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Reminder: Talk Catarina Dutilh Novaes June 25th

by Sebastian Aster

Dear all, this is a reminder that the next PACE/KiC Metaphilosophical Talk is taking place on Wednesday June 25th! Catarina Dutilh Novaes, VU Amsterdam Title: Synthetic philosophy and the social epistemology of argumentation Date: June 25th, Wednesday Time: 16:45-18:15 Location: SE 2H, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG/2. Stock) Abstract: A methodological orientation that has gained some traction within philosophy in recent years is so-called ‘synthetic philosophy’ (Schliesser 2024). It is characterized by extensive engagement with research in relevant (empirical and conceptual) disciplines to inform philosophical inquiry, and by the attempt to formulate unifying explanations for findings coming from different fields. Thus understood, I have myself been deploying the synthetic method for many years (Dutilh Novaes, 2012) (Dutilh Novaes, 2020), even if not using the term itself (which I adopted circa 2018). Other self-declared synthetic philosophers include Philip Kitcher (Kitcher 2012) and Neil Levy (Levy 2021). In this talk, I will present and defend the synthetic philosophy orientation, illustrating it in particular by means of my research project on the social epistemology of argumentation in recent years. The foundational idea of this research, i.e., the ‘glue’ that allowed for synthesis, is a conceptualization of argumentation as a form of _epistemic exchange_. On the basis of this conceptualization, I engaged extensively with research on exchange in the social sciences (in particular sociology and anthropology) to inform my inquiry into the socio-epistemic mechanisms at play in argumentative processes, and in particular the role of power relations therein. The presentation will include a brief preview of my forthcoming monograph _Reason and Power in Argumentation_, which summarizes the main findings of the project. We look forward to seeing you! Best wishes, The PACE/KiC organising team https://pace.phl.univie.ac.at/ https://www.knowledgeincrisis.com/

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Ankündigung: Forum am 26.06.2025, KoPhil "Was ist unser Wissen im Zeitgeist d. Künstlichen Intelligenz?"

by Philosophie

Guten Tag! Wir möchten Sie über die folgende Veranstaltung informieren, die vor Ort am Institut für Philosophie stattfindet: -- Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe Kollege/innen, Im Folgenden eine Information über die nächste Veranstaltung des Vereins für Kompaeative Philosophie und interdisziplnäre Billdung/KoPhil. DO. 26.06.2025, 18:30, HS 2 i, Insitut für Philosophie der Universität Wien Thema: KoPhil Interdisziplinäres Forum Eine freie Diskussionsrunde zum aktuellen Thema „Was ist unser Wissen im Zeitgeist der Künstlichen Intelligenz?“ Diskussionsleitung: Univ.-Doz. Mag. Mag. Dr. Hisaki HASHI (Institut für Philosophie der Universität Wien, KoPhil) ZOOM Übertragung (Siehe Attachment) Zu Beginn wird eine kurze Präsentation von der Vorsitzenden des Vereins KoPhil über die Ideen und Prinzipien der L‘association française des convivialistes (Sitz in Frankreich) gehalten. Es geht um die transversale Grundlage der Denkmethode des Convivialismus und der Komparativen Philosophie. https://kophil-interdis.at/wb/pages/kooperation.php Mit freundlichen Grüßen KoPhil-Präsidium https://kophil-interdis.at

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IVC Talk: Korbinian Friedl (IVC Fellow) on "Leitgeb’s new verifiability criterion, probability, and thick concepts", June 26, 5.30 pm

by Zarah Weiss

Dear all, our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by the Institute Vienna Circle is Korbinian Friedl (IVC Fellow), who will give a talk on June 26, 5.30-7 pm. Please note that this talk is later than usually! All are welcome! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: Korbinian Friedl (IVC Fellow) LEITGEB’S NEW VERIFIABILITY CRITERION, PROBABILITY, AND THICK CONCEPTS Philosophy of Science Colloquium The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium with talks by our present fellows. Date: 26/06/2025 Time: 17h30 Venue: New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS 3A Abstract: Hannes Leitgeb's recent paper "Vindicating the Verifiability Criterion" presents a new attempt at drawing out the exact sense in which (something like) verifiability is properly seen as the arbiter of meaningfulness. He proposes a parametrized, probabilistic verifiability criterion "scheme". As one of the advantages of his new criterion, compared to the "original" verifiability criterion, he advertises its greater flexibility, and the ability to account for, and make explicit (in terms of different parametrizations), the different ways in which certain statements can be meaningful for different communities. The talk will present Leitgeb's ideas and raise to questions for them:1. One issue with the original criterion is the strong dichotomy between fact and value it entrenches, which e.g. Putnam argues makes it impossible for it to account for the specific way in which Thick Ethical Concepts are meaningful. Does the greater flexibility of Leitgeb's criterion allow it to give a satisfying account of judgments involving such terms?2. How does Leitgeb's probabilistic criterion interact with different concepts of probability? Are there specific requirements on a concept of probability which are necessary for the criterion to achieve its semantic bite?

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Invitation: Trans*Formations talk by Prof. Emma Heaney, 26.6.

by Flora Löffelmann

Dear all, It is my pleasure to cordially invite you to the next installment of the Trans*Formation Talk Series at the Department of Philosophy at University of Vienna, which showcases exciting new developments in Trans Philosophy. This Thursday, 26.6., Prof. Emma Heaney from NYU will give the talk "Provincializing Cisness" at 19:30 in HS 3A, NIG. Everyone is welcome! Please also forward this invite to others who might be interested! Abstract: Most examinations of sex and gender in the academy take bourgeois national histories of North America and Western Europe as their frame of reference. In the histories of Germany, the UK, France, and the United States, doctors and state bureaucracies incorporated sexual and gendered social practices into a taxonomy of identities (or even species, as Foucault puts it,) beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. However, in many sex-gender systems, including those of the proletarian neighborhoods of these nations' metropoles, the assumptions that formed expert orderings did not apply. This lecture surveys the non-cis vernacular categories that ordered these sex-gender systems. The relation between race/class and cisness means that there is no absolute geography to this story. Drawing on source material from Indigenous Americas to the South Asian subcontinent and from the working-class neighborhoods of Kansas City to the courts of Nigerian nobility, the talk will be attuned to a range of sex-gender systems that do not accord with the categories produced by the Euro- American bourgeois in order to, as the title suggests, reveal the provincial status of cisness. The talk will be in English with ÖGS translation. Bio: Emma Heaney is a scholar and teacher of feminist theory, comparative literature, and trans studies. Her first book, _The New Woman: Literary Modernism, Queer Theory, and the Trans Feminine Allegory [1] _(Northwestern 2017) is a study of the prominence of the medicalized figure of trans femininity in works of twentieth-century literature and philosophy. Her edited collection _Feminism Against Cisness _ [2](Duke 2024) gathers essays that demonstrate the nature and potential of feminist thought unobscured by the counterrevolutionary mystification of assigned sex. _This Watery Place: Four Essays on Gestation [3] --- _a political and phenomenological report from the gestational sensorium against cisness, capital, and genocide --- is forthcoming from Pluto Press in November 2025. Her current book project is a sequel edited collection that draws on the work of scholars from many disciplines and areas of geographical and historical focus to reveal the provincial nature of the ideology of cisness. Forthcoming essays theorize the emergence of the trans-gay distinction in the twentieth century via literary representations. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the XE program at New York University, where she serves as faculty advisor for the Advanced Certificate in Experimental Writing. I want to thank the VDP [4], the Culture & Equality Unit [5] of the University of Vienna, queer@hochschulen [6], and ACCESTECH / TU Wien [7] for their financial support dor this event. Looking forward to seeing many of you at the talk! All the best, Flora Löffelmann Links: ------ [1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv47w5mz [2] https://www.dukeupress.edu/feminism-against-cisness [3] https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745350158/this-watery-place/ [4] https://vd-philosophy.univie.ac.at/ [5] https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/en/culture-equality/ [6] https://queer-at-hochschulen.org/ [7] https://www.experiencing-access.eu/de/news/

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[Logik Café]: Michał Tomasz Godziszewski (University of Warsaw): "Potentialist finitism and semantic paradoxes", Monday, 23.06.2025, 16:30-18:00

by Georg Schiemer

Dear all, This is a reminder for next week's talk in the Logik Café colloquium: Monday, 23.06.2025, 16:30-18:00, Michał Tomasz Godziszewski (University of Warsaw) <https://uw.academia.edu/MichalGodziszewski>: "Potentialist finitism and semantic paradoxes" Raum 3B (B0315), 3. Stock am Institut für Philosophie <https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/i_philosophie/Orient…> The meeting will be held form 16:30-18:00 in seminar room (3B (B0315) <https://philosophie.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/i_philosophie/Orient…>; 3rd floor) at the Department of Philosophy, Universitätsstrasse 7. Best wishes, Esther Heinrich Georg Schiemer ____________________

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Invitation to Workshop: Klassismuskritik in der Philosophie(lehre)/Classism in (Teaching) Philosophy, July 2, 3-6 PM

by Leonie Möck

Liebe Kolleg*innen, wir laden Sie zum Workshop *„Klassismuskritik in der Philosophie(lehre)“* am *2. Juli 2025, 15-18 Uhr in 3A (NIG)* ein, der sich an alle Lehrenden des Instituts für Philosophie richtet. *Wie lässt sich kritisches Denken und Handeln in einem Raum fördern, der nur begrenzt selbstkritisch ist? Und wie lässt sich machtkritisches Denken und Handeln fördern, wenn die Universität selbst von Machtverhältnissen geprägt ist, an deren Reproduktion wir als Lehrende und Wissenschaftler*innen beteiligt sind? * Im Mittelpunkt dieses Workshops stehen die Auseinandersetzung mit Klassismus in der Philosophie(lehre), die Reflexion eigener Lehrpraktiken unter machtkritischer Perspektive sowie die gemeinsame Entwicklung klassismuskritischer Ansätze für Lehre und Lernräume (Workshopbeschreibung angehängt). *Workshopleitung:* Dr. Lisa Scheer (Zentrum für Lehrkompetenz, Universität Graz) Eine Vorbereitung ist nicht erforderlich. *Anmeldung bitte über diesen Link <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe69hi_Gi3ulm8-mtn-L0Twgxc1TMd36GS…>.* Wir freuen uns auf einen anregenden Austausch! Irene Salzmann & Leonie Möck organisiert im Rahmen von UPsalon & mit Unterstützung der VDP *********** Dear colleagues, We invite you to participate in the upcoming workshop *“Classism in (Teaching) Philosophy” on July 2 2025, 3-6 PM, room 3A (NIG)*, which is open to all teaching staff of the Institute of Philosophy. *How can critical thinking and practice be promoted in a place that is only self-critical to a limited extent? And how can power-critical thinking and practice be promoted when the university itself is characterized by power relations which we as teachers and academics reproduce too? * Key themes of the workshop include reflecting on class-based exclusion and privilege in philosophy, developing strategies for class-critical teaching, exploring the boundaries and possibilities of academic freedom and institutional constraints (full description of workshop attached). *Workshop facilitator:* Dr. Lisa Scheer (Competence Center for University Teaching, University of Graz ) No prior preparation is required.*Please register using the following link <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe69hi_Gi3ulm8-mtn-L0Twgxc1TMd36GS…>.* We look forward to your participation and to engaging discussions! Irene Salzmann & Leonie Möck organized with UPsalon & supported by the VDP -- Leonie Möck, University Assistant (Prae Doc) Philosophy of Media and Technology University of Vienna Universitätsstraße 7 (NIG), 1010 Vienna leonie.moeck(a)univie.ac.at

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Invitation: "Filtering Truth - 14th WFAP Graduate Conference on Epistemic Bubbles, Echo Chambers and the Spread of Misinformation"

by Veronika Lassl

Dear all, We are very happy to invite you to the 14th annual graduate conference of the Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy "Filtering Truth: A Graduate Conference on Epistemic Bubbles, Echo Chambers and the Spread of Misinformation"! The event aims to bring together graduate students and experienced researchers whose work touches on the philosophical challenges posed by socio-epistemic structures in which the transmission of truth is "filtered", i.e., systematically modified. Here are the details of the conference at a glance: Dates: 3-5 July, 2025 Venue: Room 3D, NIG, Universiättsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna AND via Zoom (for link see below) Keynotes: * Keith Harris (University of Vienna) * Giulia Napolitano (Erasmus University Rotterdam) * Megan Fritts (University of Arkansas, Little Rock) * Benjamin Elzinga (Georgetown University) To view the program and the abstracts for the talk, visit: https://wfap.philo.at/conferences/14th-wfap-graduate-conference/ [1] To receive the Zoom access details or to ask questions about the conference, contact: filteringtruth(a)gmail.com We are looking forward to seeing you all at our event! Best, Veronika Lassl Acting-Chair - Vienna Forum for Analytic Philosophy wfap.philo.at Links: ------ [1] https://wfap.philo.at/conferences/14th-wfap-graduate-conference/

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Catarina Dutilh Novaes on Synthetic Philosophy - Metaphilosophical Talk Series

by Sebastian Aster

Dear all, The PACE and KiC Projects cordially invite you to the next talk of the Metaphilosophical Talk Series by Catarina Dutilh Novaes, VU Amsterdam Title: Synthetic philosophy and the social epistemology of argumentation Date: June 25th, Wednesday Time: 16:45-18:15 Location: SE 2H, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG/2. Stock) Abstract: A methodological orientation that has gained some traction within philosophy in recent years is so-called ‘synthetic philosophy’ (Schliesser 2024). It is characterized by extensive engagement with research in relevant (empirical and conceptual) disciplines to inform philosophical inquiry, and by the attempt to formulate unifying explanations for findings coming from different fields. Thus understood, I have myself been deploying the synthetic method for many years (Dutilh Novaes, 2012) (Dutilh Novaes, 2020), even if not using the term itself (which I adopted circa 2018). Other self-declared synthetic philosophers include Philip Kitcher (Kitcher 2012) and Neil Levy (Levy 2021). In this talk, I will present and defend the synthetic philosophy orientation, illustrating it in particular by means of my research project on the social epistemology of argumentation in recent years. The foundational idea of this research, i.e., the ‘glue’ that allowed for synthesis, is a conceptualization of argumentation as a form of _epistemic exchange_. On the basis of this conceptualization, I engaged extensively with research on exchange in the social sciences (in particular sociology and anthropology) to inform my inquiry into the socio-epistemic mechanisms at play in argumentative processes, and in particular the role of power relations therein. The presentation will include a brief preview of my forthcoming monograph _Reason and Power in Argumentation_, which summarizes the main findings of the project. We look forward to seeing you! Best wishes, The PACE/KiC organising team https://pace.phl.univie.ac.at/ https://www.knowledgeincrisis.com/

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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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