Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker-Zentrum

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

HIrCOcervus - Higher-Order Computation in Implicit and Descriptive Complexity

Workshop on machine-independent approaches to computational complexity in Paris on May 26-27, 2026

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Do Different Artificial Neural Networks Think Alike? On the Feasibility of Cataloging Representations

An article by Philipp Stecher, Dr. Vlasta Sikimić and Prof. Reinhard Kahle has been published in the journal Minds and Machines.

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Keine Angst: So werden wir KI-fit!

A new article by Prof. Reihnard Kahle et. al. has been published in the magazine WirtschaftsWoche.

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Prozessmapping für Nachhaltigkeit

Online workshop in the Fast Forward Future Colloquium on April 17, 2026

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Hilbert’s Programme and Georg Kreisel I: The Post-Gödelian Perspective

An article by Prof. Reinhard Kahle 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.