6 Oct
2022
6 Oct
'22
1:27 p.m.
Dear All,
the Philosophy Department of the Central European University, the
Institute Vienna Circle, and the Unit for Applied Philosophy of Science
and Epistemology (of the Department of Philosophy of the University of
Vienna) are jointly organizing a series of talks again this term.
On Thursday, October the 13th, 3:45-5:45pm (CET), Dr. Joel Katzav (The
University of Queensland, IVC Fellow) will speak about "Speculative
philosophy of science and its influence on logical empiricism" (abstract
below).
This is going to be a hybrid event, at the University of Vienna, NIG (SR
3A) and online: univienna.zoom.us/j/61475205762 [1] (meeting-ID: 614
7520 5762, password: 264065).
Upcoming talks:
20 October 12:30-2:30pm: Rachel Ankeny (University of Adelaide)
27 October 3-5pm: Amos Morris-Reich (Tel Aviv University)
3 November 3-5pm: Hans-Joachim Dahms (IVC Fellow)
24 November 3:45-5:45pm: Sorin Bangu (University of Bergen, IVC Fellow)
1 December 3:45-5:45pm: Georg Schiemer (University of Vienna)
12 January 3-5pm: Johnathan Flowers (California State University)
19 January 3-5pm: Ian Kidd (University of Nottingham)
26 January 3-5pm: Uljana Feest (University of Hannover)
Abstract: I provide a sketch of speculative philosophy of science during
the period 1900-1930, including of some key figures, of its dominant
theoretical and methodological framework and of some of the key topics
that were examined within this framework, topics such as the nature of
scientific explanation, the methodology of research programs, the role
of idealisation in science, the sociology of science and speculative
metaphysics of science. I further suggest that, while many of these
topics were inherited by, and even helped to make, logical empiricism
when its advocates later arrived in America, it neglected key topics,
especially regarding idealisation, sociology and metaphysics. Finally, I
suggest that this neglect was due to a logical empiricist
dogma-specifically, epistemic conservatism-and might help to explain its
quick demise as well, perhaps, as some of the persistent problems within
analytic philosophy of science.
On behalf of the organizers,
Iulian Toader
Links:
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[1]
https://univienna.zoom.us/j/61475205762?pwd=akFBUW5sWktDZmNsQVN4cjVFR3lWZz09