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Dear Colleagues, The January IHPST newsletter is now available on the web at: http://ihpst.net/newsletters/ Item #3 contains up-dated information about the 2013 International IHPST conference which will be held at University of Pittsburgh, June 19-23. Paper submissions need be made by March 1st. Item #4 contains details about the IHPST Council elections for the 2013-15 term, which are soon to be held. Nominations close February 15. CONTENTS 1. Science & Education Journal, Volume 22 Number 1 Philosophical Considerations in the Teaching of Biology, Pt.I: Philosophy of Biology and Explanation in Biology 2. Science & Education Journal, Report (a) Rationale and Purpose of the Journal (b) Journal on the Web (c) Manuscript Submissions (d) Copyediting Assistance Required for Manuscripts from Non-Anglo Authors (e) Article Downloads (f) Thematic Issues (g) Journal Reviewing 3. Twelfth International IHPST Conference, Pittsburgh, June 19-23, 2013 4. IHPST 2013 Council Election - Call for Nominations 5. Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP) Fourth Biennial Conference, 26-29 June 2013, University of Toronto, Canada 6. East-Asian Association for Science Education (EASE 2013) in Hong Kong, China, 4-6 July, 2013. 7. 4th Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Helsinki, 28-31 August 2013 8. International Conference on The Special Role of Science in Liberal Democracy, November 21-22, 2013, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 9. Book Reviews (i) Mansoor Niaz (2012), From 'Science in the Making' to Understanding the Nature of Science: An Overview for Science Educators, Routledge [KEITH S TABER] (ii) Mansoor Niaz & C. Marcano (2012), Reconstruction of Wave-Particle Duality and its Implications for General Chemistry Textbooks. Springer, 2012 [KEVIN DE BERG] (iii) Aldo Poiani (ed.) (2012), Pragmatic Evolution: Applications of Evolutionary Theory. Cambridge University Press [ALESSANDRO MINELLI] (iv) M. J. S. Hodge (2008), Before and After Darwin. Origins, Species, Cosmogonies, and Ontologies and Darwin Studies. A Theorist and his Theories in their Contexts, Ashgate, [VASSILIKI BETTY SMOCOVITIS] (v) Hasok Chang (2012) Is Water H2O? Evidence, Pluralism and Realism, Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. [ALAN CHALMERS] 10. Coming Conferences 11. IHPST Council (2011-13) 12. IHPST Email List 13. Newsletter Items A/Professor Michael R. Matthews School of Education University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 Australia [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Editor Science & Education http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/science+education/journal/11191 President, Inter-Divisional Teaching Commission of DHST/DLMPS of IUHPS www.idtc-iuhps.org<http://www.idtc-iuhps.org/>