March 2025 - HPS_EST - Philosophy bulletin board

by Katrin Hackl

We are happy to invite you to our 4th talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2025S: [cid:image001.png@01DB9EFC.B9902360]<https://sts.univie.ac.at/news-events/details/news/sts-talk-by-baard-lahn/?n…> Best wishes, Katrin Hackl __________ Mag. Katrin Hackl Research Support & Communication Department of Science and Technology Studies University of Vienna Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG) 1010 Vienna / Austria Tel.: 0043-1-4277-496007 [cid:image002.jpg@01DB9EFC.B9902360]<https://sts.univie.ac.at/>

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IVC Talk:Paolo Tripodi and Guido Bonino (University of Turin) on "Academic Success in America: Analytic Philosophy and the Decline of Wittgenstein", April 3, 4.45pm

by Zarah Weiss

Dear all, our next speakers in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by the Institute Vienna Circle are Paolo Tripodi and Guido Bonino (University of Turin), who will give a talk on April 3, 4.45-6.15 pm. All are welcome! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: Paolo Tripodi & Guido Bonino (University of Turin) ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN AMERICA: ANALYTIC PHILOSOPHY AND THE DECLINE OF WITTGENSTEIN Philosophy of Science Colloquium The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium with talks by our present fellows. Date: 03/04/2025 Time: 16h45 Venue: New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 3A Abstract: There is a rather widespread consensus, among historians of philosophy, concerning the decline of Wittgenstein amid recent analytic philosophy. However, the exact import of such a decline, its chronological development, as well as its causes and several other features, are difficult to ascertain with the traditional methods of the history of philosophy. In this talk we apply a distant reading approach, and a variety of other quantitative methods, to provide a more reliable and accurate account of Wittgenstein's decline. We focus on a corpus consisting of the metadata of US PhD dissertations in philosophy from 1981 to 2010 (although other kinds of data are also taken into consideration), and we try to relate the topic of the dissertation to the success of the candidate in his/her subsequent academic career. The results of this analysis, corroborated by other evidence, allow us to put forth the more reliable and accurate account just hinted at, and at the same time to suggest - as a contribution to external history of philosophy - a plausible mechanism at the basis of the decline itself, notably a process driven by those who controlled the recruitment policies in the philosophy departments.

2 months, 2 weeks

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Fwd: [Rundmail.wissenschaftsforschung] Visual Ethnographies of Science film screening 8 April

by Sarah Davies

This event may be of interest to some! > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Sarah Davies <sarah.davies(a)univie.ac.at> > Subject: [Rundmail.wissenschaftsforschung] Visual Ethnographies of Science film screening 8 April > Date: 13. March 2025 at 08:54:35 CET > To: Mailinglist - Institut für Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung <Rundmail.Wissenschaftsforschung(a)lists.univie.ac.at>, master-sts(a)lists.univie.ac.at > > Dear all, > > please join us to view films made as part of the course ‘Visual Ethnographies of Science: Investigating knowledge production through media practice’ on Tuesday 8th April from 6.30pm (see flyer attached for full details). Hope to see you there! > > Sarah > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Sarah R Davies (Pronouns: she/her/hers) > Professor of Technosciences, Materiality, & Digital Cultures > Department of Science and Technology Studies > University of Vienna > sarah.davies(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:sarah.davies@univie.ac.at> > > * I am sending this email at a time that suits my workflow. I do not expect a response outside of normal working hours * > _______________________________________________ > Rundmail.Wissenschaftsforschung mailing list > Rundmail.Wissenschaftsforschung(a)lists.univie.ac.at > https://lists.univie.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/rundmail.wissenschaftsforschung ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sarah R Davies (Pronouns: she/her/hers) Professor of Technosciences, Materiality, & Digital Cultures Department of Science and Technology Studies University of Vienna sarah.davies(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:sarah.davies@univie.ac.at> * I am sending this email at a time that suits my workflow. I do not expect a response outside of normal working hours *

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Reminder: UPSalon Stammtisch April 1st, 6 PM, at Tunnel

by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy

Dear all, Here is a little reminder for the UPSalon Stammtisch (regular's table). Hope to see u there: April 1st at 6 PM at Tunnel Vienna, Florianigasse 39, 1080 Wien Best, UPsalon Mail: upsalon.philosophy(a)univie.ac.at Web: https://upsalon.univie.ac.at

2 months, 2 weeks

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APSE Reading Talk & Circle - Anna Alexandrova: Social Science: A Constructivist Account

by Ella Valerie Berger

Dear all, we warmly invite you to the next APSE (Applied Philosophy of Science and Epistemology) talk and Reading Circle. The talk will be held by Anna Alexandrova (University of Cambridge). Talk: When: Thursday, 03.04.2025, 15:00 - 17:00 Where: HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien) Title & abstract: Social Science: A Constructivist Account What sort of inquiry is social science? This question used to preoccupy philosophers but fell off their agenda due to a stalemate between so-called naturalists, who took the ideal to be natural science, and exceptionalists, who allied social sciences with humanities. I show that both positions commit the error of contrastivism, namely defining social science in contrast to these two traditions, which inevitably ends up caricaturing them. Using recent advances in philosophy, I formulate constructivism about social sciences, a view that denies an essence to this inquiry and grounds it in the needs of communities to understand and improve themselves. Reading Circle: When: right before the talk - Thursday, 03.04.2025, 13:00 - 15:00 Where: same place - HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien) We will focus our discussion on a forthcoming article by Anna Alexandrova (attached pdf): Alexandrova, Anna. (forthcoming) "Social Science: A Constructivist Account" As introduction to Constructivism, we suggest this article (especially Chapters 1 and 5): Bagnoli, Carla, "Constructivism in Metaethics", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2024 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2024/entries/constructivism-metaethi…>. For further reading regarding the topic: Anderson, Elizabeth. "Local Knowledge in Institutional Epistemology." Australasian Philosophical Review (2024): 1-23. Longino, Helen E. (1990). Science as Social Knowledge: Values and Objectivity in Scientific Inquiry. Princeton University Press. Risjord, M. W. (2022). PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE : a contemporary introduction. (Second edition.). ROUTLEDGE. Best wishes, Ella Berger and Vinzenz Fischer, on behalf of the APSE team

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UPSalon Stammtisch 01.04. 18:00h im "Tunnel"; UPSalon regular's table April 1st, 6 PM at "Tunnel"

by Initiative to Support Women in Academic Philosophy

Dear all, we hope u had a great start to the new semester! UPSalon is hosting another Stammtisch or "regular's table" next week and likes to cordially invite you! People from all stages in their philosophical studies are welcome, and we are especially excited to meet new people! UPSalon are a group of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers; the initiative aims at creating a space and community in Vienna where underrepresented philosophers – such as women, trans, inter and non-binary persons, BIPOC, socioeconomically disadvantaged people, queer people, and people with disabilities – can connect on a regular basis. For more information, check out our website: upsalon.univie.ac.at Where? Tunnel Vienna, Florianigasse 39, 1080 Wien When? April 1st at 6 PM We are very much looking forward to meeting all of you! Do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions you may have. Best regards, UPsalon Mail: upsalon.philosophy(a)univie.ac.at Web: https://upsalon.univie.ac.at

2 months, 3 weeks

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HoSK colloquium, 27 March 25, 11:30 CET, The Science of Science

by Anna Echterhölter

Dear Colleagues, Is there a specific tradition in the history of HPS in Poland? Does a Central European perspective on academic networks help us to reformulate the concept of counter universities? We cordially invite you to celebrate a new volume about the tradition of Science Studies in Eastern and Central Europe with us and two of the main authors: *“Organising, Optimising and Concealing Science: On Political Epistemologies in Central and Eastern Europe”* with Jan Surman (Prague Academy of Science <https://www.mua.cas.cz/en/lide/detail-surman>, in person), Friedrich Cain (University of Vienna <https://fakzen-thks.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/mitarbeiterinnen/cain-friedrich/>, in person) Thursday, 27 March 2025, 11:30-13:00 Uhr CET Währinger Straße 29, 1.OG, Seminarraum 6 Zoom: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/66194391940?pwd=c4orxC2pd8jnI5MP5uriEA9hLy86HH.1 Meeting-ID: 661 9439 1940 Kenncode: 871687 After a short introduction of the guests we will disuss two foundational texts from Polish history of science and knowledge ("science of science"). For your preparation we would kindly ask you to download the texts directly from the publishers website, since the whole volume is available in open access: Friedrich Cain, Bernhard Kleeberg (Hg.): A New Organon. Science Studies in Interwar Poland, Mohr Siebeck 2024. (= Historische Wissensforschung 18) https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/buch/a-new-organon-9783161543159/ We will read the translated texts by: Ossowska/Ossowski <https://viewer.content-select.com/pdf/viewer?id=1&id_type=isbn&identifiers=…>(1935): The Science of Science Bujak <https://viewer.content-select.com/pdf/viewer?id=1&id_type=isbn&identifiers=…>(1929): The Man of Action and the Student We would also like to draw your attention to two past conferences: *"(Re)Thinking the University from, in, and beyond (Post-)Socialist Europe" (2023) * https://fakzen-thks.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/z_fakzen_thks/Histor… *The Counter-University. Histories, Movements, and Ambitions (2025) *https://engerom.ku.dk/english/calendar/2024/the-counter-university/ For those of you interested in these topics, why not subscribe to the newsletter of HPS.CESEE, the online platform about the * History and Philosophy of Science in Central, Eastern, and Southestern Europe* https://hpscesee.blogspot.com/ This session of the Research Colloqium History of Science and Knowledge is addressed to the larger public, please feel free to circulate this invitation. Kind regards Sebastian Felten, Nils Güttler and Anna Echterhölter

2 months, 3 weeks

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Today! Vienna STS Talks - FutureSpace Talk by Karlijn Korpershoek

by Katrin Hackl

We are happy to invite you to our 3rd talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2025S: [cid:image001.png@01DB9982.B1E848B0]<https://bsky.app/profile/stsvienna.bsky.social/post/3ljzqyrupfs2w> Best wishes, Katrin __________ Mag. Katrin Hackl Research Support & Communication Department of Science and Technology Studies University of Vienna Universitätsstraße 7 /II/ 6th floor (NIG) 1010 Vienna / Austria Tel.: 0043-1-4277-496007 [cid:image002.jpg@01DB9982.B1E848B0]<https://sts.univie.ac.at/>

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Invitation: APSE Reading Circle - Natalie Alana Ashton - Creating a Strong Foundation for Neurodiverse Epistemology

by Vinzenz Fischer

Dear all, we warmly invite you to the next APSE (Applied Philosophy of Science and Epistemology) Reading Circle. The talk will be held by Natalie Alana Ashton (University of Sterling). When: Thursday, 27.3.2025, 15:00 - 17:00 Where: HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien) Creating a Strong Foundation for Neurodiverse Epistemology Autistic people have had unprecedented success building effective epistemic communities online. A detailed analysis of the conditions and practices which produced and sustain these communities would be illuminating for both the epistemology of social media and the emerging area of neurodiverse epistemology. However, epistemology has only recently begun to theorise about marginalised groups, and many of its foundational principles are ill-suited to this work. In this talk I'll outline a planned project to develop a novel approach to neurodiverse epistemology, which challenges some of the fundamental assumptions of the early, exploratory literature, and lays the groundwork for a participatory methodology which can do real justice to neurodiverse communities. Speaker Bio: Natalie Alana Ashton works on the political and social aspects of epistemology, and is interested in how oppression and power effect political deliberation in the online sphere. In the past she has focused on theoretical issues (exploring how to integrate feminist standpoint theory and hinge epistemology, whether these views should be understood as relativist, and what that means). Her current work is on the practical applications of such views: what they tell us about social media legislation, platform design, and online communities. Reading Circle (1-3 PM): We will focus our discussion on an article by Natalie Ashton and a few pages of an interim project report (attached pdf): Ashton, N.A. (2020). Scientific Perspectives, Feminist Standpoints, and Non-Silly Relativism. In: Crețu, AM., Massimi, M. (eds) Knowledge from a Human Point of View. Synthese Library, vol 416. Springer, Cham. https://doi-org.uaccess.univie.ac.at/10.1007/978-3-030-27041-4_5 Shaping Democracy in the Digital Age: Interim report of the 'Norms for the New Public Sphere' project. (Pages 3-6 and 20-22) Link: https://newpublicsphere.stir.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/NNPS-Report-F… As introduction to Natalie Ashtons approach, we suggest this short article: Ashton, N.A. (2021). Why Twitter is (Epistemically) Better Than Facebook. _Open For Debate. _Link: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebate/why-twitter-is-epistemically-bett… As introduction to definitions of Neurodiversity, we suggest the introduction of this book: Chapman, R. (2023). _Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism_ (1st ed.). Pluto Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.8501594 For further reading regarding the topic: Medina, J. (2013). _The epistemology of resistance : gender and racial oppression, epistemic injustice, and resistant imaginations_. Oxford University Press. Ashton, N. (2019). Relativising epistemic advantage. In _The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Relativism_ (pp. 329-338). Routledge. Anderson, E. (1995). Feminist Epistemology: An Interpretation and a Defense. _Hypatia_, _10_(3), 50-84. doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.1995.tb00737.x Please send a quick message to vinzenz.fischer(a)univie.ac.at if you are planning to attend the Reading Cycle! Feel free to bring your lunch! Feel free to share this invitation with anyone who might be interested! Best wishes, Vinzenz Fischer

3 months

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Buchpräsentation Hadwig Kraeutler: Museum. Learning. Democracy | 25. März 18.30 Uhr IWK

by Vienna Circle Society

Buchpräsentation Hadwig Kraeutler: Museum. Learning. Democracy. The Work and Life of Alma S. Wittlin (1899-1991) Datum/Zeit Di. 25/03/2025 18:30–20:00 Ort IWK <https://www.iwk.ac.at/locations/iwk/> Typ Präsentation Vortrag Einladung “Alma S. Wittlin: über (Disziplinen-) Grenzen hinwegBuchvorstellung <https://www.iwk.ac.at/wp-content/uploads/03-25-Einladung-oege-Buchpraesenta…> & Gespräch” <https://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-91200-8/> Programm Begrüßung: Barbara Litsauer (IWK) & Katrin Sippel (öge) Einführung und Moderation: Ilse Korotin (biografiA) Im Gespräch: Hadwig Kraeutler (Autorin) & Robert Streibel (Vizepräsident Österreichischer PEN-Club) Alma Wittlin (1899, Lemberg/UA – 1991, Palo Alto/CA), promovierte Kunsthistorikerin (1925, Univ. Wien) war erfolgreiche Schriftstellerin, freischaffende avant-garde Museologin und Erziehungswissenschafterin. Sie floh 1937 vor der NS-Verfolgung und fand im englischsprachigen Ausland mit ihrem bahnbrechenden museologischbiopsychologisch-pädagogischen Wirken langfristig Anerkennung. In Museum. Learning. Democracy. The Work and Life of Alma S. Wittlin (1899-1991) (Bd. 19, Reihe „Emigration – Exil – Kontinuität“, Herausg. Friedrich Stadler; LIT Verlag) zeichnet die Museologin, Kuratorin und Kunstvermittlerin Hadwig Kraeutler Wittlins Lebensweg sorgfältig nach. Welche persönlichen und historischen Kontexte wurden in dieser „ExilBiografie“ wirksam? Gibt es Zusammenhänge zwischen Alma Wittlins „österreichischeuropäischen“ Erfahrungen und ihrem späteren, interdisziplinären Wirken? Mit zwei Leseproben aus Wittlins Buch Isabella. Begründerin der Weltmacht Spanien (1936) und im Gespräch mit Robert Streibel werden Wittlins schriftstellerische Arbeit und ihr Pioniereinsatz beim Internationalen PEN vorgestellt. Ausklang mit „interdisziplinärem Glas”. Wir danken den Fördergeber*innen: Nationalfonds der Republik Österreich für Opfer des Nationalsozialismus, Zukunftsfonds der Republik Österreich, Stadt Wien/Abteilung Kultur, Land Vorarlberg/Abteilung Wissenschaft und Kultur … und Unterstützer*innen: Forum „Zeitgeschichte der Universität Wien“, LIT Verlag, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek und Österreichischer PEN-Club.

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