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CALL FOR PAPERS
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF CONTROVERSY
VERCELLI, ITALY
OCTOBER 12-13


The International Society for the Study of Controversy
(pronounced I-ASK) invites papers on the rhetoric of experiment.  We 
solicit papers from any one in science studies--from any rhetorician, 
philosopher, social scientist, or historian--who is interested in the 
persuasive role of experiments or thought experiments or in the extent 
to which such experiments or thought experiments are, or can be 
modelled, as arguments.

We regard as seminal to work on the rhetoric of experiment Gerald 
Holton's early paper on Millikan's famous oil drop experiments, a paper 
in which Holton shows that Millikan "improperly" selected his 
most persuasive drops for public view.  In effect, as we see it,  
Millikan was making an argument for his views in a manner analogous to 
that of a lawyer defending his client.

Please send 500-word abstracts of proposed papers by email by August 1 
to Alan Gross at Grossalang@aol.com.  Please do not send anything by 
regular mail.

Alan Gross
Center for Philosophy of Science
University of Pittsburgh
817 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412)624-0903 (office)
(412) 683-2455 (home-voice mail)
(412) 624-3895 (fax)

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