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Invitation: APSE talk by Igor Grabovac & accompanying reading circle

by Ella Valerie Berger

Dear all, we warmly invite you to the next APSE (Applied Philosophy of Science and Epistemology) lecture and to the accompanying Reading Cycle. The talk will be held by Igor Grabovac (MedUni Wien). Title: From Pandoras Box to Pandoras Hope: Opening the Lid on Transdisciplinary Work in Public Health Date: Thursday, January 30th 2025 Reading Circle: 1pm - 3pm Talk: 3pm - 5 pm Location: Room 3A, NIG Abstract of the talk (3-5 PM): Climate change, armed conflicts, rising inequities, pandemics, and the displacement of large population groups constitute some of the most pressing current concerns for the discipline of Public Health. These complex issues require intersectional analyses and solutions--and a turn to transdisciplinary research. This need is commonly voiced in Public Health literature and increasingly enacted through funding calls and commissions. In this talk, I want to show how the over-reliance on biomedical knowledge and its accompanying reductionism has left Public Health not only "de-socialized," but current attempts to "add in" social science knowledge--as one pathway for transdisciplinarity--often fall short of the promise to transcend disciplinary boundaries and create more suitable types of knowledge. Starting with the work of John Ryle, Julius Tandler, and Andrija Stampar, I will provide a short overview of the historical development of Public Health and its separation from the field of Social Medicine. Using the examples of Michael Marmot and Camara Phyllis Jones on the "Social Determinants of Health," I will then present the changes in the field in its move towards structural explanations of health inequalities. Finally, I end on the work of Emily Yates-Doerr and her critique of the pervasive "determinants model," showcasing the potential, affordances, and demands of true transdisciplinarity in Public Health today. Reading Circle (1-3 PM): We will focus our discussion on a text by Paul Farmer (attached pdf): Farmer, P. (1996) 'On Suffering and Structural Violence: A View from Below', Daedalus (Cambridge, Mass.), 125(1), pp. 261-283. As introduction to the field, we suggest: Farmer, P.E. et al. (2006) 'Structural violence and clinical medicine', PLoS medicine, 3(10), pp. 1686-1691. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030449. For further reading regarding the topic: Especially Research by Grabovac and colleagues: Carmichael, C. et al. (2023) 'Barriers and facilitators to health care access for people experiencing homelessness in four European countries: an exploratory qualitative study', International journal for equity in health, 22(1), pp. 1-206. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02011-4. Chapter 11: "Making Up People" Ian Hacking (pp. 161-171): Biagioli, M. (1999) The science studies reader. New York, NY [u.a.]: Routledge. Jones, C. (2000) 'Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener's tale', American journal of public health (1971), 90(8), pp. 1212-1215. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.90.8.1212. 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, Ella Berger (on behalf of the APSE unit) -- Ella Berger (she/her or they/them) Department of Philosophy University of Vienna

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Invitation: WFAP Talk on "Gaslighting and Epistemic Agency"

by Veronika Lassl

Dear all, On behalf of the Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy (WFAP), I warmly invite you to a talk this friday held by Phyllis Pearson. She is a research fellow in the FWF Cluster of Excellence "Knowledge in Crisis" and her talk is titled "Gaslighting and Epistemic Agency". Abstract: Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that involves making another doubt the deliverances of their epistemic capacities. Gaslit individuals are made to believe their epistemic faculties are defective, thereby coming to doubt their sense perception, reasoning, and memory. How exactly does this happen? I argue that gaslighting should be understood as involving a kind of weaponized skepticism. Gaslighting involves the unjust manipulation of another’s epistemic context, making it the case that one must take seriously difficult-to-rule-out possibilities, like the possibility that one’s memory is faulty. This is an important way in which a person’s epistemic agency can be undermined. This promises to be an insightful discussion, and I warmly invite everyone to join us. ____________________________________________________________ There is, of course, also the option to join the meeting via Zoom, and I have included the Zoom link here: When? Friday, 24.01.2025, 18:30 Where? Hörsaal 3B, NIG Universitätsstaße 7 or via Zoom This is the permanent Zoom Link for this year’s Forum Sessions: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/65469787612?pwd=waSaaRCESzjFjQmb7aJq275B3ikkDV.1 Meeting-ID: 654 6978 7612 Passcode: Forum4ever ____________________________________________________________ Looking forward to seeing you this Friday! Best, Veronika Lassl Vice-Chair, Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy wfap.philo.at To get weekly updates, including the reading material for each session per mail, subscribe to our Mailing List: https://lists.univie.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/forum

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IVC Talk: Georg Brun (IVC Fellow) on "Explication Based Pluralism", January 23, 4.45 pm

by Zarah Weiss

Dear all, our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by the Institute Vienna Circle is Georg Brun (IVC Fellow), who will give a talk on January 23, 4.45-6.15 pm. All are welcome! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: Georg Brun (IVC Fellow) EXPLICATION BASED PLURALISM Philosophy of Science Colloquium The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium with talks by our present fellows. Date: 23/01/2025 Time: 16h45 Venue: New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 2G Abstract: Carnap emphasized that for a given explicandum, there is no such thing as the correct explicatum, but only one or more adequate explicata. This talk addresses two questions: In what ways can an explication problem have more than one solution? In what sense do multiple solutions to explication problems give rise to pluralism? Based on an analysis of the general structure of explications, I will first develop a systematic overview of the surprisingly many factors that can be responsible for multiple outcomes of an explication project. I will then suggest some conditions under which it is plausible to interpret multiple outcomes as giving rise to explication-based pluralism.

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UPDATE: Invitation to the public teaching sessions and research talks as part of the hearings for the professorship: Epistemology

by Vinzenz Fischer

Dear all, I wanted to inform you about this public hearing regarding the professorship for Epistemology. Since this is closely tied to our Masters Program I thought it would be of interest to you. I want to invite especially all fellow students to come and see the lecture. There will be the opportunity to share our opinion with the student representatives that take part in the comission. Best wishes, Vinzenz -------- Originalnachricht -------- Betreff: UPDATE: Invitation to the public teaching sessions and research talks as part of the hearings for the professorship: Epistemolog Datum: 17.01.2025 15:02 Von: dekanat.philbild(a)univie.ac.at An: vinzenz.fischer(a)univie.ac.at Invitation Epistemology Invitation Epistemology [1] 5 /24/25 UPDATE: INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC TEACHING SESSIONS AND RESEARCH TALKS AS PART OF THE HEARINGS FOR THE PROFESSORSHIP: EPISTEMOLOGY UPDATE! Invitation to the public teaching sessions and research talks as part of the hearings for the professorship: Epistemology 23.1.2025 - Tag 1: Kelp, Littlejohn: Location: 3A (NIG, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna) 24.1.2025 - Tag 2: Schulz, Simion: Location: 3A (NIG, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna) 23.1.2025: Teaching Presentation 45 min 09.00-09.45 Teaching Kelp 10.00-10.45 Teaching Littlejohn 10.45-11.30 Pause Research Presentation 45 min 11.30-12.15 Research Kelp 12.30-13.15 Research Littlejohn --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tag 2 24.1.2025: Teaching Presentation 45 min 09.00-09.45 Teaching Schulz 10.00-10.45 Teaching Simion 10.45-11.30 Pause Research Presentation 45 min 11.30-12.15 Research Simion 12.30-13.15 Research Schulz Impressum Herausgeber: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Barbara Schulte, M.A. (Dekanin) Redaktion: Ulf Thalhammer, MBA MSc (Faculty Manager) Universität Wien Fakultät für Philosophie und Bildungswissenschaft Dekanat | Universitätsstraße 7/3, 1010 Wien | philbild.univie.ac.at/ [2] Datenschutz [3] Links: ------ [1] https://massmailer.univie.ac.at/action/mlr/pv?&idx=634967&cid=19829&uid=-13… [2] https://massmailer.univie.ac.at/action/mlr/lk?&idx=401008&url=nUE0pUZ6Yl9jn… [3] https://massmailer.univie.ac.at/action/mlr/lk?&idx=600881&url=nUE0pUZ6Yl9gL…

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Invitation: APSE talk by Stephan Hartmann & accompanying reading circle (DIFFERENT ROOM!)

by Ella Valerie Berger

Dear all, we warmly invite you to the next APSE (Applied Philosophy of Science and Epistemology) lecture and to the accompanying Reading Cycle. The talk will be held by Stephan Hartmann (LMU Munich). Title: Coherence and Truth Date: Thursday, January 23rd 2025 Reading Circle: 1pm - 3pm Talk: 3pm - 5 pm Location: this APSE event will exceptionally NOT take place in room 3A but in the "Konferenzzimmer" of the Department of Political Science (Institut für Politikwissenschaften). This room is located in the NIG, 2nd floor, in hallway A (the one at staircase 1). You can find the room on the floorplan here: Orientierung [1] Abstract of the talk (3-5 PM): One of the most important questions in epistemology is what our knowledge of the world is ultimately based on. In this context, some epistemologists argue that there are fundamental beliefs that do not themselves require justification and on which all other beliefs depend. Coherence theorists reject this answer and argue instead that our knowledge is based on the mutual support of the propositions under consideration: If our beliefs add up to a coherent whole, then we have a reason for them to be true. It has also been argued that much of scientific reasoning relies on coherence considerations. In this talk, we will first outline the coherence theory of justification and discuss some of the reasons for and against it. In doing so, we will also address the central question of what coherence actually is. For this purpose, a Bayesian framework proves particularly useful, as coherence considerations are most effective in the domain of uncertainty. We will then take a closer look at the relationship between coherence and truth. To what extent is the coherence of a set of propositions an indicator of its truth? Answering this question leads to some old and new challenges for the coherence theorist. The talk concludes with a moderately optimistic assessment of the role of coherence considerations in everyday life and in science. Reading Circle (1-3 PM): We will focus our discussion on Chapter 2 of Stephan Hartmann's book: Bovens, Luc, and Stephan Hartmann, '2 Coherence', Bayesian Epistemology (Oxford, 2004; online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 Jan. 2005), https://doi-org.uaccess.univie.ac.at/10.1093/0199269750.003.0003 (pdf in the attachment) As introduction to the field, we suggest: Olsson, Erik, "Coherentist Theories of Epistemic Justification", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2023 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2023/entries/justep-coherence/>. For further reading regarding the topic: Especially Chapter 1 in: Bovens, Luc, and Stephan Hartmann, Bayesian Epistemology (Oxford, 2004; online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 Jan. 2005), https://doi-org.uaccess.univie.ac.at/10.1093/0199269750.001.0001 Titel anhand dieser DOI in Citavi-Projekt übernehmen, accessed 17 Jan. 2025. Hartmann, Stephan and Trpin, Borut (2023) Why Coherence Matters. Why_Coherence_Matters_preprint.pdf [2] Hartmann, S., & Trpin, B. (2024). A New Posterior Probability-Based Measure of Coherence. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, 46. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/30p8x5xh 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, Ella Berger (on behalf of the APSE unit) Links: ------ [1] https://politikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/orientierung/ [2] https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/22792/1/Why_Coherence_Matters_preprint.pdf

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Call for Applications: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Brazil

by Vienna Circle Society

Call for Applications (Please note: This opportunity is part of a research group in Brazil that Lucas Baccarat (research assistant at Institute Vienna Circles project Carnap in Context II: "Practical" Philosophy in the US) is affiliated with.) Postdoctoral fellowship at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) The post-doc researcher will be part of the Brazilian research team of the bilateral research project The crisis of philosophy in the 1930s, funded by SNSF (Switzerland) and FAPESP (São Paulo, Brazil) and led by Guillaume Fréchette (Geneva) and Mario Porta (São Paulo). The selected candidate will be integrated into the Research Group on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy. The fellowship provides a monthly amount of R$ 12,000.00 (twelve thousand reais), with a planned duration of 42 months. It requires full-time dedication to the project with a workload of 40 hours per week. The starting date is April 2025 Activities to be performed by the Fellow: (i) writing and submission of individual and joint papers related to the general theme of the project; (ii) active participation in the activities of the Research Group on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy, including weekly meetings; (iii) organization of conferences, workshops, and lectures in Brazil and abroad. Application: The candidate is required to submit, by February 13, 2025, a single PDF document via email to mariopor(a)pucsp.br. The document must include: (i) A project proposal of up to 4 pages (Times New Roman/Arial 11, 1.5 spacing) addressing the Identity Crisis of Philosophy in the 1930s in the following philosophical Traditions: Neokantianism, Logical Empiricism, Phenomenology and Hermeneutics (ii) a cover letter describing the candidates background and profile, as well as the alignment between the candidates interests and skills and the research project (maximum 800 words). (iii) an updated CV (Lattes Curriculum or Orcid for Brazilian candidates). (iv) two academic reference letters. (v) proof of completion of a Master's and Doctorate in Philosophy. Requirements: a) proven prior experience in group research projects; b) strong ability to work effectively in teams, contributing not only to individual activities but also to the management of administrative and bureaucratic matters; c) great command of the English language (proficiency in Portuguese is desirable), and d) reside in São Paulo during the fellowship. Evaluation: a) evaluation of prior academic work and the submitted research proposal; b) thematic alignment of the candidate's research with the central theme of the project, as well as with the historical-philosophical approach adopted by the Research Group on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy; c) review of external references regarding group activity. The Research Group on the Origins of Contemporary Philosophy seeks to promote good academic practices regarding gender and socio-economic diversity. Female researchers are encouraged to apply for the position. After an initial review of the applications, a select group of candidates will be shortlisted for the interview round. Project description The identity crisis of philosophy is a large-scale phenomenon beginning in the 19th century and extending throughout the entire 20th century, following us even today: many of the questions that were raised in the 19th century are still relevant today: is there a place for philosophy in the development of science? What is the relationship between philosophy and science? To assess such a large-scale phenomenon and its effects on contemporary thought, we need to investigate first its main turning points. This project aims to provide a unified account of the identity crisis of philosophy in the 1930s by examining it through the lens of four philosophical traditions: Neo-Kantianism (Cassirer), logical empiricism (Carnap), phenomenology (Husserl) and hermeneutics (Heidegger).

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IVC Talk: Caterina del Sordo (IVC Fellow) on "Quasi-analysis Vs. Explication. The Early Carnap on Conceptual Engineering", January 16, 4.45pm

by Zarah Weiss

Dear all, our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by the Institute Vienna Circle is Caterina del Sorda (IVC Fellow), who will give a talk on January 16, 4.45-6.15 pm. All are welcome! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: Caterina del Sordo (IVC Fellow) QUASI-ANALYSIS VS. EXPLICATION. THE EARLY CARNAP ON CONCEPTUAL ENGINEERING Philosophy of Science Colloquium The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium with talks by our present fellows. Date:16/01/2025 Time: 16h45 Venue: New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 2G Abstract: This paper calls into question the thesis that early Carnap's rational reconstruction arises as a proto-version of his later and more mature idea of explication. The aim of the paper is to show that (1) according to the criteria of similarity, exactness, and fruitfulness, rational reconstruction qualifies as an explication, and that (2) according to their explanatory preconditions, rational reconstruction and explication emerge as processes of conceptual generalization and specification, respectively. To support (1), I consider rational reconstruction, in terms of early Carnap's quasi-analysis, as a representational theory of mathematical structures; to support (2), I rely on formal concept analysis as a common framework for comparing conceptual constructions.

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Invitation: APSE talk by Laura Caponetto & accompanying reading circle

by Veronika Lassl

Dear all, I warmly invite you to an upcoming APSE event on refusal. It consists of a talk by Laura Caponetto (Milan) entitled "Refusing - and Refusing to Obey" and an accompanying reading circle prior to the talk. Date: Thursday, January 16th Reading Circle: 1pm - 3pm Talk: 3pm - 5 pm Location: room 3A (NIG) After the talk, we will go out for dinner. Please write to veronika.lassl(a)univie.ac.at if you would like to join. Everyone is welcome to attend parts or all of this event! Abstract: We can do several different things with the word ‘No’. We can turn down an offer, decline an invitation, deny permission. We can engage in civil disobedience. In this talk, I aim to map these varieties and unpack the normative profile of refusal. I argue that refusal constitutes an illocutionary family comprising acts which have different felicity conditions but share the definitional normative function of preventing certain obligations from being created or waived. I begin by singling out what I take to be the paradigmatic case of refusal. I then broaden the picture a little, to consider speech acts that share ‘family resemblances’ with this paradigmatic case. And then I broaden it further, to look at speech acts that populate the ‘illocutionary neighborhood’, including ‘refusal to obey’. The talk expands upon my previous work on the topic (Caponetto 2023). While that work was primarily concerned with ‘upstream norms’ for refusing (i.e. the conditions under which refusal succeeds), I here focus on its ‘downstream norms’ – on the changes refusal effects on the normative landscape. Reading Circle: We will discuss Caponetto's 2023 paper "The pragmatic structure of refusal" (attached as a PDF), which is closely related to the topic of the talk. Please feel free to bring your lunch! The reading circle is open to everyone - please send a message to vinzenz.fischer(a)univie.ac.at if you want to attend. As an introduction to the field, we suggest: Green, M. (2020) . Speech acts. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Fall 2021 Edition). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2021/entries/speech-acts/ For further reading regarding the topic: Caponetto, L. (2017). On silencing, authority, and the act of refusal. Rivista di Estetica, 64, 35–52. Langton, R. (2018b). Blocking as counter-speech. In D. Fogal, D.W. Harris, & M. Moss (Eds.), New work on speech acts (pp. 144–164). Oxford University Press. Sbisà, M. (2019). Assertion among the speech acts. In S. C. Goldberg (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of assertion (pp. 158–178). Oxford University Press. Looking forward to seeing you there, Veronika Lassl

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REMINDER: Call for Applications - Summer School on History and Epistemology of Econometrics - Vienna July 2025

by Zarah Weiss

Summer School Call for Applications (Deadline: February 15, 2025) 23rd univie: summer school Scientific World Conceptions (USS-SWC) The History and Epistemology of Econometrics Vienna, July 7-11, 2025 https://summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at/ Course Description Models and their econometric estimation play an increasingly important role in modern economic and political life. From macroeconomic policy and financial regulation to public health and climate policy, models contribute to shaping policies. The generation of ever more data is likely to support the proliferation of models and econometrics. Research resources in academia focus on the theoretical foundations of the underlying model and on the statistical methods of econometrics; much less attention is devoted to the epistemological challenges of the underlying concepts, the normative challenges of the everyday work with econometrics, and the application of its results in policy decisions and evaluation. The objective of this program is to increase attention amongst philosophers of science, academic economists, and empirical economists in policy institutions (eg, central banks) to these issues. The course is also structured around a particular point of view namely, that economics is a science of models and that most of the main features of econometrics relate generally to the role of models in science. Topics will be selected reflecting participants interests and may include: * History of econometrics to frame the philosophical issues to be discussed in the course * The Vienna Circle and econometrics * Values and Ethical Pitfalls in econometric research * Key philosophical issues of how models relate to the world and how they relate to each other * Data: observation, classification, and measurement of economic variables from a modeling point of view * Conceptual issues related to modeling randomness * The identification problem: how possibly, if at all possible, to map descriptive relations onto theoretical variables? * Issues related to optional stopping, search methodologies, and the proper interpretation of results obtained through search * Different approaches to the nature of causation and different strategies of causal inference * The conceptual basis of graphical causal modeling and controlled, natural, and field experiments * The conceptual issues surrounding the problem of model uncertainty, as well as some of the strategies economists use to address it Main Lecturers: Kevin D. Hoover (Duke University) Kevin D. Hoover is Professor of Economics and Philosophy and Senior Fellow of the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University. He is the editor of the journal History of Political Economy and a past editor of the Journal of Economic Methodology. His current research addresses causality, causal inference in economics, the history of macroeconomics, philosophical issues related to the microfoundations of macroeconomics, and the engagement with economics of the American pragmatist philosopher Charles. S. Peirce. He is the author of The New Classical Macroeconomics, the Methodology of Empirical Macroeconomics, Causality in Macroeconomics, Applied Intermediate Macroeconomics, as well as many articles in monetary and macroeconomics, the history of economics, the philosophy of economics, and applied econometrics. Jennifer Jhun (Duke University) Jennifer Jhun is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Duke University, as well as a Senior Fellow of the Center for the History of Political Economy. She holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. Her main research interests are in the philosophy of science, especially philosophy of economics, but also in issues in other areas, such as psychology and physics. She is currently engaged on a project that investigates antitrust from a historical and philosophy-of-science perspective: Whats the Point of ceteris Paribus? or, How to Understand Supply and Demand Curves. Philosophy of Science 85, no. 2 (2018): 271-292; Economics, Equilibrium Methods, and Multi-scale Modeling. Erkenntnis 86, no. 2 (2021): 457-472; Multi-Model Reasoning in Economics: The Case of COMPASS. Philosophy of Science 90, no. 4 (2023): 836-854; Implied Market Shares and Antitrust Markets as Fuzzy Sets. Forthcoming at The Antitrust Bulletin. (Joint with Matthew Panhans, Federal Trade Commission) Guest Lecturer: Marcel Boumans (University of Utrecht) Marcel Boumans is historian and philosopher of science at Utrecht University. His main research focus is on understanding empirical research practices in science outside the lab from a philosophy of science-in-practice perspective. He is particularly interested in the practices of measurement and modelling and the role of mathematics in social science. The first step in these practices is to make sense of the available data. Visualisations play an important role in this. His current research project Vision and Visualisation is nearing completion with a book manuscript Shaping the Phenomena. The program is primarily directed at graduate students and junior researchers in philosophy of science and economics as well as empirical economists at policy institutions (eg, central banks) but the organizers also encourage applications from people in all stages of their career and from fields other than economics that apply advanced econometrics. Application form and further information: <https://summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at/application/> https://summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at/application/ USS-SWC operates under the academic supervision of an International Program Committee of distinguished philosophers, historians, and scientists. Its members represent the scientific fields in the scope of USS-SWC, make contact to their home universities and will also support acknowledgement of courses taken by the students. The annual summer school is organised by the Institute Vienna Circle of the University of Vienna. <https://wienerkreis.univie.ac.at/> https://wienerkreis.univie.ac.at/ Find information about our exchange programme with Duke University (North Carolina) here: <https://international.univie.ac.at/en/international-cooperation/university- wide-partnership-agreements/north-america/> https://international.univie.ac.at/en/international-cooperation/university-w ide-partnership-agreements/north-america/ Inquiries: Administrator: Zarah Weiss Institute Vienna Circle Alser Straße 23/32 1080 Wien <mailto:summerschool.ivc@univie.ac.at> summerschool.ivc(a)univie.ac.at Scientific director: Georg Schiemer Institute Vienna Circle Alser Straße 23/32 1080 Wien <mailto:georg.schiemer@univie.ac.at> georg.schiemer(a)univie.ac.at

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Vienna STS Talks - STS Talk by Aristotle Tympas

by Katrin Hackl

We are happy to invite you to our 8 talk of the Vienna STS Talk Series in 2024W [cid:image001.jpg@01DB6107.4A0AF8E0] STS Talk by Aristotle Tympas Department of History & Philosophy of Science, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens January 20, 2025 05:00 PM-06:30 PM On starting with 'artificial intelligence' and arriving at 'existential risks', 19th-21st century: From local engine 'explosions' and regional network 'instability' to global environmental 'unsustainability'. Abstract The presentation will seek to contextualize the emergence of the so called 'existential risks' (also called 'existential threats') by offering a long-run history of technology-related risks. As the argument goes, key to this history is, first, the wide-spread phenomenon of steam engine 'explosions' at the start of industrial capitalism (up to the first half of the nineteenth century), and, then, alongside the connection of steam engines to long distance energy transmission lines and networks of lines (throughout the first half of the twentieth century), the emergence of the phenomenon of line/network 'instability'. Biography Aristotle Tympas, a specialist in the study of technology from the humanities and the social sciences, works as professor at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, School of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His studies combined engineering (MSc, Aristotelio University, 1989), technology and science policy (MSc, Georgia Tech, 1995) and history-sociology of technology (PhD, Georgia Tech, 2001). Former chair (2017-2019) of the management committee of the 'Tensions of Europe: Research Network on History, Technology and Europe', Tympas currently serves as vice president of the International Master's Programme on Society, Science and Technology (ESST), as director of the Interdepartmental Graduate Program 'Science, Technology, Society-Science and Technology Studies' and as vice-chair of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (he served as department chair from 2020 to 2022). He has been a visiting scholar in the US (MIT Program in Science, Technology and Society), Germany (Viadrina Center B/Orders in Motion) and Sweden (Swedish Institute for Disability Research). He is the author of Calculation and Computation in the Pre-electronic Era (Springer, 2017) and Analog Labor, Digital Capital (Angelus Novus, 2018, In Greek). Organiser Department of Science and Technology Studies Location STS Seminar Room, NIG, St. II. 6th floor, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna & online via zoom<https://univienna.zoom.us/j/63251489007?pwd=FBTgiIoQbHPTvmHhnjFwObba9mAGqZ.6> [cid:image003.png@01DB6108.03B99C10] 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@01DB6107.4A0AF8E0]<https://sts.univie.ac.at/>

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