Members of Philecon-L maybe interested in submitting papers to the
Section "C.6 Philosophy of the social sciences" of the following
Congress:

12th. International Congress of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science
Oviedo (Spain), August 7-13, 2003
http://www.uniovi.es/Congresos/2003/DLMPS/Welcome.html

[more information below]

The International Congress of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of
Science is the main international conference organised by the Division
of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (DLMPS) of the
International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS) and
it is held every four years. The 12th Congress will be organised in
August 7-13, 2003 in Oviedo (Spain).


Any registered individual has a right to submit a paper for
presentation as a contributed paper, but its acceptance is subject to
the decision of the Programme Committee. Contributed papers should be
short research reports, and the presentation of such a paper should
not take more than 10-20 minutes, with 5-10 minutes reserved for
comments and discussion. Deadline for abstracts of contributed papers,
February 1st., 2003.

Guidelines for the submission of Abstracts
of Contributed papers

Send 3 copies of your abstract plus an electronic version in a disk,
to the Organizing Committee (not by e-mail). The abstract must not
exceed one page A4 format. Start the Abstract with the number and
title of the relevant section (see bellow), the title of your paper,
and your name and address -all of this preferably centered in the
middle. Example:

Section C.3 Philosophy of the biological sciences
TITLE OF THE PAPER
Author's Name
University/Institution, Address/City/Country

Make sure your abstract is clearly typed or printed (margins at least
2.5 cm or 1 inch, no page number, no boxes around the text, no
corrections, no colours others than black. A large enough font is
need, since abstracts will be reduced in size for printing.

Abstracts must be sent to:

LMPS03
Prof. Luis M. Valdés
Departamento de Filosofía
Universidad de Oviedo
E-33071 Oviedo, Spain.

Remember: Deadline for submissions is February 1st. 2003


General Program Committee

Petr Hajek (chair) (Czech Rep.)
Peter Clark (UK)
Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara (Italy)
Toshio Ishigaki (Japan)
Moshe Vardi (USA)
Vladimir Vasyukov (Russia)
Luis Valdes (OC representative) (Spain)
Dag Westerstahl (EC representative) (Sweden).

1. Sections of the Congress and Section Program Committees

The work of the Congress is divided into several sections which represent
different areas of logic, methodology and philosophy of science. The 12th
Congress (2003) will comprise the following sections:

A LOGIC

A.1 Mathematical Logic (proof theory, recursion theory, model theory, set
theory)
Committee: Jan Krajicek (Czech Rep.), Boris Zilber (UK), Stevo Todorcevic
(Canada), Rod.Downey (NZ).

A.2 Philosophical logic (non-classical logics, logic and language, foundations
of logic).
Committee: Johan van Benthem (Netherlands), Larry Moss (USA), Daniele Mundici
(Italy), Hans Rott (Germany).


A.3 Logic and computation (knowledge representation and AI, verification,
semantics of programs, interactive proofs, computational linguistics.)
Committee: Joerg Flum (Germany), Dexter Kozen (USA), Per Martin-Loef (Sweden),
Mogens Niellsen (Denmark)



B GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

B.1 Methodology: Explanation, causality, and laws; Models, experiment,
and theory
Committee: Ron Giere (USA), Mary S. Morgan (UK), Mauricio Suárez (UK)


B.2 Induction, probability and statistics Induction, statistical
inference, learning theory, decision theory.
Committee: Theo Kuipers (Netherlands), Donald.Gillies (UK), Deborah Mayo (USA)

C PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES OF PARTICULAR SCIENCES

C.1 Philosophy of mathematics
Committee: Stuart Shapiro (USA) , Mark Steiner (Israel), Penelope
Maddy (USA)

C.2 Philosophy of the physical sciences
Committee: Andreas Kamlah (Germany), Roberto Torretti (Chile), John
Earman (USA)

C.3 Philosophy of the biological sciences
Committee: Jean Gayon (France), Alex Rosenberg (USA), Osamu Kanamori (Japan)

C.4 Philosophy of the cognitive science and artificial intelligence
(including computational perspectives in psychology)
Committee: Richard Grandy (USA), Stella Vosniadou (Greece),
Daniel.Kayser (France)

C.5 Philosophy of linguistics
Committee: Jeff Pelletier (Canada), Uwe Reyle (Germany),Tom Wasow (USA)

C.6 Philosophy of the social sciences (including non-computational psychoogy)
Committee: Uskali Maki (Netherlands), Don Ross (South Africa), Felix
Ovejero (Spain).

D ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

D.1 History of logic, methodology, and philosophy of science
History of the topics covered by the Programme of the Congress.
Committee: Jan Wolenski (Poland), Volker Peckhaus (Germany), Valentin
Bazhanov (Russia)

D.2 Ethics of science and technology
Ethical problems of scientific research, applied science, and technology.
Committee: Wlodek Rabinowich (Sweden), John Broome (UK), Isaac Levi (USA)

D.3 Philosophical questions raised by the history and sociology of science
Committee: James Robert Brown (Canada), Oswaldo Pessoa (Brasil),
Catherine Chevalley (France)


2. Invited Lectures, Symposia, and Contributed Papers

The programme of the Congress contains two kinds of papers,

(i) invited lectures, and
(ii) contributed papers.

There is at least one plenary lecture, viz. the Opening Address of the
Congress in connection with the opening ceremonies. Other invited
lectures are also possible.

Contributed papers should be short research reports, and the
presentation of such a paper should not take more than 10-20 minutes,
with 5-10 minutes reserved for comments and discussion.

(Detailed programme to be announced)

Organizing Committee
(Members)

Prof. Luis M. Valdés (Chair)
Prof. Alfonso García-Suárez
Prof. Julián Velarde
Dr. José Antonio López-Cerezo
Dr. Jorge Rodríguez-Marqueze
Dra. Carmen González-del Tejo
Dr. Roger Bosch
Dr. Cipriano Barrio
Prof. Javier Echeverría (CSIC)
Prof. Eulalia Pérez Sedeño (Sociedad de Lógica, Metodología y
Filosofía de la Ciencia en España).


Congress Secretariat

Universidad de Oviedo
Facultad de Filosofía
C/ Tte. Alfonso Martínez s/n, E-33080, Oviedo (Spain)
Phone: 34985104688 / Fax: 34985104698
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