The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology is one of the members of the International Science Council (ISC). It was founded in 1955 by merging the ''International Union of History of Science'' (IUHS) and the ''International Union of Philosophy of Science'' (IUPS), and consists of two divisions, the ''Division of History of Science and Technology'' (DHST) and the ''Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology'' (DLMPST).

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 Nancy Cartwright (President of DLMPST), the current IUHPST Vice President is Marcos Cueto (President of DHST), the current IUHPST Secretary General is

Benedikt Löwe Benedikt Löwe (born 1972) is a German mathematician and logician working at the universities of Amsterdam, Hamburg, and Cambridge. He is known for his work on mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, as well as for initiating the ...

(Secretary General of DLMPST), and the current IUHPST Treasurer is Pierre Édouard Bour (Treasurer of DLMPST).

DHST

The Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST) is an international non-governmental organisation devoted to international cooperation in the fields of

history of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Science's earliest roots can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Meso ...

across the world. Together with the ''Division of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science and Technology'' (DLMPST), the DHST forms one of the two divisions of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, representing the field of

in the International Science Council (ISC). The DHST is a member organisation of the Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines (CIPSH). The DHST organizes an international congress every four years, and coordinates the activities of numerous commissions. The members of DHST are 98 national members (represented by national committees for the history of science) and 26 international scientific unions.

Past congresses

The Soviet Union 1971 CPA 4006 stamp (Symbols of Science and History and Commemorative Scroll)

1st International Congress of History of Science: Paris, France, 1929
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Past and future presidents

* Charles Singer (1947-1950) * George Sarton (1950-1953) * Louis de Broglie (1953-1956) * Robert Jacobus Forbes (1956-1959) *

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(1959-1968) *

I. Bernard Cohen I. Bernard Cohen (1 March 1914 – 20 June 2003) was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the author of many books on the history of science and, in particular, Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin. ...

(1969-1971) *

Joseph Needham Noel Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (; 9 December 1900 – 24 March 1995) was a British biochemist, historian of science and sinologist known for his scientific research and writing on the history of Chinese science and technology, in ...

(1972-1974) * René Taton (1975-1977) *

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(1978-1981) *

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(1982-1985) *

Paolo Galluzzi Paolo Galluzzi (born 1942, Florence, Italy) is an Italian historian of science. Biography He has been director of the Museo Galileo – Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence, Italy since 1982. He held the chair of History of Science ...

(1986-1989) * William Shea (1990-1993) * Robert Fox (1993-1997) * Bidare Venk Subbarayappa (1997-2001) * Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu (2001-2005) * Ronald Numbers (2005-2009) *

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(2009-2013) * Efthymios Nicolaidis (2013-2017) * Michael Osborne (2017-2021) *

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(2021-2025)

Current council

The current (2017-2021) DHST council consists of

(president), Janet Brown (president elect), Takehiko Hashimoto (first vice-president),

Hasok Chang Hasok Chang (; born March 26, 1967) is a Korean-born American historian and philosopher of science currently serving as the Hans Rausing Professor at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge and a boar ...

(second vice-president),

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(secretary general),

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(treasurer),

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(assistant secretary general) and the council members Xingbo Luo, ,

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Maria Rentetzi Maria Rentetzi is a Professor of History of Science and Technology and holds the Chair for Science, Technology and Gender Studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Early life and education Born in Kavala, Greec ...

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DLMPST

The Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology (DLMPST) 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'' (DHST), 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 (ISC). The DLMPST is a member organisation of the Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines (CIPSH). 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 (CLMPST) every four years.

Past and planned congresses

* CLMPS I: Stanford CA, United States, 1960 * CLMPS II: Jerusalem, Israel, 1964 * CLMPS III: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1967 * CLMPS IV: Bucharest, Romania, 1971 * CLMPS V:

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, Canada, 1975 * CLMPS VI: Hannover, Germany, 1979 * CLMPS VII: Salzburg, Austria, 1983 * CLMPS VIII: Moscow, Soviet Union, 1987 * CLMPS IX: Uppsala,

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, 1991 * CLMPS X: Florence, Italy, 1995 * CLMPS XI: Cracow, Poland, 1999 * CLMPS XII:

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, Spain, 2003 * CLMPS XIII: Beijing,

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, 2007 * CLMPS XIV: Nancy, France, 2011 * CLMPS XV: Helsinki, Finland, 2015 * CLMPST XVI: Prague, Czech Republic, 2019 * CLMPST XVII: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2023

Past and future presidents

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 (president), Kim Sterelny (first vice president),

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(second vice president),

(secretary general), Pierre Édouard Bour (treasurer). The assessors are Hanne Andersen,

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, Valeria de Paiva,

Gerhard Heinzmann Gerhard Heinzmann (born 12 October 1950 in Freiburg im Breisgau is a German philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Lorraine. He is known for his work on the philosophy of Henri Poincaré and founded the ''Archives Henri ...

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, Dhruv Raina,

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, and

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Past DLMPST council members

In addition to the past presidents, past council members include

References.

External links

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DHST websiteDLMPST website
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