International Union of History and Philosophy of Science

International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Abbreviation IUHPST
Formation 1955
Type INGO
Region served
 Worldwide
Official language
 English
Parent organization
 International Council for Science
Website IUHPS Official website
1971 USSR stamp, commemorating the 13th International Congress of History of Science held in Moscow that year

The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology is one of the members of the International Council for Science (ICSU). It was founded in 1955 by merging the International Union of History of Science (IUHS) and the International Union of Philosophy of Science (IUPS),[1] and consists of two divisions, the Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST) and the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST).

DHST

The Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST) is an international non-governmental organisation devoted to international cooperation in the fields of logic and philosophy of science across the world. Together with the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST), the DHST forms one of the two divisions of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, representing the fields of logic, philosophy of science and history of science in the International Council for Science (ICSU).

The DHST organizes an international congress every four years, and coordinates the activities of numerous commissions. The members of DHST are 98 national members (represented by national committees for the history of science) and 26 international scientific unions.

Past congresses

A map of past congresses can be found here.

Current Council

The current DHST council consists of Efthymios Nicolaidis (president), Michael Osborne (president elect), Lesley Cormack (first vice-president) Jean Gayon (second vice-president), Catherine Jami (secretary general), Jeff Hughes (treasurer), Annette Vogt (assistant secretary general) and the council members Takehiko Hashimoto, Frank James, Maija Kallinen, Krishnamurthi Ramasubramanian, Luiz Carlos Soares, Sun Xiaochun.

DLMPST

The Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) is an international non-governmental organisation devoted to international cooperation in the fields of logic and philosophy of science across the world. Together with the Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST), the DLMPST forms one of the two divisions of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, representing the fields of logic and philosophy of science and history of science in the International Council for Science (ICSU). Until 2015, the DLMPST was called Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science.

The main activity of the DLMPST is the organization of the Congress for Logic, Philosophy and Methodology of Science (CLMPS) every four years.

Past and planned congresses

Past and future presidents

Current DLMPST council

The council of the DLMPST consists of the executive committee and eight assessors. The current members of the executive committee of the DLMPST are Menachem Magidor (president), Helen Longino (first vice-president), Amita Chatterjee (second vice-president), Elliott Sober (past president), Benedikt Löwe (secretary general), Peter Schroeder-Heister (treasurer). The assessors are Samson Abramsky, Rachel Ankeny, Veronica Becher, Heather Douglas, Hannes Leitgeb, Mitsuhiro Okada, Katarzyna Papryzycka, Charlotte Werndl.

Past council members include Maria Carla Galavotti (first vice president, 2011-2015), Cliff Hooker (second vice president, 2011-2015), Dennis Dieks, Adam Grobler, Gerhard Heinzmann, Pablo Lorenzano, Karen Neander, Nancy Narcessian, Ilkka Niiniluoto, and Mariko Yasugi.

External links

References.

  1. ↑ Paul van Ulsen. "The Birth Pangs of DLMPS".
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