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I am happy to send you the final call for papers for HaPoC-3, 8-11 October 2015, Pisa. Please note that the deadline has been extended to June 28. Also, I am happy to let you know that some modest grants (up to 400 EUR) will be availble. More information can be found on:  http://www.hapoc.org/node/124 best wishes, Liesbeth. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Call For Papers --- Deadline Extension and Abstracts of Invited Talks HaPoC 3: Third International Conference for the History and Philosophy of Computing 8 -- 11 October, 2015, Pisa hapoc2015.di.unipi.it --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DHST commission for the history and philosophy of computing ( www.hapoc.org ) is happy to announce the third HAPOC conference. The series aims at creating an interdisciplinary focus on computing, stimulating a dialogue between the historic...

Call for paper Food Heritage and Culinary Practices International and interdisciplinary symposium October 14-16th 2015 National Museum of Natural History 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 PARIS For any communication proposal, please send before July 10th, 2015 a title, abstract (< 400 words) in English or French, a brief CV (< 1 page) and contact information (phone / e-mail / postal address) both to Esther Katz ([katz@mnhn.fr]( mailto:katz@mnhn.fr) ) and Christophe Lavelle ([lavelle@mnhn.fr]( mailto:lavelle@mnhn.fr) ). Authors of selected proposals will be notified by end of July. http://r.ca.d.mailin.fr/102tbvgtusff.html

S cientific Controversies. A Socio-historical Perspective on the Advancement of Science.  New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2015, xxii+298 pp. By Dominique Raynaud. Translated by Lisa C. Chien with a Preface by Mario Bunge.  Scientific Controversies  show how organized debates in the sciences help us establish or verify our knowledge of the world. If debates focus on form, scientific controversies are akin to public debates that can be understood within the framework of theories of conflict. If they focus on content, then such controversies have to do with a specific activity and address the nature of science itself. Understanding the major focus of a scientific controversy is a first step toward understanding these debates and assessing their merits. Controversies of unique socio-historic context, disciplines, and characteristics are examined: Pasteur’s germ theory and Pouchet’s theory of spontaneous generation; vitalism advocated at Mon...