8-9 Apr 2021
Workshop « Fictionalism » in Philosophy of Mathematics April 8-9, 2021 All sessions of the workshop will be held online via zoom (but will not be recorded). The link to each zoom session can be found within the program below. (The workshop was originally planned as a face-to-face meeting in Paris. The time zone is CET.) Thursday, April 8, morning session https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/89519604167?pwd=SnJML0pOQllJVk9nM1crVGNaU3AyUT09 9:30 - 9:45 : welcome of all participants 9:45 - 11:15 : Valeria Giardino (CNRS - Institut Jean Nicod), « The fiction view of mathematical cognitive tools » 11:15 - 11:30 : coffee break 11:30 - 13:00 : Andrea Sereni (Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia), « Chaos in heaven: fictionalism and mathematical creation » Thursday, April 8, afternoon session https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/81265116342?pwd=blh1V0JYY1FhRUowWkNZaW9yUE9iZz09 14:00 - 15:30 : David Rabouin (CNRS - SPHERE), « Can one be a fictionalist and a platonist at the same time? Lessons from Leibniz » Friday, April 9, morning session https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/86748426456?pwd=MTBSeDJpQWFndW0rWERLYWV6NGxCdz09 9:30 - 11:00 : Florent Dumont (Ecole Normale Supérieure), « Fictional names and mathematical fictionalism » 11:00 - 11:15 : coffee break 11:15 - 12:45 : Andrew Arana (Université de Lorraine), « Following a proof vs following a story » Friday, April 9, afternoon session https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/85048615337?pwd=VnNMbldlaFUwdEpvUDQreHB3dFovQT09 14:00 - 15:30 : Henri Galinon (Université Clermont Auvergne), « Fiction and authority » 15:30 - 15:45 : coffee break 15:45 - 17:15 : Hartry Field (New York University), « Fictionalism, conventionalism and mathematical objectivity ». The workshop is organized by the CNRS (UMR 8011, UMR 7219), Sorbonne Université, the Université de Paris and the GDR Philosophie des mathématiques. Organizing committee : Brice Halimi (Université de Paris), Fabrice Pataut (CNRS - Sciences, Normes, Démocratie). -- [LOGIC] mailing list http://www.dvmlg.de/mailingliste.html Archive: http://www.illc.uva.nl/LogicList/ provided by a collaboration of the DVMLG, the Maths Departments in Bonn and Hamburg, and the ILLC at the Universiteit van Amsterdam