Dear all,
our next speaker in the Philosophy of Science Colloquium organized by
the Institute Vienna Circle is William Agay-Beaujon
(IVC Fellow), who will give a talk on May 8, 4.45-6.15 pm.
All are welcome!
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Philosophy of Science Colloquium TALK: William Agay-Beaujon (IVC Fellow)
TRACING THE POLYSEMY OF “ENLIGHTENMENT” WITHIN THE VIENNESE LATE
ENLIGHTENMENT, AROUND THE VIENNA CIRCLE
Philosophy of Science Colloquium
The Institute Vienna Circle holds a Philosophy of Science Colloquium
with talks by our present fellows.
Date: 08/05/2025
Time: 16h45
Venue: New Institute Building (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Wien, HS
3A
Abstract:
Enlightenment features can be found in most groups associated with Late
Enlightenment currents in the Viennese interwar period. Beyond each
group's particularities, a few key meanings can be identified:
"popularization" through knowledge, a singular structure of ideas behind
a visual metaphor, a self-positioning tool, and a critical-emancipatory
embodied scientific attitude.
This talk will attempt to sketch these intertwined meanings, and then
seek to understand their links with historical Enlightenment figures
such as Voltaire and Rousseau. To do so, I will focus on the journals of
the monists and freethinkers, writings of Josef Popper-Lynkeus, and the
book series "Der Aufstieg" from Anzengruber-Verlag (Suschitzky
brothers).
