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CfP: C-FORS Graduate Conference: Constructional Approaches in the Foundations of Mathematics and Philosophy, 19-20 June 2024, Oslo (Norway)
C-FORS Graduate Conference:
Constructional Approaches in the Foundations of Mathematics and Philosophy
Important Informations:
. Topics: Philosophy of Mathematics, (Philosophy of) Set Theory and Logic;
Formal Metaphysics and Ontology (grounding and constructional approaches).
. Call for: 1500 words abstract;
. Contributed talks: 35-40 min. + 5-10 min. commentators + 10-15 min. for d
iscussion;
. Keynotes: Joel David Hamkins (Notre Dame); Jon Erling Litland (UT Austin)
. Commentators: Deborah Kant (Hamburg), Sam Roberts (Konstanz); Chris Scamb
ler (Oxford)
Important Dates:
. Conference: 19-20 June 2024
. Deadline for Submission: 14 April
. Notification of Acceptance: 12 May
The advanced ERC project "C-FORS: Construction in the Formal Sciences" led
by Professor ystein Linnebo (University of Oslo) is glad to announce its
first graduate conference. The topic is constructional approaches to found
ations of mathematics and philosophy.
By "constructional approach" we mean a way to account for a domain of objec
ts by successively constructing its members. The inspiring example for thes
e methods is the famous Iterative Conception of Set, which states that sets
are "formed" successively by iterated applications of the operation "set o
f" (to use Gdel's terms). The aim of C-FORS is to extend the approach ex
emplified by the Iterative Conception - which has proven to be quite succes
sful as a natural guard against paradoxes and in justifying the axioms of Z
FC - to other formal disciplines. In particular, in the foundations of math
ematics the aim of C-FORS is to extend the iterative account of sets to oth
er mathematical entities, such as classes or other intensional objects. On
the other hand, in formal philosophy, the aim is to develop constructional
approaches that account for hierarchies of higher-order entities and of tru
th predicates.
The aim of the conference is to bring together graduate students working in
the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic, in Metaphysics and in Ontology an
d that are interested in (or critical of) constructional (i.e., iterative o
r hierarchical) accounts in these disciplines. Beside the current members o
f C-FORS, the discussion shall be guided by the two invited keynotes, Joel
David Hamkins (Notre Dame) and Jon Erling Litland (UT Austin), who are both
leading experts on topics relevant to the main theme of the conference. In
addition, the conference involves the assignment of a commentator to lead
the discussion on the contributed talk by each participant. Comments will b
e provided by three scholars that are also experts in their fields, namely
Deborah Kant (Hamburg), Sam Roberts (Konstanz) and Chris Scambler (Oxford).
The conference will take place on 19-20 June 2024 at the Department of Phil
osophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas at University of Oslo (Blindern
Campus).
Graduate students and early-career researchers (within one year from comple
tion of their PhD) are invited to submit abstracts (up to 1500 words) on th
e subject of the conference and prepared for blind review. We particularly
encourage submissions from underrepresented groups. The proposals should be
suitable for a 35-40 minute presentation. The conference is intended to be
in-person.
We can also offer a limited number of travel bursaries up to 3.000 NOK to b
e awarded to student presenters at the conference, so make sure that you in
dicate your interest for them in the Google form if you want to be consider
ed.
Submission shall be sent through the following form: https://forms.gle/TF2T
pUC818KrEkp29
CONFERENCE WEBSITE: https://cfors.org/c-fors-graduate-conference/
For Info Contact:
. cfors.erc@gmail.com
. davide.sutto@ifikk.uio.no
The Organizers
. Davide Sutto
. ystein Linnebo
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