History of the Congress

Previous congresses

Starting from 1960 the International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science has been held every four years in capital cities and/or by famous university centres.

  • 1960 Stanford, California, USA
  • 1964 Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1967 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1971 Bucharest, Romania
  • 1975 London, Ontario, Canada
  • 1979 Hanover, Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1983 Salzburg, Austria
  • 1987 Moscow, USSR
  • 1991 Uppsala, Sweden
  • 1995 Florence, Italy
  • 1999 Krakow, Poland
  • 2003 Oviedo, Spain
  • 2007 Beijing, China
  • 2011, Nancy France

2015: Helsinki (Finland), August 3-8

15th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science is organised in the capital city of Finland, Helsinki. As a congress city Helsinki is a unique mix of sea nature, small town atmosphere and modern congress facilities in historical settings. The Philosophical Society of Finland (SFY), the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the Philosophy the Social Sciences (TINT), and the University of Helsinki are honoured to host the congress.

Finland has an extensive tradition in the fields of logic and philosophy of science. Read Ilkka Niiniluoto’s article on the topic here.

Division of Logic, Methodology
and Philosophy of Science (DLMPS)

The Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science was established in 1955. The DLMPS and its sister division, the Division of History of Science and Technology  (DHST), form the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS), which is affiliated to the International Council for Science (ICSU - formerly the International Council of Scientific Unions).


The objectives of the DLMPS are

  1. to promote contacts among logicians, philosophers of science and scientists interested in the foundational problems of their disciplines, and among institutions dedicated to logic, methodology, and philosophy of science;

  2. to encourage and sustain research and study of important problems in logic, methodology, and philosophy of science;

  3. to collect documents useful for the development of logic, methodology and philosophy of science;

  4. to organize, sponsor, and support international meetings of logic, methodology and philosophy of science (International Congresses and Symposia), and to publish reports, Conference Proceedings, and other works related to such meetings.

More information: www.dlmps.org.