Friedrich Stadler

Friedrich Stadler ( born July 17, 1951 in Zeltweg, Styria ) is an Austrian historian of science, philosopher of science and professor at the University of Vienna.

Life

Stadler studied philosophy, psychology, education and history at the Universities of Graz and the University of Salzburg, where he Mag.phil 1977. and 1982 the PhD. acquired ( history and philosophy). After teaching at middle schools and work on research projects (eg at the Institute for Arts and Sciences and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the History and Society) since 1989 teaching at the University of Vienna. In 1991, Stadler founded the Institute Vienna Circle as a club to promote scientific conception of the world, which he has since headed and which was established since May 2011 as a university institute at the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences of the University of Vienna. In 1994 he qualified as a professor of History of Science and Philosophy of Science at the University of Vienna, where he was appointed associate professor in 1997 Humanities and Cultural Studies. Since October 2008, Stadler is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science ( History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Science ) at the University of Vienna, a joint appointment at the Historical and Cultural Studies (Institute for Contemporary History ) and at the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, Department of Philosophy. Since 2001 he has headed the initiated by him, held annually " Vienna International Summer University / Scientific World Conceptions " ( VISUAL / SWC). He is the initiator of the set up in the winter semester 2010 Master's program "History and Philosophy of Science " and faculty member of the Austrian Research Fund (FWF ) funded Dokoratsprogrammes " The Sciences in Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Contexts" at the University of Vienna. Since 2006, Stadler is project manager of the "Forum of Contemporary History of the University of Vienna " on behalf of the Rector. In October 2009 he was elected president, which was founded and has its headquarters in Vienna "European Philosophy of Science Association " ( EPSA ). From 2007 he acts as assessor and advisor to the International Union for History and Philosophy of Science / Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science ( DLMPS ) and is on the editorial board of the journals Journal for General Philosophy of Science, European Journal of Philosophy of Science, and Journal for the History of Philosophy of Science.

Stadler has been a visiting professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Visiting Professor and Fulbright Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota and a Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies of the University of Helsinki. He is on the advisory board of the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society and head of the advisory board of the Austrian Society for Exile Research.

Work

To Stadler's research interests include the modern history of science as a historical science research, the philosophy of science and philosophy of science (in the form of an interdisciplinary History and Philosophy of Science), the history, theory and methodology of cultural studies, as well as the cultural and intellectual history, with a focus on the German -language scientific migration in 20th century. His particular expertise is in the investigation of the Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism (including Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper ), including the impact history to the present as well as in the critical development of the basic ideas in the context of contemporary philosophical basic research between analytic and continental traditions. In this field he found through his two books on Ernst Mach and the Vienna Circle ( in German, English and Spanish ), and by his editorship of 5 book series (including with edits of Ernst Mach and Moritz Schlick ) international recognition.

Publications (selection )

Author:

  • From Positivism to ' scientific world view '. The example of the historical impact of Ernst Mach in Austria from 1895 until 1934. Löcker, Vienna / Munich 1982. ISBN 3-85409-038-2
  • Studies on the Vienna Circle. Origin, development and impact of logical empiricism in context. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1997. ISBN 3-518-58207-0
  • The Vienna Circle. Studies in the Origins, Development, and Influence of Logical Empiricism. Springer, Vienna and New York, 2001. ISBN 3-211-83243-2
  • El Circulo de Viena. Empirismo lógico, ciencia, cultura y politica. Fondo de Cultura Económica. Chile 2001. ISBN 978-956-289-085-4

Series:

  • (Ed.): Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Springer Dordrecht 1993ff.
  • (Ed.): Ernst Mach study edition. Xenomoi Verlag, Berlin 2008ff. ISBN 978-3-936532-91-3
  • (Ed.): Emigration - exile - continuity. Writings on contemporary historical cultural and scientific research. LIT Verlag 2004 ff.
  • (Ed. with Hans -Jürgen Wendel ): Moritz Schlick. Critical Edition. Springer, Vienna and New York, 2006ff. ISBN 978-3-211-29789-6

Publisher (selection):

  • (Eds.): Continuity and break 1938 - 1945 to 1955 contributions to Austrian culture and history of science.. LIT Verlag, Münster, 2004. ISBN 3-8258-7489-3
  • (Ed.): Displaced reason. Emigration and exile of Austrian science. 2 volumes. Youth and Community, Vienna / Munich in 1987 / 88th New Edition: LIT -Verlag, 2004 ISBN 3-8258-7373-0.
  • (Ed.): Displacement, transformation and return the philosophy of science on the example of Rudolf Carnap and Stegmüller. LIT -Verlag, Vienna, 2010. ISBN 978-3-643-50165-3
  • (Ed. with Kurt R. Fischer): Paul Feyerabend. A philosopher from Vienna. Springer, Vienna / New York: 2006, ISBN 3-211-29759-6.
  • (Ed. with Eric Kandel, Walter Kohn, Fritz Stern and Anton Zeilinger ): Austria's dealing with National Socialism. The consequences for the scientific and humanistic teaching. Springer, Vienna / New York 2004. ISBN 3-211-21537-9
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