Giants Upon Our Shoulders: A Philosophical History of Physics in Uruguay

Juan A. Queijo Olano is Professor at the University of the Republic of Uruguay. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). He teaches courses on the general history and philosophy of science, the historiography of science and the philosophy of the natural sciences. His research focuses on the history and philosophy of physics in Latin America. He is author of From the Laboratory: the Origins of Physics in Uruguay (University of the Republic Press, 2023) and Lorraine Daston in Montevideo (University of the Republic Press, 2023) with Isabel Wschebor. He contributed to the book Handbook for the Historiography of Science Condé & Salomon [Eds.] (Springer Nature, 2023) with the chapter Historical Epistemology: A German Connection. He has published in Physics in Perspective, Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science, and other journals.Evelyn Mozo Meneses is a Master student in Epistemology and History of Science at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires. Her thesis, scheduled for the first semester of 2025, is entitled The Role of the Concept of Aether in the Optics of Isaac Newton and Christiaan Huygens. She teaches philosophy of science, history of science and logic at the State Secondary School. She is co-author of the article The malleability of physics: genealogies of a discipline in the nineteenth century Rio de la Plata (Revista Brasileira de História da Ciência, 2024), with Juan A. Queijo Olano.

• Introduction.- 1 Genealogies of a discipline in the Río de la Plata.- 2 Towards Scientific Faculties.- 3 Physics and its problems at the university at the beginning of the 20th century.- 4 The theory of relativity and its cultural impact on the university.- 5 The university and science around 1950.- 6 The idea of Central Institutes for Scientific Research.- 7 Conclusions.- Index.