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Herzliche Einladung zur Buchpräsentation "Soft Skills für eine bessere Welt" am 11.06.2025 um 18h im Lesesaal der FB Philosophie und Psychologie

by Sonja Fiala

Liebe Institutsangehörige! Herzliche Einladung zur Buchpräsentation "Soft Skills für eine bessere Welt" am 11.06.2025 um 18h im Lesesaal der FB Philosophie und Psychologie. Musikalisch begleitet durch das Ensemble "Suono Vero". https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/events/008343.html Worum geht es eigentlich, wenn in Lehrplänen für den schulischen Unterricht von einer "religiös-ethisch-politischen Bildungsdimension" die Rede ist? Und was bedeutet heutzutage noch die "Entwicklung der Anlagen der Jugend nach den sittlich, religiösen und sozialen Werten sowie nach den "Werten des Wahre, Guten und Schönen"? Dass junge Menschen darüber hinaus in "Freiheits- und Friedensliebe an den gemeinsamen Aufgaben der Menschheit" mitwirken sollen, unterstreicht umso mehr die Brisanz dieser Thematik - man denke nur an die zahlreichen Krisen und schweren Konflikte unserer Tage. Neugierig nachfragend und doch auf unterhaltsame Weise setzt sich Paul R. Tarmann mit den "heißen Eisen" unseres Bildungssystems auseinander: Mit Positionen und Haltungen, die als vorausgesetzt gelten, meist aber gar nicht angesprochen werden. Dennoch handelt es sich dabei wohl um die wichtigsten Fähigkeiten, die man im Leben lernen sollte: Soft Skills, die zu einer besseren Welt beitragen können - und sollen. Trotz des essayistischen Stils geht dieses Buch über einen "Versuch" hinaus, wird hier doch vielfach Erfahrungserprobtes aus schulischem Unterricht und universitärer Lehre vorgestellt. (Verlagstext) [cid:image001.png@01DBCA39.18DBDB90] OR Mag. Sonja Fiala Leiterin der Fachbereichsbibliothek Philosophie und Psychologie Fachreferentin für Philosophie Universität Wien Universitätsbibliothek Fachbereichsbibliothek Philosophie und Psychologie Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien T: +43-1-4277-15079 sonja.fiala(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:sonja.fiala@univie.ac.at> https://ufind.univie.ac.at/de/person.html?id=15366 https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/fb-philosophie-psychologie/ https://bibliothek.univie.ac.at/fb-philosophie-psychologie/fb_in_medien.html https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-8934 Vorsitzende der Arbeitsgruppe Informationsethik der Vereinigung österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare https://voeb-b.at/voeb-kommissionen/ag-informationsethik/ [cid:image002.png@01DBCA39.18DBDB90]

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Workshop: Logical Empiricism and American Pragmatism on Values and Democracy | June 15-17

by Zarah Weiss

Workshop: Logical Empiricism and American Pragmatism on Values and Democracy June 15 (afternoon), 16, & 17, 2025. University of Vienna Venue: SR 3A (Neues Institutsgebäude, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna) No registration needed. Everyone is invited to attend. Sunday, June 15 14:0015:00 Christian Damböck (University of Vienna): Toward a Shift in Narrative: Carnap, Dewey, and Lewis on Values and Practical Decisions. 15:3016:30 Sander Verhaegh (Tilburg University): Pragmatism and Logical Empiricism on Values: A Cultural Analysis 17:0018:00 Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau (University of Vienna): Dewey versus Stevenson on Values 18:3019:30 Cheryl Misak (University of Toronto): The Battle over Value: Dewey and the Unity of Science Monday, June 16 10:00-11:00 Thomas Uebel (University of Manchester): The Scientific World-Conception Reconstituted and Compared with Dewey's Theory of Valuation 11:3012:30 Claudia Cristalli (Tilburg University): Being "of service to man in his characteristic activity as a valuer": the scientific study of values in Charles W. Morris 14:3015:30 Roberto Gronda (University of Pisa): Abraham Kaplan and the American axiological tradition 16:0017:00 Lucas Baccarat (University of Vienna): Bentley and Neurath on Experience 17:3018:30 Alan Richardson (University of British Columbia): Pluralisms in the US 1900-1950 and Horace Kallen's criticism of Neurath Tuesday, June 17 10:00-11:00 Georg Schiemer (University of Vienna): Carnap and Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law 11:3012:30 Flavia Padovani (Drexel University): Hans Reichenbach and C.I. Lewis on the pragmatic a priori 14:3015:30 Friedrich Stadler (University of Vienna): Harvard 1939: The Interaction of European and American Pragmatism 16:0017:00 Matthias Neuber (University of Mainz): Philipp Frank on Values, Democracy, and the "Humanistic Background of Science" 17:3018:30 Adam Tuboly (Hungarian Academy of Science): From General Education in a Free Society to Science in a Free Society: Nagel, Kuhn, and Feyerabend While previous research at the Institute Vienna Circle has focused mainly on the encounters between American pragmatism and logical empiricism in the European context in the decades before and after 1900, this workshop will be devoted to developments in the United States between the 1930s and 1960s. In addition, the workshop will focus on the philosophy of values, law, and democracy as developed in the exchanges and sometimes conflicts between key members of the logical empiricist movement, including Rudolf Carnap, Otto Neurath, Hans Reichenbach, and Hans Kelsen, on the one hand, and pragmatists such as C.I. Lewis, John Dewey, Ernest Nagel, Abraham Kaplan, and Charles Morris, on the other. Here, broad agreement on the understanding of science and democracy is accompanied by sometimes sharp disagreement on the philosophy of values, more precisely, the tension between non-cognitivism and verificationism regarding values. The aim of this workshop is not only to reconstruct these tensions, but also to contextualize them historically, to try to resolve them systematically, and to build bridges to the contemporary discourse on the philosophy of law, politics, and deliberative democracy. On the other side of the political spectrum, the liberal discourse in the US is compared to the fascist discourse on politics and law as it developed in Europe, and in particular in Nazi Germany. Literature: Christian Damböck (2025), "Noncognitive Deliberation. The Political Legacy of Logical Empiricism", Erkenntnis. <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-024-00911-7> https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-024-00911-7 David Dyzenhaus (2023), The Long Arc of Legality. Hobbes, Kelsen, Hart, CUP. Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau (2010), "Rudolf Carnap und die Philosophie in Amerika. Logischer Empirismus, Pragmatismus, Realismus", Friedrich Stadler (ed.): Vertreibung, Transformation und Rückkehr der Wissenschaftstheorie, Lit Verlag, 85-164. Giovanni Maddalena and Friedrich Stadler (eds.) (2019), European Pragmatism, in: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy, <https://doi.org/10.4000/ejpap.1459> https://doi.org/10.4000/ejpap.1459. Cheryl Misak (2000), Truth, Politics, Morality. Pragmatism and Deliberation, Routledge. Cheryl Misak (2015), The American Pragmatists, OUP. Sami Pihlström, Friedrich Stadler, and Niels Weidtmann (eds.) (2017), Logical Empiricism and Pragmatism, Springer. George Reisch (2005), How the Cold War Transformed Philosophy of Science. To the Icy Slopes of Logic, CUP. Alan Richardson (2003), "Logical Empiricism, American Pragmatism, and the Fate of Scientific Philosophy in North America", Gary Hardcastle and Alan Richardson (eds.), Logical Empiricism in North America, University of Minnesota Press, 1-24. Alan Richardson (2007), "Carnapian Pragmatism", Michael Friedman and Richard Creath (eds.): The Cambridge Companion to Carnap, CUP, 295-315. Thomas Uebel (2015), "American Pragmatism and the Vienna Circle: The Early Years", JHAP 3:3, 1-35. Sander Verhaegh (2020), "Coming to America: Carnap, Reichenbach and the Great Intellectual Migration. Part I: Rudolf Carnap/Part II: Hans Reichenbach", JHAP 8:11, 1-47. Organizers: Lucas Baccarat, Christian Damböck, and Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau Hosts: Institute Vienna Circle, Vienna Circle Society Language: English

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Workshop 13-14 June: On Writing About Philosopher’s Lives

by Zarah Weiss

You are cordially invited to the upcoming workshop at the Institute Vienna Circle: Life and Work: On Writing About Philosopher’s Lives 13-14 June 2025 Room 3A Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien How do we write about the lives of philosophers, and what brings us to write and read philosophical biographies? Throughout its history, the discipline of philosophy was shaped by human interaction and personal experience as much as by hard thinking of individuals interacting with the world solely through written word. Trends in intellectual migration (or lack thereof) led to differences between philosophical traditions of different countries. There are multiple examples of friendships and personal networks enabling philosophers to flourish intellectually and in their careers; personal conflicts and character clashes could also nearly break said careers. In the relatively recent past, we have seen women enter academic philosophy, sometimes bringing with them perspectives and insights born directly from their personal experience. Their lives as women and their academic careers were inextricably linked. This kind of research and writing becomes particularly relevant when philosophy becomes interested in its history not only from a purely conceptual perspective, but as a history of its people and institutions, which existed in a particular time and place. The practice of biographical writing can both result from such interest, and help satisfy it. The workshop is organised by the MSCA Project "What was and what could have been: Janina Hosiasson-Lindenbaum’s role in the philosophy of probability", led by Marta Sznajder Programme Friday, 13 June 9:45 Welcome and introduction 10:00 -11:00 Christian Damböck, Rudolf Carnap in Chicago. The transformation of antimetaphysics 11:30 – 12:30 Patricia Grill, “Revered Miss”: Otto Neurath’s Early Letters and Reflections on Ellen Key 14:30 – 15:30 Matteo Collodel, False Memories and True Lies: Personal, institutional and philosophical issues in intellectual biography writing – The case of Paul K. Feyerabend 16:00 – 17:00 Zofia Hałęza, Philosophy beyond the text: women as architects of intellectual space Saturday, 14 June 10:00 – 11:00 Sophia Connell, Early analytic women philosophers in Cambridge 11:30 – 12:30 Alan Richardson, When is biography philosophical? Lessons from the life of Hans Reichenbach 14:30 – 15:30 Cheryl Misak, Incorporating Technical Material in an Intellectual Biography 16:00 – 18:00 Marta Sznajder, From a bag of facts to a narrative – Workshopping the biography of Janina Hosiason-Lindenbaum ---- Marta Sznajder Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow Institute Vienna Circle University of Vienna www.martasznajder.com <http://www.martasznajder.com> marta.sznajder(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:marta.sznajder@univie.ac.at>

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Reminder: 8th Arthur Pap Lecture | Luca Oliva | Kinds of A Priori | June 12 Vienna and online

by Zarah Weiss

The Institute Vienna Circle and the Vienna Circle Society cordially invite you to the 8th Arthur Pap Lecture Luca Oliva (University of Houston) Kinds of A Priori Thursday, June 12, 2025 5 pm Aula am Campus University of Vienna Hof 1, Eingang 1.11 Spitalgasse 2-4 1090 Vienna For those who can't make it to Vienna, the event will also be streamed via YouTube: <https://www.youtube.com/live/DMGipA4G1ks> Link Registration for the event in Vienna: <mailto:vcs@univie.ac.at> vcs(a)univie.ac.at No registration fee Abstract In 1944, Arthur Pap analyzed different kinds of "a priori" beyond the scientific statements that served as the standard reference for the logical empiricist criticism of the Kantian model. His analysis focuses on the meanings of formal, material, and functional a priori, engaging primarily with the arguments of Aristotle, Kant, Schlick, Wittgenstein, Dewey, and Carnap. In this context, Pap advocates for the reducibility of Kant's synthetic a priori to the material a priori, while also arguing for the consistency of the latter with the functional meaning of the a priori. Oliva's talk will center on the first two meanings. It will specifically analyze Pap's views on Kant's synthetic-analytic distinction, Leibniz's notion of true sentences as identities (which relates to Wittgenstein's notion of tautology), and Hilbert's notion of implicit definitions - adopted by Schlick and defended by Einstein. Oliva will also consider Pap's later writings from 1949 and 1957 and assess the claims concerning analyticity, necessity, and material implication they developed. Supporting references will include works by Shieh (2006), Stump (2011, 2021), Mormann (2021), and Limbeck-Lilienau (2025). Short Bio Luca Oliva is an assistant professor and the program director of Liberal Studies at the University of Houston. His research interests lie in epistemology and philosophy of mathematics but also involve ethics and metaethics. He has primarily published on issues of analytic Kantianism, the a priori in logical empiricism (including Wittgenstein), and Rickert's abstract objects and normativity. His articles have appeared in the Kantian Review, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and collections published by Cambridge University Press, the North American Kant Society, and De Gruyter. Oliva teaches theories of knowledge and truth, as well as ethics. In recent years, he has been a lecturer at the University of Vienna (2019) and the Institute Vienna Circle (2015, 2017), an academic visitor at the University of Oxford (2016, 2017), and a visiting professor at the Universities of Insubria (2024) and Bergamo (2015, 2022) in Italy.Since 2024, Oliva has co-organized the Reconstructing Carnap webinar series affiliated with the University of Florence. In 2023, he also initiated the Ethics and Normativity Seminar Series at the University of Houston.

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Reminder: Einladung zum Workshop „Erreichbarer Frieden“ – 13. Juni 2025

by Carina Wurzinger

*Erreichbarer Frieden – Eine interdisziplinäre Annäherung* Friedenskonzeptionen unterscheiden sich in der Art und Weise, wie sie Frieden begreifen: Philosophische Ansätze diskutieren einerseits ideale Vorstellungen von Frieden, andererseits konkrete Handlungsnormen, wie etwa in der Tradition des gerechten Krieges. In der Soziologie wird erreichbarer Frieden als ein messbarer Zustand der Konfliktbewältigung verstanden. Politisch könnten wir ihn als Ausgestaltung von Machtverhältnissen oder die verhandlungsgeleitete, praktische Umsetzbarkeit eines Nicht-Kriegszustands verstehen. Der Workshop zielt darauf ab, diese Perspektiven miteinander ins Gespräch zu bringen. Im Zeitalter der Wiederaufrüstung Europas stellen sich moralische, politische und institutionelle Fragen nach der Erreichbarkeit von Frieden: Was macht einen erreichbaren Frieden aus? Wie können wir ihn disziplinübergreifend begreifen? Macht ein erreichbarer Frieden den Diskurs über idealisierte Friedensvorstellungen obsolet? Wie lässt sich ein solcher Friedensbegriff in unser Denken darüber integrieren, was im Hier und Jetzt getan werden sollte? *Datum:* Freitag, 13. Juni 2025 *Zeit:* 9:00 – 17:00 Uhr (inkl. Mittagspause von 12:30 – 13:30 Uhr) *Ort:* Institut für Philosophie, Seminarraum 3A, Universitätsstraße 7, 3. Stock, 1010 Wien *Vortragende*: * Max Haller (Universität Graz) * Georg Kunovjanek (Theresianische Militärakademie) * Stephanie Fenkart (International Institute for Peace, IIP) * Angela Kallhoff (Universität Wien) * Lisa Tragbar (Universität Wien) * Andreas Oberprantacher (Universität Innsbruck) Der Workshop ist kostenlos, aber die Plätze vor Ort sind begrenzt. Ich bitte daher um eine formlose Anmeldung an lisa.tragbar(a)univie.ac.at. Eine Online-Teilnahme über Zoom ist möglich. Nach Anmeldung schicken wir Ihnen gern einen Link zu. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Lisa Tragbar

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Wittgen=steine talk this Friday

by Martin Kusch

Dear All, The next talk in the "Wittgenstein=steine" series is this Friday (June 13th) at 3pm in room NIG 3D. The speaker is Konstantin Deininger, and his title is: _"On the Material and Formal Aspects of (Moral) Certainty"_. Abstract: Does morality have a binding character in the sense that chains of justification come to an end? In this talk, I will affirm this question and argue that we can plausibly distinguish between formal and material aspects of moral certainty. As a starting point, I will interpret Wittgenstein's idea of "bedrock," introduced in §217 of the Philosophical Investigations, as standing for the end of a chain of reasoning. In doing so, I align with certain Wittgensteinian interpreters who maintain that some chains of moral reasoning end with certainty. However, I will arrive at deviating conclusions by demonstrating that different kinds of moral certainties function in different ways. Wittgensteinian scholars such as Cora Diamond and Nigel Pleasants correctly identify the formal aspect of moral certainty, showing that some propositions resist justification and doubt. However, the candidates for formal certainties they propose do not fully satisfy the criteria of certainty. This, I argue, is due to their failure to adequately distinguish between the formal and material aspects of certainty. Material certainties, such as Diamond's "slavery is unjust and insupportable" or Pleasants' "killing is wrong," remain intelligible to some extent and are thus subject to justification and doubt. Still, these propositions function as regress stoppers by putting an end to the chain of reasoning--but they do not mark the boundary of the unintelligible as formal certainties do. Drawing on Wittgenstein's later writings, I will argue that only formal certainties--which I refer to as transcendental certainties--are entirely exempt from justification and doubt. I identify the principle "equals are to be treated equally" as a plausible candidate for transcendental certainty. This certainty is foundational to moral reasoning and enables moral thought. I illustrate its role through debates on justice in animal ethics. Everybody welcome! Best wishes from the organizers, Esther Heinrich-Ramharter Anja Weiberg Martin Kusch

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APSE Reading Talk & Reading Circle on June 12 - Maria Baghramian: Disagreement and Trust – the case from democracy and sconce

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 Maria Baghramian (University College Dublin). Talk: When: Thursday, 12.06.2025, 15:00 - 17:00 Where: HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien) Title: Disagreement and Trust - the case from democracy and sconce Abstract Trust in democratic institutions has been in steep decline across many western countries. Trust in science and scientists, at least in some specific areas of science, has also come under question. It is widely accepted that a certain level of public trust is essential to any well-functioning democracy. Trust in science, in so far as scientific findings have a role in the public life, is also crucial. A great deal has been written about the so called "crisis of trust" in earth of these domains. Less has been said about the connections and the structural similarities or dissimilarities between the two. This paper is an attempt to investigate the parallels between trust in science and in democratic politics by focusing on the deep and at times widespread disagreements present in both. I will argue that while disagreement in both politics and science is necessary for their proper functioning, certain types of disagreement can also lead to disfunction and break down of trust. I follow a familiar distinction between alethic, normative and identity based sources of disagreement using recent work by Michael Lynch (2025) and Pippa Norris (2019) as my examples of these differing approaches and argue that the corrosive type of disagreement that leads to breakdown of trust should be understood in terms of the commitments people have and develop in their lifetime rather than their beliefs in truths or values. Commitments have affective and conative features that are not always present in mere acts of believing (See for instance Bernard Williams 1981 and Timothy Scanlon, 1998). The connections between trust and commitments are also stronger and deeper than those with beliefs (see for instance John Holton, 1994). I conclude by auguring that a focus on disagreement between commitments, both normative and alethic, could be a more fruitful way of looking at the relationships between disagreement and trust in politics and in science. Bio Professor Maria Baghramian is Full Professor of American Philosophy at UCD School of Philosophy and a co-director of the UCD Post Graduate Programme in Cognitive Science, which she co-founded in 2000. She has held visiting posts in Harvard, MIT, University of Yerevan, Institut Jean Nicod, Paris and in various universities in China. She was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Harvard in 2013. Baghramian was elected to the Royal Irish Academy in 2010 and to its Council for two consecutive terms. In June 2022 she was elected to the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe). In 2022, she was Highly Commended in the Irish Research Council Researcher of the Year Awards. She is, with the astrophysicist Luke Drury, the Principal Investigator of a research project on peer expert disagreement "When Experts Disagree" (WEXD), funded by the Irish Research Council. Currently, she is the coordinator and project leader of PERITIA - Policy, Expertise and Trust in Action - a Horizon 2020 multi-disciplinary research project funding of 3 million euro from the European Commission. In the European arena, Baghramian been an active member of three working groups on topics of truth, trust and science with the All European Academies (ALLEA) and its science and policy mechanism SAPEA. Internationally, she is a member of the steering committee of the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, a member of the Programme Committee of the 2024 World Congress, and a member of the International Cooperation Committee of the American Philosophical Association. She also has had numerous academic engagements in China and Armenia. Baghramian has also organised over 40 international conferences, workshops and public lectures and is the founder and two term President of the Society for Women in Philosophy in Ireland and representative of Scholars at Risk programme. Baghramian has published extensively, including 14 edited and authored books, on topics from epistemology and contemporary American philosophy. She was also the editor of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies (2004-14) and the co-editor of Contemporary Pragmatism (2016-2021). Reading Circle: When: Thursday, 12.06.2025, 13:15 - 15:00 Where: HS 3A, NIG (Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien) We will focus our discussion on a forthcoming review article by Maria Baghramian and Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (attached doc): Baghramian, Maria and Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (forthcoming) "Expertise and the Ethics of Trust: A Review" In: _ETICA Yearbook_. Since the article is a review and a very good introduction to the topic, I only suggest these two short papers as additional introduction: Croce, M., & Baghramian, M. (2024). Experts - part I: What they are and how to identify them. _Philosophy Compass_, e13009. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.13009 [1] Croce, M., & Baghramian, M. (2024). Experts--Part II: The sources of epistemic authority. _Philosophy Compass_, e70005. https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.70005 [2] For further reading regarding the topic: Lynch, M. (2025). _On Truth in Politics: Why Democracy Demands It_. Princeton: Princeton University Press. https://doi-org.uaccess.univie.ac.at/10.1515/9780691231945 Hardwig, J. (1991). The role of trust in knowledge. _The Journal of Philosophy_, _88_(12), 693-708. Warren, M. E. (Ed.). (1999). _Democracy and Trust._Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511659959 All the best, Ella Berger and Vinzenz Fischer, on behalf of the APSE team Links: ------ [1] https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.13009 [2] https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.70005

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Invitation THINKING NATURE - Lecture

by Ralf Gisinger

Dear colleagues, We are happy to invite you to a lecture that is part of the new event series THINKING NATURE [1]that will take place at the Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, 2025-2026 (more information below), organised by Eva-Maria Aigner and Ralf Gisinger. The first lecture will take place on Friday, June 6, 6-8pm_,_ online and in a hybrid setting, Room 3A (NIG): Philippe Lynes (Durham University): "Anecological Dwelling: Derrida, Heidegger, Blanchot" Abstract: In the second year of his _The Thing _seminar (1976), Jacques Derrida undertakes a comparative analysis of Martin Heidegger's "Building, Dwelling, Thinking" with the literary work of Maurice Blanchot. For Derrida, if Heidegger's bridge signals a gathering of two shores, a gathering wherein mortals may learn to properly dwell in saving the earth, the bridge for Blanchot would hint at an infinite distancing of the two shores, a devastation that knows no salvation. This interplay of the economical and the aneconomical, _the ecological and the anecological_ would organize all of Derrida's readings of Heidegger and Blanchot almost twenty years later in the _Secret et témoignage _seminars. In unfolding these readings, we will ask what it might mean, in reconsidering the relations and non-relations between thinking and nature, to dwell _anecologically? _Might the anecological open onto a new thinking that leaves nature to its secrecy _without us?_ Bio: Philippe Lynes' research situates itself at the intersections of the environmental humanities, continental philosophy and ecocriticism. He has held an Addison Wheeler Fellowship with the Institute of Advanced Study and the Department of English Studies at Durham University. He was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, and held the Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair in Environmental Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. Lynes is the author of the two-volume _Dearth: Deconstruction after Speculative Realism_, forthcoming with Northwestern University Press in 2025 and 2026, and _Futures of Life Death on Earth: Derrida's General Ecology_ (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018). He is co-editor (with Matthias Fritsch and David Wood) of _Eco-Deconstruction: Derrida and Environmental Philosophy_, (Fordham University Press, 2018) and (with Timothy Clark) of the _Oxford Literary Review_ special issue "What Might Eco-Deconstruction Be?" (2023) Lynes is also a translator and editor of French philosophy and literature, notably of the work of Jacques Derrida and Maurice Blanchot. He is associate editor of the journal _Derrida Today_, and one of the lead editors of Blanchot's literary estate. He is currently working on two books, _Ecologies of Emptiness_, on the Kyoto School, and an introductory book on _The_ _Environmental Posthumanities_. There will be two short responses to the lecture by Eva-Maria Aigner and Noemi Call (both University of Vienna). We will send out the zoom-link closer to the lecture. Here you find more information about the event series: THINKING NATURE [1] University of Vienna, 2025-2026 Poststructuralism has long been accused of a general indifference to questions of materiality and natural philosophy. From this perspective, and in light of the urgent philosophical problem of the looming climate crisis, poststructuralist theory does not seem ideally suited to contribute to the question of nature. In recent years, however, numerous authors have shown how poststructuralist theories can be made fruitful in ecology, geo-philosophy or a philosophy of nature. The lecture series, organised and curated by Eva-Maria Aigner and Ralf Gisinger (Research Group "Poststructuralism, Gender Theory, Psychoanalysis"), brings together some of the most intriguing contemporary theorists in this field who will be invited to the Department of Philosophy Vienna to give their philosophical perspectives on "Thinking Nature" in the Anthropocene. Events 2025 Philippe Lynes (Durham University) _June 6_, 18:00-20:00, online. Live-Streaming and Responses in Room 3A (NIG) Didier Debaise (Université Libre Bruxelles) _October 16_, Keynote, 18:30 (Lecture Room 3A (NIG), on-site/hybrid) _October 17_, Workshop, 10:00-16:00 (Lecture Room 3A (NIG), on-site/hybrid) Claire Colebrook (Penn State University) _November 21_, 10:00-12:00, online. Live-Streaming and Responses in Room 3A (NIG) Organised by Ralf Gisinger and Eva-Maria Aigner Funded by the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy Research Group "Poststructuralism, Gender Theory, Psychoanalysis" Registration and Information: ralf.gisinger(a)univie.ac.at eva-maria.aigner(a)univie.ac.at poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at [2] Links: ------ [1] https://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/thinking-nature-ev… [2] https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpoststru…

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Invitation: 8th Arthur Pap Lecture | Luca Oliva | Kinds of A Priori | June 12 Vienna and online

by Wiener Kreis Gesellschaft

The Institute Vienna Circle and the Vienna Circle Society cordially invite you to the *8th Arthur Pap Lecture* *Luca Oliva (University of Houston)* Kinds of A Priori *Thursday, June 12, 2025** *5 pm** Aula am Campus University of Vienna Hof 1, Eingang 1.11 Spitalgasse 2-4 1090 Vienna *For those who can't make it to Vienna, the event will also be streamed via YouTube:Link <https://www.youtube.com/live/DMGipA4G1ks>* Registration:vcs@univie.ac.at <mailto:vcs@univie.ac.at> No registration fee Abstract In 1944, Arthur Pap analyzed different kinds of "a priori" beyond the scientific statements that served as the standard reference for the logical empiricist criticism of the Kantian model. His analysis focuses on the meanings of formal, material, and functional a priori, engaging primarily with the arguments of Aristotle, Kant, Schlick, Wittgenstein, Dewey, and Carnap. In this context, Pap advocates for the reducibility of Kant's synthetic a priori to the material a priori, while also arguing for the consistency of the latter with the functional meaning of the a priori. Oliva's talk will center on the first two meanings. It will specifically analyze Pap's views on Kant's synthetic-analytic distinction, Leibniz's notion of true sentences as identities (which relates to Wittgenstein's notion of tautology), and Hilbert's notion of implicit definitions – adopted by Schlick and defended by Einstein. Oliva will also consider Pap's later writings from 1949 and 1957 and assess the claims concerning analyticity, necessity, and material implication they developed. Supporting references will include works by Shieh (2006), Stump (2011, 2021), Mormann (2021), and Limbeck-Lilienau (2025). Short Bio Luca Olivais an assistant professor and the program director of /Liberal Studies/ at the University of Houston. His research interests lie in epistemology and philosophy of mathematics but also involve ethics and metaethics. He has primarily published on issues of analytic Kantianism, the a priori in logical empiricism (including Wittgenstein), and Rickert's abstract objects and normativity. His articles have appeared in the /Kantian Review/, the /Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/, and collections published by Cambridge University Press, the North American Kant Society, and De Gruyter. Oliva teaches theories of knowledge and truth, as well as ethics. In recent years, he has been a lecturer at the University of Vienna (2019) and the Institute Vienna Circle (2015, 2017), an academic visitor at the University of Oxford (2016, 2017), and a visiting professor at the Universities of Insubria (2024) and Bergamo (2015, 2022) in Italy.Since 2024, Oliva has co-organized the /Reconstructing Carnap/ webinar series affiliated with the University of Florence. In 2023, he also initiated the /Ethics and Normativity Seminar Series/ at the University of Houston.

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[Reminder] Postdoc Day - 12 June 2025 - 10:00-13:00

by Raphael Gustavo Aybar Valdivia

Postdoc Day - 12 June 2025 - 10:00-13:00 Dear postdocs of the Department of Philosophy, The Vienna Doctoral School, together with the Postdoc Career Development Unit at the University of Vienna, is organising a Postdoc Day for the first time. There will also be an opportunity to socialise over snacks and drinks. Here is a brief description of the event: Postdoc Career Day 12 June 2025, 10:00–13:00 3A NiG, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna Kick off with a hands-on workshop led by career coach Martin Buxbaum (LBG Career Centre), exploring diverse opportunities outside academia. You will also have the opportunity to learn about the various career development resources available with Madeleine Harbich from the University of Vienna's Postdoc Career Development project. You can then stay for informal networking over snacks and drinks with pre- and post-docs, as well as a support session—a chance to ask questions, make connections, and plan your next move. 10:00-11:45 - Workshop: Careers Beyond Academia (Trainer: Martin Buxbaum) 11:45-12:00 - Career Development Opportunities for Postdocs (Speaker: Madeleine Harbich) 12:00-13:00 - Praedoc-Postdoc Networking and Individual Support Session In order to support us with the planning of the event, we kindly ask you to register via u:rise. You can log in using your Uni Wien user ID. https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?optionid=985&cmid=292… Best, Raphael -- MSc. Mag. Raphael Aybar, BA Scientific Coordinator Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy University of Vienna Universitätsstraße 7, B0301 1010 Wien +43-1-4277-46020 https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ vd.philosophy(a)univie.ac.at raphael.aybar(a)univie.ac.at

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