Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center

Established as TüCAS (Tübingen Center for Advanced Studies), the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center is dedicated to interdisciplinary foundational research and offers postdocs a platform for reflection on science.

Mission

Based on the idea of a TüCAS, we provide a platform for reflections and guidance on questions of responsible science concerning ongoing societal challenges.

Community

We bring together researchers from all scientific areas to stimulate powerful dialogues across disciplines.

Goals

We aim at bringing new scientific ideas to life and to enrich the public debate by providing clear, well-reasoned information concerning responsible science.

News

On the role Formal Methods for Neuro-Symbolic AI

Talk by Prof. Giuseppe Primiero (University of Milan)in the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Colloquium on December 9, 2026

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Is it true? Let’s prove it!

Summer school on educational, epistemological and logical approaches to critical thinking

Date: July 5th - 7th, 2027

Location: Department of Mathematics, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Organizer: CIVIS Agora

Application: by October 31st, 2026

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Meaning and Understanding via Proofs

A special issue edited by Antonio Piccolomini d’Aragona, Constantin C. Brîncuș and Thomas Piecha has been published in the journal Topoi.

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KI, Neuromorphe Chips und Quantencomputer

In this interview, Prof. Dr. Klaus Mainzer explains how quantum computing, neuromorphic computing and artificial intelligence will determine the next generation of AI.

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Classical logic, uniformity, and weak excluded middle in non-monotonic proof-theoretic semantics

An article by Antonio Piccolomini d'Aragona has been published in the journal Bulletin of the section of logic.

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DIALOGUES4PEACE

Dialogues with the past: Timeless Wisdom for Contemporary Peacebuilding - First conference

Date: October 25th - 27th, 2026

Location: Athens, Greece/Zappaion Megaron

Lead: Prof. Dr. DDr. h.c. Klaus Mainzer (Hon. Prof. h.c. mult., President of EASA) & Prof. Dr. Ioannis Liritzis (Hon. Prof. h.c. mult., Dist. Prof. mult., Dean of Class IV: Natural Sciences, Senator of EASAM)

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Recursion and Proof Theoretical Characterizations of Small Circuit Classes

An article by Melissa Antonelli et. al. has been published in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics.

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Keine Angst: So werden wir KI-fit!

An article by Prof. Reinhard Kahle et. al. has been published in the magazine WirtschaftsWoche.

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Some variants of proof-theoretic semantics and their relations with intuitionistic logic

An article by Antonio Piccolomini d'Aragona et. al. has been published in the journal Topoi.

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Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center for Foundational Research
Universität Tübingen
Doblerstraße 33
72074 Tübingen

Tel.: +49-7071-29-75334 (secretary's office, Ms. Aleksandra Rötschke)
E-mail: sekretariat.cfvw@uni-tuebingen.de

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The Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center is supported by the Udo Keller Stiftung Forum Humanum.

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