The Philosophical Archive of the University of Konstanz houses materials on the history of philosophy and the theory of the exact sciences as well as documents on the role of philosophy and science during National Socialism. We hold the estates of the following philosophers:
The archive also owns collections that are available for purchase and the use of which is therefore not restricted:
Archives for the History of Quantum Physics
Microfilm copy. 301 rolls. Catalogue and notes on the genesis of the archive in book form.
The estate of Kurt Gödel (1906-1978)
Microfilm copy. 38 rolls. This copy is a copy of a film made of the originals in 1980 that are kept in the Special Collections at Princeton University. Correspondence and photographs were not filmed. The materials can be accessed through the digital catalogue maintained by Princeton University.
Ludwig Wittgenstein collection (1889-1951)
Paper copy created from microfilm. The copies are bound in 93 volumes. This is the so-called Cornell copy that was made of Wittgenstein’s bequest in 1967/68 as inventoried by H. G. von Wright (excluding some few items). Von Wright’s description was first published in Philosophical Reviews 78 (1969).