Since pancritical rationalism is a warm topic on this list, some of you
might be interested in this. Too bad Bartley isn't still around. (Or
Popper for that matter.) I'd like to go for the Michael Redhead lecture
alone...
Too bad also there's no listing for esthetics or art. Popper wasn't exactly
churning out tomes on the subject, but he did talk about it in his
autobiography and at least one art historian has been influenced by him,
Ernst Gombrich.
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
Karl Popper 2002 Centenary Congress
3 July 2002 - 7 July 2002
Vienna, Austria
www.univie.ac.at/karlpopper2002
Third Announcement and Call for Papers
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, the city of Vienna
will host a Congress to celebrate the life and work of one of the most
influential theorists and philosophers of the 20th century: Karl Popper,
born in Vienna in 1902. In a programme of invited lectures, symposia, and
contributed papers, the Congress plans to examine and evaluate the great
variety of Popper's thought, including his contributions to scientific
method, logic, probability theory, quantum mechanics, critical rationalism,
social philosophy, liberalism, platonism, marxism, moral philosophy, the
theory of objective knowledge, darwinism, evolutionary epistemology, the
philosophy of history, the pre-socratics, the body-mind problem, and the
psychology of learning.
Some sessions of the Congress will be devoted to biographical topics,
including Popper's youthful enthusiasms in music, education, and political
action. The City Hall will stage an exhibition devoted to his life and
times.
The Congress will be held in the City Hall, and in the main building of the
University of Vienna. The Opening Ceremony will take place under the
patronage of the President of Austria, Mr Thomas Klestil, in the afternoon
of Wednesday, 3 July 2002. Sir Hermann Bondi, Lord Quinton, the former
Chancellor of West Germany, Mr Helmut Schmidt, and the former President of
Portugal, Mr Mario Soares, have agreed to be present as guests of honour.
The scientific work of the Congress will be arranged in seven sections:
1 Philosophy of the physical sciences
2 Philosophy of the biological sciences
3 Philosophy of the social sciences
4 Moral & political philosophy
5 Logic & scientific method
6 Epistemology & metaphysics
7 Life & times of Karl Popper
The following have accepted invitations to give lectures and to participate
in symposia.
Joseph Agassi (Tel Aviv); Daniela Bailer-Jones (Bonn); Isabella Burger
(Johannesburg); Bruce Caldwell (Greensboro); Hans-Joachim Dahms (Göttingen);
Michael Esfeld (Köln); Victor Finn (Moscow); Steve Fuller (Coventry); Evelyn
Gröbl (Linz); Troels Eggers Hansen (Roskilde); Michel ter Hark (Groningen);
Toby Huff (Dartmouth MA); John Maynard Smith (Brighton); Alan Musgrave
(Dunedin); Anthony O'Hear (Bradford); Michael Redhead (London); Alfred
Schramm (Graz); Guglielmo Tamburrini (Pisa); Andrew Vincent (Sheffield);
Günter Wagner (New Haven)
Call for Papers
Deadline for submissions: 15 January 2002
Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2002
Contributed papers concerned with Popper's work are invited in all sections.
The Congress languages are English and German.
It is recognised that many topics (for example, evolutionary epistemology,
the propensity interpretation of probability, Popper's attitude towards
social democracy) could be placed in more than one section, and that some
(for example, axiomatic geometry, music, philosophy of education) fit neatly
into no section. Contributed papers on such topics are welcome, but authors
are asked to choose that section that seems most appropriate. It is
expected that papers in the history of philosophy, if not better placed
elsewhere, will be submitted in section 6. In the interest of arranging
sessions on closely related themes, the Programme Committee may move some
accepted papers between sections, but it is hoped that such interventions
will be rare. Potential contributors are asked to bear in mind that a
period of 30 minutes will be allotted to each contributed paper, including
discussion.
Blackboards/whiteboards, overhead projectors, and slide projectors will be
available in all lecture rooms. If other equipment is required, please
contact the KP2002-Congress-Secretariat (address below).
Guidelines for the preparation of the abstracts
Abstracts should be composed in Word for Windows (as .doc or .rtf files), as
ADOBE Acrobat (.pdf) files, or as Postscript or .dvi files, and should be
confined to a single page of A4. The preferred font is 11pt Times New
Roman.
The printed part of the page should not exceed 15 cm in width and 20cm in
height, with a centred heading and wide margins.
Example:
Section 6: Epistemology & Metaphysics
IS CRITICAL RATIONALISM CRITICAL ENOUGH?
G. Settembrini
Department of Philosophy
Universität Klagenfurt
Universitätsstraße 65-67
A-9020 KLAGENFURT, Austria
e-mail: settembrini@uni-klu.ac.at
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 January 2002. All
abstracts will be refereed. The accepted abstracts will be printed in the
Volume of Abstracts, and published on the Congress website. Only one
abstract will be accepted from each author. Abstracts should not be simply
reports of already published work.
Where to send abstracts
Abstracts should be sent as e-mail attachments (with KARL POPPER 2002 in the
subject line) to: karlpopper2002.econ@univie.ac.at
Abstracts may also be submitted on paper, in which case three copies should
be sent to: KARL POPPER 2002, Department of Philosophy of Science,
University of Vienna, Sensengasse 8/10, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Authors will be notified about the acceptance of their papers by 1 April
2002.
Congress Fees and Deadlines
Registration fees for regular participants are 120 Euro before 30 April
2002, and 140 Euro after that date. Fees for students are 60 Euro before 30
April 2002, and 70 Euro after that date. Please consult the registration
form attached.
Grants for Students and Researchers
There will be a limited number of grants for students and researchers who
wish to participate in the Congress but who (or whose institutions) lack
financial resources. Applications should be sent to the Secretary of the
Organizing Committee (<gerhard.budin@univie.ac.at>) as early as possible,
with a short CV and letter of recommendation from an academic institution.
An academic jury will scrutinise all applications.
Social Programme
An attractive social programme is being prepared and will be announced in
due course. Some post-conference tours will also be arranged, including an
opportunity for Congress participants to visit the Karl Popper Library in
Klagenfurt in southern Austria.
Quiet rooms will be available throughout the Congress for meetings and
discussions, and for reading, writing, and electronic mail. Nursery
facilities will also be available.
Registration & Accommodation
Please return the registration and hotel accommodation form to: Austropa
Interconvention, Friedrichstraße 7, A - 1010 Vienna, Austria.
The deadline for early registration is 30 April 2002.
For further information
Please consult our website: www.univie.ac.at/karlpopper2002
or contact the KP2002-Congress-Secretariat
TEL: 43 - (0)1 - 4277- 47626
e-mail: gerhard.budin@univie.ac.at
heidi.koenig@univie.ac.at
gertraud.roth@univie.ac.at
Committees
[snip; many administrative stuff I clipped out to save space]
Karl Popper 2002 is organised by the Karl Popper Institut, the City of
Vienna (Stadt Wien), and the University of Vienna, and is sponsored by the
Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur and the Karl Popper
Charitable Trust.
Karl Popper
Charitable Trust
Wissenschafts- und
Forschungsförderung der Stadt Wien
Bundesministerium für
Bildung Wissenschaft und Kultur
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