History and Philosophy of Science at Oregon State University

The graduate program, formerly known as History of Science has been renamed History and Philosophy of Science. This change, which will fully take effect in summer 2020, was a collaborative effort over the past seven years of various faculty members within the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion at Oregon State University. This new exciting […]

Horning Professor for the Humanities, Dr. Anita Guerrini, retired this month after 10 years of service at Oregon State University. Her retirement was celebrated with a reception filled with friends, colleagues, and current and former students. The official ceremonies began with opening remarks from Dr. Nicole von Germeten, the current director of the School of […]

by Andre Hahn* On October 17, Professor David Luft gave a lecture entitled “Philosophy and Science in Nineteenth-Century Austria: Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) and Franz Brentano (1838-1917).”  The theme of Professor Luft’s talk was to give Bolzano and Brentano more credit and attention than they normally receive among English speaking historians and philosophers.  Bolzano warrants such […]