Vasso Kindi
Department of Philosophy and History of Science
University
of Athens
Panepistemioupolis,
GR 15771, Athens, Greece
Tel:
+302107275535, Fax: +302107275530
Current Position:
Assistant
Professor, Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of
Athens
Education:
1991 PhD,
Philosophy and History of Science, National Technical University of Athens
1975-81 B.S.,
Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens
1975 High
School Diploma, Pierce College, The American College of Greece
Positions Held:
1998- Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Athens
1991-98 Department
of Philosophy, Deree College, The American College of Greece
Publications:
Kindi, V., (forthcoming), “Can Philosophy Contribute
to the Advancement of Science?” , Proceedings of the Conference “Philosophy
Today”, Voula Tsinorema (ed.) (in Greek).
Kindi, V., (forthcoming),
“Glancing at History: The Relation of the History of Science to Philosophy of
Science”, Proceedings of the 10th
Panhellenic Conference on Philosophy of Science, Demetra Sfendoni-Mentzou
(ed.) (in Greek).
Kindi, V., Arabatzis, Th.
(forthcoming), “The Problem of Conceptual Change in the Philosophy and History
of Science”, Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change, Stella Vosniadou (ed.).
Kindi, V., (2006), “Biography
in History. Collingwood’s Criticism and Other Philosophical Reservations”, Deukalion
24/2, 251-271 (in Greek).
Kindi, V., (2006), “Conscientious Objection in Professional Contexts”, Skepsis
xvi-ii, 97-106.
Kindi,
V., (2005), “Human Rights in Education: Their Relation to Human Nature”, in For a
Philosophical Education of Human Rights, Myrto Dragona-Monahou (ed.),
Athens: Ellinika Grammata (in Greek).
Kindi,
V., (2004), “Particulars in Science” in Aristeidis Baltas, Freud’s Apple and Newton’s
Unconscious, Athens: Exantas (in
Greek).
Kindi, V., (2003), “Kuhn’s Conservatism” Social Epistemology, 17, no 2&3.
Anapolitanos D., Arabatzis
Th., Karakostas V., Kindi, V., (2003), Philosophy of
Science, Greek Open University, (in
Greek).
Kindi, V., (2003), “The Significance
of the So-Called Postmodern Critique”, Politis
116 (in Greek).
Kindi,
V., (2003), “Should the History of Science be Included in Science Education?”
in The Contribution of History and
Philosophy of the Natural Sciences in Science Education, K. Scordoulis, L.
Chalkia (eds), Proceedings of the 2nd Panhellenic Conference,
Athens, (in Greek).
Kindi, V., (2002), “On the Nature of Language”, Poiesi 19, (in Greek).
Kindi,
V., (2002), “Karl Popper and the Enlightenment”, Neusis 11, (in Greek).
Kindi,
V., Zika, F., (2005), “Paradigms and Examples in Wittgenstein’s Philosophy” in The Use of Examples in Philosophy,
Katerina Ierodiakonou (ed.), Athens: Ekkremes (in Greek).
Kindi, V., (2001), “Relativism: Problems and
Misunderstandings”, Isopoliteia v, no 2 (in
Greek).
Kindi,
V., (2000), “The Concept of Man and Human Rights”, Isopoliteia, iv, no 2, (in Greek).
Baltas, A., Gavroglu, K.,
Kindi, V., (2000), “ A Discussion with T.S. Kuhn”, in T.S. Kuhn, The
Road since Structure, J. Conant, J. Haugeland (eds), Chicago: The
University of Chicago Press. First published in Greek in Neusis, 6, 1997
Kindi,
V., (1999), “Why Hasn’t Descartes’ 400-year Anniversary Been Celebrated in
Greece?” in Politics of Rationalism. Ten Studies on Descartes, Athens:
Exantas, (in Greek).
Kindi, V., (1998), “Is
Wittgenstein’s Resort to Ordinary Language an Appeal to Empirical Facts?”, Metaphilosophy
29 (4).
Kindi, V., (1997), “Kuhn’s
and Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Circle”, Neusis
6, (in Greek).
Kindi, V., (1997), “On
Philosophical Silence”, Deukalion
14/2-3, (in Greek).
Kindi, V., (1996), “T.S.
Kuhn: In Memoriam”, Philosophical
Inquiry XVIII, no 1-2.
Kindi,
V., (1995), Kuhn
& Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigation of the Structure of Scientific
Revolutions, Athens: Smili editions.
Kindi, V., (1995), “Kuhn's 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'
Revisited”, Zeitschrift fur
Allgemeine Wissenschaftstheorie 26.
Kindi, V., (1995) “The Dark
Object of History”, Neusis 2, (in Greek)
Kindi, V., (1994),
“Incommensurability, Incomparabillity, Irrationality”, Methodology and Science 27.
Prokopakis, G.J. and Kindi,
V., (1993), “Paradigms in Process Integration: A Technical and Epistemological
Appraisal”, in Energy Efficiency in Process Technology, P. Pilavachi (ed.),
Elsevier.
Kindi V., (1992),
“Rationality and the External Factors in Science”, in Historical Types of Rationality,
M. Assimacopoulos (ed.), Athens: NTUA.
Kindi. V., (1991), “Seeing
and Seeing as” in Wittgenstein Symposium, J. Tzavaras (ed.), Athens: Dodoni. (in Greek)
Articles on Philosophical Issues in Daily Newspapers and Journals of General Interest (in Greek)
Kindi, V., “On history
again”, Cogito 06, May
2007
Kindi, V., “Interview with
Quentin Skinner”, To Vima, May 6,
/2007.
Kindi, V., “Table rond sur l’
état actuel de la philosophie en Grèce”, Philosopher en Grèce aujourd’hui , Rue Descartes 51, 2006 (in French).
Kindi, V., “Entrentien avec
Aristide Baltas”, Philosopher en
Grèce aujourd’hui ,Rue
Descartes 51, 2006 (in French).
Kindi, V., “Philosophy and
Film”. An Interview with James Conant”, Cogito
05, November 2006.
Kindi, V., “It is against
my conscience”, Cogito 04,
February 2006
Kindi, V., “Church and
State”, Cogito 03,
July 2005.
Kindi, V., “History and
Narrative”, Cogito 02,
January 2005.
Kindi, V., “Ethics and
Politics”, Cogito 01,
July 2004.
Kindi,
V., “Quentin Skinner and the History of Ideas”, Kathimerini, April 4, 2002.
Kindi,
V., “Conservatism and the Left”, Avgi,
March 31, 2002.
Kindi, V., “Stanley Cavell: An American in
Athens”, Kathimerini, June 19, 2001
Kindi, V., “Women in Elections: The Introduction of
Quotas”, Avgi, May 13, 2001
Kindi, V., “Philosophical
Investigations: Understanding and the Uses of Language”, Eleutherotypia, December 24, 1999.
Kindi, V., Marcolefas, E.,
“L.Althusseur: “We shouldn’t Tell Fairytales to Ourselves””, Politis 66, Aug. 1999.
Kindi, V., Baltas, A.,
Conant, J., “Truth or Freedom? A Philosophical Discussion in Relation to
Politics”, Politis 65, June, 1999.
Kindi, V., “Clarity and
Perspicuity: A Discussion on Wittgenstein’s Work”, Kathimerini, April 4, 1999.
Kindi, V., “Natural and
Human Rights”, Politis 60, January
1999.
Kindi,
V., “Death Penalty”, Politis
(biweekly) 46, 1998.
Kindi, V., “On Cloning”, Politis (biweekly) 38, 1997.
Kindi, V., “The Sokal
affair”, Politis (biweekly) 33, 1997.
Kindi, V., “An Interview
with M. Frede: The Ancient Thought Today”, Kathimerini
April 13, 1997.
Kindi, V., “An Interview
with A. Nehamas: Philosophy as a Way of Life”, Kathimerini, November 10, 1996.
Kindi, V., “Evolution and
Creation: Science and Theology”, Politis
(biweekly) 23, 1996.
Kindi, V., “A Simple Lesson
of Logic for the Minister of the Press”, Politis
(biweekly) 18, 1996.
Kindi, V., “T.S. Kuhn: The
Physicist who Became a Historian for Philosophical Purposes”, Kathimerini, June 23, 1996.
Kindi, V., “Kuhn’s
Scientific Revolutions”, Kathimerini,
October 8, 1995.
Kindi, V., “An Interview
with A. Baltas: Is Philosophy Dangerous for the Scientists?”, Kathimerini, October 8, 1995.
Kindi, V., “Language and
Politics”, Politis 126, 1994.
Kindi, V., “Wittgenstein in
the Theater”, Politis 112, 1991.
Kindi, V., “How Should We
Talk about Athusseur Today?”, Politis
109, 1990.
Kindi, V., “Discourse on
Method”, New Ecology 73, 1990.
Kindi, V., “Feminism and
science”, Politis 94, 1988.
Kindi, V., “The Use of
Linguistic Signs and the Left”, Politis
83, 1987.
Kindi, V., “The Ideological
Function of the Nobel Prizes”, Politis
74, 1986.
Book Reviews
Kindi, V., “Nelson Goodman: Languages
of Art”, Cogito 04, February
2006.
Kindi, V., “An Introduction
to John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism”, Kathimerini, September 22, 2002.
Kindi, V., “What Is
Philosophy?”, J. Bouveresse, La demande de la philosophie, To Vima, August 18, 2002.
Kindi, V., “Dilemmas of
Conscience”, E. Anscombe, T. Nagel, Ethical War. Ethics in War, To Vima, June 9, 2002.
Kindi, V., “In the Labyrinth
of the Continuum”, D. Anapolitanos, Leibniz. Representation, Continuity and the
Spatiotemporal, Eleutheroptypia,
September 19, 1999.
Kindi, V., “The Duty of
Silence”, Ray Monk, Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius, Eleutherotypia, July 17, 1998.
Kindi, V., “Wittgenstein:
Philosophy and Life”, Ray Monk, Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius, Avgi, July 5, 1998.
Kindi, V., “The Relation
between Philosophy and Rhetoric”, Chloe Balla, Plato’s Persuasion, Kathimerini, May 24, 1998.
Kindi, V., “C. Coveos: Everything is Gestated in Language”, Avgi, March 27, 1997.
Kindi, V., “ H. Brown:
Perception, Theoy and Commitment”, New
Ecology 121, 1994.
Kindi,
V., “Georg Christoff Lichetenberg: Aphorisms” Politis 121, March 1993.
Kindi, V., “Wittgenstein: The Style Mirrors His Philosophy, Philosophical
Remarks” Mesimvrini, September
16, 1993.
Kindi, V., (1990), “Imre
Lakatos and Theories of Scientific Change”, Methodology and Science vol.
23-2.
Translations and editing
of translations (in Greek)
Adorno, T., Scientific
Experiences of a European Scholar in America, Athens: Ypsilon, 1987
Lecourt, D., “Marxism and
Epistemology”, Politis, 66, 1984
Davidson, D., “Method and Metaphysics”, Deukalion, 11(3), 1993
Putnam,
H., “Aristotle after Wittgenstein”, Deukalion, 11(3), 1993
McDowell, J., “Wittgenstein
on Following a Rule,” Deukalion, 13/2.3,
1996
Hanson, N. R., Patterns of Discovery, translated by V.
Kindi et al, Herakleion: The University of Crete Press, 2002.
Dray, W., Introduction to the Philosophy of History,
translated by A. Manolakis, edited by V. Kindi, Athens: Okto editions, 2007
Other
professional activities:
Editor-in-chief of the philosophical journal Cogito.
Member of the editorial
board of the philosophical journal Deukalion.
Member of the Editorial
Committee of the journals Isopoliteia,and
Noesis.
Selected presentations.
Kindi, V., (2007), “Affirmative Action and Equality”,
Ermoupoli, Syros, July 6-8, 2007.
Kindi, V., (2007), The Historical Understanding of Emotions”
at the 3rd International Historein
Conference On Emotions: History,
Politics, Representations, Athens, May 18-20, 2007.
Kindi, V., (2007), “Quentin Skinner: Laudatio”, Honorary
Degree Ceremony, University of Athens, Athens, May 8, 2007.
Kindi, V., (2007), “Conceiving and Using Thought Experiments”,
at the Thought Experiments Workshop,
Athens, April 22-27, 2007.
Kindi, V., (2006), “From the Progressive Vienna Circle to the
‘Reactionary’ Logical Positivism”. Benaki Museum, Athens, December 2006.
Kindi, V., (2006), “Making Sense of Alternative Conceptual
Schemes”, “Dialectics” graduate seminar, Law School, University of Athens,
December 2006.
Kindi, V., (2006), “Bioethics and New Technology”, Pasteur
Institute, Athens, December 2006.
Kindi, V., (2006), “Conceptual Frameworks and
Relativism”, Bogaziçi University – Athens University Conference,
Istanbul, May 2006.
Kindi, V., (2006), “Could Philosophy Contribute to the
Rational Development of Science?”, University of Athens, April 2006.
Kindi, V., (2006), Kuhn’s “Made up” Sociology and the
Descriptive Turn in Science Studies”. Presented at the conference on Kuhn and the Sociology of Scientific
Knowledge, Cambridge, March 2006.
Kindi,
V., (2006), “Glancing at History”. Presented at the BSHP conference on Philosophy and Historiography, Cambridge, March 2006.
Kindi,
V., (2006), “Making Sense of Alternative Conceptual Schemes”. Presented at the
conference Translation and Interpretation,
Paros, March 2006.
Kindi, V., (2006, 2005), “Glancing at History: The Relation of
History of Science to Philsophy of Science”. Presented at the conference Philosophy Today, University of Crete,
Rethymnon, November 2005. Also at the 10th Panhellenic conference on
Philosophy of Science, Thessaloniki, May 2006.
Kindi, V., (2005), “The Philosophical Issues Posed by
Biographies and the Genre of Philosophical Biographies”. Presented at the
workshop on “Historiography”, Athens, November 2005.
Kindi, V., (2004)
“From Friends to Aliens”, presented
at the
Wittgenstein Workshop, Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago, October
8, 2004. [The paper is a new version of the same title co-authored by V. Kindi
and F. Zika].
Kindi, V., Zika F.,
“From Friends to Aliens”, presented at the international symposium on Wittgenstein and Alternative Grammars, June
28, 2004, Aegina, Greece. Also presented at the Wittgenstein Workshop,
Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago, October 8, 2004.
Kindi, V., “History and Narrative” presented at the international
symposium on History and Narrative, July
5-6, 2004, Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece.
Kindi,
V., Invited commentator at the 4th European Symposium on Conceptual
Change: Philosophical, Historical, Psychological, and Educational Approaches,
May 19-23, 2004, Delphi, Greece.
Kindi, V., “Conceptual Change and
Problems of Rationality”. Invited talk at the Conference on Conceptual Change, December 2003,
University of Crete, Rethymnon,, Greece.
Kindi, V., “The A-Priori Character
of T.S. Kuhn’s Model of Science and the Role of History in It”. Invited talk at
the 2nd Colloquium of the Latin Meeting of the European Society of
Analytic Philosophy, November 2003, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Kindi, V., “The Significance of the
So-Called Postmodern Critique”. Invited talk at the Symposium on The Writing of History. History of
Historiography and History of the Sciences: Contexts of Dialogue, October
2003, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece.
Kindi, V., Invited commentator at
the 4th Athens-Pittsburgh Symposium in the History and Philosophy of
Science and Technology on Proof & Demonstration in Philosophy and
Science, June 1-6, 2003, Delphi, Greece..
Kindi, V., Zika F., “Examples and
Paradigms in Wittgenstein’s philosophy”, presented at the international
conference on “Wittgenstein and the 20th
Century Analytical Philosophy”, October 11-14, 2002, Peking University,
Beijing,. Also at the International
Conference “Wittgenstein in Delphi”,
June 25-29, 2001, Delphi, Greece.
Kindi,
V., “Re-evaluation of the Relation between History and Philosophy of Science in
the Case of Kuhn”, presentation at the International Conference Histoire et philosophie des
sciences: vers une nouvelle alliance?, October
3-5, 2002, Paris, France.
Kindi,
V., “Was Kuhn a Wittgenstein of the Sciences?”, presentation at the workshop on “The
Legacy of Thomas Kuhn”, August 29, 2002, Norwich, GB.
Kindi, V., “The Relation of History to
Philosophy”, presented at the International Conference “History in Philosophy”, July
15-16, 2002, Ermoupolis,
Syros, Greece.
Kindi, V., “The Relevance of
History of Science to Philosophy of Science”, presented at the 2nd
Greek-Turkish Symposium, May 11-12, 2000, Istanbul, Turkey.
Kindi, V., Zika F., “Values:
A Bridge between Rationality and Incommensurability?”, presented at
the international conference on Incommensurability,
June 13-16, 1999, Hannover, Germany.
Organization of Conferences and Events
·
Translation and
Interpretation, International Symposium in collaboration with European Center of
Translation, Paros, March 2006.
·
History and
Narrative, in collaboration with Fay Zika, International Symposium, Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece, July 2004.
·
Exemples,
cas, paradimes. Questions d’épistémologie comparée
à partir de Wittgenstein, Joint Conference with the
Collège Internationale de Philosophie, Athens, June 2004.
·
Wittgenstein and Alternative Grammars, International
Symposium, Aegina, June 2004.
·
History in Philosophy, International Symposium,
Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece, July 2002
·
Wittgenstein in Delphi, International Conference
commemorating the 50th anniversary since Wittgenstein’s death,
Delphi, June 2001
·
Philosophy and Human Rights, in collaboration with
Stelios Virvidakis, Athens, April 2000.
·
Theory and History, Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece,
July 2000
·
Biography and Philosïphy, speakers Ray Monk (University of Southampton) and
James Conant (University of Pittsburgh), Athens, May 1999.