PRODATPHIL – Science and Logic: a Programmable Data Collection and a Digital Survey of Logic and Philosophy of Science in the 19th and Early 20th Century

• Applicant: Dr. Stefan Heßbrüggen-Walter
• Subject Area: History of Philosophy
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 537184692

The project aims to construe a digital survey of logic and philosophy of science in German, English, and French between approx. 1820 and 1930. While existing digital analyses examine philosophy of science starting in the 1930s, this project focuses on interdependencies between logic and philosophy of science primarily in the 19th and early 20th century. Its foundation is a data collection of approx. 2000 texts in various formats that are to be analysed using corpus linguistic methods and other tools of the digital humanities. The project aims to create benefits both for the history of philosophy and the digital humanities: we will investigate the canon of thinkers relevant for authors in the period under investigation and core terms of both disciplines in their historical development. At the same time, we will evaluate digital research methods for their viability in the context of digital philosophy, especially under conditions of multilinguality.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants