DELFIM SANTOS

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The 75th anniversary of Delfim Santos' An evaluative assessment of Neopositivism

The 75th anniversary of Delfim Santos' An evaluative assessment of Neopositivism was an international colloquium jointly organized by the Centro de Filosofia das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa and the Arquivo Delfim Santos, in association with the Institute Vienna Circle, as part of the project The Vienna Papers of Delfim Santos and the Philosophy of Science in Portugal. Organized and chaired by Filipe D. Santos.

PROGRAM HERE.

ABSTRACTS HERE.

The Colloquium was held on the 4th & 5th November 2011 at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal, celebrating Professor Delfim Santos' dissertation, written in 1936 and published two years later in Berlin – 1938.

Keynote speakers included:

Friedrich STADLER, Head of the Institute Vienna Circle and the Moritz-Schlick-Projekt.

Filipe D. SANTOS (CFCUL), head of the Delfim Santos project.

José Luis Brandão da LUZ (Azores University), author of Introduction to Epistemology, Knowledge, Truth and History, 2002.

Augusto FITAS (Évora University), co-author of Philosophy and History of Science in Portugal during the 20th Century, 2008.

Olga POMBO (Lisbon University), co-author of Otto Neurath and the Unity of Science, 2011.

SECTIONS

1) The Vienna Circle (Wiener Kreis) and its ambitious epistemological program: positivism, empiricism, 'Logistik' and the unity of science.

2) The impact of the Vienna Circle in Portugal.

3) Delfim Santos and his An Evaluative Assessment of Neopositivism in the context of Science and Philosophy of Science in Portugal.

4) Other current and ongoing research on Delfim Santos' life and work.

5) Portuguese students and research fellows abroad in the first half of the 20th Century: from the Junta de Educação Nacional (1929-1936) to the Instituto para a Alta Cultura (1936-1952).

PROGRAM

Friday, 4 November 2011

09:30-10:00 – Sérgio FERNANDES – Teoria da verdade e filosofia da lógica em Situação Valorativa do Positivismo.
10.00-10:30 – Pedro BAPTISTA – Epistemologia e ontologia em Delfim Santos.
10:30-11:00 – Jorge RIVERA – Fraternidade e dissensão: os discípulos de Leonardo Coimbra e o problema da Ciência.

(11:00-11.15 – Coffee break)

11:15-11:45 – Brandão da LUZ – Delfim Santos e a verdade como desafio e limite do conhecimento.
11:45-12:15 – Augusto FITAS – As influências do positivismo lógico ou da Escola de Viena em Portugal nas décadas de 30 e 40.
12.15-12:45 – João PRÍNCIPE – Sérgio e a recepção critica do positivismo lógico na Seara Nova.
12:45-13:00 – Brandão da LUZ – Concluding remarks of this section.

(13:00-14:00 – Lunch break)

14:00-14:30 – Fernanda ROLLO – Promover e organizar ciência no tempo da I República: projetos nacionais, modelos internacionais e a criação da Junta de Educação Nacional (JEN).
14:30-15:00 – Cláudia NINHOS – Aprendendo a ‘lição alemã’: bolseiros portugueses na Alemanha na Época do Fascismo.

(15:00-15.15 – Coffee break)

15:15-15.45 – Manuel CURADO – A correspondência filosófica entre Delfim Santos e Edmundo Curvelo.
15:45-16:15 – Filipe SANTOS – A Geração de Ouro na internacionalização da ciência e cultura portuguesas.

Saturday, 5 November 2011

09:00-09:30 – Rosa FINA – Mircea Eliade e Delfim Santos nos anos 40: correspondência e vivências.
09:30-10:00 – Luís RIBEIRO – Delfim Santos e Vitorino Nemésio: a correspondência e a Revista de Portugal.
10:00-10.30 – António ARESTA – O compromisso com o conhecimento: um relance sobre a correspondência entre José Sant'Anna Dionísio e Delfim Santos.

(10:30-10.45 – Coffee break)

10:45-11:15 – Olga POMBO – What about Neurath's program of unity of science today?
11:15-11:45 – Rui SILVA – Quine and the Vienna Circle.
11:45-12.15 – Friedrich STADLER – Moritz Schlick and his students, a comparative case study.
12:15-12.30 – Olga POMBO, Filipe SANTOS and Friedrich STADLER – Closing remarks.

External papers

José MAURÍCIO – Delfim Santos e o neopositivismo.
Ignacio PEREDA – The Portuguese Forestry Community and Research Fellows abroad between 1915 and 1946.

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