International Union of History and Philosophy of Science


The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology is one of the members of the International Science Council. It was founded in 1955 by merging the International Union of History of Science and the International Union of Philosophy of Science, and consists of two divisions, the Division of History of Science and Technology and the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology.

Structure and governance

The IUHPST does not have its own membership structure and governance, but is an umbrella organisation for its two Divisions, DHST and DLMPST. It is governed by the officers of the two Divisions in a
rotational system where the Presidency of the Union rotates between the Presidents of the two Divisions.
The current IUHPST President is Michael Osborne, the current IUHPST Vice President is Nancy Cartwright, the current IUHPST Secretary General is Catherine Jami, and the current IUHPST Treasurer is Milada Sekyrková.

DHST

The Division of History of Science and Technology is an international non-governmental organisation devoted to international cooperation in the fields of history of science across the world.
Together with the Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science and Technology, the DHST forms one of the two divisions of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, representing the field of history of science in the International Science Council. The DHST is a member organisation of the
Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines.
The DHST organizes an international congress every four years, and coordinates the activities of numerous commissions. The members of DHST are 98 national members and 26 international scientific unions.

Past congresses

A map of past congresses can be found .

Past and future presidents

The current DHST council consists of
Michael Osborne,
Marcos Cueto,
Angela Creager,
Luiz Carlos Soares,
Catherine Jami,
Milada Sekyrkova,
Takehiko Hashimoto and
the council members
Gregory Good,
Gavan McCarthy,
Krishnamurthi Ramasubramanian,
Maria Rentetzi,
Sergey Shalimov, and
Liba Taub.

DLMPST

The Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology is an international non-governmental organisation devoted to international cooperation in the fields of logic and philosophy of science across the world.
Together with the Division of History of Science and Technology, the DLMPST forms one of the two divisions of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, representing the fields of logic and philosophy of science in the International Science Council.
The DLMPST is a member organisation of the
Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines.
Until 2015, the DLMPST was called Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science.
The main activity of the DLMPST is the organization of the Congress for Logic, Philosophy and Methodology of Science and Technology every four years.

Past and planned congresses

NameTerm of office
1st PresidentStephen Cole Kleene
2nd PresidentGeorg Henrik von Wright1963-1965
3rd PresidentYehoshua Bar-Hillel1966-1969
4th PresidentStephan Körner1969-1971
5th PresidentAndrzej Mostowski1971-1975
6th PresidentJaakko Hintikka1975
7th PresidentPatrick Suppes1975-1979
8th PresidentJerzy Łoś1979-1983
9th PresidentDana Scott1983-1987
10th PresidentLawrence Jonathan Cohen1987-1991
11th PresidentJens Erik Fenstad1991-1995
12th PresidentWesley Salmon1995-1999
13th PresidentMichael Rabin1999-2003
14th PresidentAdolf Grünbaum2003-2007
15th PresidentWilfrid Hodges2007-2011
16th PresidentElliott Sober2011-2015
17th PresidentMenachem Magidor2016-2019
18th PresidentNancy Cartwright2020-2023

Current DLMPST council

The council of the DLMPST consists of the executive committee and ten assessors.
The current members of the executive committee of the DLMPST are
Nancy Cartwright,
Kim Sterelny,
Verónica Becher,
Benedikt Löwe,
Pierre Edouard Bour.
The assessors are
Hanne Andersen,
Rachel Ankeny,
Valeria de Paiva,
Gerhard Heinzmann,
Concha Martinez Vidal,
Tomáš Marvan,
Dhruv Raina,
Cheng Sumei,
Alasdair Urquhart, and
Andrés Villaveces.

Past DLMPST council members

In addition to the past presidents, past council members include