International Academy of Philosophy of Science
The International Academy for Philosophy of Science, better known as the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences (AIPS) is an international organization located in Brussels, which promotes fundamental issues of philosophy of science in an open interdisciplinary dialogue. Its members are philosophers of science or leading experts in sciences interested in philosophical questions.
Abbreviation | AIPS |
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Formation | 1947 |
Type | INGO |
President | Gerhard Heinzmann |
Website | www |
History
The AIPS was created in 1947 by Stanislas Dockx. Among its first members were Paul Bernays, E W Beth, Józef Maria Bocheński, Niels Bohr, Émile Borel, L. E. J. Brouwer, Louis de Broglie, Albert Einstein, Ferdinand Gonseth, E A Milne, and Hermann Weyl. The AIPS is a founding member of the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology.[1]
Organization
The AIPS consists of full members (membres titulaires), corresponding members (membres correspondants), and emeritus members (membres émérites) who are elected at the general annual meeting on presentation of the Academic Council (Conseil Académique). The Council consists of a President, two Vice-Presidents, two Assessors and a Secretary General. The current President is Gerhard Heinzmann (Nancy); the list of former presidents includes Evandro Agazzi (Genoa). Other members of the current Council are Michel Ghins, Gino Tarozzi, Marco Buzzoni, and Itala M. Loffredo D'Ottaviano.[2] Since 1949, the AIPS organises a series of annual conferences, usually in Europe with notable exceptions (New York 1977 and Lima 1989).[3]
Members
The AIPS currently has over one hundred members, among them
- Evandro Agazzi
- Mario Bunge
- Jeremy Butterfield
- Nancy Cartwright
- Gregory Chaitin
- Noam Chomsky
- Newton da Costa
- Michael Detlefsen
- Dennis Dieks
- John Earman
- Luciano Floridi
- Tamaz Gamkrelidze
- Ian Hacking
- Hannes Leitgeb
- Benedikt Löwe
- Ilkka Niiniluoto
- John D. Norton
- Steven Pinker
- Stathis Psillos
- Nicholas Rescher
- John Searle
- Elliott Sober
- Bas van Fraassen
- Charlotte Werndl[4]
References
- "AIPS: Aims & Object". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- "AIPS: Statutes". Retrieved 21 July 2019."AIPS: Academic Council". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- "AIPS: Conferences List". Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- "AIPS: Current Members". Retrieved 21 July 2019.