Friedrich Stadler
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Friedrich Stadler
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July 17, 1951 Zeltweg, Styria, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Occupation | Historian, professor |
Friedrich Stadler (born July 17, 1951 in Zeltweg, Styria) is an Austrian historian of science and philosopher of science, and professor for history and philosophy of science at the University of Vienna. He is also the founder (in 1991) and long-time director of the Institute Vienna Circle, which was also established as a Department of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education of the Vienna University in May 2011.
Stadler studied philosophy, psychology, education and history at the University of Graz and the University of Salzburg. In 1977 he obtained his Magister degree. After teaching at high schools for several years, he completed his Ph.D. in 1982.
Since 1989 Stadler has held teaching positions at the University of Vienna. In 1997 he became Associate Professor at the University of Vienna. Since October 2008 Stadler has been Professor for History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Vienna (joint appointment of the Faculty of Philosophy and Education and the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies).
Stadler’s main research interests are modern history and philosophy of science, intellectual history and exile studies, the history, theories and methods of the cultural studies, contemporary history of the Vienna University, and Austrian history of philosophy and science with a special focus on the Vienna Circle and Logical Empiricism. In this field his international expertise is documented by two books he has written (on Ernst Mach and on the Vienna Circle in German, English and Spanish) and his editorship of many volumes in connection with his activities as director of the Institute Vienna Circle.
He was involved in various research projects at the Institute for Science and the Arts and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for History of the Social Sciences in Salzburg and Vienna.
In 1994 Stadler submitted a Habilitation thesis (venia docendi) in history of science and philosophy of science at the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies.
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