Reviving Logical Empiricism

Hannes Leitgeb (LMU Munich, LMU Munich)

I am pleased to announce that the next talk of the Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series 2026 will be delivered by Hannes Leitgeb on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.

Speaker: Hannes Leitgeb (LMU)
Title: Reviving Logical Empiricism
Time: Wednesday, October 7, 2026 — 4:30–6:30pm CET (10:30am–12:30pm EDT)
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The abstract is provided below. For further information about the Reconstructing Carnap Webinar Series 2026, please consult the following webpage: https://valep.vc.univie.ac.at/files/External/2026_Reconstructing_Carnap-original.pdf

Videos of past presentations are available on the YouTube channel of the series—feel free to explore and subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@reconstructingcarnap.

The series is organized in collaboration with Carnap in Context IV (ÖAW, FWF Grant PAT7905424) and Rudolf Carnap Digital (MCMP, LMU Munich).

Looking forward to seeing you all again on October 7!

All the best,
Caterina

Reviving Logical Empiricism
By Hannes Leitgeb (LMU)

Logical Empiricism is widely regarded as a philosophical failure. In my lecture, I will argue that there is an (only slightly updated) “enlightened” Carnapian version of Logical Empiricism that neither excludes metaphysics nor ethics and that may well serve successfully as a metaphilosophy of scientific philosophy today and in the future. In short: maybe it is time to revive Logical Empiricism.