The following appeared in Volume 98, Number 1 (Fall, 1998) of the APA Newsletters

Starting in the Fall semester of 1998, the John Dewey Discussion List will host an on-line seminar devoted to a reading and discussion of Dewey’s 1938 Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. The discussion will take place by email, with browser-accessible archives. Information about how to join the discussion is available at <http://www.cla.sc.edu/phil/faculty/burket/38lti.html>. Anyone with an interest in Dewey’s philosophy is invited to participate. The seminar is not restricted to students, nor is any kind of academic affiliation required. Students are encouraged to arrange with their advisors to receive credit for the seminar at their home institutions. Otherwise participation is free of charge and is open to anyone willing to engage in a broad-based free-wheeling study and discussion of one of Dewey’s finest works. The discussion will be paced at a fixed rate of one chapter per week, no matter how quickly or slowly the discussion develops (but allowing for the usual academic breaks, thanksgiving, xmas, etc.). The discussion of any given chapter will not have to cease at any point, but we will simply broaden the scope of the discussion at a rate of one chapter per week. At this speed—which is pretty fast so far as slow readings go—we will cover about half of the book in the Fall 1998 semester, and then finish the other half in Spring 1999. The seminar will be conducted in English.

To join the John Dewey Discussion List, send the command "subscribe Dewey-L Your Name" to <listserv@ganges.csd.sc.edu> where "Your Name" is your name (first and last). Specific questions may be directed to Tom Burke <burke@sc.edu>.

Participants in the Online Seminar Dewey’s 1938 Logic: The Theory of Inquiry (see the above announcement) are invited to submit papers addressing issues which arise in the discussion. Final submissions will be due late in the summer of 1999. The goal is to produce a coherent collection of papers informed by substantial public discussion of Dewey’s philosophy of logic.

Tom Burke
Department of Philosophy
University of South Carolina
http://www.cla.sc.edu/phil/faculty/burket

The Fourteenth Annual Conference on Computing and Philosophy (CAP) will be held at Carnegie Mellon University on August 5th - 7th, 1999. This conference, which is co-sponsored by the APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers and the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon, has become the central meeting place for all aspects of computing and philosophy.

The Program Committee welcomes submissions dealing with, but not restricted to:

• The state of the art use of computers in the teaching of philosophy. This may include their use in symbolic and informal logic as well as in the teaching of other courses in philosophy.

• The use of computers as research tools in philosophy. This may include any substantive use of computers in areas such as electronic texts and communications as well as topics in logic, the philosophy of language or the philosophy of mind.

• The philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence. This may include current theories and methods as well as relevant areas of the philosophy of science.

• The area of computer ethics. This may include philosophical issues in the ownership of software, liability for software design, and privacy rights in the information age.

The conference format strongly discourages mere ‘paper reading.’ Speakers are urged to use computer-based or generated presentation materials wherever appropriate.

The deadline for submissions (2-3 page abstract, plus equipment needs) is Monday, February 15th. Materials for submission should be e-mailed or submitted by web-site FORMs to Robert Cavalier, Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 <rc2z@andrew.cmu.edu>.

Further information regarding the conference, including previous programs, submission FORMs, and on-line registration, can be found at the CAP Home Page: <caae.phil.cmu.edu/CAAE/CAP/CAPpage.html>