HPS_EST July 2025

hps_est@lists.philo.at

2 participants
2 discussions

History of Economic Thought and Methodology: A Joint Workshop at the University of Vienna (05.09.2025)

by Dahyun Lee

This pluralistic joint seminar is organized by the University of Vienna, Johannes Kepler University Linz, and Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan). It aims to foster meaningful intellectual exchange among scholars, master's, and PhD students across national and disciplinary borders. By bringing together students and scholars from the Philosophy and Economics program in Vienna and the Faculty of Economics at Doshisha, the seminar provides a platform for critical engagement with a plurality of methodologies in the history of political economy. By exploring differences in economic and philosophical ideas, the seminar encourages dialogue that bridges different academic traditions and perspectives. This joint seminar particularly investigates pluralism in the history of economic thought, economic methodology, and philosophy of science. Guests are welcome. Date: Friday 05.09.2025 Time: 09:00 – 18:10 Place: University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 2nd floor, Seminarraum 13 (in person) Organisers: Dahyun Lee, Alexander Linsbichler, Karl Milford Keynote Speakers: Takato Kasai (Doshisha University, Kyoto), Julian Reiss (Johannes Kepler University Linz) Further Speakers: Lara Brühl, Vinzenz Fischer, Jakob Gschwandtner, Dahyun Lee, Alexander Linsbichler, Taiki Nakao, Pauline Paulik, Shintaro Wada https://homepage.univie.ac.at/alexander.linsbichler/ Kind regards, Dahyun Lee MA Philosophy and Economics, University of Vienna

6 days, 10 hours

IVC Talk: Luana Poliseli (IVC Fellow) on "The Left Vienna Circle, Democratization of Knowledge and the Epistemic Functions of Aesthetics", July 3, 4.45 pm

by Zarah Weiss

Dear all, our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by the Institute Vienna Circle is Luana Poliseli (IVC Fellow), who will give a talk on July 3, 4.45-6.15 pm. All are welcome! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: Luana Poliseli (IVC Fellow) THE LEFT VIENNA CIRCLE, DEMOCRATIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE EPISTEMIC FUNCTIONS OF AESTHETICS Philosophy of Science Colloquium The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium with talks by our present fellows. Date: 03/07/2025 Time: 16h45 Venue: New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 3A Abstract: Aesthetics is traditionally associated with the appreciation of beauty. In science, beauty is traditionally and largely related to the success of a theory or an experiment (McAllister 1996). However, recent debates on the aesthetics of science have indicated that the scientists' aesthetics arsenal is far more diverse and epistemically advantageous than traditionally conceived (see Ivanova & French 2020; Ivanova & Murphy 2023). I undertake these debates to argue against the traditional oversimplification as it does not represent the complexity of aesthetic values and experiences used in contemporary science to explain and understand the world. By expanding the philosophical account of aesthetics in science, this project challenges reductive views of science as purely logical or objective. I second the Left Vienna Circle on the ambiguities and lack of homogeneity in knowledge, and the recognition of the limited resources of human cognitive capacities. Acknowledging the plurality and vagueness of our cognitive endeavours make us conscious of the limitations, gaps and ambiguities existent in scientific practices. As such, I will emphasize that scientific knowledge is not only shaped by empirical and theoretical considerations but also by the sensuous, affective, and interpretive dimensions of aesthetic experiences. Ultimately, by unboxing unorthodox methods underlying scientific decisions, I reposition aesthetics as central to reflections of scientific practice and knowledge production, enabling philosophers to reconceptualize the epistemic functions of aesthetics as a means of enriching scientific resources. If science, as a social and cultural phenomenon, seeks to make sense of a world that is chaotic, political, diffuse, emotional, ephemeral and transient, then it must begin to embrace and engage with non-traditional methods and values that reflect this diversity. By doing so, it can foster the creation of spaces for development and dissemination that are more democratic and inclusive.

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