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Omar W. Nasim did his B.A. (hons.) in Philosophy from the University of Manitoba, and then a PhD in 2007 from the University of Toronto at the department of Philosophy. Between 2005-2006 Nasim was a Fellow of the Graduate Exchange Program of the DAAD at the University of Konstanz, Germany.  His first book was published in 2008 and is entitled, Bertrand Russell and the Edwardian Philosophers: Constructing the World, Palgrave MacMillan Press.  Beginning in 2007, Nasim started as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the project Knowledge in the Making (Wissen im Entwurf: Zeichnen und Schreiben als Verfahren des Forschung) first at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin (2007-2008), and then continued with the same fellowship at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (MPI) (2008-2009). In this project, entitled Constructing the Heavens: Drawings of Nebulae in Victorian Science, Nasim continued to pursue his interests in construction, observation and theories of perception, but with a special focus on scientific observation’s relationship to the act of drawing and note-taking in nebular astronomy. Nasim is currently working as a Senior Research Fellow at the Chair for Science Studies (ETH- Zürich) and a Member of the NCCR "Eikones" (Universität Basel).

Monografien

2008. Bertrand Russell and the Edwardian Philosophers: Constructing the World. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
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"The result is a fascinating reappraisal of Russell’s motivations and infuences that signifcantly advances our understanding of Russell’s philosophy...This book is a very original study that genuinely deepens our understanding of Russell by presenting new insight into his motivations and concerns at the time when he was engaged in some of the most important work of his career. What it shows is that contrary to popular myth, Russell’s philosophical development in the first decade of the twentieth century was not purely the product of a single-minded investigation into mathematical logic, conducted independently of the surrounding philosophical context of the period. Rather, Russell’s “Edwardian” philosophical contemporaries exerted a signifcant infuence on him. This is in itself is good reason for looking again at what they had to say. Nasim’s book is an excellent place to start looking." Graham Stevens _Russell_
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Sammelbände

mit HANA GRÜNDLER/TONI HILDEBRANDT/WOLFRAM PICHLER. (Ed.). 2012. Zur Händigkeit der Zeichnung. Basel: Rheinsprung 11, issue 3.
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mit Karin Krauthausen. (Ed.). 2010. Notieren, Skizzieren: Schreiben und Zeichnen als Verfahren des Entwurfs. Zurich & Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag.
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Aufsätze

2012. “Observing by Hand”. In: Rheinsprung 11, Issue 3; http://rheinsprung11.unibas.ch (Eikones, Basel).
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2012. The Spaces of Knowledge: Bertrand Russell, Logical Construction, and the Classification of the Sciences.. In: British Journal for the History of Philosophy , Forthcoming: .
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Nasim. 2011. The ‘Landmark’ and ‘Groundwork’ of Stars: John Herschel, Photography and the Drawing of Nebulae. In: Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 42, 1: 67-84.

mit Karin Krauthausen. 2010. "interview mit hans-jörg rheinberger papierpraktiken im labor". In: notieren, skizzieren schreiben und zeichnen als verfahren des entwurfs. ed. O.W. Nasim and Karin Krauthausen. Zurich & Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, 139-158.

2010. "zeichnen als mittel der »familiarization« zur erkundung der nebel im lord rosse-projekt". In: Notieren, Skizzieren: Schreiben und Zeichnen als Verfahren des Entwurfs. ed. O.W. Nasim and K. Krauthausen. Zurich & Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, 159-188.

2010. "Observation, Working Images and Procedure: the 'Great Spiral' in Lord Rosse's Astronomical Record Books and Beyond.". In: British Journal for the History of Science 43, 03: 353-389.
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2009. "On seeing an image of a spiral nebula from Whewell to Flammarion". In: Nuncius: Journal of the History of Science 24 2009, 2: 393-414.

2009. "Bertrand Russell's July 1915 Letter on Sense-Data". In: Bertrand Russell Society Quarterly May-November 2009, 142-144: 35-38.
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2009. "Explaining G.F Stout's Reaction to Russell's 'On Denoting'". In: Russell vs. Meinong: The Legacy of "On Denoting".. ed. Nicholas Griffin and Dale Jacquette. London: Routledge Press, 101-112.
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2008. "Beobachtungen mit der Hand: Astronomische Nebelskizzen im 19. Jahrhundret". In: Daten sichern: Schreiben und Zeichnen als Verfahren der Aufzeichnung. ed. Christoph Hoffmann. Zurich & Berlin: Diaphanes Verlag, 21-46.
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2008. "Observations, Descriptions, and Drawings of Nebulae: A Sketch". In: Max Planck Institute Pre-Prints. ed. Berlin: MPIWG.

Fachrezensionen

2011. "Mullā Ṣadrā and Metaphysics". Review: Sajjad H. Rizvi, Mulla Sadra and Metaphysics: Modulation of Being, Routledge Press 2009 . In: Journal of Islamic Philosophy 6, Special Issue on Mulla Sadra.
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2011. "An Introduction to The Problems". Review: , David Mills Daniel and Megan Daniel, Briefly: Russell’s The Problems of Philosophy, . In: Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies 30, 2.

2009. Review: , Surrealism, Art and Modern Science, . In: Nuncius 24, 244-46.

2008. Review: Conference, Report on 'What (Good) is Historical Epistemology?, MPIWG . In: The Reasoner 2, 9.
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2008. Review: Conference, Report on "What (Good) is Historical Epistemology?, MPIWG Berlin . In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft historischer Forschungseinrichtungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Nr. 187.

Lexikonartikel

2011. “Nebulae”. In: Eine Naturgeschichte für das 21. Jahrhundert : hommage à, zu Ehren von, in honor of Hans-Jörg Rheinberger. ed. Azzouni, Safia; Brandt, Christina; Gausemeier, Bernd; Kursell, Julia; Schmidgen, Henning; Wittmann, Barbara. Berlin: Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 165-66.
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Vorträge

2012. ““The Role of Sketching in the Observing Books of 19th-Century Nebular Researchers.””. Astronomical Imagining 13.1.2012. Royal Astronomical Society London.

2011. “Procedures in the Astronomers Observing Books : Notes and Sketches”. History of Science, History of Text 17.11.2011. Paris Diderot University Paris.
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2011. “Scribbling in Space”. Über Kritzeln 06-06-2011. Literaturmuseum der Moderne Marbach.

2011. “Skeletons and Bodies”. DIE TOTALE ERFASSUNG DER WELT. ZUR GESCHICHTE FOTOGRAFISCHER MESSBILDER 27-05-2011. IFK Vienna.
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2010. “Astronomical Drawings and Tacit Knowledge”. Tacit Knowing: Manual Knowledge in Art, Science and Technology 15.12.-16.12.2010. IKKM Weimar, Germany.
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2010. “John Herschel’s ›Working Skeletons‹: A Look at the Procedures of Drawing Nebulae”. History of Science Society Annual Meeting 04.11.-07-11.2010. HSS Montreal.
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2010. “Philosophy and Architecture: The Utopia of Home-sickness”. Ethics and Architecture 1.07.2010 - 3.07.2010. Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz Florence, Italy.
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2010. “Russell and the Philosopher-Psychologists: A Look at the Data of Sense”. La perception et le monde extérieur Journée d’étude organisée par le PHIER (UBP) 02.6.2010. MSH, 4 rue Ledru, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand Salle 220.
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2009. “Tracing the Nebulous: Familiarization through Drawing”. Labor 10.11.2009. Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz Florenz.

2009. “Observation and the Hand: Observing Books and 19th cent. Nebular Research”. History of Science Society Meeting 11.05.09. History of Science Society Pittsburg, USA.

2009. “Drawing a Spiral Nebula”. Showing, Making 06.18-19.2009. Filmmuseum Amsterdam.

2009. “Data, Phenomena, and Non-Propositional Observational Records”. Canadian Society for the History of Science and Philosophy of Science, Conference 05.25-28.2009. Canadian Society for the History of Science and Philosophy of Science, Conference Ottawa.

2008. “Scientific Observations and 'Working Images' - Drawing as a research tool for the Nebulous”. Material Probe III 11.13-15.2008. MPIWG and Yale University Yale University.

2008. “The 1850 Image of the Great Spiral (M51): A Biography of an Image”. Invisible Seminar 10.14-16.2008. MPIWG and IMSS Pisa, Italy.

2008. “Procedure [Verfahren] in Victorian Astronomical Observing Books.”. The Logic Of Procedure 19.03.2008. Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Berlin.

2008. “History of Stellar Astronomy and Nebular Research”. Retreat of the MPIA 11.03.208. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Bad Muenstereifel, Germany.

2008. “Observations, Descriptions, and Drawings of Nebulae: A Sketch”. 15.01.2008. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin.

2007. “Constructing the Heavens: Nebulae in Victorian Science”. Material Probe II 11.10 - 11.13.2007. KHI Florenz.

2005. “Explaining G.F. Stout's Reaction to Russell's "On Denoting"”. Centenary of "On Denoting" 14.5 - 18.5. 2005. McMaster University Hamilton, ON.

2005. “Russell's Notion of Philosophical Analysis and Edwardian Philosophy”. Varieties of Analysis 03.30 - 04.01.2005. British Society for the History of Philosophy Oxford University.