ALWS 31st IWS

The 31st International Wittgenstein Symposium will be held in

Kirchberg am Wechsel, Lower Austria,
Sunday, 10 August 2008 - Saturday, 16 August 2008

Its general theme will be:

Reduction and Elimination in Philosophy and the Sciences

Sections

    1. Wittgenstein
    2. Logical Analysis
    3. Theory Reduction
    4. Nominalism
    5. Naturalism & Physicalism
    6. Supervenience

    Workshops:
    Ontological Reduction & Dependence
    Neologicism

Invited Speakers

Albert ANGLBERGER (Salzburg)
William BECHTEL (San Diego)
Ansgar BECKERMANN (Bielefeld)
Johan van BENTHEM (Amsterdam/Stanford)
Alexander BIRD (Bristol)
Elke BRENDEL (Mainz)
Otávio BUENO (Miami)
John P. BURGESS (Princeton)
Elena CASTELLANI (Florence)
David CHALMERS (Canberra)
Igor DOUVEN (Leuven)
Philip EBERT (Stirling)
Paul EGRÉ (Paris)
Ludwig FAHRBACH (Konstanz)
Hartry FIELD (New York)
Jerry FODOR (Rutgers)
Kenneth GEMES (London)
Volker HALBACH (Oxford)
Stephan HARTMANN (London)
Alison HILLS (Oxford)
Leon HORSTEN (Leuven)
Simon HUTTEGGER (Salzburg)
Christian KANZIAN (Innsbruck)
Jeffrey KETLAND (Edinburgh)
Jaegwon KIM (Providence)
James LADYMAN (Bristol)
Øystein LINNEBO (Bristol)
Bernard LINSKY (Edmonton)
Thomas MORMANN (San Sebastian)
Carlos MOULINES (München)
Thomas MÜLLER (Utrecht)
Karl-Georg NIEBERGALL (München)
Joelle PROUST (Paris)
Stathis PSILLOS (Athen)
Marcus ROSSBERG (St. Andrews)
Sahotra SARKAR (Austin)
Gerhard SCHURZ (Düsseldorf)
Holger STURM (Konstanz)
Patrick SUPPES (Stanford)
Charlotte WERNDL (Cambridge)
Crispin WRIGHT (St. Andrews)
Edward N. ZALTA (Stanford)1. Wittgenstein
 

Administrative Organization

The Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society

Volker Munz, Secretary of the ALWS

Margret A. Kronaus, Office Manageress of the ALWS

Organization and Scientific Direction

• Alexander Hieke (University of Salzburg), Hannes Leitgeb (University of Bristol)