Utopianism, Rationality, and Thought Experiments in Viennese Late Enlightenment

  • Linsbichler, A. (Session chair)
  • Ivan Ferreira da Cunha (Session chair)
  • Marco Vianna Franco (Session chair)

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Description

The panel highlights and critically discusses ideas of the two most prominent protagonists of scientific utopianism in Viennese Late Enlightenment: Otto Neurath and Josef Popper-Lynkeus. Particular attention will be paid to the following themes: 1) Neurath’s and (to a lesser degree) Popper-Lynkeus’s epistemology invokes a cautionary notion of rationality. 2) Neurath’s notion of rationality and his strict empiricism inspire a constructive refinement of Häggqvist’s template for thought experiment in contemporary philosophy of thought experiments. 3) Popper-Lynkeus’s social program pioneers topical issues such as calculation-in-kind and universal basic income.
Period14 Jun 2023
Event typeConference
LocationAustriaShow on map

Fields of science

  • 603 Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
  • 603113 Philosophy
  • 603103 Ethics
  • 603122 Philosophy of technology
  • 509017 Social studies of science