================= HES POSTING ================= First announcement GRADUATE COURSE / SUMMER SCHOOL THE RELATION BETWEEN HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Mols Laboratory, Femmoeller, Denmark, July 26-31, 1996 The Danish Humanities Research Council's Network for the History and Philosophy of Science organizes a five-day summer graduate course focussing on "The Relation Between History of Science and Philosophy of Science". The following themes will be covered: * The historical development of the relation between history and philosophy of science. * What has history done for the methodology of science? * What can philosophy of science do for history of science? * Is there a historical methodology of science? * The implications of developments in cognitive science for history of science: a "cognitive history" of science. * Biography as the meeting ground between philosophical analysis and historical description. * The study of conceptual change in history. * History and philosophy of science in science education. * The relation between history and philosophy of science to recent developments in social studies of science. The faculty includes: - Thomas Nickles, Philosophy Department, University of Nevada - Nancy Nersessian, Center for Cognitive Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta - Helge Kragh, Center for Technology and Human Values, Oslo University - Stig Andur Pedersen, Department of Physics and Mathematics, Roskilde University - Thomas Soederqvist, Unit of History of Science, Department of Biology, Roskilde University The program will include lectures, seminars, presentations of participants' research projects, group discussions, and tutorials. The mornings will be devoted to lectures and plenary discussions, while the afternoons will be reserved for presentations of participants' projects, group discussions and tutorials. There will be rich opportunities for informal talks between faculty and students. The Mols Laboratory (owned by Aarhus University) is situated in a hilly nature reserve area on the Mols peninsula, a few kilometers from the small town of Femmoeller in Eastern Jutland and with a magnificent view of the North Sea. The Mols, with its gently rolling hills and cattle grazed vegetation, is known as one of the most scenic areas in Denmark. The summer course starts on Friday, July 26 at 6pm., and ends on Wednesday, July 31 at 7pm. The Mols Laboratory can be reached in approx. 30 minutes by (shared) cab from Aarhus airport. Aarhus has several daily train and flight connections with Copenhagen. Femmoeller also has several daily connections with Aarhus (bus) and Copenhagen (bus and ferry). The number of participants will be limited to 20. Priority will be given to graduate students (or the equivalent) in history and/or philosophy of science or science studies. However, junior scholars in these fields and graduate students in other disciplinary areas (history, philosophy, etc.) with an active interest in the topic of the course are also welcome to apply. Graduate students and junior scholars from the Nordic and other European countries are encouraged to apply. Tuition fee for PhD-students with a Danish graduate fellowship (which includes overhead for PhD-courses) is 3000 DKK (approx. 500 USD). A number of course stipends will be allocated to PhD- students who are not covered by this or similar programs. Please indicate in your application if you are not covered by a graduate program and therefore are need of a stipend. Applications, including a curriculum vitae and a short (200 words) abstract of the applicant's graduate project, should be sent, before May 15, 1996, to: The Secretariat, Danish Humanities Research Council's Network for the History and Philosophy of Science, Building 17.2, Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark (e-mail: [log in to unmask]) A detailed program and travel information will be sent to the participants in early June. For further information, please contact: Thomas Soederqvist The Danish Humanities Research Council's Network for the History and Philosophy of Science Roskilde University, P.O. Box 260, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark +45 4675 7711/2714 ([log in to unmask]) or Hanne Andersen Max Planck Institut fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Wilhelmstrasse 44, D-10117 Berlin, Germany +49 30 22667 116 ([log in to unmask]) ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]