International Symposium September 2-5, 2007
The Vienna Circle in the Nordic Countries - Networks and Transformations of Logical Empiricism
Fabianinkatu 24, Helsinki
Organizers:
The Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki
Vienna Circle Institute and the University of Vienna
Centre for Nordic Studies, University of Helsinki
With support from the Austrian Embassy, Helsinki
September 2, 2007
19.00: Reception for Speakers at the Collegium
Sponsored by the Austrian Embassy and the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies
September 3, 2007
9.00-9.30 Opening:
Ilkka Niiniluoto (Rector, University of Helsinki)
Juha Sihvola (Director, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies)
Friedrich Stadler (Director, Institute Vienna Circle)
Chair: Elisabeth Nemeth
9.30-10.15: Friedrich Stadler (Helsinki/Vienna):
Arne Naess: Dogmas and Problems of Empiricism
10.15-11.00: Marja Jalava (Helsinki):
The Earliest Receptions of Mach in the North
Coffee break: 11.00-11.30
11.30-12.15: Jan Faye (Copenhagen):
Niels Bohr and the Vienna Circle
12.15.13.00: Leila Haaparanta (Tampere):
Carnap's "Ueberwindung der Metaphysik" and its Reception in Finland
Lunch: 13.00-14.00 (Helsinki Collegium)
Chair: Juha Manninen
14.00-14.45: Arto Siitonen (Helsinki):
Kaila and Reichenbach as Protagonists of Naturphilosophie
14.45-15.30: Ilkka Niiniluoto (Helsinki):
Kaila's Critique of Vitalism
15.30-16.15: Michael Stöltzner (Wuppertal):
From Bohr's Positivism to Formal Teleology. On the Different Voices in Eino Kaila's "Terminalkausalität"
Coffee Break: 16.15-16.45
16.45-17.30: Matti Sintonen (Helsinki):
Re-evaluating Eino Kaila
17.30-19.00: Special session:
Jaakko Hintikka (Boston) and Simo Knuuttila (Helsinki)
Conversation on the Schilpp Volume The Philosophy of Jaakko Hintikka (Open Court 2006)
Optional Dinner
September 4, 2007
Chair: Matti Sintonen
9.00-9.45: Carl-Göran Heidegren (Lund):
Positivism before Logical Positivism in Nordic Philosophy
9.45-10.30: Johan Strang (Helsinki):
"Theoria" and the Logical Empiricists
Coffee break: 10.30-11.00
11.00-11.45: Thomas Uebel (Manchester):
The Nature and Status of Scientific Metatheory. The Debate between Otto Neurath and Åke Petzäll
11.45-12.30: Thomas Mormann (San Sebastian):
Inhalt und Umfang des Begriffs: Marc-Wogau's Critique of Cassirer's Theory of Concepts
Lunch: 12.30-13.30 (Helsinki Collegium)
Chair: Friedrich Stadler
13.30-14.15: Jan von Plato (Helsinki) and Michael von Boguslawski (Helsinki):
Young Ketonen and His Supreme Logical Discovery
14.15-15.00: Fredrik W. Thue: (Oslo):
Empiricism, Pragmatism, Behaviorism: Arne Naess and the Growth of American Styled Social Research in Norway after World War II
15.00-15.45: Elisabeth Nemeth (Vienna):
Otto Neurath and Arne Naess on Economy/Ecology
Coffee break: 15.45-16.15
16.15-17.00: Hayo Siemsen (Emden):
On the Philosophical and Cultural Background of the Finnish Education System
17.00-18.00: Juha Manninen (Helsinki):
Georg Henrik von Wright - Between the Vienna Circle and Ludwig Wittgenstein
Concluding Remarks
20.00: Invited Dinner for Speakers