Philosophy of Science Colloquium, Winter Term 2019/20
The role of values and scientific objectivity in Logical Empiricism
Public talks
18.10.2019, 15-16:30, NIG, HS 2H
Torben Spaak (Stockholm):
Kelsen's meta-Ethics.
I plan to focus on Kelsen's general view of the status of morality and discuss a non-cognitivist, a relativist, and a fictionalist interpretation of his writings. Having done that, I plan to consider the implications for his legal philosophy of his meta-ethics, such as his view of legal science as a pure science, and of science, more generally, as a value-free (or value-neutral) enterprise, his critique of natural law theory, and his views on democracy and moral toleration.
06.12.2019, 15-16:30, NIG, HS 3C
Marta Sznajder (LMU Munich):
Rationality and objectivity in Carnap's inductive logic
13.12.2019, 15-16:30, NIG, HS 3C
Matthias Neuber (Universität Tübingen):
What we talk about when we talk about THIS being blue - C.I. Lewis and R.W. Sellars on the object of perception
17.01.2020, 15-16:30, NIG, HS 3C
Richard Staley (University of Cambridge):
[in cooperation with the Ringvorlesung “Climate Change and Climate Crisis”]
Partisans and the politics of knowledge in climate science
24.01.2020, 15-16:30, NIG, HS 2H
Delia Belleri (Universität Wien):
Ontology and the Meaninglessness Critique
Readings
In addition to the public talks we have a number of further meetings where we read the following texts being all related in some way to one of the public talks (the list also includes the background reading for the respective talks):
Fr, 11.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 2H
a. Carnap, „Theoretische Fragen und praktische Entscheidungen“
b. Kelsen, „Wissenschaft und Demokratie“
Fr, 18.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 2H (Talk Torben Spaak)
Spaak, „Relativism in the philosophy of law”
Fr, 25.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 2H
Carnap, “Kaplan on value judgments”
Fr, 08.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs III
Carnap, „The aim of inductive logic”
Fr, 15.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 2H
Rudolf Carnap, “Inductive logic and inductive intuition”
Fr, 22.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 2H
C.I. Lewis, Mind and the World Order, ch. II: "The Given Element in Experience"
Fr, 29.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 3F
R.W. Sellars, "Critical Realism and the Independence of the Object"
Fr, 06.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 3C (Talk Marta Sznajder)
A.W. Carus, “Carnapian rationality”, 2017
Fr, 13.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 3C (Talk Matthias Neuber)
Fr, 10.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 3D
Carnap, “Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology”
Fr, 17.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 3C (Talk Richard Staley)
Fr, 24.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 2H (Talk Delia Belleri)
Thomasson, “Carnap and the Prospects for Easy Ontology”
Fr, 31.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hs 2H
Further reading on Carnap and ontology (t.b.a.)
Imprint
Organizers: Christian Damböck, Christoph Limbeck-Lilienau, Bastian Stoppelkamp, together with Tarja Knnuttila, Esther Ramharter, Georg Schiemer, Friedrich Stadler
https://ufind.univie.ac.at/de/course.html?lv=180217&semester=2019W