Institute Vienna Circle




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
 
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
 
 AulaKapelle
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5
9.00-13.00 ESF-PSE Steering Committee Meeting
 
 Section A
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE IN EUROPE - EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Section B
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE - THE VIENNESE HERITAGE
 
 Chair: Elisabeth NemethChair: 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
15.15-15.55Cristina 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
16.00-16.40Olav 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"
16.40-17:00Coffee Break
 Chair: Michael EsfeldChair: Thomas Mormann
17.00-17.40Claude 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
17.45-18.25Richard Creath (Arizona State University)
Metaphysics in the Thirties: Why Should Anyone Care Now?
Ingrid Belke (Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach)
Karl Popper und die Geschichte
 
19.15Official 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)
 
 
 19th Vienna Circle Lecture
 Chair: Friedrich Stadler 
 Hans-Jürgen Wendel (Universität Rostock)
Moritz Schlick und die Metaphysik
 
21:00Reception for Speakers and Chairs
 
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6
 Chair: Theo KuipersChair: Christian Damböck
9.00-9.40Maria Carla Galavotti (University of Bologna)
Probabilistic Epistemology: A European Tradition
Michael Stöltzner (University of South Carolina) and Veronika Hofer (Medizinuniversität Wien)
Vienna Circle Historiographies
9.45-10.25Richard 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
10.30-11.10Michael 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
11.10-11.30Coffee Break
 Chair: Richard CreathChair: Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau
11.30-12.10Wlodek 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
12.15-12.55Gregory Wheeler (New University Lisbon)
The Decimation of Independence
Georg Schiemer (Universität München)
Semantics in Type Theory
 
13.00-14.30Lunch break
 
 Chair: Matti SintonenChair: Michael Stöltzner
14.30-15.10Theo 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)
15.15-15.55Ladislav Kvasz (Charles University in Prague)
Mathematics and Experience
Eckehart Köhler (Universität Wien)
Gödel and Carnap: Platonism vs. Conventionalism
16.00-16.40Martin Kusch (Universität Wien)
Wittgenstein's "On Certainty" and the Philosophy of Mathematics
Karl Sigmund (Universität Wien)
Gödel in Vienna
16.40-17.00Coffee Break
 Chair: Gereon WoltersChair: Matthias Neuber
17.00-17.40Kenneth 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
17.45-18.25Pablo 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
18.30-19.10Jane Maienschein (Arizona State University)
Hans Driesch and Developing Organisms
Daniel Kuby (Universität Wien)
Feyerabend and the "Historical Turn" in the Philosophy of Science
 
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7
 Chair: Richard DawidChair: Heidi König-Porstner
9.00-9.40Tomasz Placek (University Cracow)
Two Notions of (In)Determinism
Thomas Mormann (University Donostia-San Sebastian)
Wiener wissenschaftliche Weltanschauungen - Zwischen "Leben", Politik, und Wissenschaftsphilosophie
9.45-10.25John 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
10.30-11.10Allan Janik (Universität Innsbruck)
The Importance of Historical Philosophy of Science for Cultural History
Günther Sandner (Universität Wien)
Otto Neurath and Politics - A Re-evaluation
11:10-11:30Coffee Break
 Chair: Ladislav KvaszChair: Allan Janik
11.30-12.10Michael Heidelberger (Universität Tübingen)
Mathematics and Reality: Alternative French Conceptions
Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Universität Wien)
Kelsen's Legal Positivism and Vienna Circle Metaethics
12.15-12.55Rainer Hegselmann (Universität Bayreuth)
Modeling Hume's Moral and Political Theory - Scientific Status and Perspectives
Otto Pfersmann (Université de Paris I)
Legal Positivism - Contemporary Challenges
 
13.00-14.30Lunch break
 
 Chair: Michael HeidelbergerChair: Donata Romizi
14.30-15.10Jeanne Peijnenburg (University of Groningen)
Reasoning in Fractals
Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau (Universität Wien)
Kuhn, Naturalism and Cognitive Psychology
15.15-15.55Matthias Neuber (Universität Tübingen)
Is Logical Empiricism Compatible with Scientific Realism?
Hans-Joachim Dahms (Universität Wien)
Thomas Kuhn and the Sociology of Science
16.00-16.40Stathis 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
16.40-17.00Coffee Break
 Chair: Stathis PsillosChair: Martin Kusch
17.00-17.40Miklos 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
17.45-18.25Jan 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 
18.30-19.10Gereon Wolters (Universität Konstanz)
Is There a 'European' Philosophy of Science?
Michela Massimi (University College London)
Perspectivalism and its Foes
19.10Closing Remarks 
 
 
 
With the support of
 
  Faculty of Philosophy and Education
 
 
Eröffnung Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik


Eröffnung Konrad Liessmann


Podiumsdiskussion Miklos Redei, Friedrich Stadler, Peter Weibel


Ladislav Kvasz