June 2008 in RSSS
Philosophy prize
Professor Kim Sterelny of the Philosophy Program, RSSS won the Jean Nicod Prize for 2008, and presented the Jean Nicod Lectures in Paris in May this year.
The Jean-Nicod lectures are delivered annually in Paris by a leading philosopher of mind and philosophically oriented cognitive scientist. The lectures are organized by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) as part of its effort to develop the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science in France.
Besides the CNRS, the sponsors include the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).The recipient of the Prize is invited as a Research Director for one month by the EHESS.
The Jean-Nicod lecturer is expected to deliver at least four lectures on a topic of his or her choice, and subsequently to publish the set of lectures, or a monograph based on them in the Jean-Nicod Lectures series (MIT Press/Bradford Books; F. Recanati editor).
Further details of the Prize
The Prize is particularly timely since Professor Sterelny will be at ANU (RSSS) full-time as of July 2008. Previously he was half time at ANU and half time at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
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Events
Economics & Democracy
Second Annual Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Conference
Call for panels, workshops and papers (pdf)
Hosted by the Research School of
Social Sciences, ANU, Canberra
8-10 December 2008
Online registration now open
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