Dear all,
our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by
the Institute Vienna Circle is Andrew Arana (Université de Lorraine),
who will give a talk on October 23, 4.45-6.15 pm.
All are welcome!
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*Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: Andrew Arana (Université de
Lorraine)*
Translations Between Geometry and Algebra
Philosophy of Science Colloquium
The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium
with talks by our present fellows.
*Date:* 23/10/2025
*Time:*16h45
*Venue:*New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 2i
*Abstract:*
Since Descartes' development of analytic geometry in the 17th century,
mathematicians have used translations between geometry and algebra to
solve problems in both domains. In this talk I will discuss this issue
in its historical contexts.
Dear all,
Simon-Pierre Cheverie-Cossette is visiting the KiC project next week and
will give a talk in the Neues Institutsgebäude, Hörsaal 2I, at 1.15-2.45
pm on Action for Ethicists.
Simon-Pierre is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the University of
Neuchâtel and works on topics in moral philosophy and moral psychology.
You can find the abstract below. You can learn more about his work here
(http://en.spchevariecossette.info/).
Everyone is welcome!
Best wishes,
Paulina (Sliwa)
"Action for Ethicists"
Philosophers have traditionally conceived of actions as events
which are somehow intentional. Recently, several have claimed that
actions are instead causings of events. Since the view does not
reference intention, some ethicists might frown. They shouldn’t.
The causing view offers at least four advantages for ethical
theorising. (1) It makes better sense of the means-to-end relation.
For, the view neither says that means are identical to ends nor
that specific ways of Φing are means of Φing (as Anscombe and
Davidson must ultimately accept).
(2) It yields a very clean classification of conduct: to act is to
cause a change; to omit is not to cause a change; to prevent is to
cause the absence of a change; to let something happen is not to
cause the absence of a change. (3) This classification is in turn
helpful for the debate in ethics about doing and allowing harm. It
helps assess tricky cases of doctors unplugging patients and raises
new questions about ways of bringing harm about. (4) The causing
view makes questions of responsibility and agency distinct in a
helpful way. It helps dispelling the illusion that the only true
objects of our responsibility are our acts.
---
Univ-Prof. Paulina Sliwa
Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy
Director of Training, FWF Cluster of Excellence "Knowledge in Crisis"
Institute of Philosophy
University of Vienna
Liebe alle,
wir laden herzlich zur nächsten Fakultätsöffentlichen Präsentation von Dissertationsprojekten (FöP) ein.
Am Mittwoch, den 22. Oktober 2025, um 13:15 Uhr präsentieren drei Kandidat*innen ihre Dissertationsprojekte im Seminarraum 3A (NIG, 3. Stock).
Im Anschluss an die Präsentationen laden wir herzlich zu einem gemeinsamen Austausch am Buffet ein.
Das Catering wird mit Unterstützung der Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) ermöglicht.
Programm:
13:15 Uhr
Micol Volonteri
Ethical and Epistemological Challenges in Harm-Benefit Analysis in Biomedical Research.
Normative Frameworks, Decision-Making, and Public Perception
Supervisors:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Herwig Grimm
Prof. Carlo Martini (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)
Co-Supervisor:
Dr. Sarah Songhorian (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)
13:45 Uhr
Tania Kristina Pakhomchik
Personal Autonomy in the Age of Data Technologies
Supervisor:
Univ.-Prof. Mark Coeckelbergh, PhD
14:15 Uhr
Vittorio Catalano
Normalizing Things with Words:
Essays on Speech and the Authority of Normality
Supervisor:
Univ.-Prof. Paulina Sliwa, PhD
Wir freuen uns sehr auf Ihre Teilnahme!
Die Einladung kann gerne mit interessierten Personen geteilt werden.
Mit herzlichen Grüßen
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schnieder
Studienprogrammleitung Doktoratsstudium Philosophie (SPL 43)
***
Dear all,
We warmly invite you to the upcoming Public Faculty Presentation of Dissertation Projects (FöP).
On Wednesday, 22 October 2025, at 1:15 p.m., three candidates will present their dissertation projects in Seminar Room 3A (NIG, 3rd floor).
After the presentations, we warmly invite you to join us for a buffet reception and informal exchange.
The catering is kindly supported by the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP).
Programme:
1:15 p.m.
Micol Volonteri
Ethical and Epistemological Challenges in Harm-Benefit Analysis in Biomedical Research.
Normative Frameworks, Decision-Making, and Public Perception
Supervisors:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Herwig Grimm
Prof. Carlo Martini (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)
Co-Supervisor:
Dr. Sarah Songhorian (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)
1:45 p.m.
Tania Kristina Pakhomchik
Personal Autonomy in the Age of Data Technologies
Supervisor:
Univ.-Prof. Mark Coeckelbergh, PhD
2:15 p.m.
Vittorio Catalano
Normalizing Things with Words:
Essays on Speech and the Authority of Normality
Supervisor:
Univ.-Prof. Paulina Sliwa, PhD
We are very much looking forward to your participation!
Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone who might be interested.
With best wishes,
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Schnieder
Director of the Doctoral Program in Philosophy (SPL 43)
Dear colleagues,
This is a reminder for the next events of the series THINKING NATURE [1]
at the Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna. It will be a
two-day lecture and workshop with Didier Debaise (Université Libre
Bruxelles), who is joining us in Vienna in person (but online
participation is also possible):
Thinking Nature: Didier Debaise - Lecture and Workshop [2]
Thursday, October 16: Lecture "From Nature to the Earthbounds:
Rethinking the Adventure of the Moderns"
18:00-20:00 (CET), Room 3A (NIG) and online
Friday, October 17: Workshop "Geophilosophies"
10:00-16:30 (CET), Room 3A (NIG) and online
Lecture "From Nature to the Earthbounds: Rethinking the Adventure of the
Moderns" (October 16)
Abstract: The Moderns are notably defined by their concept of nature. In
this talk, I aim to examine the birth, circulation, and normative power
of the concept of nature, as well as its current crisis. How was the
idea of nature and a natural order invented? To which events was this
idea connected? How was it deployed across all levels of Modern
experience to become the focal point of all major issues? Finally, how
did nature become a political force that now reveals its limitations
within the framework of the "new climatic regime"? These questions will
be explored through the lens of several thinkers, primarily Whitehead,
Deleuze, Stengers, and Latour.
Workshop "Geophilosophies" (October 17)
Description: Reading and discussion of texts by and with Didier Debaise
(Université Libre Bruxelles).
Inputs/talks by Christoph Hubatschke (IT:U Linz), Eva Jägle (University
of Vienna/ University of Music and Performing Arts), Lilian Kroth
(University of Fribourg), Isabella Schlehaider (Academy of Fine Arts
Vienna).
Texts for the workshop and online participation (Zoom):
ralf.gisinger(a)univie.ac.at [3] or eva-maria.aigner(a)univie.ac.at [3]
Workshop-texts:
- "The earthly becomings of thought. How do we take the legacy of
Geophilosophy?" (Deleuze and Guattari Studies)
- "The Land of the Modernes. The sense of Latour's Pragmatism" (Theory,
Culture and Society)
- "An Ethology of Abstractions: Learning How to Cultivate Our Modes of
Thought with Stengers" (Adventure of Aesthetics)
- (With I. Stengers): "An ecology of trust? Consenting to a pluralist
universe"
Didier Debaise is professor at the Université Libre Bruxelles. His main
areas of research are contemporary forms of speculative philosophy,
philosophy of nature, and links between American pragmatism and the
French contemporary philosophy. He wrote several books on Whitehead's
philosophy (_Un empirisme spéculatif, Le vocabulaire de Whitehead _and
_L'appât des possibles_), edited volumes on pragmatism (_Vie et
experimentation_), on the history of contemporary metaphysics
(_Philosophie des possessions_), and he wrote numerous papers on
Bergson, Tarde, Whitehead, Simondon, Deleuze, Latour and Stengers. Two
of his books were published in English: _Nature as Event _and_
Speculative Empiricism_.
Next Event 2025
Claire Colebrook (Penn State University)
_November 21_, 10:00-12:00, online. Live-Streaming and Responses in Room
3A (NIG)
THINKING NATURE [4], organized by Eva-Maria Aigner and Ralf Gisinger
Research Circle Poststructuralism, Gender Theory, Psychoanalysi
Funded by the Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy
Contact
Eva-Maria Aigner (eva-maria.aigner(a)univie.ac.at [3] )
Ralf Gisinger (ralf.gisinger(a)univie.ac.at [3] )
https://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at [5]
Links:
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[1]
https://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/thinking-nature-ev…
[2]
https://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/thinking-nature-di…
[3] https://webmail2016.univie.ac.at/#NOP
[4] https://backend.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=219906&L=0
[5] https://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at/
Dear all,
our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by
the Institute Vienna Circle is Cristiano Barbieri (University of
Bologna), who will give a talk on October 16, 4.45-6.15 pm.
All are welcome!
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*Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: Cristiano Barbieri (University
of Bologna)*
Science, Society and History in Edgar Zilsel's Thought
Philosophy of Science Colloquium
The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium
with talks by our present fellows.
*Date:* 16/10/2025
*Time:*16h45
*Venue:*New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 2i
*Abstract:*
Cristiano Barbieri, graduated in Philosophy at the University of Bologna
Alma Mater Studiorum, published in 2025 the first italian critical study
on the Viennese philosopher and sociologist, Edgar Zilsel. In his talk,
he will discuss, by retracing the chapters of his book, how the
conception of science, social processes and the philosophy of history
coexist in the Austrian thinker, a pioneer of the sociology of science
and fellow of Vienna Circle.
Dear all,
it is a pleasure to remind you that the next installment of the
Trans*Formations event series at the department of philosophy is soon!
This talk and workshop series organized by the Vienna Doctoral School of
Philosophy provides insights into recent developments in trans*
philosophizing.
When & Where: October 15, 17:00 to 18:30 at HS 3A, NIG,
Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien
Intersex: Beyond Introductions! A Book Presentation on _Hermaphrodite
Logic_
This workshop will showcase the key arguments made by Juliana Gleeson's
new book _Hermaphrodite Logic_ (published June 2025):
1) That intersex advocacy followed on rapidly from intersex people
meeting one (on and offline) another in the early 1990s.
2) That this new intersex movement developed in conjunction with
feminist research, offering a moment of self-consciousness that was
spoken to by intersex advocacy's rhetoric, and wit ("90s edgy").
3) That their protests from 1996 to the present served as a revelation,
which challenged professional authority (specifically claims to clinical
"management"), and objectivity, and rewrote the history of sex (in ways
still being processed today).
Along the way, participants will be challenged in turn, with regards to
"intersex" being a topic that requires continual introduction. Gallows
humour guaranteed.
Juliana Gleeson is a writer and reader raised in west London, who now
lives in east Berlin. Her first edited collection was the pioneering
anthology Transgender Marxism [1] (2021), which she oversaw with Elle
O'Rourke. Well noted for her love of two word titles, her first book
Hermaphrodite Logic [2] was published this summer - addressing the
history and style of the intersex movement. She's currently writing
three follow-ups: a co-written philosophical manuscript _Dyke
__Dialectics_, a collection of dialogues about sex hormones, and a brief
book on femininity's substance.
If you would like to participate in the workshop (which will be in
English), please register via U:RISE. [3]
Right now, it seems that the workshop is almost fully booked - but I am
sure that we will find some extra spots :)
So please just come around even though you maybe could not sign up!
No prior knowledge needed for participation, and students and staff of
all levels are welcome.
There will be snacks and drinks!
After the workshop, participants are cordially invited to join for the
presentation of Gleeson's book [4], organized by Referat
Genderforschung, which will take place 19:00 at Seminarraum 7,
Kolingasse 14-16. Juliana Gleeson will be in conversation with Tinou
Ponzer, Chairperson of VIMÖ - Verein Intergeschlechtlicher Menschen
Österreich [5] & co-editor of Inter*Pride: Perspektiven aus einer
weltweiten Menschenrechtsbewegung. [6]
_Please save the date for the two next events of Trans*Formations this
fall:_
"Workshop trans Philosophie" mit Gen Eickers und Sigmond Richli,
18.11., 16:45-19:00, HS 3A im Rahmen der Trans* Awareness Week 2025 (auf
Deutsch)
"Trans*Modernität, Trans*Kolonialität?" - Workshop mit Jonah I. Garde,
11.12. 16:45-18:18, HS 3A (auf Deutsch)
Please also feel free to forward this invite to others who could be
interested!
Looking forward to seeing you at the event!
Best,
Flora Löffelmann
--
Flora Löffelmann, MA MA
Stipendiat:in der Literar Mechana
Department of Philosophy
University of Vienna
Pronouns: they/them (for more info see:
https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/)
Happy about a gender neutral "hello"!
Links:
------
[1] https://www.plutobooks.com/product/transgender-marxism/
[2]
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2661-hermaphrodite-logic?srsltid=AfmBOo…
[3]
https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?optionid=1650&cmi…
[4]
https://gender.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/book-presentation-hermaphrodite…
[5] https://vimoe.at/
[6] https://wortenundmeer.net/buch/interpride/
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
wir möchten Sie auf eine Veranstaltung aufmerksam machen, die von der VDP (
<https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/> Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy -
Universität Wien) an unserem Institut organisiert wird. Nähere Informationen
zu Termin, Thema und Ablauf finden Sie in der untenstehenden E-Mail.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Katherina Krobath
--
Institutskoordination
Dipl.-Ing. Katherina Geneviève Krobath, BEd
Andreas Wintersperger, MA
<mailto:philosophie@univie.ac.at> philosophie(a)univie.ac.at
+43(1)4277 46401
Institut für Philosophie
Universitätsstraße 7, Raum A316
1010 Wien
<https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/> https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/
From: Ralf Gisinger < <mailto:ralf.gisinger@univie.ac.at>
ralf.gisinger(a)univie.ac.at>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 12:29 PM
To: News < <mailto:news@lists.philo.at> news(a)lists.philo.at>; Vdp <
<mailto:vdp@lists.philo.at> vdp(a)lists.philo.at>
Subject: Tagung "Deleuze 100. Ein deleuzianisches Jahrhundert?" - 14./15.
November, Wien
<https://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/deleuze-100-ein-de
leuzianisches-jahrhundert-aktualitaeten-perspektiven-zukuenfte-2025/>
Deleuze 100. Ein deleuzianisches Jahrhundert? Aktualitäten, Perspektiven,
Zukünfte
Tagung an der Universität Wien
14./15. November 2025
2025 jährt sich der 100. Geburtstag sowie der 30. Todestag des französischen
Philosophen Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995). Zu diesem Anlass widmen wir uns in
einer Tagung den mannigfaltigen gegenwärtigen Gebrauchsweisen von Deleuzes
Werk und fragen insbesondere nach den produktiven sowie kritischen
Perspektiven, welche die Philosophie von Deleuze (und Guattari) bereithält.
Foucaults berühmte und von Deleuze selbst als Scherz verstandene
Prophezeiung "Aber eines Tages wird das Jahrhundert vielleicht
deleuzianisch sein" (Foucault, Schriften in vier Bänden II, 94) dient
dabei als Anlasss einer Bestandsaufnahme wie spekulativer Durchgangspunkt:
100 Jahre zurück, 100 Jahre voraus.
Auch im Hinblick auf die im Juli 2027 in Wien stattfindende internationale
Deleuze and Guattari Studies Conference laden wir junge sowie etablierte
Forscher:innen im November zu Deleuze 100 nach Wien ein, um die Potentiale
eines von Deleuze inspirierten Denkens auszuloten.
Organisation: Eva-Maria Aigner, Ralf Gisinger, Christoph Hubatschke, Evi
Jägle, Jonas Oßwald
Programm
<https://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/poststruktur
alismus/Deleuze100_-_Programm_-_Wien_2025.pdf> :
Freitag, 14. November, Depot Wien. 18:30: Film | Performance | Roundtable
Depot - Kunst und Diskussion, Breite Gasse 3
Film: Auszüge aus L'Abécédaire de Gilles Deleuze (1989), Deleuze von A bis
Z, Interviews mit Claire Parnet
Performance: Ardan Hussein, Evi Jägle und Jan Barner: Die
Ausdrucksmaschine. Ein choreographierter Prozess nach Kafka (2025)
Roundtable: Sandra Lehmann (Universität Wien), Gerald Raunig (ZHdK Zürich),
Marc Rölli (HGB Leipzig), Ruth Sonderegger (Akademie der bildenden Künste
Wien), Stephen Zepke (Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien).
Samstag, 15. November, Universität Wien. 09:30-17.30: Vorträge und Panels
Institut für Philosophie, NIG, Hörsaal 3D
Mehr Informationen hier:
https://poststrukturalismus.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/deleuze-100-ein-del
euzianisches-jahrhundert-aktualitaeten-perspektiven-zukuenfte-2025/
A two-year full-time postdoctoral position is available at the Institute
Vienna Circle (Vienna, Austria), funded through the FWF Principal
Investigator Project "The Principle of Permanence of Forms". For details
about this project, see
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/projects/the-principle-of-permanence-of-
forms.
Please send your application as a single file
(YourFirstName_YourLastName.pdf) by email to
iulian.danut.toader(a)univie.ac.at with "postdoc application" in the subject
line. The file should contain: your curriculum vitae (max. 3 pages),
research proposal (max. 5 pages), writing sample (max. 15 pages), and three
academic references (to be sent by their writers to
iulian.danut.toader(a)univie.ac.at). Inquiries may be sent to the same
address.
Deadline for applications: January 31st, 2026. Interviews will take place
online in March 2026. The starting date cannot be later than October 1st,
2026. For salary information, please see
https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/funding/steps-to-your-fwf-project/further-informati
on/personnel-costs.
Dear all,
it is a pleasure to invite you to the next installment of the
Trans*Formations event series at the department of philosophy. This talk
and workshop series organized by the Vienna Doctoral School of
Philosophy provides insights into recent developments in trans*
philosophizing.
When & Where: October 15, 17:00 to 18:30 at HS 3A, NIG,
Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien
Intersex: Beyond Introductions! A Book Presentation on _Hermaphrodite
Logic_
This workshop will showcase the key arguments made by Juliana Gleeson's
new book _Hermaphrodite Logic_ (published June 2025):
1) That intersex advocacy followed on rapidly from intersex people
meeting one (on and offline) another in the early 1990s.
2) That this new intersex movement developed in conjunction with
feminist research, offering a moment of self-consciousness that was
spoken to by intersex advocacy's rhetoric, and wit ("90s edgy").
3) That their protests from 1996 to the present served as a revelation,
which challenged professional authority (specifically claims to clinical
"management"), and objectivity, and rewrote the history of sex (in ways
still being processed today).
Along the way, participants will be challenged in turn, with regards to
"intersex" being a topic that requires continual introduction. Gallows
humour guaranteed.
Juliana Gleeson is a writer and reader raised in west London, who now
lives in east Berlin. Her first edited collection was the pioneering
anthology Transgender Marxism [1] (2021), which she oversaw with Elle
O'Rourke. Well noted for her love of two word titles, her first book
Hermaphrodite Logic [2] was published this summer - addressing the
history and style of the intersex movement. She's currently writing
three follow-ups: a co-written philosophical manuscript _Dyke
__Dialectics_, a collection of dialogues about sex hormones, and a brief
book on femininity's substance.
If you would like to participate in the workshop (which will be in
English), please register via U:RISE. [3]
No prior knowledge needed for participation, and students and staff of
all levels are welcome. There will be snacks and drinks!
After the workshop, participants are cordially invited to join for the
presentation of Gleeson's book [4], organized by Referat
Genderforschung, which will take place 19:00 at Seminarraum 7,
Kolingasse 14-16. Juliana Gleeson will be in conversation with Tinou
Ponzer, Chairperson of VIMÖ - Verein Intergeschlechtlicher Menschen
Österreich [5] & co-editor of Inter*Pride: Perspektiven aus einer
weltweiten Menschenrechtsbewegung. [6]
_Please save the date for the two next events of Trans*Formations this
fall:_
"Workshop trans Philosophie" mit Gen Eickers und Sigmond Richli,
18.11., 16:45-19:00, HS 3A im Rahmen der Trans* Awareness Week 2025 (auf
Deutsch)
"Trans*Modernität, Trans*Kolonialität?" - Workshop mit Jonah I. Garde,
11.12. 16:45-18:18, HS 3A (auf Deutsch)
Attached, you find both a poster for the upcoming workshop and the
events ahead - feel free to print and circulate them!
Looking forward to seeing you at the event!
Best,
Flora Löffelmann
--
Flora Löffelmann, MA MA
Stipendiat:in der Literar Mechana
Department of Philosophy
University of Vienna
Pronouns: they/them (for more info see:
https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why/)
Happy about a gender neutral "hello"!
Links:
------
[1] https://www.plutobooks.com/product/transgender-marxism/
[2]
https://www.versobooks.com/products/2661-hermaphrodite-logic?srsltid=AfmBOo…
[3]
https://urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/optionview.php?optionid=1650&cmi…
[4]
https://gender.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/book-presentation-hermaphrodite…
[5] https://vimoe.at/
[6] https://wortenundmeer.net/buch/interpride/