Scientific collaboration

From the very beginning the archival partnership between Konstanz and Pittsburgh was accompanied by a scientific exchange and cooperation. The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh and the former Zentrum Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie at the University of Konstanz financed and organized a regular Symposium and the edition of a publication series in the philosophy of science. 

Pittsburgh-Konstanz Colloquium in the Philosophy of Science

The Colloquia so far took place alternating between the locations of Konstanz and Pittsburgh 

  1. The Carnap-Reichenbach Centennial. May 21-24, 1991. Konstanz, Germany.
  2. The Philosophy of Biology. October 1-4, 1993. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
  3. Philosophy and the Sciences of the Mind. May 17-20, 1995. Konstanz, Germany.
  4.  Science at the End of the Century: The limits of science. October 3-7, 1997. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
  5. Limits of Science: Philosophical Problems in the Neurosciences. May 26-29, 1999. Konstanz, Germany.
  6. Science, Values, and Objectivity. October 3-6, 2002. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
  7. Causation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. May 26-29, 2005. Konstanz, Germany.
  8. Interpretation. October 3-4, 2008. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Pittsburgh-Konstanz Series in the Philosophy and History of Science

The lively scientific exchange between Konstanz and Pittsburgh has been documented in a publication series jointly published by the University of Pittsburgh Press and the former Universitätsverlag Konstanz (now UVK Verlagsgesellschaft).

  1. Philosophical Problems of the Internal and External Worlds: Essays on the Philosophy of Adolf Grünbaum, edited by John Earman, Allen I. Janis, Gerald J. Massey, and Nicholas Rescher, 1993.
  2. Logic, Language, and the Structure of Scientific Theories: Proceedings of the Carnap-Reichenbach Centennial, edited by Wesley Salmon and Gereon Wolters, 1993.
  3. Concepts, Theories, and Rationality in the Biological Sciences, edited by Gereon Wolters and James G. Lennox in collaboration with Peter McLaughlin, 1995.
  4. Science, Reason and Rhetoric, edited by Henry Krips, J. E. McGuire and Trevor Melia, 1994.
  5. Mindscapes: Philosophy, Science and the Mind, edited by Martin Carrier and Peter Machamer, 1997.
  6. The Cosmos of Science: Essays of Exploration, edited by John Earman and John Norton, 1997.
  7. Theory and Method in Neurosciences, edited by Peter Machamer, Peter McLaughlin and Rick Grush, 2000.
  8. Science at Century's End: Philosophical Questions on the Progress and Limits of Science, edited by Martin Carrier, Gerald Massey and Laura Ruetsche, 2000.
  9. Science, Values, and Objectivity, edited by Peter Machamer and Gereon Wolters, 2004
  10. Thinking about causes: from Greek philosophy to modern physics, edited by Peter Machamer and Gereon Wolters, 2007
  11. Interpretation: Ways of Thinking about the Sciences and the Arts, edited by Peter Machamer and Gereon Wolters, 2010