14-17 May 2009
FOUNDATIONAL ADVENTURES A Conference in Honor of Harvey M. Friedman on the occasion of his 60th birthday Venue: The Blackwell Inn The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210 Dates: From the evening of Thursday May 14, 2009 to lunchtime Sunday May 17 List of confirmed speakers: Sergei Artemov, CUNY Graduate Center, Computer Science Victor Marek, Kentucky, Computer Science Bruce Weide, Ohio State, Computer Science and Engineering Patrick Suppes, Stanford, CSLI Samuel Buss, UC San Diego, Mathematics Gregory Cherlin, Rutgers, Mathematics Martin Davis, NYU, Mathematics Sy Friedman, Vienna, Mathematics Denis Hirschfeldt, Chicago, Mathematics Jeffrey Hirst, Appalachia State, Mathematics Jean-Michel Kantor, Jussieu, Mathematics Dave Marker, UIC, Mathematics Antonio Montalban, Chicago, Mathematics Anil Nerode, Cornell, Mathematics Michael Rathjen, Leeds, Mathematics Jeffrey Remmel, UC San Diego, Mathematics Gerald Sacks, Harvard, Mathematics Andre Scedrov, Penn, Mathematics Theodore Slaman, UC Berkeley, Mathematics Reed Solomon, Connecticut, Mathematics Simon Thomas, Rutgers, Mathematics Hugh Woodin, UC Berkeley, Mathematics Solomon Feferman, Stanford, Mathematics/Philosophy John Burgess, Princeton, Philosophy Mic Detlefsen, Notre Dame, Philosophy Hartry Field, NYU, Philosophy Geoffrey Hellman, Minnesota, Philosophy Saul Kripke, CUNY Graduate Center, Philosophy Penelope Maddy, UC Irvine, Philosophy Grigori Mints, Stanford, Philosophy Rohit Parikh, CUNY, Philosophy Hilary Putnam, Harvard, Philosophy Wilfried Sieg, Carnegie Mellon, Philosophy Albert Visser, Utrecht, Philosophy Christian Tapp, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Theology We are pleased to acknowledge the generosity of The Templeton Foundation, and encouragement and support within The Ohio State University from the President, the Provost, the Interim Executive Dean of the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences, and the Deans of the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and the College of Engineering. Future announcements will make available further details about hotel accommodations, the Saturday evening banquet, and the conference program. Neil Tennant Stewart Shapiro (Organizing Committee) Please send your email inquiries to neilpmb@yahoo.com