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Más información: www.ea-journal.com/es/inicio/198-premios Lakatos Award 2010. Nominations close April 23rd! Details for nominations Nominations are solicited for the above Award. The Award is for an outstanding contribution to the philosophy of science, widely interpreted, in the form of a book published in English during the previous five years. It is named in memory of Imre Lakatos and has been endowed by the Latsis Foundation. It is administered an International Management Committee formally chaired by the Director of the London School of Economics, and consisting of Professor John Worrall (Convenor), and Professors Hans Albert, Nancy Cartwright, Philip Kitcher, Alan Musgrave, and Michael Redhead. The Committee decides the outcome of the Award competition on the advice of an independent and anonymous panel of Selectors - no award will be made if it decides that no nominated book is of sufficient merit. The value of the Award is £10,000. It is a condition of accepting it, that a successful candidate visit the LSE and deliver a public lecture. The Award, which may be shared if there are deemed to be two candidates of equal merit, has so far been won by Bas Van Fraassen and Hartry Field (1986), Michael Friedman and Philip Kitcher (1987), Michael Redhead (1988), John Earman (1989), Elliott Sober (1991), Peter Achinstein and Alexander Rosenberg (1993), Michael Dummett (1994), Lawrence Sklar (1995), Abner Shimony (1996), Jeffrey Bub and Deborah Mayo (1998), Brian Skyrms (1999), Judea Pearl (2001), Penelope Maddy (2002), Patrick Suppes (2003), Kim Sterelny (2004), and James Woodward (2005), Harvey Brown and Hasok Chang (2006) and Richard Healey (2008). There was no winner in 2007. John Worrall Convenor, Lakatos Award Management Committee. Nomination procedure The 2010 Award will be for a book published in English with an imprint from 2005 to 2010 inclusive. A book may, with the permission of its author, be nominated by any person of recognised standing within the profession. The nominator should write to the Administrator outlining the case for the book's being considered for the Award. The publisher should, in the first instance send two copies of any nominated book to the address below before the closing date. (Publishers will be requested to supply a further four copies if the book is short-listed for the Award. Nominations must be received by April 23rd, 2010. All communications should be marked 'Confidential' and 'Lakatos Award' and addressed to: Dean Peters Lakatos Award Administrator Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method The London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom Email: Esta dirección electrónica esta protegida contra spam bots. Necesita activar JavaScript para visualizarla Tel: +44 (0)7942476452 Webpage: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/philosophyLogicAndScientificMethod/lakatos/ William T. Stearn Student Essay Prize
The Society for the History of Natural History invites submissions to the The competition is open to undergraduate and postgraduate students in full The deadline for entries is 30 June 2010. The Prize Rules and Entry Form are http://www.shnh.org.uk/awards/medals-and-prizes/ No essay will be considered without an accompanying entry form and proof of The submission deadline is 30 June 2010. The 2009 Stearn Prize Essay, “The mighty cassowary: the discovery and demise Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry Award Scheme 2010 The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry would like to invite applications for its new award scheme for 2010. Two types of award are available: support for research into the history of chemistry or history of alchemy by New Scholars and support for Subject Development of either history of chemistry or history of alchemy. The New Scholars Award is open to post-graduate students (both masters and doctoral students) and those who have obtained a PhD within five years of 1 January of the year in which the application is made. Awards of up to £500 will be made to cover research expenses, including travel, accommodation, subsistence, the reproduction of documents, and library fees. Applications may also include the costs of reproducing images for publication. The scheme will not fund the purchase of equipment or course fees. In addition, post-graduate students only may apply for the costs of travel to conferences and accommodation, but only in order to give a paper. The scheme will not pay conference registration fees. Subject Development awards of up to £1000 will be made to support activities including, but not limited to, seminars, workshops, colloquia, lecture series, conference sessions, conferences, exhibitions and outreach activities that support either the history of chemistry or history of alchemy as academic subjects. Only members of the Society, both those in the UK and those overseas, may apply. Members must be in good standing at the time of making an application, and, if successful, throughout the period of an award. For more information, and an application form, please contact the Hon Secretary to the Society, Dr Georgette Taylor. Membership Enquiries to the Hon Treasurer of the Society, John Perkins. Closing date for applications: 31 May 2010 More info: www.ambix.org/SHAC%20Award%20Scheme.html The Marc-Auguste Pictet Prize in history of physics 2010 The ³Société de Physique et d¹Histoire Naturelle (SPHN) de Genève² is inviting applications for its 2010 history of science award entitled: ³The Marc-Auguste Pictet Prize². This Prize, in principle intended for a young researcher, rewards, every second year, a significant contribution to the history of science, which is as yet unpublished or has only recently appeared. The theme selected for the 2010 Prize is: History of Physics. The Prize is endowed with an amount of CHF 10¹000, and may be shared. The Prize is open to both Swiss and foreign scholars. The applications should be sent before May 31st 2010 to the following address: Président de la SPHN Muséum d¹Histoire naturelle Case postale 6434 CH-1211 GENEVE 6 SWITZERLAND The work should be submitted in two copies and include a summary and a curriculum vitae. It may be written in French, German, Italian or English. In the last three cases, the summary should be translated into French and be approximately 12 pages in length, i.e. 4,000 words or about 20,000 characters. One copy of the prize-winning work will remain the property of the SPHN. A commission composed of professors of the University of Geneva and external experts in the field will be responsible for examining the applications. 2010 ESST European Award for Aspiring Undergraduates in Science, Technology and Society (STS) Undergraduates studying at any European university and in any relevant field (engineering, the sciences, the social sciences and the humanities) are invited to apply for the 2010 ESST European Award sponsored by the European Masters Programme in Society, Science and Technology (ESST). An amount of 1,000 € will be awarded for the best original undergraduate paper or essay on any topic related to Society, Science and Technology. All submissions must be between 2,000 and 3,000 words in length and must be written in English. The deadline is 30 June, 2010. For more information about the ESST European Masters Programme see: www.esst.eu Further details about the 2010 ESST European Award are available from: http://www.esst.eu/award/info.html Aristotle Tympas Assistant Professor Department of Philosophy and History of Science University of Athens Greece http://www.phs.uoa.gr/hst/Faculty/Tympas.html Email: Esta dirección electrónica esta protegida contra spam bots. Necesita activar JavaScript para visualizarla Visit the website at http://www.esst.eu/award/info.html |
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