Cédric Chandelier Postdoctoral researcher (Ernst Mach grant

Cédric Chandelier
Postdoctoral researcher (Ernst Mach grant, ÖEAD), Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna.
“The Relativistic Revolution and the Birth of Logical Empiricism (1905-1929)”
Abstract:
The research project deals with the metaphysical origins of the logical empiricism in the light of the
philosophical debates caused by the relativistic revolution in Vienna, Berlin and Prague (from the
revolutionary turning point in 1905 to the publication of the Vienna Circle’s manifesto in 1929).
Supervisor: Pr. Friedrich Stadler
Research fields and interests:
Scientific crisis, scientific revolution
History of French epistemology
Birth of logical empiricism
Einstein’s realism
Science and metaphysics
Relativity and truth
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3, France, 2013.
“Crisis of mathematics and physics, and philosophical reflection between 1890 and 1910 in France”
Supervisor: Pr. Anastasios Brenner
Main presentations
Chandelier, C. Révolution relativiste et empirisme logique (Relativistic revolution and logical
empiricism). SFHST (French Society for the History of Science and Technology) Congress, Claude
Bernard University Lyon 1, France, 2014.
Chandelier, C. De la foi méthodique du savant à la fonction critique du philosophe: la formation de
l’autonomie épistémologique (From the scientist’s methodical faith to the philosopher’s critical
function: the formation of the epistemological autonomy). Young researchers’ SFHST days, ENS,
Paris, France, 2013.
Chandelier, C. Langage et rupture épistémologique (Language and epistemological break).
International Colloquium Bachelard et le Règne du langage, Paul Valéry University, Montpellier,
France, 2012.
Chandelier, C. Crise et héritage dans la philosophie française des sciences au tournant des XIXe et
XXe siècles (Crisis and legacy in the French philosophy of science at the turning point between the 19th
and 20th century). Colloquium of students and young researchers in Philosophy Qu’est-ce qu’un
héritage ?, Paul Valéry University, Montpellier, France, 2008.
Main publications
Chandelier, C. “Bibliographie des écrits et des enseignements de Gaston Milhaud”. In: Une page
d’histoire de la pensée scientifique. La naissance d’un champ disciplinaire sous la Troisième
République et le rôle de Gaston Milhaud. A. Brenner & A. Petit (eds), Paris, Vuibert, 2009.
Chandelier, C. “Crise et héritage dans la philosophie française des sciences au tournant des XIXe et
XXe siècles”. In: Qu’est-ce qu’un héritage ? S. Camilleri & C. Chandelier (eds), Zeta Books, 2009.