[HPS_EST] New Years Greetings, New Years Plans

Dear all! Before the new year begins, I wanted to share some new year plans with you: 1. New Year's Writing Marathon 2. APSE Reading Circle 3. Guide to this Mailing List 1. New Year's Writing Marathon Veronika Lassl from the Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy (WFAP) is organizing a New Year's Writing Marathon and has asked me to invite you all. If structured co-working helps you with writing and researching, please feel free to join us! Dates: December 30th & January 2nd - 4th (Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday) Location: Room 3C (NIG) Here's our schedule: 8:50-9:00 Welcome 9:00-9:50 1st writing period (50 min) 9:50-10:00 Break 10:00-11:30 2nd writing period (90 min) 11:30-12:00 Break 12:00-12:50 3rd writing period (50 min) 12:50-14:00 LUNCH BREAK 14:00-14:50 4th writing period (50 min) 14:50-15:00 Break 15:00-15:50 5th writing period (50 min) 15:50-16:00 Break 16:00-16:50 6th writing period (50 min) After 16:50 People can continue to write if someone with a key card is still there. A few rules: - No coming/going during writing periods (except for obvious exceptions: going to the toilet, emergencies, …) - Please arrive and get settled in your seat before the session begins - No disturbances during writing periods (crunchy or smelly snacks, phone ringing, etc) - If you want, you can put your phone away at the teacher’s desk during writing periods - Bring snacks if you want, we will have a shared snack desk to use during breaks - If you want to eat the shared snacks, we kindly ask for a donation of 5€ per person per week. - You can work on anything you want It's helpful if you could let us know if you're planning to attend (so we can gauge the amount of coffee we need to make). Please write an e-mail to veronika.lassl(a)univie.ac.at We're looking forward to seeing you there! 2. APSE Reading Circle The Applied Philosophy of Science and Epistemology (APSE) Unit is organizing a lecture series every semester. Upcoming January there are three talks planned. We are organizing an accompanying reading circle for these three upcoming sessions. We will be reading and discussing a text written and suggested to us by the speaker and then visit the talk afterwards. Since it will take place at lunch time, feel free to bring some food and snacks with you to the Reading Circle. The sessions are: Thursday, 16.01.2025 Laura Caponetto (University of Milan) Reading Circle Session: 13:00-15:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor APSE Lecture: 15:00-17:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor Thursday, 23.01.2025 Stephan Hartmann (LMU) Reading Circle Session: 13:00-15:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor APSE Lecture: 15:00-17:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor Thursday, 30.01.2025 Igor Grabovac (MedUni Wien) Reading Circle Session: 13:00-15:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor APSE Lecture: 15:00-17:00, HS 3A, NIG 3rd floor Closer to each event I will send out an seperate e-mail with the literature and a more detailed description of the topic. Please feel warmly invited! 3. Guide to this Mailing List This Mailing List is intended to facilitate the communication among students, teachers and researchers in and surrounding the Master Epistemologies of Science and Technology. Any information for events and other happenings concerned with the topics Philosophy of Science and Technology, History of Science and Technology and/or Science and Technology Studies are welcome. Current Settings: Anyone can send messages to hps_est(a)lists.philo.at that will be sent to all members of the list. Messages from members of the list will be sent without the acceptance of a moderator. This is to ensure quick and easy communication from member to member. Messages from non-members need to be accepted by a moderator of the list. If any questions or suggestions arise, please send a message to hps_est-owner(a)lists.philo.at Signing up via E-Mail: Send an e-mail with the subject "subscribe" to: hps_est-subscribe(a)lists.philo.at Signing up via Link: Alternatively, you can follow this link and follow the instructions: https://lists.philo.at/postorius/lists/hps_est.lists.philo.at/ I wish you all a warm winter break and einen guten Rutsch (a good slide into the new year)! Vinzenz Fischer