C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E (Short Version) September 2009 FRIEDRICH STADLER - 2008: Full Professor for History and Philosophy of Science (Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Wissenschaftsphilosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie), University of Vienna (Joint Appointment at the Faculty of Historical-Cultural Sciences and the Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences). - 1997 Associate Professor (History of Science and Philosophy of Science ): University of Vienna, Department of Contemporary History and (till 2004) Center for Interdisciplinary Research - 1991 Founder and to date Director: Institut Wiener Kreis/Vienna Circle Institute - Since 1989 Teaching at the University of Vienna: Department of Contemporary History and Department of Philosophy of Science Born 1951 in Zeltweg (Austria). Studies in history, philosophy, psychology, pedagogics at the Universities of Graz and Salzburg; 1977 Mag.phil., 1982 Dr.phil. Since 1989 Lecturer and 1994 Habilitation for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Vienna 1991 Founder and Scientific Director of the Institute Vienna Circle (Institut Wiener Kreis. Verein zur Förderung Wissenschaftlicher Weltauffassung) 1997 Permanent Member at the Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies 2000-2003: Center for Interdisciplinary Research/ Zentrum für überfakultäre Forschung), University of Vienna Spring 1997 Visiting Professor Exchange Program (DAAD) at Humboldt-University Berlin, Department of Philosophy. Fall Term 1998 Fulbright Research Fellow and Teacher at the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science and Center for Austrian Studies, Minneapolis (USA). Chair of the Programm Committee for HOPOS 2000: Third International History of Philosophy of Science Conference, Vienna, July 6-9 2000. (Together with Michael Heidelberger) Dec. 2000: Permanent Member at the Department of Contemporary History, University of Vienna
Member of the Organizing Committee of the ESF-Scientific Network on Historical and Contemporary Perspectives of Philosophy of Science in Europe (2001 2004) Chair of the International Symposium The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism, University of Vienna, July 12-15, 2001 Since November 2001: Head of the Department of Contemporary History, University of Vienna Initiator and Organizer: Vienna International Summer University Scientific World Conceptions (VISU-SWC), organized by IVC/University of Vienna since July 2001: Main topics: 2001: Unity and Plurality in Science, 2002: Mind and Computation, 2003: Cosmology and Evolution, 2004: The Quest for Objectivity, 2005: Chance and Necessity, 2006: Philosophy and Economics, 2007: Consensus in Science, 2008 History and Philosophy of the Biomedical Sciences, 2009 The Culture of Science and its Philosophy Chair of the 28 th International Wittgenstein Symposium on Time and History, Kirchberg/W. August 7-13, 2005 2006/07: Appointed Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki (Leave of Absence) 2008: Joint Appointment: Professor for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Vienna (Faculty of Historical-Cultural Sciences and Faculty for Philosophy and Educational Sciences) Project Leader of National and International Research Projects: - History of Science and/or Philosophy of Science? (FWF, 2009-2011) - Moritz Schlick Edition Project (FWF, 2003-2009) - The Banishment and Return of the Philosophy of Science: Rudolf Carnap and Wolfgang Stegmüller (FWF, 2005-2008) - Bildungsbiografien und Wissenstransfers. Studierende an der Universität Wien vor und nach1938 (Jubiläumsfonds ÖNB, 2004-2007) - Forum Zeitgeschichte der Universität Wien Main Fields of Research and Teaching: History and Philosophy of Science, Analytic Philosophy/Logical Empiricism of the 19th/20th Centuries (esp. Mach, Wittgenstein, Popper, Feyerabend and the Vienna Circle), Intellectual Migration and Exile Studies (Emigration and Exile of the German Speaking Scholars), Central European and Austrian Intellectual History (Contemporary Austrian History of Science). Theory and Methodology of Contemporary History and Historiography. Publications: Author of 2 Books (German and English, forthcoming in Spanish, Editor and Co-editor (with Introductions) of 30 Books and 3 Brochures, Writer of about 80 Articles in 5 languages concerning Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science and Intellectual History. Editor and Co-Editor of 3 relevant Book-Series (one of which is in English) SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Books in Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science): Author: - Studien zum Wiener Kreis. Ursprung, Entwicklung und Wirkung des Logischen Empirismus im Kontext. Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp 1997. (Sonderausgabe 2001). (1035 S.) English revised edition: The Vienna Circle Studies in the Origins, Development, and Influence of Logical Empiricism. Wien-New York: Springer 2001. (984 pp.) Spanish Edition in preparation. - Vom Positivismus zur 'Wissenschaftlichen Weltauffassung'. Am Beispiel der Wirkungsgeschichte von Ernst Mach in Österreich von 1895 bis 1934. Wien-München: Löcker 1982. (349 S.). Editor/Co-Editor: (with Introduction and/or Article): - The Present Situation in the Philosophy of Science. General editor. Dordrecht: Springer (forthcoming) - Paul Feyerabend - Ein Philosoph aus Wien. Wien-New York: Springer 2006. (Zus. mit Kurt R. Fischer). - Induction and Deduction in the Sciences. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer 2004. (= Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook 11) - Österreichs Umgang mit dem Nationalsozialismus. Die Folgen für die naturwissenschaftliche und humanistische Lehre. In Zusammenarbeit mit Eric Kandel, Walter Kohn, Fritz Stern und Anton Zeilinger. Wien-New York: Springer 2004. - The Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism. Re-Evaluation and Future Perspectives. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer 2003 (= Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook 10/2002). - Elemente moderner Wissenschaftstheorie. Zur Interaktion von Philosophie, Geschichte und Theorie der Wissenschaften. Wien-New York: Springer 2000. (XXVI+220 S., 16 Abb.) - Bausteine wissenschaftlicher Weltauffassung. Lecture Series/Vorträge des Instituts Wiener Kreis. Wien-New York: Springer 1997. (231 S.) - Phänomenologie und Logischer Empirismus. Zentenarium Felix Kaufmann (1895-1949). Wien-New York: Springer 1997. (163 S.) - Wissenschaft als Kultur. Österreichs Beitrag zur Moderne. Wien-New York: Springer 1997. (328 S.) vergriffen! - Scientific Philosophy - Origins and Developments. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer 1993. (X+310 pp.) - Richard von Mises, Kleines Lehrbuch des Positivismus. Einführung in die empiristische Wissenschaftsauffassung. Mit einer Einleitung hrsg. Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp 1990. (559 S.)
- Vertriebene Vernunft. Emigration und Exil österreichischer Wissenschaft. 2 Bände. Wien- München: Jugend und Volk 1987/88. Neuauflage: Münster: LIT Verlag 2004 (Band I: 584 S., Band II: 1117 S.). - Kontinuität und Bruch 1938-1945-1955. Beiträge zur österreichischen Kultur- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Wien-München: Jugend und Volk 1988. Neuauflage: Münster: LIT Verlag 2004. (409 S.) Co-Editor (with Introduction and/or Article): - The Vienna Circle in the Nordic Countries. Networks and Transformations of Logical Empiricism. Dordrecht: Springer 2009. (Together with Juha Manninen) - Time and History. Proceedings of the 28 th International Ludwig Wittgenstein Symposium. Kirchberg/W. Frankfurt/M.u.a.: Ontos Verlag 2006. (with Michael Stöltzner). - - Österreichische Nation Kultur Widerstand. In memoriam Felix Kreissler. (Zusammen mit Helmut Kramer und Karin Liebhart). Münster: LIT Verlag 2006. - Time and History/Zeit und Geschichte. Papers of the 28 th Wittgenstein Symposium. August 7-13, 2005. (Together with Michael Stöltzner). Kirchberg/W.: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society 2005. (= Beiträge/Papers, Vol. XIII). 351pp. - eines akademischen Grades unwürdig. Nichtigerklärung von Aberkennungen akademischer Grade zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus an der Universität Wien. Im Auftrag des Rektorates an der Universität Wien. (Zusammen mit Herbert Posch). Wien 2005. - Exil et retours d exil. Avec Paul Pasteur. Rouen 2004. (= Austriaca 56/2003). - Philosophy of Science and Politics/Wissenschaftssphilosophie und Politik. From Central Europe to America before and after 1938/Von Zentraleuropa nach Amerika vor und nach 1938. Wien-New York: Springer 2003 (Ed. with Michael Heidelberger). - History of Philosophy of Science. New Trends and Perspectives. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer (with Michael Heidelberger). Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer 2002 - Konstruktivismus und Kognitionswissenschaft. Kulturelle Wurzeln und Ergebnisse. Wien- New York: Springer 1997. (Co-ed. with Albert Müller and Karl Müller). 2. Aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage Wien-New York: Springer 2001. (308 S.). - Logischer Empirismus und Reine Rechtslehre. Beziehungen zwischen dem Wiener Kreis und der Hans-Kelsen-Schule. Wien-New York: Springer 2001. (Co-ed. with Clemens Jabloner). (XXI+339 S.). - Kunst, Kunsttheorie und Kunstforschung im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs. In memoriam Kurt Blaukopf. Wien: ÖBV&HPT 2000. (Co-ed. with Martin Seiler). (278 S.).
- Wahrnehmung und Gegenstandswelt Zum Lebenswerk von Egon Brunswik (1903-1955). Wien-New York 1997. (Co-ed. with Kurt R. Fischer). (186 pp.). - Encyclopedia and Utopia. The Life and Work of Otto Neurath (1882-1945). Dordrecht- Boston-London: Kluwer 1996. (Co-edited with Elisabeth Nemeth). (XII+401 pp.) - Heinrich Gomperz, Karl Popper und die österreichische Philosophie. Amsterdam-Atlanta: Rodopi 1994. (Zus. mit Martin Seiler). (XI+226 S.). - The Cultural Exodus from Austria. Wien: Löcker Verlag 1993. Revised and enlarged edition: Wien-New York: Springer Verlag 1995. (Co-edited with Peter Weibel). (Articles 391+Documentation 148 pp.) - The Foundational Debate. Complexity and Constructivity in Mathematics and Physics. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer 1995. (Co-ed. with Werner DePauli-Schimanovich and Eckehart Köhler). (XIV-342 pp.) - Wien - Berlin - Prag. Der Aufstieg der wissenschaftlichen Philosophie. Zentenarien Rudolf Carnap, Hans Reichenbach, Edgar Zilsel. Wien: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky 1993. (Co-ed. with Rudolf Haller). (710 S.) - Ernst Mach - Werk und Wirkung. Wien: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky 1988. (Co-edited with Rudolf Haller). (540 S.) Series Editor: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts Wiener Kreis. Wien: Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky 1991-1995, since 1996 Wien: Springer Verlag, 15 Volumes (till 2009) Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer/since 2006 Springer 1993-2009: 14 Volumes. Vienna Circle Institute Library. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 2002ff.: 2 Volumes Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung und Kunst. (6 Volumes). Wien: ÖBV & HPT 1995ff. Emigration Exil Kontinuität. Schriften zur zeitgeschichtlichen Kultur- und Wissenschaftsforschung. LIT Verlag Münster. 2004 f. (9 Bde.) Ernst Mach Studienausgabe. Xenomoi Verlag, Berlin 2008f. Series Co-Editor: Moritz Schlick Gesamtausgabe und Schlick-Studien. Hrsg. zusammen mit Hans Jürgen Wendel. Wien-New York: Springer 2005f.: 5 Volumes (till 2008)
-Wiener Kreis - Schriften zum Logischen Empirismus. Frankfurt/M.: Suhrkamp Verlag (stw). 1986-1997: 10 Volumes. (Together with Henk Mulder, Rainer Hegselmann and Anne J. Kox). Series Editorial Advisory Board: -Vienna Circle Collection. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1973-1998: 22 Volumes. (Together with Robert S. Cohen, Brian McGuinness, Rudolf Haller et al.) -Bibliothek Sozialwissenschaftlicher Emigranten. Graz-Wien: Nausner & Nausner. (Together with Christian Fleck, Mitchell Ash, Claus-Dieter Krohn, Edith Kurzweil, Helga Nowotny). 1994-2004, 6 Volumes. Memberships and Scientific Posts: Vienna Circle Institute/Institut Wiener Kreis (Founder and Director) Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society (Member of Scientific Advisory Board) Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsgeschichte e.v. (Member) Österreichische Gesellschaft für Exilforschung ÖGE (Head of Scientific Advisory Board) Since 2005: Elected Member of the Board (Kuratorium) of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Reporter for Philosophy and Theology 2006: European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA): Founding Member and Member of Steering Committee 2007: International Union for History and Philosophy of Science/Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS/DLMPS): Assessor 2007: Journal for General Philosophy of Science: Member of the Scientific Editorial Board 2008: Invited Referee for the European Science Foundation (ESF) 2008: Member of the Steering Committee. ESF- Research Networking Programme The Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective (PSE) 2008: Member of the Panel History and Philosophy of Science of the ERIH (European Research Index in the Humanities, ESF (European Science Foundation) Member of Program Committee: HOPOS 2010 Budapest 2009: Corresponding Member of the International School of Higher Studies in Cultural Sciences of the Fondazione San Carlo in Modena (Italy)