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 Valentin Goranko (President of DLMPST), the current IUHPST Vice President is Janet Browne (President of DHST), the current IUHPST Secretary General is Eleonora Cresto (Secretary General of DLMPST), and the current IUHPST Treasurer is Pierre Edouard 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 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 history of science in the International Science Council (ISC). The DHST is a member organisation of the Conseil international de la philosophie et des sciences humaines (CIPSH). In May 2021, DHST and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) created the Inter-Union Commission on the History and Philosophy of Physics (IUCHPP). The commission is recognized as an IUPAP affiliated commission (AC6). 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
ICHS I: Paris, France, 1929. ICHS II: London, 1931. ICHS III: Porto-Combra-Lisbon, Portugal, 1934. ICHS IV: Prague, Czechoslovakia, 22–27 September 1937; Science in the Eighteenth Century. ICHS V: Lausanne, Switzerland, 1947. ICHS VI: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1950. ICHS VII: Jerusalem, Israel, 1953. ICHS VIII: Florence-Milan, Italy, 1956. ICHS IX: Barcelona-Madrid, Spain, 1959. ICHS X: Ithaca, US, 1962. ICHS XI: Warsaw-Kraków, Poland, 1965. ICHS XII: Paris, France, 1968. ICHS XIII: Moscow, USSR, 1971. ICHS XIV: Tokyo, Japan, 1974. ICHS XV: Edinburgh, Scotland, 1977; Human implications of scientific advance. ICHS XVI: Bucharest, Romania, 1981. ICHS XVII: Berkeley, US, 1985. ICHS XVIII: Hamburg, Germany, 1989; Science and religion. ICHS XIX: Zaragoza, Spain, 1993. ICHS XX: Liège, Belgium, 1997. ICHS XXI: Mexico City, Mexico, 2001; Science and cultural diversity. ICHS XXII: Beijing, China, 2005; Globalization and diversity: diffusion of science and technology throughout history. ICHST XXIII: Budapest, Hungary, 2009; Ideas and instruments in social context. ICHSTM XXIV: Manchester, England, 2013; Knowledge at work. ICHST XXV: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2017; Science, Technology and Medicine between the Global and the Local. ICHST XXVI: Prague, Czech Republic, 2021; Giants and Dwarfs in Science, Technology and Medicine. ICHST XXVII: Dunedin, New Zealand, 2025; Peoples, Places, Exchanges, and Circulation. ICHST XXVIII: Paris, France, 2029.
Presidents
Current council The current (2021–2025) DHST council consists of the executive members Janet Browne (president), Ana Simões (president elect), Silvia Figueirõa (first vice president), Hamish Spencer (second vice president), Thomás Haddad (secretary general), Maarten Bullynck (treasurer), Sam Robinson (engagement secretary), Milada Sekyrková (assistant secretary general), and the assessors David Aubin, Xingbo Luo, Gordon McOuat, Peeter Müürsepp, Donald Opitz, and Mai Sugimoto.
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, United States, 1960. CLMPS II: Jerusalem, Israel, 1964. CLMPS III: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1967. CLMPS IV: Bucharest, Romania, 1971. CLMPS V: London, Canada, 1975. CLMPS VI: Hannover, Germany, 1979. CLMPS VII: Salzburg, Austria, 1983. CLMPS VIII: Moscow, Soviet Union, 1987. CLMPS IX: Uppsala, Sweden, 1991. CLMPS X: Florence, Italy, 1995. CLMPS XI: Kraków, Poland, 1999. CLMPS XII: Oviedo, Spain, 2003. CLMPS XIII: Beijing, China, 2007. CLMPS XIV: Nancy, France, 2011; Logic and Science Facing the New Technologies. CLMPS XV: Helsinki, Finland, 2015; Models and Modelling. CLMPST XVI: Prague, Czech Republic, 2019; Bridging Across Academic Cultures. CLMPST XVII: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2023; Science and Values in an Uncertain World. CLMPST XVIII: Kobe, Japan, 2027; Dialogues Across Borders.
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 Valentin Goranko (President), Sandra Mitchell (First Vice President), Mitsuhiro Okada (Second Vice President), Nancy Cartwright (Past President), Eleonora Cresto (Secretary General), and Pierre Édouard Bour (treasurer). The assessors are Atocha Aliseda, Agnes Bolinska, Juliet Floyd, Valeria Giardino, Sabina Leonelli, Fenrong Liu, Marco Panza, and Giuseppe Primiero.
Past DLMPST council members In addition to the past presidents, past council members include:
References
External links Media related to International Union of History and Philosophy of Science at Wikimedia Commons
Official website DHST website DLMPST website