univie: summer school - Scientific World Conceptions
The Summer School and the Vienna Circle
Since 2001, the University of Vienna and the Institute Vienna Circle hold an annual summer program dedicated to major current issues in the natural and the social sciences, their history and philosophy: univie: summer school – Scientific World Conceptions (USS-SWC). The title of the program reflects the heritage of the Vienna Circle which promoted interdisciplinary and philosophical investigations based on solid disciplinary knowledge.
25th univie summer school - Scientific World Conceptions
Rational Machines: Exploring the Frontiers of AI Reasoning in the Age of Large Language Models July 12-16, 2027 Vienna
The Institute Vienna Circle's Summer School
As an international interdisciplinary program, USS-SWC brings graduate students in close contact with world-renowned scholars. It operates under the academic supervision of an International Program Committee of distinguished philosophers, historians, and scientists. The program is directed primarily to graduate students and junior researchers in fields related to the annual topic, but the organizers also encourage applications from people in all stages of their career who wish to broaden their horizon through cross-disciplinary studies of methodological and foundational issues in science.
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Important Topics
The deadline for the call for applications for 2026 has passed.
The call for applications for 2027's summer school will be published this fall.
