man,
but it is a servant that now dominates the household, to powerful to fire,
upon whom everyone is helplessly dependent.” 

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Philosophy Radio
http://www.angelfire.com/ego/philosophyradio/

This site contains an archive of (or links to) recordings of radio
programmes on philosophical themes. Most are in realaudio format, so
you'll need Realplayer to play them (to download realplayer, click
here). Recommended programmes are marked with a star , and new
programmes are marked

If you have a recording of a programme that I've missed, or wish to
report a broken link then please e-mail me 

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British Library Reference Resources
The web site at
http://www.bl.uk/collections/wider/vrlnew.html
has direct links to a huge set of resources under the categories listed below.

Humanities Resources for Research
Virtual Reference Library

This is a listing of general reference sources available on the world
wide web, selected by British Library staff. The focus is primarily
on sources in English which have particular reference to the United
Kingdom; an indication is given if the source has worldwide coverage.
Most of the resources included are freely available on the web; any
subscription based sources included carry the information 'Onsite
access only'. 

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Gerd Buchdahl Collection

http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/library/speccoll.html#Buchdahl

including a complete listing of the manuscripts in the Department of
History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge University available
to download as a pdf file.
Robert Maxwell Young, PhD. [log in to unmask]
26 Freegrove Rd., London N7 9RQ. tel. +44 207 607 8306
Private Practice, Consultation, Supervision, Bookseller
Web Site & Writings http://www.human-nature.com
Write for list of books for sale on various topics.
Please put 'Message for Robert Young' in the Subject line.

>International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
>
>http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/02698595.html
>
>Aims and Scope:
>
>International Studies in the Philosophy of Science is a
>scholarly journal dedicated to publishing original research
>in philosophy of science and in philosophically informed
>history and sociology of science. Its scope includes the
>foundations and methodology of the natural, social, and
>human sciences, philosophical implications of particular
>scientific theories, and broader philosophical reflection
>on science. The editors invite contributions not only from
>philosophers, historians, and sociologists of science, but
>also from researchers in the sciences. The journal
>publishes articles from a wide variety of countries and
 

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Einstein's papers go on-line
Web site gives free access to Nobellist's writings.

Albert Einstein's writings about science, politics and travel are now just a
click away on the Internet.

More than 230 scientific manuscripts, 740 non-scientific essays and 5 travel
diaries have been digitized and entered into a free, searchable database,
hosted by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Many of the
articles have never been seen by the public before, says Diana Kormos Buchwald,
director of the Einstein Papers Project. 

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Discussion forums have been added to my site. Subjects are:

Moral Philosophy
This forum is to discuss moral philosophy, or, why anyone should do
anything.

Origins of Religion
This is a forum for non religious people to say how religions developed,
and be challenged by religious people.

Reality
This forum discusses reality and whether it is an intellectual
construct. 

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Fellow Colleagues and Friends,

The research project DATABASE OF VIRTUAL ART at Humboldt University has
recently created a video documentary series of contemporary media artists
like Maurice Benayoun, Jeffrey Shaw, Jean-Michel Bruyère, Luc Courchesne,
Masaki Fujihata, Lev Manovich and Zoe Beloff... These videos, representing
a small portion of the complex database - going public this summer - are
now already available through the ARTE website. 

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Robert K. Merton was the doyen of the sociology of science in
America. His work lies squarely within the functionalist tradition in
the human sciences, a framework which was cenral to
liberal,consensual social science in mid-twentieth century and which
was subjected to searching critiques in the 1960s and thereafter.
Some of these critiques are summarised in a short essay of mine,
'Mystification in the Scientific Foundations of Sociology'
http://human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/paper88.html 

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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS & PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

"Discovering the Nanoscale"
An International Conference on Philosophical, Social, and Ethical Issues
of Nanotechnological Research,
University of South Carolina, 20-23 March 2003

There is still some limited space for interested persons to participate
in this conference. If you wish to participate, please register by
sending an e-mail to me <[log in to unmask]>, indicating your address and
afiliation. A small conference fee of $15, due at the conference, will
cover costs for coffee breaks. 

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--Apologies for Cross-Posting---

VIRTUAL ART
From Illusion to Immersion
by Oliver Grau
A Leonardo Book published by MIT Press
(January 2003, ISBN 0-262-07241-6, 7 x 9, 360 pp., 89 illus)

"Equally at home in art history, media history, and new
media art, Grau situates immersive image spaces of new media within a
rich historical landscape. A must-read for anyone interested in new
media,
visual culture, art history, cinema, and all other fields that use
virtual images."
(Lev Manovich, author of The Language of New Media) 

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>>For those of you planning to attend our 2003 conference in Greenwich (UK),
>>please note the deadline for submitt9ing your title and abstract
>>(and completing
>>your registratin) is as follows:
>>
>> The deadline for sending us your title and abstract is
>>March 1 or the time at
>>which we receive 65 abstracts and titles, whichever comes
>>first. These papers
>>are assured a place on the program. Abstracts submitted after
>>then will be put
>>on a waiting list and will be put on the program as cancellations permit.
>>
>>Please check the conference web site to make sure your information
 

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>Roy Porter Memorial Studentship
>
>Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College
>London
>
>The Centre is proud to announce the establishment, from September 2003, of
>the Roy Porter Memorial Studentship. This award is in memory of our
>much-loved former colleague Roy Porter who sadly died last year, and was
>made possible
>by the generosity of the Wellcome Trust.
>
>The award is to support a student registering for the Ph.D. in the History
>of Medicine at the Centre and will be tenable for three years. The value of
>the award will be circa 16,000 pounds 

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Autobiography - Daniel J. Kevles reviews
Making Genes, Making Waves: A Social Activist in Science
by Jon Beckwith

http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/Leads03/03-01Tkevles.html
Robert Maxwell Young, PhD. [log in to unmask]
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Dear list members,

This is to announce a new email list called "NanoTalk: A discussion
forum for issues related to nano-science." NanoTalk is hosted at the
University of South Carolina and focuses on the exploration of
philosophical, ethical, social and legal issues associated with
nanoscience and technology.

To subscribe to the NanoTalk email discussion list, send a message from
your usual email address to
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with a one-line command
subscribe NanoTalk Your Name
as the body of the message (with your name in place of "Your Name"). 

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English version below)

REFLEXIVE REPRÄSENTATIONEN:
DISKURS, MACHT UND PRAXIS IM GLOBALEN KAPITALISMUS
1. Transdisziplinäres Forum Magdeburg (TransForMa)

4.-6. Juli 2003, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg

"Globalisierung" umschreibt eine Problemstellung, die nach 1990 das
politische Imaginäre erobert hat. In Diskursen über Globalisierung geht
es zumeist um die ökonomisch-technologische Vereinheitlichung und
Uniformierung der Welt sowie um die gesellschaftlichen, politischen und
kulturellen Konsequenzen, die sich aus dem expandierenden Welthandel,
der Internationalisierung der Produktion und der ungehinderten
Zirkulation von Kapital und Information ergeben. Zugleich rücken die
Umbrüche, Diversifikationen und Entgrenzungen auf lokaler und regionaler
Ebene in den Blick. Auf dieser internationalen Konferenz sollen die
diskursiven, sozialen und 

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VIRTUAL ART: From Illusion to Immersion'
by Oliver Grau

(forthcoming from MIT Press)

See TOUR DATES below

Although many people view virtual and mixed realities as a totally new phenomenon, it has its foundations in an unrecognized history of immersive images. The search for illusionary visual space can be traced back to antiquity. Oliver Grau shows how virtual art fits into the art history of illusion and immersion and shows how each epoch used the technical means available to produce maximum illusion from Pompeiis Villa dei Misteri via baroque frescoes, panoramas, immersive cinema to the CAVE. He describes the metamorphosis 

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Darwin web site

http://darwinday.org/

Observer Science Pages

http://www.observer.co.uk/scence
Robert Maxwell Young
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http://www.human-nature.com

Web site in honor of the philosopher of science Mary Hesse

http://digilander.libero.it/collodel/maryhesse/maryhesse.htm
Robert Maxwell Young
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'Psychology Constructs the Female' by Naomi Weisstein
http://www.cwluherstory.com/CWLUArchive/psych.html

Written in 1968, this is one of the founding documents of feminist
psychology. One of its strengths is that it addresses both the
ideolgical aspect of psyhlogical theory and the deep sexism of the
social relations of the profession. Its author was subsequently
struck down by chronic fatigue syndrome, and her husband, the
distinguished radical historian Jesse Lemisch, provides further
context for her and her work in 

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Dear All,

The 9th issue of the on-line journal FQS is now available at
http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-eng.htm. As mentioned in the
Editorial, we are pleased to announce that we had an overwhelming amount
of contributions and we have decided to manage this situation by
devoting two issues to the topic of subjectivity and reflexivity (Part
II will appear in May 2003). 

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'Psychoanalysis, Terrorism and Fundamentalism' 80K
http://human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/pap139.html

I was asked again this year to give a keynote talk to the
distance learning MA students in Psychoanalytic Studies at Sheffield
University a year after 9/11. It was suggested that I should revamp
my talk on 'Fundamentalism and Terrorism' of a year earlier, but I
felt that it was very much of the moment, so I drew on parts of it
but centred my remarks on what psychoanalysis has to say to help us
understand matters above the individual level, including
fundamentalism and terrorism. You could say that I reversed the order
of 

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*Introduction

Evolutionary Psychology: An International Journal of
Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior
ISSN 1474-7049

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: October 1, 2002

The Departments of German Studies, American Studies, English Literature,
Political Sciences, and Sociology at the University of
Erlangen/Nuremberg, Germany,
are inviting young
scholars (graduates and postgraduates) to present papers at our
conference:

postmodern
de/constructions
5th Interdisciplinary,
International Graduate Conference
at the University of
Erlangen/Nuremberg
November 22 - 24,
2002

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: GAYATRI
CHAKRAVORTY SPIVAK (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)

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>Subject: New website: Writings of Charles Darwin on the web
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>A new website has been launched which provides most of the writings of
>Charles Darwin in citable form. Most are also fully illustrated with
>hundreds of images never before offered on the internet.
>Despite an impressive proliferation of Darwin texts on the internet-
>almost all exclude essential bibliographical information such as
>edition, publisher, place of publication, etc. Page numbers 

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please see below.
apologies for X-posting
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adam Hedgecoe
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UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
EXETER
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

FOUR POSTDOCTORAL FELOWSHIPS
Exeter Genomics Research Institute (EGRI) The University
of Exeter has received major
funding from the ESRC to establish a Research Group for the study of
the implications of genomics. The
Exeter Genomics Research Institute (EGRI) will be directed by
Professor John Dupre (Philosophy
of Science), and Associate Directors, Professors Barry Barnes
(Sociology) and Steve Hughes
(Biology). EGRI associates also include Exeter University staff from
a wide variety of related
disciplines. The EGRI invites application for four postdoctoral fellowships
that will play 

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The Human Nature Review

http://www.human-nature.com

is the most comprehensive and up-to-date web site for information,
coverage of the literature, guides and links to forums, egroups and
other resources concerned with the understanding of human nature.
It hosts News the Brain and Behavioural Sciences, a daily update of
research in the human sciences, broadly conceived,
reviews of reccent books,
egroups on Psychiatry-Research,
Evolutionary-Psychology,
and Human-Nature-Information, an ongoing archive of links to matters
of interest mental health workers, as well as large archives of
papers and entire books in these and related areas.
It is one of the most oft-visited sites on 

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>CALL FOR PAPERS: ISHPSSB 2003
>International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of
>Biology
>
>Where: Vienna University, Vienna, Austria
>When: July 16-20, 2003
>
>The ISHPSSB Program Committee welcomes proposals for individual papers
>and sessions on topics related to all facets of the history,
>philosophy, and social studies of biology. Forms for submitting
>proposals will be available on the World Wide Web, July 16, 2002 at
>http://www.phil.vt.edu/ishpssb/submissions/program.html
>
>DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: FEBRUARY 1, 2003
>
>While participants are strongly encouraged to submit proposals for
>Panels, Roundtables, Discussion Sessions, or innovative and
>experimental sessions, individual papers are welcome as 

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The Alfred Russel Wallace Page
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/index1.htm

It contains much material by and about naturalist and social critic
Wallace (1823-1913), including
bibliographies, news items, commentaries, FAQs, a capsule biography,
lists (e.g., of all the personal
names that appear in his voluminous publications), and the full-text
of about 200 of his writings
(including several books) and interviews. The URL is:
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/index1.htm 

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Colleagues--

I am editing a special issue of _Academic Exchange Quarterly_
an international journal dedicated to the presentation of ideas
research, methods, and pedagogical theories leading to effective
instruction and learning regardless of level or subject.

The topic of the special issue is "The Teaching of Literature and Culture."
I am looking for articles dealing with theoretical and practical methods of
the teaching of literature and/or culture, how technology can be used for
the
teaching of literature/culture, student attitudes towards
literature/culture,
the role of literature in various disciplines, how culture can influence the
learning process, the future of literary/cultural studies, 

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Gender and History

http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0953-5233

Gender & History is now established as the major international journal for
research and writing on the history of femininity and masculinity and of
gender relations.

Spanning epochs and continents, Gender & History examines changing
conceptions of gender, and maps the dialogue between femininities,
masculinities and their historical contexts. The journal publishes rigorous
and readable articles both on particular episodes in gender history and on
broader methodological questions which have ramifications for the discipline
as a whole. 

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I am writing to you about the International Journal of Critical Psychology.
Like many others, the publishing industry is facing difficult times. For
small publishing houses, such as Lawrence & Wishart (publishers of the
International Journal of Critical Psychology), these difficulties are acute.
They have therefore indicated to us that it is a matter of urgency that we
increase subscriptions to the journal. We recognise that you, or your
institution, may be experiencing similar difficulties. However, we are
asking you for an act of support for the journal. Survival of the journal
critically depends on subscriptions. If you see value 

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I am a student studying the social implications of the increased usage on
the Interent ?

Anyone have any feedback?

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Dear people on the Science as Culture List,=20
I am a student at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.=20
I am focusing on certain aspects of the philosophy and history of =
science, in particular the utilization of scientific sounding rhetoric =
in the context of Humanities research. Could you point me in the =
direction of bibiliography dealing with bad-science, ad hoc science, =
scientism, the use of scientific-sounding theories which are in fact =
just taxonomies and ad 

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Dear people on the Science as Culture List,
Perhaps, I have not been specific enough about my area of study. I am investigating a period in German history when great store was set by the "scientific" investigation of history and of Biblical texts. There was little awareness of the problems involved with such science. Does anyone on the list know of a critique of this un-self-conscious pose of an objective scientific approach to materials where the subjective involvement of researcher preconceptions is inevitable.
Any help on this point is appreciated.
All the best,
Shakhar

Dear people on the Science as Culture List,
I am a student at Bar-Ilan University in Israel.
I am focusing on certain aspects of the philosophy and history of science, in particular the utilization of scientific sounding rhetoric in the context of Humanities research. Could you point me in the direction of bibiliography dealing with bad-science, ad hoc science, scientism, the use of scientific-sounding theories which are in fact just taxonomies and ad hoc theories, etc., even jokes on "bad science" or how the "science" of the "social sciences" and the "humanities" is viewed through the perspective of "natural science" 

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People have been asking about a memorial occasion for Roy Porter:
there will be one on 22 April 2002 at St. Pancras Parish Church,
located on the corner of Euston Road and Upper Woburn Place, at 3.30
pm. It will be a secular event in a late Enlightenment, cheerful,
neo-classical church. The programme will be organised over the
course of the next two weeks or so. 

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John Forrester writes in The Independent:
Roy Porter, one of our finest historians, was born 31 December 1946.
In the three different areas which became his undisputed territory of
expertise - general eighteenth-century social and intellectual
history, the history of medicine and the history of psychiatry -
Porter's work will be indispensable. And on top of that there is his
work in the history of geology and his love-child, the history of
London, a book which teems with stories, hidden connections between
names, places, social movements, urban pleasures and disasters. His
work in the history of medicine on sex, on 

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I have just received the following stunning message from John Forrester:

I have the distressing task of informing you that Roy Porter died
yesterday, Sunday 3rd March 2002. He was involved in an accident near his
home in Hastings and was declared dead on arrival at hospital.

The funeral has not yet been arranged, but there will also be a Memorial
Service at a later date. 

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Nominalism Debate and Discussion

So called "realists" ride an intellectual bandwagon, memorizing and
reciting bits of knowledge as given to them. If you dislike realism and
the authoritarian tone of those who express it, this forum is for you.

If a realist, you are hereby challenged to join and plainly state what
you think and why it is so. 

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Please distribute to all interested persons, institutions, and lists!

Dear Colleagues,

Below you will find the opening letter from Stevan Harnad -- see also
the BOAI website at http://www.soros.org/openaccess for additional
information.

Katja Mruck

--->

To be useful, research must be used. To be used (read, cited, applied,
extended) it must be accessible. There are currently 20,000
peer-reviewed journals of scientific and scholarly research worldwide,
publishing over 4 million articles per year, every single one of them
given away for free by its researcher-authors and their
research-institutions, with the sole goal of maximizing their uptake and
usage by further researchers, 

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Those old enough may remember a series on TV back in the sixties called
"The Prisoner". One day, a British secret agent played by Patrick
McGoohan decides to retire. After being gassed, he woke up the following
day in a place called "The Village", where people are put who have
information. Each episode is a mind game where they attempt to find out
why he resigned. They try various schemes to make him submit. Stridently
and blatantly maintaining his individualism, he craftily turns the
tables each time. But alas, though he wins each encounter, he remains a
prisoner on the 

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Guide to Philosophy on the Internet

http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/gpi/ass.htm

Extensive listing of sites, organizations and other resources
Robert Maxwell Young
[log in to unmask]
http://www.human-nature.com

I am delighted to announce that three papers on the history of
psychosomatic medicine by the distinguished historian of medicine
Theodore M. Brown have been placed on the Free Associations web site.
This site is part of the much larger project of human-nature.com
which includes a broad range of contents and links:
http://www,human-nature.com

Theodore M. Brown, 'The Rise and Fall of Psychosomatic Medicine'
http://human-nature.com/free-associations/riseandfall.html 

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Biology and Philosophy

http://www.wkap.nl/jrnltoc.htm/0169-3867

The past decades have witnessed fascinating and controversial advances in
the biological sciences. One may think, for instance, of methods for
analyzing the basic molecular units of heredity; of proposals and
clarifications of the appropriate methods of classifying organisms; of
exciting new ideas about the nature of the fossil record and their
implications for the elucidation of evolutionary mechanisms; and of ways in
which the biological study of behavior has been extended, theoretically and
experimentally, and of supposed implications for humankind. To add to these
internal issues, the outside world has also seen much debate on 

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Dear colleagues, I invite you to visit my new homepage, Social Studies in (Bio)Technology (http://sites.uol.com.br/markosy), associated with my PhD Research in Brazil. Please contribute with criticism, comments and anything else you find relevant if you find the site interesting. Thanks for the attention, sincerely
Marko Monteiro

Bioethics

http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/asp/journal.asp?ref=0269-9702

As medical technology continues to develop, the subject of bioethics has an
ever increasing practical relevance for all those working in philosophy,
medicine, law, sociology, public policy, education and related fields.

Bioethics provides a forum for well-argued articles on the ethical questions
raised by current issues such as: international collaborative clinical
research in developing countries, organ transplants and xenotransplantation,
ageing and the human lifespan, AIDS, the Human Genome Project and its
implications, and embryonic stem cell research. These questions are
considered on the basis of concrete ethical, legal and policy problems, or
in terms of the fundamental concepts, 

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Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung - Forum: Qualitative Social Research
(FQS)
-- Call for Papers --
Apologies for possible cross postings!

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to consider writing an article for the
forthcoming FQS issue "Subjectivity and Reflexivity in Qualitative
Research". The issue will be published in September 2002, and it will
deal-among others-with the following topics: 

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I have placed the two items described below on the human-nature.com
web site. Comments very welcome.

'The House of Trauma'
http://human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/pap134.htm

I was asked to act as chair to a conference on trauma at the
University of Sheffield in June 2001 and to make some fairly brief
introductory remarks to the afternoon session. I adopted a sceptical,
though (I hope) scholarly stance, believing, as I do, that there is a
spuriously authoritative aura around the concept of 'trauma' (as
there is around 'stress') and that we can usually achieve a more
evocative - and less hyped-up - narrative about people's 

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>Science journal seeks authors' disclosure
>
>Financial Times, Aug 24, 2001
>By GAUTAM MALKANI
>
>Nature, the scientific journal, is to urge its authors to disclose any
>financial interests related to their
>studies in response to growing concerns over increasing links between
>industry and science.
>
>The move is the latest to address potential conflicts of interest within
>the scientific community and
>Nature said it was particularly keen to promote transparency in research
>affecting public policy.
>
>Philip Campbell, Nature's editor-in-chief, said the new policy was not
>based on the assumption that
>commercial interests led to a lack of research 

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### Apologies for crosspostings ###

C A L L F O R P A P E R S

Postmodern Practices:
MediaTraces - DiscourseBodies - TradeMarx

4th interdisciplinary, international (post)graduate
conference on Postmodernism
at the University of Erlangen/Nuernberg
(Bavaria, Germany)
November 23rd - 25th, 2001

Keynote address: Terry Eagleton (Oxford/Dublin) on „Culturalism or
Materialism?“ (announced)

The Departments of Sociology, Political Science and American Literature
invite young scholars (from graduate students
to assistant professors) to participate in the 4th interdisciplinary,
international (post)graduate conference at Erlangen
University (Germany). 

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Please could you circulate details of the following job vacancy to the List as
this may well be of interest to Members due to its focus on science
communication and education.

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics currently has a vacancy for a Public Liaison
Officer (an advertisement will appear in the 'Society' section of the Guardian
newspaper on 27 June 2001). 

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Karl Robbins wrote:

> Please do not spread anymore of the lies about Jane Fonda. I don't like her, but this is all well known trash. It should not be on Science as Culture.

The Jane Fonda deal seems to be a hoax. I typed it word for
word off a mailing. Obviously whoever made the mailing had
simply printed an existent email, and an old one at that! I
am glad I was advised accordingly.

The article below was transcribed in its entirety from:
82nd Airborne Division Association, Inc.
CHICAGO CHAPTER
June-July-August 2001

Please forward to as many people as possible. Thank You

Massimo's "Love of Wisdom" Page

Genotype-environment interactions and our understanding of the biological bases
of human cognitive abilities [i]

By Massimo Pigliucci

Abstract

The debate on the biological bases of human characteristics, and especially of
cognitive abilities, has been raging in philosophy and biology essentially
forever. The two extreme positions maintain that either a) the genes of an
individual causally explain most of her characteristics, with the environment
playing a modifier role, or b) the environments (physical but especially
cultural) to which an individual is exposed during her life are the major
determinants of her behavior, with the genes playing 

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Volume I - Issue 17 - 9th June, 2001
News in Brain and Behavioural Sciences
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/issue17.html

A few of the items in the latest issue

NEWS AND VIEWS

Economic Darwinism - John Klima's ecosystem2000 uses animated birds and trees
on a giant screen to represent the turbulence of global markets.

Polygamy - Tom Green is a polygamist—one of thousands of so-called Mormon
fundamentalists who insist on living in accordance with the church's original
practice. And that is what led to his recent conviction on four counts of
bigamy, which could send him to prison for 25 years. 

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The science behind executions

Lethal injection
is least cruel
of five methods
employed in U.S.
The execution table in the U.S. federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., where
Timothy McVeigh is scheduled to died Monday.

By David Ropeik
MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR

June 8 — The execution of Timothy McVeigh spotlights an interesting trend in
the ways we take society’s ultimate revenge against our most notorious
criminals. Over the years, we have looked more and more to science to help us
finds methods to terminate a life that are not, as the law says, “cruel and
unusual.” The lethal injection of Timothy 

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Psci-com

http://www.psci-com.org.uk

Psci-com is a searchable web site which describes and indexes quality
web sites on the public understanding of science, science
communication and science in society
. It include discussion forums as one of the resources on the web site.

psci-com, Public COMmunication of SCIence is a
searchable catalogue of internet resources, that have
been selected and catalogued by Information Officers at
the Wellcome Trust for the benefit of the UK public
understanding of science community. This service is
hosted by OMNI. 

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THE TIMES
SATURDAY JUNE 09 2001

What's long in the tooth, irrelevant and extinct?

BEN MACINTYRE

The Tories would do well to remember the chilling tale of the woolly mammoth

Yesterday The Times offered a fascinating, in-depth account of the way two
different species of lumbering ancient creatures can dramatically be wiped off
the map: the woolly mammoths and, 10,000 years later, the Tories. 

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NEW STATESMAN
Book Reviews - Weeping in a Rolls-Royce

Book Reviews
Christopher Gasson Monday 28th May 2001

Blood, Sweat and Tears: the evolution of work
Richard Donkin Texere, 400pp, £18.99
ISBN 1587990768

It is difficult not to feel a sense of betrayal about technological progress.
We have invented machines to do work for us, but the more ingenious our
inventions, the harder we find ourselves working. We have exchanged 40 hours of
slavery in a soot-covered factory for a 70-hour week chained within the
granite-faced confines of the giants of the new global service economy. The
average American now works 

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A new issue of 'News in Brain and Behavioural Sciences' is available at:
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/issue15.html

Selected items:

NEWS

Post-traumatic stress disorder - Doctors 'have nothing to gain from claims that
the pervasive and interminable personal disaster that is post-traumatic stress
disorder is not a disorder,' according to Arieh Y Shalev .

Schizophrenia - A New Zealand psychologist says there is evidence to show a
link between child abuse and some people who develop schizophrenia later in
life. 

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To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Opiated
From: "David G. McDivitt" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 11:06:00 -0500

When you say "realism" is what exists without us, that is the classical
view. It is also an authoritarian and god oriented view. By saying this I do
not mean to imply you are a theist, but culturally we are reared within
whatever intellectual environment. 

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Please distribute

CFP: Postmodern Practices, Germany, 11/23-25/2001

C A L L F O R P A P E R S
Postmodern Practices:
MediaTraces - DiscourseBodies - TradeMarx

4th interdisciplinary, international (post)graduate conference on
Postmodernism
at the University of Erlangen/Nuernberg (Bavaria, Germany)
November 23rd - 25th, 2001

keynote adress: Terry Eagleton (invited)

The Departments of Sociology, Political Sciences and American Literature
invite young scholars (from graduate students to
assistant professors) to participate in the 4th interdisciplinary,
international (post)graduate conference at Erlangen
University (Germany). 

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There is an excellent debate occurring on the subject of

"Postmodern Deconstruction Of Newtonian Science"

Also several related threads.

To view archives of postings, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Scipolicy-L

To join: [log in to unmask]

To learn more about Scipolicy-The Journal of Science and Health Policy, please visit http://www.Scipolicy.net

Stephen

Stephen Miles Sacks, MPA, Ph.D.,
Editor and Publisher
SCIPOLICY-The Journal of Science and Health Policy
Box 504, Haverford, PA 19041
Voice and Fax: 610-658-2332 (24 hours)
Website: http://www.Scipolicy.net
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The Spring/Summer issue of Scipolicy-The Journal of Science and Health
Policy is now available. "Science, Medicine, and The Science Wars" are the
themes.

We invite you to peruse the abstracts and author profiles on our website.
www.Scipolicy.net .

LIST OF NEW ARTICLES
I- Science and Medicine www.Scipolicy.net
-Toward Federally Mandated Health Care for All Citizens: A Private
Enterprise Approach - Daniel Arthur Albert
- Integrating Medical Research and Education in Service Plans: Toward More
Effective Health Care Delivery in
Transdisciplinary Settings - John Hultberg, Stefan Thorpenberg,
Christer Rosenberg, Lena Nordholm, Aant Elzinga,
P-O Brogren, Bo Samuelsson
- Evidence-Based Health Policy 

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>Please distribute widely,

>INTERNET RESEARCH 2.0: INTERconnections
>
>The Second International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers
>OCTOBER 10-14, 2001
>University of Minnesota
>Minneapolis and St.Paul, Minnesota, USA
>
>DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: Friday, March 2, 2001
>
>Keynote Speakers:
>
>Phil Agre, Associate Professor of Information Studies, University of
>California, Los Angeles, USA
>
>Anita Allen-Castellito, Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of
>Pennsylvania, USA
>
>Lisa Nakamura, Assistant Professor of English, Sonoma State University, USA
>
>Sheizaf Rafaeli, Head of the Center for the Study of the Information
>Society and Professor of Business Administration, University of Haifa, Israel
 

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Mr.Beno Kuryel,
I am slightly fuggled at your message. I have not asked for any support form
you. I have not sent any mail from my system with the e-mail address:
[log in to unmask]
Thank you
Dr.A.Murali
Department of History,
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Beno Kuryel" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 4:50 PM

> Please give information about who you are, and why you would like such a
> support from me.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rasool golshirazi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: 

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Please give information about who you are, and why you would like such a
support from me.

Thank you.

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Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 10:23 AM

> PLEASE GUIDE ME ABOUT OTIS OR OTISM
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NiBBS - News in Brain and Behavioural Sciences
Launched February, 2001
http://human-nature.com/nibbs/

>The brain and behavioural sciences incorporate the most complex and rapidly
>developing fields of the twenty-first century. Each week scientists, scholars,
>journalists and the public hear of new ideas, findings, and controversies, but
>are often left without the contextual information, access to intellectual
>resources, and informed commentary that allow a meaningful and timely
>evaluation of the scientific and socio-political importance of any new
>development.
>
>By integrating resources and incorporating the features of a scientific
>journal, broadsheet, news magazine, scientific database, multimedia Internet
>resource, discussion group, and library 

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> DARWIN TRUST OF EDINBURGH
>
> The Darwin Trust invites applications for a postgraduate research
> studentship tenable at any UK university from graduates of any
> nationality, who wish to study for a PhD in the history or
> philosophy of science & technology
>
> The scholarship will provide a maintenance grant of 7450 UK
> pounds (equivalent to Medical Research Council's scholarships), a
> travel grant where appropriate, and the necessary university fees.
>
> Candidates should hold, or be expected to obtain, academic
> qualifications equivalent to a First Class Honours degree from a
> 

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Edwardian Science

a BSHS conference at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
on 21 May 200

Was there a distinctive "Edwardian" cultural period? What are the
implications for history of science?

Provisional speakers include:

Robert Olby
'Introduction'

Peter Bowler
`Creative Evolution and the New Theology: Changing
Attitudes to Evolutionism in Edwardian Britain'

Robin Mackie & Gerrylynn Roberts
'Edwardian Chemistry: A Period of Educational. Institutional and Employment
Change' 

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Please Distribute:

>>INTERNET RESEARCH 2.0: INTERconnections
>>
>>The Second International Conference of the Association of Internet
>>Researchers
>>OCTOBER 10-14, 2001
>>University of Minnesota
>>Minneapolis-St.Paul Minnesota, USA
>>Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 2, 2001
>>
>>Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
>>
>>Phil Agre, Associate Professor of Information Studies, University of
>>California, Los Angeles, USA
>>
>>Anita Allen-Castellito, Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of
>>Pennsylvania, USA
>>
>>Lisa Nakamura, Assistant Professor of English, Sonoma State University, USA
>>
>>Sheizaf Rafaeli, Head of the Center for the Study of the Information
>>Society and Professor of Business Administration, University of Haifa, Israel
>>
>>
>>
 

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_The Reader's Guide to the History of Science_, edited by Arne
Hessenbruch, is now published.

See http://www.fitzroydearborn.com/readgths.htm

Publishers blurb: An international team of over 200 contributors looks at the
literature of the history of science in some 500 entries on
individuals (e.g. Einstein), institutions and disciplines
(e.g.Mathematics), general themes (e.g.Romantic Science) and central
concepts (e.g.Paradigm and Fact). The field has been construed
broadly to include the history of medicine and technology and
other related disciplines.
Robert Maxwell Young
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http://www.human-nature.com

You might be interested to hear that we have published on
the Royal Institute of Philosophy web site a selection of articles from the
archives of the journal PHILOSOPHY on the theme "Issues in Darwinism".

The articles are:

"The Law of the Jungle", J. L. Mackie (October 1978)
"Gene-Juggling", Mary Midgley (October 1979)
"Genes and Egoism", J. L. Mackie (October 1981)
"In Defence of Self Genes", Richard Dawkins (October 1981)
"Selfish Genes and Social Darwinism", Mary Midgley (July 1983)
"A New Religion", David Stove (April 1992)
"So You Think You Are a Darwinian", David Stove (July 1994)
"I Rather Think 

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I will be out of the office starting 22/12/2000 and will not return until 03/01/2001.

Merry Christmas and HappryNew Year to one and all and anyone who e-mails me.
So you have nice one to, be safe be happy and........
I will respond to your message when I return.

Theory & Science

http://theoryandscience.icaap.org/

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theory, science, and social change.

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Department of Sociology
University of Southern Colorado
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Robert Maxwell Young, Prof. Emeritus of Psychotherapy & Psychoanalytic Studies,
Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies, Univ. of Sheffield,
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/
Co-Director, Bulgarian Institute of Human Relations & Honoured Prof.,
New Bulgarian Univ., Sofia. http://www.nbu.bg/bihr/psy.htm
Home: 26 Freegrove Rd., London N7 9RQ. tel. +44 207 607 

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Dear List,

I just started work on an annotated bibliography on scientific literacy, in
order to detect the most useful and essential parameters that enable the
measurement of scientific literacy (in particular with 14-18 year old
students). The research is supported by the Free University of Brussel
(dept. of Physics).

Can anyone point me to relevant works in the field? 

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Back in 1976, Joseph Weizenbaum expressed concerns
about the impact of computers on human existence, in his
_Computer Power and Human Reason: From judgment to calculation_.
And we know that the sense of "objective reality" which we take for
granted is largely a side-effect of the stolid reliability of uniform
printed editions.

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A recent posting in the evolutionary-psychology discussion group highlights
an on-line book by John Brockman, titled "The Third Culture." Brockman, a
pseudo scientist and noted literary agent, assembled a collection of
important articles, and from them he points to a philosophical-cultural
scientific trend.
The Third Culture - Beyond the Scientific Revolution
by John Brockman http://www.edge.org/documents/ThirdCulture/d-Contents.html 

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A recent posting in the evolutionary-psychology discussion group highlights an on-line book by John Brockman, titled "The Third Culture." Brockman, a pseudo scientist and noted literary agent, assembled a collection of important articles, and from them he points to a philosophical-cultural scientific trend.
The Third Culture - Beyond the Scientific Revolution
by John Brockman http://www.edge.org/documents/ThirdCulture/d-Contents.html 

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CALL FOR PAPERS
INTERNET RESEARCH 2.0: INTERconnections

The Second International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers
OCTOBER 10-14, 2001
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis-St.Paul Minnesota, USA

Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 2, 2001.

The Internet's ever-increasing points of connection to almost every element
of 21st century life have prompted strong interest in understanding the
social aspects of cyberspace. The popular press offers wave after wave of
speculation and vague forecasts, but what is really needed to help us
understand how to live in our wired world is research: research that is
collaborative, international, and interdisciplinary. 

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Evolution in action...

http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue86/mag-mutant-86.html

fascinating

sdv

A story today on cigarette sales to the mentally ill today seems
scientifically problematic though it emanated from a study by Dr. Karen
Lasser, et.al. She is a primary care physician at Cambridge Hospital and
research fellow at Harvard Medical School.

The story carried in the press lacks accurate data and expert analysis of
the significance of the report. We picked up from a link in the Physician's
News Digest of Southeasten Pennsylvania which carried a summary of the
story. The Latter gave the Dallas News link below which ran the LA Times
Story.Citation: Rosie Mestel, 11/27/2000, "Cigarette sales raise 

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A friend is interested in instances of false, mistaken, or erroneous
(experimental or naturalistic) observations having been repeatedly
replicated in science. Anybody got good candidates for a list of such
instances?

Thanks! Ron Roizen

For the record, Ian Pitchford has no administrative role on this
forum. I look after it on my own, though I do not always follow it
closely. I have not censored anything ever on this forum. Anyone
having problems getting a message onto the forum should write to me
personally, and I'll try to facilitate.
Best, Bob Young 

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I have placed the following article on my web site at
http://www.human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/pap132.html

'LINCOLN, MANDELA AND THE DEPRESSIVE POSITION'

An invitation to speak on a subject of my choice allowed me to write
about two of my heroes in the light of the Kleinian concept of 'the
depressive position', which is as good as it gets in Kleinian
metapsychology. I examine the lives - the tribulations, achievements
and relationships (especially the marriages) - of Abraham Lincoln and
Nelson Mandela and also reflect on the concept of stoicism as a
potential philosophical equivalent for the depressive position. The
talk was delivered to 

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All

The below are [snips] from Promed these emails are evidence in the
ongoing uncovering of the lies and evasions which science and
technologists have committed related to the BSE food scare. The
interesting thing here is that the audience who were 'lied to' by the
science and technologists concerned seem more capable of dealing with
probability than the trained scientific community. 

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Dear philosophical community,

A message from www.epistemelinks.com...

EpistemeLinks.com has redesigned its philosophy discussion forums.
Essentially there are now as many public discussion forums as their are
philosopher and topic categories in the ELC database. That is 350+
philosophers and 40+ topics at present. And the system will automatically
allow for the creation of new discussion forums as new categories are added
to ELC. 

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Please distribute to other lists and/or interested parties.

Also, please note that we now offer a February admission.

This flexible modular course brings together systematic reflection
upon and intervention into theories and practices in psychology, and
upon the contribution of critical perspectives to the critique of
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foundations in critical psychology and innovations 

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Occasionally I get hints of effects of the messianic work of Sokal et al, largely
on American intellectuals - the impact in europe having been solely in newspapers
- starting of course from the quite reasonable joke, but jokes have absolutely no
intellectual credibility - like comparing a Gilbert and Sullivan opera with
Mozart. 

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After his free-swinging attack on me, I asked Zackmann to send me more
detailed criticisms of my defense of Deleuze against Sokal and Bricmont. He
did so. I asked him to forward it to SCIENCE AS CULTURE and he attempted to,
but it was returned as it was too long (10 pages). It contains interesting
stuff on chaos theory and Bohm and non-standard analysis, among other things,
even if some his criticisms really aren't of what I said, so I though it
worth forwardsin 

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Can anyone out there provide me with an e-mail address for the
neurobiologist and radical science advocate Steven Rose? Failing that,
how about a regular mailing address or phone number? While I am at it,
does anyone know of any literature which details the history of the
radical science movement in Europe (other than the UK). I don't even
know if there was a parallel movement in France or Germany or other
European countries, but if anyone does, and knows of some interesting
material on the subject, could you let me know. Articles or documents in
French would be great, 

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Please distribute widely
The list Software and Culture at
http://128.173.112.247/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=softwareandculture&text_mode=0
aims to explore the emerging relationship between software and culture
in all of its forms, including artistic, leisure, legal, philosophic
etc. If you are interested in this topic, I encourage you to join the list
and participate.
Jeremy Hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu
Instructor of Political Science Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Webmaster/Manager CDDC http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/cyber
526 Major Williams Hall 0130 http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy --my homepage
Virginia Tech (yes i need to update it)
Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540)-231-7614

All

John Maeda has a new book out in Thames and Hudson and a show in London
at the ICA new Media gallery. check both out the book is extraordinary.

http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/maeda/
http://www.maedastudio.com.
http://www.ica.org.uk

Maeda's mission is to foster the growth of what he calls "humanist
technologists" -- people that are capable of articulating future culture
through informed understanding of the technologies they use. 

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Edwardian Science - was there such a thing?

21 May 2001, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford

a BSHS meeting

The aim of this meeting is to explore the Edwardian period, loosely
interpreted (i.e., circa 1900 - 1914), seeking thematic elements in the
spheres of science, education (particularly technical), institutions, and
politics, that can be identified particularly with the early years of
the twentieth century in Great Britain. 

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The Princeton Institute for Advanced Study is trying to fire this tenured
Dutch astronomer Piet Hut because he's gotten interested in consciousness
studies and religion. His vita shows he is still publishing stuff in
astronomy and computer science along with a few philosophical pieces. It
sounds like another case of the Science Wars to me, except this time they are
trying to get rid of a working physical scientist rather than preventing a
sociologist of science like Latour or an historian of science like Norton
Wise from being hired. 

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One point that Sokal and Bricmont miss making because of their fragmented
approach to out-of-context quotes is the suspicious resemblance of Latour's
"third observer" in his account of special relativity theory to Bergson's
account (possibly via Deleuze's book on Bergson). Latour rarely gives
reference to the sources of his ideas, preferring to appear to have created
them out of whole cloth. He claims that in Einstein's special relativity
theory there is a third observer who is describing the two observers
mentioned in the exposition. Bergson makes a similar move in claiming that
there is a unitary time subsuming the relative 

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Val,

You must be aware that your are making an utter fool out of yourself by
spreading your unalloyed nonsense about science and technology -- this
especially from a person who shows NO SIGN of knowing any significant
science whatsoever. As the perspicacious Normal Levitt has it

"Specifically, there are those who claim to have tamed the monster [i.e.,
science] by declaring that somehow [we are NEVER told how] it is all a
fake, science isn't 'real' knowledge, it's just a 'narative.' It's not
abstractly preferable to other systems of belief -- myth for instance --
merely attached to a 

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TRANSFORMING TRADITION:
Creative adaptations to the 21st Century

Symposium 4th - 6th January 2001 Collingwood College Durham

http://www.dur.ac.uk/Sociology/transtrad/transtrad.htm

In looking forward to the new century it seems significant that a sense of
changing times is being conceptualised by looking backwards by making a
contrast with what has been. It is well known that the shock of the new in
the modern was cushioned through extensive inventions of tradition. It may
be that once again traditions as institutionalised forms are being adapted
and transformed rather than abandoned. 

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Jenrose writes:

> I haven't written to this list for ages for the same reason mentioned in a
> recent message: the content of this list bears little (if any) relationship
> to the content and stated commitments of the journal Science-as-Culture.

If this is a subtle call for a return to these roots, I second it. 

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Brian Noble wrote from the U. of B.C.:

I'm sorry, but I don't understand what this list is about. I had thought it
was the list associated with the Journal Science as Culture edited by Les
Levidov. Am I mistaken? With all due respect to those who are actively
contributing to the conversation, none of the content, which may very well
be of interest to some, seems to mesh very well with what I know of that
journal.
Could the moderator provide some additional context?

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On 9oct2000, R.M.Young wrote:

> [rmy] It's not difficult. I made a
> mistake. You were sent the information
> when you subscribed. Try this:
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> to: [log in to unmask]
> with the message: unsubscribe science-as-culture.
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Culprit E

AND : a surprise !

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Hi Davidson --remember me ? You tried to beat
the dead horse --despite my censure-- once before.
AmaZing how many things can't change. :) But
don't worry, you'll have lots of friends to chatter
endlessly (read : pointlessly) with. 

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I also have been trying to unsubscribe without success. What is happening ?

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The best contribution I can make to the discussion at this point is to give
a select list of biographies of Darwin published after 1990, available in
most research libraries.

Darwin / Adrian Desmond and James Moore.
London : Michael Joseph, 1991.
(A wonderful biography which not only gives details of Darwin life but
places him fairly and squarely in the social context of his times. A must
read) 

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>Two daughters and five sons survived him, four of the latter becoming
>prominent in the scientific world, -- Sir George Howard (b. 1845),
>who became professor of astronomy and experimental philosophy at
>Cambridge in 1883; Francis (b. 1848), the distinguished botanist;
>Leonard (b. 1850), a major in the royal engineers, and afterwards
>well known as an economist; and Horace (b. 1851), civil engineer.
>
>It's interesting ... I wonder if Sir George Howard changed his name due
>to his father's controversy? 

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Thank you for this information,
and remember, the list is viewable
through www.egroups.com, so there's
no need to be directly subject
to it's corruption (--I've only liked
to look in occasionally to see how
poorly Levitt is doing, who should
be more responsible).

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From: Robert Maxwell Young
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How do I unsubscribe?

The Shadow University by Kors and Silverglate

Relections on the Science Wars
by Norman Levitt

I admit to facetiousness. I also allow that facetiousness is the rhetoric of
despair-in this case, despair over the dreadful pickle into which the
academic community in the US-and I suppose elsewhere-has gotten itself over
the last two decades or so. STS-at least in the most flamboyant and-to use a
dreadful phrase-pathbreaking versions-is to me both example and symbol of
the university's growing inability to carry through one of its major
intellectual functions, to wit, the filtering of new ideas and the winnowing
out of those-most of them-that have small or ephemeral 

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For those interested, I am sharing with you several postings from the
evolutionary-psychology discussion group.

Stephen

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Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [evol-psych] Margaret Mead and enlightenment

I met Margaret Mead in the 1970's at an American Associan for the
Advancement of Science meeting in Philadelphia. I had an opportunity to chat
with her a bit after her presentation. She was affiable, interesting, a
pureist, quite open, and charming. 

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>>>>> [ym -(2apr99)] I ought to have predicted
>>>>> that any reference to Sokal would set the
>>>>> old wheel in the hamster cage whirling...
>>>>> Please delete the reference to "local Sokal"
>>>>> from my recent post and substitute: "April
>>>>> Fools Day LeVay"

>>>> [i] Did you actually have hamsters? I did.

>>> [ym] My Hamster died, unfortunately :( 

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Some of you may have observed that after teaching evolution and testing
students' knowledge of it, some of the A and B students comment that
although they understand Darwin's concepts, they nevertheless do not believe
it. Surely some of the students had religious training and come from
religious families, but many of the students are secular with non religious
peers and culture. 

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