IUHPST/DLMPST

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Biographical data of past and present Council members

Biographical data have either been collected from publicly available sources (e.g., wikipedia, websites of national academies or libraries) or have been published with the permission of the Council members. Please contact us if you have corrections or are able to fill in missing data.

A

Samson Abramsky (12 Mar 1953-)
Assessor 2016-2019

Evandro Agazzi (1934-)
Assessor 1975-1979

Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (12 Dec 1890-12 Apr 1963)
Vice President 1960-1962

Yasuo Akizuki (1902-1984)
Assessor 1963-1966

Hanne Andersen (1964-)
Assessor 2020-2023

Alan Ross Anderson (11 Apr 1925-1973)
Secretary General 1966-1969

Daniel Andler (9 Jun 1946-)
Second Vice President 2004-2007

Rachel Ankeny (??-)
Assessor 2016-2023

Aisha I. Arruda (??-)
Alternate Assessor 1979-1983

Günter Asser (26 Feb 1926-23 Mar 2015)
Alternate Assessor 1987-1991

Sir Alfred Ayer (29 Oct 1910-27 Jun 1989)
Second Vice President 1973-1975

B

Ruth Barcan Marcus (2 Aug 1921-19 Feb 2012)
Alternate Assessor 1975-1979; PC chair CLMPS 1983

Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (8 Sep 1915-25 Sep 1975)
PC chair CLMPS 1964; President 1966-1969

Verónica Becher (??-)
Assessor 2016-2019; Second Vice President 2020-2023

Karel Berka (4 May 1923-24 Nov 2004)
Assessor 1979-1983

Max Black (24 Feb 1909-27 Aug 1988)
Assessor 1966-1969

Maurice Boffa (1939-29 May 2001)
Assessor 1991-1995

Pierre Edouard Bour (??-)
Treasurer 2020-2023

Richard Bevan Braithwaite (15 Jan 1900-21 Apr 1990)
Assessor 1963-1965

Mario Bunge (21 Sep 1919-24 Feb 2020)
Assessor 1969-1971

Jeremy Butterfield (1954-)
Assessor 2008-2011

Robert Earl Butts (1928-1997)
Second Vice President 1975-1979

C

Xavier Caicedo (12 Dec 1944-)
Assessor 2000-2003

Nancy Cartwright (24 Jan 1944-)
Assessor 2004-2007; President 2020-2023

Amita Chatterjee (13 Sep 1950-)
Second Vice President 2016-2019

Rolando Chuaqui (1935-1994)
Assessor 1991-1995

Roberto Cignoli (1937-2018)
Assessor 2000-2003

Peter Clark (3 Mar 1948-18 Aug 2021)
Secretary General 2008-2010

Laurence Jonathan Cohen (7 May 1923-26 Sep 2006)
Alternate Assessor 1971-1975; Secretary General 1975-1983; President 1987-1991

John Newsome Crossley (1937-)
Assessor 1983-1987 & 1995-1999

D

Newton Da Costa (16 Sep 1929-)
Assessor 2008-2011

Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara (10 Jul 1938-)
Assessor 1987-1991; Second Vice President 1995-1999

Valeria de Paiva (??-)
Assessor 2020-2023

Dennis Dieks (1 June 1949-)
Assessor 2012-2015

Carlos A. Di Prisco (4 Oct 1949-)
Assessor 1987-1991 & 1995-1999

Heather Douglas (21 Mar 1969-)
Assessor 2016-2019

E

Erwin Engeler (13 Feb 1930-)
Assessor 1979-1983

Yuri Ershov (1 May 1940-)
Alternate Assessor 1983-1987

F

Anne Fagot-Largeault (22 Sep 1938-)
Assessor 2000-2003; Second Vice President 2008-2011

Jens-Erik Fenstad (15 Apr 1935-14 Apr 2020)
Treasurer 1975-1983; PC chair CLMPS 1987; President 1991-1995

Peter R. H. Forrest (1948-)
Assessor 1991-1995

Hans Freudenthal (17 Sep 1905-13 Oct 1990)
Treasurer 1960-1969

Ivan Timofeevich Frolov (1929-1999)
First Vice President 1987-1991

G

Haim Gaifman (1934-)
First Vice President 2004-2007

Maria Carla Galavotti (26 Apr 1947-)
Assessor 2004-2007; First Vice President 2012-2015

Peter Gärdenfors (21 Sep 1949-)
Assessor 1995-1999; PC chair CLMPS 1999

Ludovico Geymonat (11 May 1908–29 Nov 1991)
Assessor 1960-1962

Paul Gochet (21 Mar 1932-21 Jun 2011)
Assessor 1983-1987

Adam Grobler (29 June 1949-)
Assessor 2012-2015

Adolf Grünbaum (15 May 1923-15 Nov 2018)
Assessor 1971-1975; President 2004-2007

Andrzej Grzegorczyk (22 Aug 1922-20 Mar 2014)
Assessor 1969-1971

Marcel Guillaume (1928-25 Oct 2016)
Assessor 1975-1979

H

Ian Hacking (18 February 1936-10 May 2023)
Alternate Assessor 1979-1983

Petr Hájek (6 Feb 1940-26 Dec 2016)
First Vice President 1995-1999; PC chair CLMPS 2003

András Hajnal (13 May 1931-30 Jul 2016)
Second Vice President 1983-1987

Rudolf Haller (17 Apr 1929-14 Feb 2014)
Assessor 2004-2007

Michael Hallett (1930-)
Assessor 1991-1995

Gerhard Heinzmann (12 October 1950-)
Assessor 2012-2015 & 2020-2023

Mary Hesse (15 Oct 1924-2 Oct 2016)
Assessor 1971-1975

Risto Hilpinen (9 Mar 1943-)
Secretary General 1983-1991

Jaakko Hintikka (12 Jan 1929-12 Aug 2015)
Assessor 1969-1971; First Vice President 1971-1975; PC chair CLMPS 1975; President 1975
Wilfrid Hodges (27 May 1941-)
President 2008-2011

Cliff Hooker (??-)
Second Vice President 2012-2015

Tsutomu Hosoi (12 Mar 1937-)
Alternate Assessor 1987-1991

I

Gürol Irzık (3 Jun 1955-)
Assessor 2004-2007

Hidé Ishiguro (c.1935?-)
Assessor 1991-1995

J

K

László Kalmár (27 Mar 1905-2 Aug 1976)
Vice President 1963-1965

Stephen Cole Kleene (5 Jan 1909-25 Jan 1994)
President 1960-1962
Stephan Körner (26 Sep 1913-17 Aug 2000)
Assessor 1966-1969; President 1969-1971

Jean-Louis Krivine (1939-)
Assessor 1987-1991

L

Daniel Lacombe (??-)
Assessor 1966-1969

Hannes Leitgeb (26 Jun 1972-)
PC chair CLMPS 2015; Assessor 2016-2019

Vladimir Lektorsky (??-)
Assessor 1991-1995

Azriel Lévy (c.1934?-)
Assessor 1979-1983

Peter Lipton (9 Oct 1954-25 Nov 2007)
Assessor 2000-2003

Helen Longino (13 Jul 1944-)
First Vice President 2016-2019

Pablo Lorenzano (??-)
Assessor 2012-2015

Paul Lorenzen (24 Mar 1915-1 Oct 1994)
Assessor 1963-1965

Jerzy Łoś (22 Mar 1920-1 Jun 1998)
PC chair CLMPS 1979; President 1979-1983

Benedikt Löwe (1972-)
Assistant Secretary General 2012-2015; Secretary General 2015-2023

M

Menachem Magidor (24 Jan 1946-)
President 2016-2019

Michael Makkai (24 Jun 1939-)
Assessor 1987-1991

Andrey Andreyevich Markov Jr. (22 Sep 1903-11 Oct 1979)
Vice President 1969-1971; First Vice President 1975-1979

Concha Martínez Vidal (??-)
Assessor 2020-2023

Tomáš Marvan (??-)
Assessor 2020-2023

Deborah Mayo (??-)
Second Vice President 2000-2003

David Hugh Mellor (10 Jul 1938-21 Jun 2020)
Assessor 1983-1987

Grigori E. Mints (7 Jun 1939-29 May 2014)
Assessor 1991-1995

Grigore Moisil (10 Jan 1906-21 May 1973)
Alternate Assessor 1966-1969; Second Vice President 1971-1973

Margaret C. Morrison (19 May 1954-9 Jan 2021)
Assessor 2004-2007

Andrzej Mostowski (1 Nov 1913-22 Aug 1975)
Assessor 1963-1965; Vice President 1966-1969; President 1971-1975

Gert H. Müller (29 May 1923-3 Sep 2006)
Second Vice President 1979-1983

N

Karen Neander (24 Mar 1954-6 May 2020)
Assessor 2012-2015

Nancy Nersessian (24 Oct 1947-)
Assessor 2012-2015

Graham Nerlich (23 Nov 1929-31 Mar 2022)
Assessor 1987-1991

Ilkka Niiniluoto (12 Mar 1946-)
Assessor 2012-2015

Yosaku Nishiwaki (3 Dec 1947-)
Assessor 2004-2007

Kazuyuku Nomoto (??-)
Assessor 1995-1999

O

Mitsuhiro Okada (??-)
Assessor 2016-2019

Janusz Onyszkiewicz (18 Dec 1937-)
Assessor 1983-1987

Ewa Orłowska (1935-)
Assessor 2000-2003

P

Katarzyna Papryzycka (??-)
Assessor 2016-2019

Helmut Pfeiffer (1933-2 Jul 2004)
Treasurer 1983-1991 & 1998-1999

René Poirier (20 Oct 1900-28 Sep 1995)
Assessor 1960-1962

Myroslaw Popowych (12 Apr 1930-10 Feb 2018)
Assessor 1971-1975

Dag Prawitz (16 May 1936-)
Assessor 1987-1991; First Vice President 1991-1995

Anne Preller (??-)
Treasurer 1991-1998

Graham Priest (1948-)
First Vice President 2000-2003

Anna Estany Profitós (??-)
Assessor 2008-2011

Joëlle Proust (1947-)
Assessor 2008-2011

Marian Przełęcki (17 May 1923-9 Aug 2013)
Alternate Assessor 1975-1979

Q

R

Michael O. Rabin (1 Sep 1931-)
Assessor 1969-1971; President 2000-2003

Dhruv Raina (??-)
Assessor 2020-2023

Helena Rasiowa (20 Jun 1917-9 Aug 1994)
Alternate Assessor 1971-1975; Assessor 1975-1979

Alexander Razborov (16 Feb 1963-)
Assessor 2000-2003

Miklós Rédei (??-)
Assessor 2008-2011

Michael Redhead (30 Dec 1929-31 Aug 2020)
Assessor 1995-1999

Qiu Renzong (c.1933?-)
Assessor 1995-1999

Nicholas Rescher (15 Jul 1928-)
Secretary General 1969-1975

Víctor Rodríguez (29 Jan 1949-)
Assessor 2004-2007

Michael Ruse (21 Jun 1940-)
Alternate Assessor 1983-1987

S

Gerald E. Sacks (1933-4 Oct 2019)
Assessor 1975-1979

Vadim N. Sadovsky (1934-2012)
Assessor 1975-1979

Wesley C. Salmon (9 Aug 1925-22 April 2001)
First Vice President 1979-1983; President 1995-1999

Giovanni Sambin (??-)
Assessor 1991-1995

Nobushige Sawada (??-)
Assessor 1975-1979

Ralf Schindler (1965-)
Treasurer 2008-2012

Ulf Schmerl (??-)
Treasurer 2000-2007

Peter Schroeder-Heister (2 Mar 1953-)
PC chair CLMPS 2011; Secretary General 2011-2015; Treasurer 2012-2019

Dana S. Scott (11 Oct 1932-)
Assessor 1971-1975; President 1983-1987

Cai Shushan (??-)
Assessor 2008-2011

John Jamieson Carswell Smart (16 Sep 1920-6 Oct 2012)
Assessor 1979-1983

Vladimir A. Smirnov (1931-12 Feb 1996)
Assessor 1979-1983

Elliott Sober (6 Jun 1948-)
Secretary General 1991-1999; President 2012-2015

Ernst Specker (11 Feb 1920-10 Dec 2011)
Assessor 1966-1969

Frits Staal (3 Nov 1930-19 Feb 2012)
Treasurer 1969-1975

Friedrich Stadler (17 Jun 1951-)
Assessor 2008-2011

Wolfgang Stegmüller (3 Jun 1923-1 Jun 1991)
Assessor 1971-1975

Kim Sterelny (1950-)
First Vice President 2020-2023

Jacques Stern (21 Aug 1949-)
Alternate Assessor 1983-1987

Joichi Suetsuna (28 Nov 1898-6 Aug 1970)
Assessor 1960-1962

Cheng Sumei (??-)
Assessor 2020-2023

Patrick Suppes (17 Mar 1922-17 Nov 2014)
Secretary General 1960-1965; PC chair CLMPS 1971; President 1975-1979

Laszlo Szabo (??-)
Assessor 2000-2003

T

Hiromichi Takeda (??-)
Assessor 1971-1975

U

Soshichi Uchii (3 Feb 1943-)
Assessor 2000-2003; First Vice President 2008-2011

Alasdair Urquhart (20 Dec 1945-)
Assessor 2020-2023

V

Dirk van Dalen (20 Dec 1932-)
Second Vice President 1987-1991

Bas Van Fraassen (5 Apr 1941-)
Assessor 1983-1987

Andrés Villaveces (??-)
Assessor 2020-2023

Georg Henrik von Wright (14 Jun 1916-16 Jun 2003)
President 1963-1965

W

Anders Wedberg (30 Mar 1913-20 Feb 1978)
Alternate Assessor 1966-1969

Paul Weingartner (8 Jun 1931-)
Assessor 1979-1983; First Vice President 1983-1987

Charlotte Werndl (??-)
Assessor 2016-2019

Dag Westerståhl (1946-)
Secretary General 2000-2007 & 2011

Ryszard Wójcicki (1939-)
Second Vice President 1991-1995

X

Y

Mariko Yasugi (??-)
Assessor 2012-2015

Natuhiko Yosida (??-)
Assessor 1983-1987

Boris Grigoryevitch Yudin (14 Aug 1943-6 Aug 2017)
Assessor 1995-1999

Z