Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophy
The Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (FISP) is the association of national philosophical societies founded in 1948. Its headquarters are in Freiburg im Üechtland (Switzerland). The member societies include the German Society for Philosophy , the Austrian , the Swiss or the Polish Philosophical Society . The president is elected for a term of office of five years. The current president is W. McBride (West Lafayette).
The FISP has organized the World Congress for Philosophy every five years since 1948 (until 1968: International Congress for Philosophy , Congrès International de Philosophy ). The first international congress of philosophy was organized in 1900 on the occasion of the world exhibition in Paris in 1900 by the French philosophers Louis Couturat and Xavier Léon. Until the FISP took it over in 1948, the congress took place irregularly.
The FISP has also organized the International Philosophy Olympiad every year since 1993
Web links
- Website (English)
- World Congress of Philosophy Collection - Collection of World Congress publications in the Philosophy Documentation Center
Individual evidence
- ↑ What is FISP? (No longer available online.) FISP, archived from the original on February 24, 2018 ; accessed on February 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Statutes and Bye-Laws. (No longer available online.) FISP, archived from the original on February 24, 2018 ; accessed on February 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rolf Elberfeld : Global Paths of Philosophy in the 20th Century. The World Congress of Philosophy 1900 - 2008 . In: General journal for philosophy . No. 1 , 2009, p. 149–169 ( uni-hildesheim.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ]).
- ^ History. (No longer available online.) FISP, archived from the original on October 8, 2017 ; accessed on February 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
