EMAIL
FORUMS, EGROUPS, WEB SITES AND SEARCH INFORMATION
Most
psychoanalytic, psychotherapy and counselling organizations have web sites, some
with extensive archives of papers and other materials, and many have discussion
groups. New ones are added all the time. You can find them via the sources
listed below and by joining email forums or other discussion groups. You can
also ask search engines (see below) to find information about any topic.
There
is a growing and regularly updated
archive of web sites and forums on psychoanalysis, psychology, history &
philosophy of the human sciences, human nature and other potentially interesting
matters concerning making use of the internet at
http://www.egroups.com/list/human-nature-info/
There
is also The Online Dictionary of Mental Health
http://www.human-nature.com/odmh/index.html
largely compiled
by Ian Pitchford.
There
is a fairly comprehensive list of forums and web sites of interest to
psychotherapists, counsellors and psychoanalysts at
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/guides.html,
though it is getting out of date.
If
you want to find email forums on any topic, go to
Liszt http://www.liszt.com which covers over 90,000 of them. You
type in a topic, and it tells you what forums there are for it.
There is
another sort of discussion group, based on the web and email called eGroups. You
can search their list of groups and join at
There are
several hundred thousand of them on all sorts of topics. You can also create
your own group very easily.
To find
web sites on any topic go to Ask Jeeves, which searches many search engines and
gives good guidance:
There is also a
UK version accessible from the above web site.
Another
search engines which is fast and has extensive resources is Google: http://Google.com/
It ranks sites
according to number of links
Search UK http://www.searchuk.co.uk
searches UK
sites and covers 6m pages.
Meta
search engines search the search engines in combination and cover 42% of the web
Mamma http://www.mamma.com/
Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com/
Search Engine
Watch is full of up to date news and tips
For
guidance to interesting essays, news, debates, go daily to Arts & Letters
Dailymain newspapers, etc. http://www.cybereditions.com/aldaily/
There
is a large archive of materials in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, group
relations, Darwinian psychology and other matters related to human nature at http://www.human-nature-com
This
site contains many, many papers, books and other and texts in psychoanalysis.
British
Psycho-Analytical Society Site contains many papers, reviews, notices of coming
events, links (very select…)
http://www.psychoanalysis.org.uk
Psyche
Matters
Large
archive of writings, bibliographies, links re: psychoanalysis
http://psychematters.com/index.htm
Freudian
Links
An
Index of Freud and Psychoanalysis
Related Resources
http://www.mii.kurume-u.ac.jp/~leuers/Freud.htm
The
Encyclopedia Britannica is now fully accessible free at http://www.britannica.com/
RECOMMENDED
EMAIL DISCUSSION FORUMS AND EGROUPS:
HUMAN
NATURE INFORMATION eGroup
This forum
is an archive of information about email forums, web sites, archives and other
information of potential interest to people working or interested in human
nature. It includes the human sciences, philosophy, psychoanalysis and
psychotherapy, psychiatry, philosophy of science, issues in medicine and the
history of medicine, social studies of science, cultural studies, brain science
and any other topic which appears to be relevant, including publications and
information of general interest to
internet users.
For
some time I have felt that the web sites are unsatisfactory to which I regularly
contribute information about email forums, web sites and other information of
potential interest to people concerned with various aspects of human nature, the
human sciences, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, philosophy of science, medicine
and related matters.
They have now
been complemented with one which has the advantage that it is very easy to add
new entries to it. It takes the form of a web-based eGroup with an archive which
is easy of access. From now on I will archive any new information there which I
think may be of specialist
interest, as well as other items which may be of general interest, e.g.,
cultural publications, free software, conferences, etc. Subscribers will receive
each announcement as it is posted, and they will all be archived at the
eGroup’s web site. Over time this is likely to build into a considerable
resource.
To join
the eGroup, send an e-mail with no message to human-nature-info-subscribe@egroups.com
The eGroup's
messages, calendar, document vault, and more are
available on the
web at http://www.egroups.com/group/human-nature-info/
Suggested items
for inclusion on the forum and for placement in the archive will be submitted
for my consideration.
Anyone wishing
to set up their own forum and archive, with their own rules and procedures, can
do so free of charge at http://www.egroups.com
Moderator:
Robert M. Young
HUMAN
NATURE eGroup
This eGroup is
designed to provide a space for interdisciplinary discussion of issues
concerning human nature, including, for example, philosophical and historical
issues, theories of human nature in psychology and the human sciences,
archaeology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. The idea behind it
is, once again, to build bridges,
i.e., the opposite of sectarian carping, downputting or scoring. The academic
division of labour is so balkanised that it is often difficult to know what’s
going on in fields quite close to one’s own, never mind ones which are more
intellectually distant. I hope subscribers will draw the eGroup’s attention to
important new ideas and publications. I also hope people will offer essays for
the Vault (web site) and links to other relevant web sites. Academics,
clinicians and interested laypeple are all welcome.
Moderator: Robert M.
Young
The eGroup's messages,
calendar, document vault, and more are available on the web at
http://www.egroups.com/group/human-nature/
The eGroup's email
address for sending messages is
To subscribe
automatically, send an email to
human-nature-subscribe@egroups.com
Moderator: Robert M. Young
robert@rmy1.demon.co.uk
HUMAN NATURE
BOOKS eGroup
human-nature-books-l@egroups.com
This is an
announcement list for the purpose of sharing personal knowledge about good and
excellent books about human nature. It is my opinion that many - perhaps most -
people on the net have patchy knowledge of the literature in this very broad
field. From time to time I will offer views on particular books and series which
I know well or have reason to recommend.
The project will
inevitably centre around topics where I
am knowledgeable. I am particularly
well-read about psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, philosophy, history &
philosophy of the human sciences, social malaise, and Darwinism. I am
particularly industrious in these areas because of research and writing in which
I am engaged. I also try to remain
well-informed about more general and reflective books about human nature and
society. I will also recommend works in any related field, e.g., fiction, social
science, world affairs, which have come to my attention and which I think well
of.
Access to the
archive will be open to anyone, not just subscribers to the egroup. I will also
supply web addresses for ordering those of the books which I recommend which are
in print. People who order by this route will pay the usual price, while I will
benefit to the extent of a few per cent of the price, money which I will devote
to our research, net activities and publishing. People who subscribe or make use
of the archive are, of course, free to purchase the books from anywhere they
like or borrow them from a library. Buying them from the recommended suppliers
is not essential to making use of this resource (though I would appreciate it).
Suggestions for books to include in the recommended list are welcome.
Subscription URL
It is easy to
subscribe to human-nature-books; eGroups has created a URL that you can use
to join the list. The URL is: http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/human-nature-books-l
Moderator:
Robert M. Young
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND
PSYCHOTHERAPY eGroup
psychoanalysis-and-psychotherapy@eGroups.com
Although there are existing
groups and forums for psychoanalysis and others for psychotherapy, there has
hitherto been none which seeks to bring together people interested in the
psychoanalytic approach as employed in analysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy
and psychodynamic counselling, where the counsellor works in the transference.
This eGroup is designed to foster communication across those three communities,
both in theory and in practice. I hope subscribers will draw the eGroup’s
attention to interesting publications and offer essays and reviews to the Vault
(web site) and interesting links to other relevant groups and web sites. The
intention is to facilitate communication, and messages should be offered in that
spirit. Disagreement is fine, but sectarianism is not welcome.
The eGroup's messages,
calendar, document vault, and more are available on the web at
http://www.egroups.com/group/psychoanalysis-and-psychotherapy/
The eGroup's email
address for sending messages is
psychoanalysis-and-psychotherapy@egroups.com
.
To subscribe automatically,
send an email to
psychoanalysis-and-psychotherapy-subscribe@egroups.com
Moderator: Robert M. Young
GROUP RELATIONS eGroup
The
Group Relations tradition inspired by W. R. Bion’s _Experiences in Groups_ and developed at the Tavistock Centre and elsewhere by, e.g.,
A. K. Rice, Pierre Turquet, Gordon Lawrence, Eric Miller, David Armstrong and
others, has led to the regular group relations conferences throughout the world
and has been very influential in the study of groups and institutions. It also
plays an important role in organizational consultancy. This forum is designed to
foster discussion and to provide a congenial place for writings in this
tradition to be available on the web.
To join the eGroup, send an e-mail with no message to grouprelations-subscribe@egroups.com
The
eGroup's messages, calendar, document vault, and more are
available on the web at
http://www.egroups.com/group/grouprelations/
Moderator: Robert M. Young
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PSYCHOANALYTIC UNDERSTANDING OF
ORGANIZATIONS (ISPSO) email forum
ISPSO is the mailing list (email forum) for the International
Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations. Its purpose is to foster communication among managers, consultants, and academics interested
in the psychodynamics of organizations. Questions about the list, or
suggestions for its development, should be addressed to Howard Schwartz
Schwartz@oakland.edu. Any
interested person may subscribe.
There is an extensive archive of papers given at successive annual
conferences, along with news and events, list of members, photos, etc.
http://www.sba.oakland.edu/ispso
To subscribe send a message to: Majordomo@okland.edu
Body
of message: subscribe ISPSO
ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHODYNAMICS egroup
Here are some of the topics we are discussing:
-Covert and irrational organizational processes
-The psychology of conflict
-Narcissistic leadership
-Organizational resistance
-Projective processes in groups
-Action learning
-Power structure of the undercover organization, etc etc.
To join, simply send an email to orgdyne-subscribe@egroups.com
. To learn
more about the group, visit www.egroups.com/group/orgdyne
.
Moderator: Anil Behal, MSM, Ph.D.
List Facilitator, Orgdyne
Organizational Psychodynamics Discussion Group
http://www.egroups.com/group/orgdyne
OBJECT RELATIONS IN PSYCHOANALYSIS eGroup
The
inspiration for this egroup is an interest in Klein, Post-Kleinians, Winnicott,
Fairbairn, Guntrip and other and more recent writers
in the object
relations tradition within psychoanalysis. There is an existing list on Bion and
there is an object relations web site, but was formerly no forum, egroup or web
site specifically dedicated to this particular stratum of psychoanalytic theory.
This egroup and its associated web site are designed to fill this void.
Any topic within
the broad domain mentioned above is welcome. So are interventions aimed at
mounting critiques of this tradition, broadly conceived. However, civility must
be the norm. In addition to theoretical and clinical issues, we are particularly
interested in encouraging applications to the object relations tradition to
literature, film and other aspects of culture and cultural studies. Submissions
for essays for consideration for the web site should be sent to either of the
forum moderators.
To join
the eGroup, send an e-mail with no message to
object-relations-subscribe@egroups.com
The
eGroup's messages, calendar, document vault, and more are
available on the
web at
http://www.egroups.com/group/object-relations/
Form
Moderator: Robert M. Young
Professor of
Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic Studies Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies
University of Sheffield
Co-moderator:
Michael Szollosy egp97ms@sheffield.ac.uk
Research Student
in English Literature & Psychoanalytic Studies University of Sheffield
This egroup
replaces the email forum formerly based at
object-relations@human-nature.net
Moderator: Robert M. Young
MELANIE
KLEIN AND KLEINIANISM eGroup
This egroup is devoted to
Klein, Bion and others influenced by her, as well as, Fairbairn, Winnicott and
more general issues in the object relations tradition.
One of the aims on this eGroup is that people should draw others’ attention to
new publications and offer comments on and reviews of them.
Subscription and comments by
people critical of Kleinian ideas are welcome, as long as they are put in a
civil and constructive way, but the main aim is to foster discussion among
essentially people sympathetic to Kleinian ideas.
The egroup is also associated with the ejournal Kleinian
Studies, the web site of which is at the human-nature.com web site:
To join
the eGroup, send an e-mail with no message to kleinians-subscribe@egroups.com
The
eGroup's messages, calendar, document vault, and more are
available on the
web at http://www.egroups.com/group/kleinians/
Moderator: Robert M.
Young
D. W. WINNICOTT eGroup
As I said in
announcing the new Klein eGroup, when I took part in setting up the Object
Relations eGroup, I assumed that the forum would be devoted to Klein, Fairbairn,
Winnicott and more general issues in the object relations tradition. This has
not occurred. By contrast, the Bion forum is thriving. I draw the conclusion
that there is a place for a forum devoted to Winnicott and the people and ideas
in the tradition which he began. Since his writings are so allusive and his
ideas are hard to get clear, I believe that his work would greatly benefit from
being mulled over by sympathetic people.
I will also in due course
set up a D. W. Winnicott Home Page with references, links and other pertinent
materials. One of the things I hope will flourish on this eGroup is that people
will draw others’ attention to new publications and offer comments on and
reviews of them.
To
join the eGroup, send an e-mail with no message to winnicott-subscribe@egroups.com
The
eGroup's messages, calendar, document vault, and more are available on the web
at http://www.egroups.com/group/winnicott/
Moderator:
Robert M. Young
W.R.
BION email forum
The
W.R. Bion email forum was
originally established in anticipation of a conference in Italy in 1997 but has
carried on as a place for discussion of his work. The web site includes a
complete bibliography
Web
site: http://www.sicap.it/~merciai/bion97.htm
http://www.sicap.it/~merciai/spi.htm
(moderator)
To
join forum, send email message to: majordomo@inrete.it
.
Body
of message: subscribe bion97
PSYCHOANALYSIS
AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE/FREE ASSOCIATIONS email forum
Psa-Public-Sphere@sheffield.ac.uk
For
discussion of wider social, cultural, philosophical, political, ideological,
institutional and related aspects of psychoanalysis and other psychodynamic
approaches. (This is not to exclude the clinical but to frame clinical matters
contextually.) Matters of concern to the profession, including funding,
efficacy, and critiques are also welcome fare, as is any psychodynamically-related
topic. This forum grew out of an annual conference sponsored by the Department
of Human Relations, University of
East London; the quarterly journal, _Free Associations: Psychoanalysis, Groups,
Politics, Culture_, and the Human Nature Trust (a charity which supports
psychoanalytic publishing, teaching and conferences). The forum was originally
designed to reflect the concerns of the annual conference (now in suspension)
and to give them an ongoing presence.
The
email forum is associated with a WWW site where papers given at annual
conferences and other relevant documents available for downloading or reading
on-line:
http://www.human-nature.com/free-associations/index.html
It
is also associated with a hard copy journal,
_Free
Associations: Psychoanalysis, Groups, Politics, Culture_.
For
information about subscribing and a list of back issues, go to:
http://www.human-nature.com/process-press/journals.html
These
web sites form part of a larger project with an extensive web site and several
email forums which are designed to bring together various disciplines concerned
with the understanding of human nature
Forum
Moderators:
Robert
Maxwell Young
email robert@rmy1.demon.co.uk
Mark
Alexander, Wellcome Institute, London.
email
M.Alexander@wellcome.ac.uk
If
you wish to subscribe, send an email message to: listproc@sheffield.ac.uk
Body
of message: subscribe psa-public-sphere yourname
PSYCHOANALYTIC
STUDIES email forum
Psychoanalytic-Studies@sheffield.ac.uk
This
forum is associated with the journal of the same name and is devoted to the
_academic, scholarly_ discussion of all aspects of psychoanalysis.
Among
the topics envisaged are: history,
theory, cultural studies, film, literature, drama, critical theory,
anthropology, art, feminism, gender studies, biography & autobiography,
personality psychology, dynamic psychiatry, social science - anything which
includes a psychoanalytic (or, broadly speaking, psychodynamic) dimension.
WWW
site: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/psastud/index.html
Moderator:
Robert M. Young, Associate Editor of _Psychoanalytic Studies_ journal,
r.m.young@sheffield.ac.uk
If
you wish to subscribe, send a message to: listproc@sheffield.ac.uk
Body
of message: subscribe psychoanalytic-studies yourname
Moderator: Robert M. Young
EUROPEAN
PSYCHOTHERAPY eGroup
Europsych
is concerned to foster exchange of information about psychotherapy in Europe -
East and West. We hope that subscribers will share information about
psychotherapy facilities, training and research in their countries so that
others can be better informed and so that ideas, writings and expertise can be
shared.
Practitioners of
all approaches to psychotherapy are welcome, and subscribers to the list
are expected to relate constructively (or silently) to approaches other than
their own. ‘All’ includes psychodynamic, behavioural, brief, solution-focussed,
gestalt, etc, as well as group therapy, art psychotherapy, drama therapy, dance
therapy, etc.
It is hoped that
people who join the list and are in a position to do so should sketch the
situation in their country - numbers of practitioners and approaches, trainings,
provision for payment, institutional and intellectual issues and whatever other
topics may seem relevant and interesting.
A particularly
interesting topic is the situation and development of psychotherapy in Eastern
Europe and possibilities for mutual support, exchanges and the development of
distance learning projects.
To join the eGroup, send an e-mail with no message to europsych-subscribe@egroups.com
The
eGroup's messages, calendar, document vault, and more are available on the web
at http://www.egroups.com/group/europsych/
Moderator:
Robert M. Young
Psychosoma
Description:
Psychosoma is an Internet discussion group for professionals who are interested
in psychosomatic and behavioral medicine.
Psychosoma focus on the interdisciplinary field
concerned with the development and integration of behavioral and
biomedical science knowledge and techniques relevant to the understanding
of health and illness, and the application of this
knowledge and these techniques to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and
rehabilitation.
Forum Leaders: Dr. A. Rolnick
Davida Mone Rodrigues,M.D.
Membership: professionals who are interested in psychosomatic
and behavioral medicine.
Size: 100
Messages per week: about 1
How to join: Send email to listserv@listp.apa.org
withth
the following message:
'SUBSCRIBE
psychosoma' Your First Name Your Last Name
Web sites: Psychosoma homepage
PSYCHOTHERAPY
AND COUNSELLING email forum
This
forum is for general discussion of issues concerning all forms of psychotherapy
and counselling, including issues relevant to the professions, clinical and
theoretical problems, new publications, job vacancies and whatever else the
subscribers may wish to raise.
The
forum moderator is Steve Renee, Leeds Metropolitan University: S.Rennie@lmu.ac.uk
To
subscribe, email to:
Body of message: subscribe psych-couns yourname
HUMAN
RELATIONS, AUTHORITY AND JUSTICE: EXPERIENCES
AND CRITIQUES email forum
Experiences
and Critiques, is an open, unmoderated forum designed to encourage the
application of psychoanalytic and related psychodynamic approaches to the
understanding of group, institutional, cultural and political processes. The
forum is related to an electronic journal of the same name based at http://www.human-nature.com/HRAJ/home.html
.
Most
of those who are working on this project are based in London, England and work
in the helping professions, organizational consultancy and group relations,
while some work with ethnic minorities, crisis
intervention, sexual abuse and other applied spheres. What brings them together
is in the conviction that primitive, unconscious, irrational
processes play a much larger part in human relations than is usually
supposed and that unless full account can be taken of these processes and
unless ways can be found to understand and contain them
the individual to international relations.
In
particular, the group has made extensive use of the approaches to human
relations developed by Wilfred Bion and others at the Tavistock Institute of
Human Relations, summarised in his _Experiences In Groups_ (London: Tavistock,
1961) and the tradition of group relations and organizational consultancy which
has followed on from that work in the Tavistock and elsewhere, in particular, in
group relations conferences at Leicester and elsewhere, e.g., America, Israel,
Germany, Australia, India. Other approaches, both psychoanalytic and systemic,
are also drawn upon, in particular, on the normal role of psychotic anxieties in
contributing to problems in groups and institutions.
Group relations events were held in Sofia in 1992 and 1996, and there was
a founding conference of the project in 1995.
To
subscribe, send the following command in the BODY of mail to
LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
SUB HRAJ yourfirstname yourlastname
For
example:
SUB HRAJ Margaret Thatcher
Archives available at
http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/index.html
Owner: Robert M. Young robert@rmy1.demon.co.uk
PSYCHIATRY,
PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY
Psychiatry,
Philosophy and Society is a unique interdisciplinary forum which has been formed
to encourage a critical analysis of
psychiatric, psychotherapeutic and psychological practices, from a number of
different perspectives. The aim of
the forum is to draw attention to the ever more extensive and intensive web of 'psy-services'
that proliferate within societies and to investigate their emergence,
consequence, function and legitimacy. Challenging to practitioners and academics
alike, this forum is designed to generate puzzlement and to encourage careful
critical reflection upon the experience of patients and the practices of
psychiatry and related fields of
study.
To subscribe, send the following command in the BODY
of mail to LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
SUB PSYPHIL yourfirstname yourlastname
For example:
SUB PSYPHIL Bertrand Russell
Owner: Ian Pitchford Ian.Pitchford@scientist.com
EVOLUTIONARY
PSYCHOLOGY eGroup
evolutionary-psychology@egroups.com
"The
goal of research in evolutionary psychology is to discover and understand the
design of the human mind. Evolutionary psychology is an approach to psychology,
in which knowledge and principles from evolutionary biology are put to use in
research on the structure of the human mind. It is not an area of study, like
vision, reasoning, or social behavior. It is a way of thinking about psychology
that can be applied to any topic within it. In this view, the mind is a set of
information-processing machines that were designed by natural
selection to
solve adaptive problems faced by our hunter-gatherer ancestors. This way of
thinking about the brain, mind, and behavior is changing how scientists approach
old topics, and opening up new ones."
To join send an
e-mail to
evolutionary-psychology-subscribe@egroups.com
or join via the
web site
The messages of
the group are found at
http://www.egroups.com/list/evolutionary-psychology/
Moderator:
Ian Pitchford
PSYCHIATRY
RESEARCH eGroup
psychiatry-research@egroups.com
A
web-based group is available for the dissemination and discussion of research
into psychopathology:
To subscribe,
send a message to psychiatry-research-subscribe@egroups.com or go
to the e-group's
home page at http://www.egroups.com/list/psychiatry-research
Moderator:
Ian Pitchford
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL
NOTES eGroup
autobiographical-notes@eGroups.com
This forum
is an archive of information about email forums, web sites, archives and other
information of potential interest to people working or interested in human
nature. It includes the human sciences, philosophy, psychoanalysis and
psychotherapy, psychiatry, philosophy of science, issues in medicine and the
history of medicine, social studies of science, cultural studies, brain science
and any other topic which appears to be relevant, including publications and
information of general interest to
internet users.
This group
is designed so that its members can share notes about their own lives, the
development of their ideas, beliefs, values and views. One aim is to build up an
archive of reflective materials on the development of ideas in their personal
and historical contexts. Another is to shed personal light on the work of
creative individuals.
To join
the eGroup, send an e-mail with no message to autobiographical-notes-subscribe@egroups.com
The
eGroup's messages, calendar, document vault, and more are
available on the
web at http://www.egroups.com/group/autobiographical-notes
/
I will act
as the forum moderator. Suggested items for inclusion on the forum and for
placement in the archive will be submitted for my consideration.
Anyone wishing
to set up their own forum and archive, with their own rules and procedures, can
do so free of charge at http://www.egroups.com
Moderator:
Robert M. Young
UNDERSTANDIG
EATING eGroup
understandingeating@eGroups.com
This
group is concerned with the emotional issues concerning eating. While it is
intended to embrace eating disorders — anorexia, bulimia, obesity — it is
primarily aimed at broader issues which confront normal people and people
struggling with eating.
To
join the eGroup, send an e-mail with no message to understandingeating-subscribe@egroups.com
The
eGroup's messages, calendar, document vault, and more are
available on the
web at http://www.egroups.com/group/understandingeating/
Egroup Moderator:
Em
Farrell, author of _Lost for Words: The Psychoanalysis of Anorexia and Bulimia_
(Process Press, 1995)
PSYCHOLOGUICAL
TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOSES - EGROUP
International
Society for the Psychological
Treatments
of Schizophrenia and other Psychoses (UK Chapter)
Group
email addresses:
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DARWIN-AND-DARWINISM
eGroup
darwin-and-darwinism@eGroups.com
There has been
for some time an email forum with this name at sheffield.ac.uk The moderators
decided to move it to a more convenient host at eGroups.com, but the old site
and its subscriber list got deleted before the (179) subscribers could be moved
_en bloc_., We therefore ask old
subscribers, as well as new people interested in the topics mentioned below, to
subscribe anew: see end of message for instructions.
This is a forum
for discussion of any and all matters concerned with evolution. This means
Darwin, his life and theories, Darwinian scholarship, including other approaches
to evolution in the past and present. It is also intended to include findings,
debates, concepts and philosophical discussions about Darwinian ideas in other
disciplines, including, for example, Darwinian psychology, social science,
epistemology and the relevance of Darwinism
to moral, cultural, social, political and ideological matters.
One of the aims
of the forum is to provide a place where different disciplines and points of
view which often do not make much contact can debate in a single space. This
means that sharp disagreements are very likely. The forum leaders are determined
that these will be conducted in a civil manner.
To
subscribe, write to darwin-and-darwinism-subscribe@egroups.com
or join via the
web site
The messages of
the group are found at
http://www.egroups.com/list/darwin-and-darwinism/
Moderator:
Robert M. Young
SCIENCE-AS-CULTURE
email forum
science-as-culture@maelstrom.stjohns.edu
For
discussion of cultural aspects of science, technology, medicine and other forms
of expertise (including the internet)
Science
as Culture is an unmoderated forum for critical discussion of the cultural
aspects of all forms of expertise, for example, the impact of science on
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SEEKING TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES'
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