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PROGRAM |
Internationale Konferenz / International Conference |
20 Jahre Institut Wiener Kreis / 20th Anniversary of the Institute Vienna Circle |
Internationale Konferenz / International Conference |
Philosophy of Science in Europe - European Philosophy of Science and the Viennese Heritage |
In Verbindung mit dem / In connection with the |
ESF Research Networking Programme „The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective“ (www.pse-esf.org) |
5.-7. Dezember 2011 / December 5-7, 2011 |
Wien, Universitätscampus, Aula und Kapelle / Campus of the University of Vienna, Aula and Chapel |
Veranstalter / Organizer: Institut Wiener Kreis / Institute Vienna Circle, Universität Wien |
Mit Unterstützung der Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien / Supported by the City of Vienna, Department of Cultural Affairs |
Program Chairs: Maria Carla Galavotti, Elisabeth Nemeth, Friedrich Stadler |
Konferenzsprachen / Conference Languages: Deutsch und Englisch / German and English |
Eintritt frei. Anmeldung unter ivc@univie.ac.at |
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Wednesday, November 30, 19.00 |
Wiener Vorlesung in Wiener Rathaus/City Hall of Vienna |
Edward Timms (Sussex): Das Wissen der Wiener Moderne. Dynamik der Kreise, Resonanz der Räume |
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| Aula | Kapelle |
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 |
9.00-13.00 | | ESF-PSE Steering Committee Meeting |
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| Section A PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN EUROPE - EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | Section B PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE - THE VIENNESE HERITAGE |
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| Chair: Elisabeth Nemeth | Chair: Massimo Ferrari |
14.30-15.10 | Friedrich Stadler (Universität Wien) From the Vienna Circle to the Institute Vienna Circle: On the Viennese Heritage in Contemporary Philosophy of Science | Herbert Posch (Universität Wien) Der Mord an Moritz Schlick in der kollektiven Erinnerung der Universität Wien |
15.15-15.55 | Cristina Chimisso (The Open University, Milton Keynes) A Matter of Substance? Gaston Bachelard on Chemistry's Philosophical Lessons | Thomas Uebel (University of Manchester) Name ist Schall und Rauch? On Naming a Revolutionary Philosophy |
16.00-16.40 | Olav Gjelsvik (University of Oslo) Quine on Observation | Heidi König-Porstner (Universität Wien) General Relativity in the English-speaking World: Henry L. Brose's Translation of Moritz Schlick's "Space and Time in Contemporary Physics" |
16.40-17:00 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: Michael Esfeld | Chair: Thomas Mormann |
17.00-17.40 | Claude Debru (École Normale Supérieure, Paris) On the Relationships between Neuroscience and Philosophy: the Case of Sleep and Dreaming | John Beatty (University of British Columbia) Gould on History |
17.45-18.25 | Richard Creath (Arizona State University) Metaphysics in the Thirties: Why Should Anyone Care Now? | Ingrid Belke (Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach) Karl Popper und die Geschichte |
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19.15 | Official Opening of the Conference |
| Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (Vizerektorin für Forschung und Nachwuchsförderung) Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Konrad Liessmann (Vizedekan der Fakultät für Philosophie und Bildungswissenschaft) Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Friedrich Stadler (Vorstand des Instituts Wiener Kreis) | |
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| 19th Vienna Circle Lecture |
| Chair: Friedrich Stadler | |
| Hans-Jürgen Wendel (Universität Rostock) Moritz Schlick und die Metaphysik | |
21:00 | Reception for Speakers and Chairs |
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 |
| Chair: Theo Kuipers | Chair: Christian Damböck |
9.00-9.40 | Maria Carla Galavotti (University of Bologna) Probabilistic Epistemology: A European Tradition | Michael Stöltzner (University of South Carolina) and Veronika Hofer (Medizinuniversität Wien) Vienna Circle Historiographies |
9.45-10.25 | Richard Dawid (Universität Wien) A Bayesian Model of No Alternative Arguments | Antonia Soulez (Université de Paris 8) The Place of Wittgenstein in the Manifesto of the Vienna Circle |
10.30-11.10 | Michael Esfeld (University of Lausanne) In Search for a Causal Explanation of the Bell Experiments) | Massimo Ferrari (University of Torino) Materialien zu Moritz Schlicks intellektueller Biographie: Franz Erhardt und die Habilitation in Rostock |
11.10-11.30 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: Richard Creath | Chair: Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau |
11.30-12.10 | Wlodek Rabinowicz (Lund University) The Interference Problem for the Betting Interpretation of Subjective Probabilities | Owen Flanagan (Duke University) The Influence of Positivism on B.F. Skinner's Radical Behaviorism |
12.15-12.55 | Gregory Wheeler (New University Lisbon) The Decimation of Independence | Georg Schiemer (Universität München) Semantics in Type Theory |
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13.00-14.30 | Lunch break |
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| Chair: Matti Sintonen | Chair: Michael Stöltzner |
14.30-15.10 | Theo Kuipers (University of Groningen) Truth Approximation by Belief Revision | Peter Weibel (ZKM, Karlsruhe) "The Vienna Circle in Hungary" (Book Presentation: András Máté/Miklós Rédei/Friedrich Stadler, eds., Der Wiener Kreis in Ungarn/The Vienna Circle in Hungary (Vienna-New York: Springer 2011) |
15.15-15.55 | Ladislav Kvasz (Charles University in Prague) Mathematics and Experience | Eckehart Köhler (Universität Wien) Gödel and Carnap: Platonism vs. Conventionalism |
16.00-16.40 | Martin Kusch (Universität Wien) Wittgenstein's "On Certainty" and the Philosophy of Mathematics | Karl Sigmund (Universität Wien) Gödel in Vienna |
16.40-17.00 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: Gereon Wolters | Chair: Matthias Neuber |
17.00-17.40 | Kenneth C. Waters (University of Minnesota) An Argument for Complex Metaphysics Based on the Nature of Systematic Inquiry in an Ultimately Messy Biological World | Matti Sintonen (University of Helsinki) The Viennese Heritage in Finland: Kaila, von Wright and Hintikka |
17.45-18.25 | Pablo Lorenzano (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes) What is the Status of the Hardy-Weinberg Law within Population Genetics? | Jan Wołeński (University of Cracow) Kazimierz Twardowski and the Development of Philosophy of Science in Poland |
18.30-19.10 | Jane Maienschein (Arizona State University) Hans Driesch and Developing Organisms | Daniel Kuby (Universität Wien) Feyerabend and the "Historical Turn" in the Philosophy of Science |
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7 |
| Chair: Richard Dawid | Chair: Heidi König-Porstner |
9.00-9.40 | Tomasz Placek (University Cracow) Two Notions of (In)Determinism | Thomas Mormann (University Donostia-San Sebastian) Wiener wissenschaftliche Weltanschauungen - Zwischen "Leben", Politik, und Wissenschaftsphilosophie |
9.45-10.25 | John D. Norton (University of Pittsburgh) Approximation and Idealization: Why the Difference Matters | Donata Romizi (Universität Wien) The Vienna Circle's "Scientific World Conception" and the Issue of a Politically Engaged Philosophy of Science |
10.30-11.10 | Allan Janik (Universität Innsbruck) The Importance of Historical Philosophy of Science for Cultural History | Günther Sandner (Universität Wien) Otto Neurath and Politics - A Re-evaluation |
11:10-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: Ladislav Kvasz | Chair: Allan Janik |
11.30-12.10 | Michael Heidelberger (Universität Tübingen) Mathematics and Reality: Alternative French Conceptions | Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Universität Wien) Kelsen's Legal Positivism and Vienna Circle Metaethics |
12.15-12.55 | Rainer Hegselmann (Universität Bayreuth) Modeling Hume's Moral and Political Theory - Scientific Status and Perspectives | Otto Pfersmann (Université de Paris I) Legal Positivism - Contemporary Challenges |
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13.00-14.30 | Lunch break |
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| Chair: Michael Heidelberger | Chair: Donata Romizi |
14.30-15.10 | Jeanne Peijnenburg (University of Groningen) Reasoning in Fractals | Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau (Universität Wien) Kuhn, Naturalism and Cognitive Psychology |
15.15-15.55 | Matthias Neuber (Universität Tübingen) Is Logical Empiricism Compatible with Scientific Realism? | Hans-Joachim Dahms (Universität Wien) Thomas Kuhn and the Sociology of Science |
16.00-16.40 | Stathis Psillos (Univeristy of Athens) What is General Philosophy of Science? | Christian Damböck (Universität Wien) Thomas Kuhn and the Structuralist View of Scientific Theories. The Formal and the Historical Perspective of Theory Change |
16.40-17.00 | Coffee Break |
| Chair: Stathis Psillos | Chair: Martin Kusch |
17.00-17.40 | Miklos Rédei (London School of Economics) Hilbert's 6th Problem and Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory | Michael Schorner (Universität Innsbruck) Kuhn in England. The London Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science 1965 |
17.45-18.25 | Jan Faye (University of Copenhagen) Does the Unity of Science have a Future? | Elisabeth Nemeth (Universität Wien) Edgar Zilsel on the Relationship between the Logical Analysis of Science and the History and Sociology of Science |
| Chair: Maria Carla Galavotti | |
18.30-19.10 | Gereon Wolters (Universität Konstanz) Is There a 'European' Philosophy of Science? | Michela Massimi (University College London)
Perspectivalism and its Foes |
19.10 | Closing Remarks | |
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Eröffnung Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik

Eröffnung Konrad Liessmann

Podiumsdiskussion Miklos Redei, Friedrich Stadler, Peter Weibel

Ladislav Kvasz
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