Fall-Winter 2002-2003 Volume VII, Issue 2 Newsletter of HOPOS, The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science ISSN 1544-9912 (formerly 1527-9332) Inside this issue: The breadth of our group is From the Editor evident in this issue of the This issue of the Newsletter ing in a more regular and Newsletter, which features a From the Editor 1 breaks all past records for organized fashion—not to say regional map of HOPOS- publication delays. Perhaps rigidly!—much like our sister related resources in Scotland the delays can be justified by scholarly societies, such as (by Andrew Aberdein), and Bay Area Selected for 1 the significant news regarding PSA and HSS. reviews of books on Kant’s HOPOS 2004 Meeting our organization. Opus postumum (Eckart These changes have been Förster’s collection of essays, On the heels of our most suc- pursued to help the progress reviewed by Eric Palmer), News of the Profession 2 cessful conference so far—in of HOPOS towards status as Tycho Brahe’s scientific en- an independently incorpo- Seminars, Conferences, Montréal this past June— terprise (Robert Christian- HOPOS has taken leaps and rated non-profit entity. That and Colloquia son’s volume, reviewed by bounds in its maturation as a status is the next step in our Pawel Kawalec), foundations scholarly society. A first evolution, and is currently of QM (W. Michael Dick- Memorial Notes 3 step, which the reader may being sought. The rationale son’s volume, reviewed by notice from the Newsletter for all these changes is that Steven French), and Gödel’s masthead, is that the organi- we have, over some ten years, thought (André Delessert’s Jobs, Fellowships, and 4 zation’s name has changed to grown as a scholarly society volume, reviewed by Jean- other Opportunities * HOPOS, the International to the point where our own Pierre Belna). Society for the History of expectations and aspira- Electronic and Finally, readers may note that Scholarly Resources Philosophy of Science (we tions—and those expressed are a Working Group no by others—demand the full- the next elections under our more). A second step is that blown apparatus of a mature new structure require dues- Books, Publication 5 we have adopted more thor- and legally incorporated or- paying membership to cast an Series, and Journals * ough by-laws to help govern ganization. We are confident eligible ballot. Please join Society News our organization. These can that none of this will diminish HOPOS ‘officially’ to ensure your full participation! be viewed in detail on the the informal culture of our HOPOS website, but a central group. Indeed, in this transi- Awards and Calls for 5 Best, theme guiding the new by- tional period, as always, the Papers Saul Fisher laws is that we will be operat- input of the broad HOPOS family is critical. ! Regional Maps of 6 HOPOS Activity and Infrastructure: Scotland San Francisco Selected for HOPOS 2004 Meeting The Fifth Congress of HOPOS, cooperation with Stanford Uni- dates will be available soon, on Book Reviews 13 the International Working versity and the University of the HOPOS-L mailing list. Group in History of Philosophy California, Berkeley. The con- David Stump of Science, will be held in San ference is open to scholarly University of San Francisico Francisco, California (USA) in work on the history of philoso- HOPOS 2004 June or July 2004. phy of science from any disci- Local Organizing Committee About HOPOS 20 plinary perspective. A detailed The congress will be held at the call for papers and conference University of San Francisco, in ! Newsletter of Page 2 HOPOS, The International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science on the Local and the Global: ([email protected]). News of the profession. Contexts in Science and Technology • June 1-6, 2003 Vaxjo University, Sweden Call for Reports. 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