13-15 Jan 2022
The ERC Starting Grant project "The Roots of Mathematical Structuralism" (PI: Georg Schiemer; Gnther Eder) and the FWF project "Purity and Abstraction in Modern Geometry: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives? (PI: Eduardo Giovannini) are co-hosting the conference ?Modern Geometry and its Foundations? at the University of Vienna. https://structuralism.phl.univie.ac.at/events/international-conference-mode rn-geometry-and-its-foundations/ Date and Venue: January 13-15, 2022 The conference will be held either in hybrid form or digitally (on zoom). University of Vienna Erika Weinzierl Saal Universittsring 1, 1010 Vienna Confirmed Speakers: Andrew Arana (Universit de Lorraine, FRA), John T. Baldwin (University o f Illinois at Chicago, USA), Joan Bertran-San Milln (University of Lisbo n, POR), Francesca Biagioli (Universit degli Studi di Torino), Paola Can t (Aix-Marseille Universit and CNRS), Davide Crippa (Centre for Scien ce, Technology and Society Studies, CZ), Vincenzo De Risi (Universit Par is-Diderot ? CNRS, FRA), Walter Dean (University of Warwick, GB), Fiona T. Doherty (Bios Centre London, GB), Sbastien Gandon (Blaise Pascal Univers ity, FRA), Paolo Mancosu (UC Berkeley, USA), Elena Anne Corie Marchisotto ( California State University, Northridge, USA), Tabea Rohr (Universit de Lorraine, FRA), James Tappenden (University of Michigan, USA), Andreas Muel ler (Independent Scholar, USA) Program Day 1 Thursday | January 13, 2022 10:00 ? 10:15 Opening 10:15 ? 11:15 Paola Cant (Aix-Marseille Universit and CNRS, FRA) ?Formalism and Geometry in Peano and Enriques?. 11:15 ? 11:30 Tea/Coffee 11:30 ? 12:30 Joan Bertran-San Milln (University of Lisbon, POR) ?Peano?s geometry: From empirical foundations to abstract development?. 12:30 ? 14:30 Lunch 14:30 ? 15:30 Francesca Biagioli (Universit degli Studi di Torino, ITA) ?Federigo Enriques and Felix Klein on Mathematical Concept Formation?. 15:30 ? 15:45 Tea/Coffee 15:45 ? 16:45 Sbastien Gandon (Blaise Pascal University, FRA) ?Norbert Wiener?s early papers on the foundations of geometry. Axiomatics, construction and statistics?. 16:45 ? 17:00 Tea/Coffee 17:00 ? 18:00 Elena Anne Corie Marchisotto (California State University, No rthridge, USA) ?H.S.M. Coxeter?s Theory of Accessibility as a Catalyst for the Exploration of Planes without Continuity and the Work of Mario Pieri in Synthetic Proj ective Geometry?. Day 2 Friday | January 14, 2022 10:15 ? 11:15 Vincenzo De Risi (Universit Paris-Diderot ? CNRS, FRA) ?The Discovery of Non-Euclidean Geometry and the Beginnings of Modern Mathe matics?. 11:15 ? 11:30 Tea/Coffee 11:30 ? 12:30 Davide Crippa (Centre for Science, Technology and Society Stu dies, CZ) ?Bolzano? Early Research on Elementary Geometry?. 12:30 ? 14:30 Lunch 14:30 ? 15:30 Andrew Arana (Universit de Lorraine, FRA) ?Mathematical hygiene: a case study of Cartesian geometry?. 15:30 ? 15:45 Tea/Coffee 15:45 ? 16:45 Tabea Rohr (Universit de Lorraine, FRA) ?The distinction between analytic and synthetic geometry from an axiomatic point of view?. 16:45 ? 17:00 Tea/Coffee 17:00 ? 18:00 James Tappenden (University of Michigan, USA) ?Frege, Contact Transformations and General Duality in 1895-1906?. Day 3 Saturday | January 15, 2022 10:15 ? 11:15 Paolo Mancosu (UC Berkeley, USA) ?How many points are in a segment? From Grosseteste to the theory of numero sities?. 11:15 ? 11:30 Tea/Coffee 11:30 ? 12:30 Walter Dean (University of Warwick, GB) ?On geometric consistency from the finitary standpoint?. 12:30 ? 14:30 Lunch 14:30 ? 15:30 Fiona T. Doherty (Bios Centre London, GB) ?Hilbertian structuralism in the philosophy of science?. 15:30 ? 15:45 Tea/Coffee 15:45 ? 16:45 John T. Baldwin (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) and Andreas Mueller (Independent Scholar, USA) ?Reflections on the DeZolt axiom: Mathematical, Philosophical and Historica l?. For participation please send an e-mail to: florian.kolowrat@univie.ac.at Registration ends on January 10, 2022 For further information, please visit: https://structuralism.phl.univie.ac. at/ -- [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