Historical and Contemporary Perspectives of Philosophy of Science in Europe

European Science Foundation (ESF) 2001-2003

Third International Workshop:
Location: King’s College, London
Date: September 7 – 9, 2003

“Laws and Models in Science”
Speakers:
Jeremy Butterfield (Oxford), Thomas Placek (Cracow), Tim Shallice (London), Eric Myin (Brussels), Dov Gabbay (London), Gerhard Schurz (Düsseldorf), Katarzyna Paprzycka (Poznan), Marcel Weber (Hannover), Mary Morgan (London), Peter Rosner (Vienna), Rainer Hegselmann (Bayreuth), Thomas Mormann (San Sebastian), Eric Weber (Gent), Pascal Engel (Paris), Wlodek Rabinowicz (Uppsala), Martin Carrier (Bielefeld), James McAllister (Leiden), Maria Carla Galavotti (Bologna), Donald Gillies (London), Huw Price (Sydney-Edinburgh), Raffaella Campaner (Bologna)
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Scientific World Conceptions(VISU/SWC)
“Biological and Cosmological Evolution”

organized by the University of Vienna and the Institute Vienna Circle

Main Lecturers:
Karl Sigmund (University of Vienna, Austria)
Robert M. Wald (University of Chicago, USA)
Eörs Szathmáry (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
Assistant Lecturer:
Daniel Holz (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)

Location: Vienna, University Campus
Date: 14-27 July, 2003

The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism. Re-evaluation and future perspectives
Herausgeber: Friedrich Stadler
Bestellen   Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer 2003 (= Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook 10/2002)

Language and Truth - Contributions to the Philosophy of Rudolf Carnap
Herausgeber: Michael Heidelberger, Friedrich Stadler
Bestellen   Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer 2003 (= Vienna Circle Institute Library 2)

Wissenschaftsphilosophie und Politik – Philosophy of Science and Politics
Hrsg. Michael Heidelberger, Friedrich Stadler
Bestellen   Wien-New York: Springer 2003 (= Veröffentlichungen des Instituts Wiener Kreis, Bd. 11)

Intellectual Migration and Cultural Transformation. Refugees from national socialism in the english-speaking world
Hrsg. Edward Timms, Jon Hughes
Bestellen   Wien-New York: Springer 2003 (= Veröffentlichungen des Instituts Wiener Kreis, Bd. 12)

Wien und der Wiener Kreis. Orte einer unvollendeten Moderne. Ein Begleitbuch
Hrsg. Volker Thurm unter Mitarbeit von Elisabeth Nemeth
Bestellen   Wien: Facultas 2003

Expansion of primary sources and secondary literature and the Vienna Circle and its influence. Acquisation of estates and archival material in Austria and abroad.

Robert S. Cohen-Collection and Archives: Robert Sonné Cohen (b. 1924) is an American philosopher, scientist and historian of science and philosophy who has been editing the Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science and organizing the Boston Colloquium for the Philosophy of Science over many decades. The Robert S. Cohen Collection contains correspondence, unpublished and published manuscripts and typescripts, reprints, journal issues, news clippings, photographic prints, sound recordings, memos and notebooks. A substantial portion of the Robert S. Cohen Collection is being made available for use by educators and researchers at the Institute Vienna Circle as the Robert S. Cohen Archives. The Institute Vienna Circle provides access to full-sized photomechanical reproductions of documents selected from the Collection that offer insight into the development of Logical Positivism.

Adolf Gruenbaum-Archives: A similar acquisation is in preparation with the private archives of Adolf Gruenbaum, one of the greatest of living scientific philosophers, the founder and chair of the Pittsburgh Center for Philosophy of Science.

Eugene T. Gadol-Library: The research library of Eugene T. Gadol has been dedicated to the Institute Vienna Circle in 2002 by his heirs and is available for research.

Präsentationen:

Sabine Koch (Wien): Das Projekt der Ringbühne und seine Entwicklung bei Oskar Strnad: Theaterarchitektur - neue Sehweisen - Ostasienrezeption.

Sebastian Meissl (Wien): Österreichische Gelehrtenbriefe des 19. Jahrhunderts: Der Nachlass des Germanisten Wilhelm Scherer (wissenschaftsgeschichtlicher Quellenwert, Probleme der Edition und Kommentierung).

"KunstKunstKunst. Der große österreichische Staatspreis 1950-2002" - Gespräch mit dem Kurator John Sailer im Anschluss an die Führung am 11. April durch die Ausstellung.

Károly Kókai (Wien): Franz Wickhoff und die Geistes- und Kulturgeschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung und Kunst - Präsentationen

The aim of this project - planned for 10 years, and with a three years start-up phase (2002-2005) funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) - consists of putting together a critical edition of the complete works of Moritz Schlick as well as his intellectual biography. The project is being carried out by the Institute Vienna Circle (Vienna, Austria), the Research and Documentation Center for Austrian Philosophy (Graz, Austria), and the Department for Philosophy at the University of Rostock (Germany). General Editors are Friedrich Stadler (Vienna) and Hans-Jürgen Wendel (Rostock).
In 12 volumes Schlick's published and unpublished writings (including correspondence) will for the first time be accessible in their entirety to a large circle of students and scholars, facilitating thus further research in philosophy of science and closing some big lacunae in this area. - The Volumes I Allgemeine Erkenntnisleher, II Über die Reflexion des Lichtes/Raum und Zeit in der gegenwärtigen Physik, and III Lebensweisheit/Sinn des Lebens/Fragen der Ethik of the edition are currently being prepared for printing and shall be published by Springer: Vienna-New York. Massimo Ferrari's Moritz Schlick: An Intellectual Biography is being prepared in close interaction with the editorial team and - based on sources so far unpublished - intends to shed new light on the life and work of one of the key figures of Logical Empiricism.