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5th French Philosophy of Mathematics Workshop, Clermont-Ferrand (France)

17-19 Oct 2013

This is the fifth in an annual series of workshops on the philosophy of 
mathematics organized by a team of scholars in France and elsewhere. The 
three-day meeting will feature both invited and contributed talks.

Place : Clermont-Ferrand, MSH, salle 220

Contact : sgandon0[at]gmail.com<http://gmail.com>

For further information, please visit our website : 
https://phier.univ-bpclermont.fr/rubrique22.html


Programme provisoire (Provisory Program)

   *   Jeudi 17 octobre 2013 (Thursday, October the 17th)

9. 00 am : Thierry Coquand, Goethenburg, ?Type theory and univalent foundations?
10.45 am : Neil Barton, Birkbeck, ?Proper Classes and Paraphrases?

2. 00 pm : Chris Porter, SPHERE Paris VII, ?Randomness and Accessible Objects in Mathematics?
3. 45 pm : Jean-Jacques Szczeciniarz, SPHERE Paris VII, ?Reflections on the ontology of mathematics : an investigation of some links between the axiom of choice and the excluded middle. The theorem of Diaconescu revisited?

   *   Vendredi 18 octobre 2013 (Friday, October the 18th)

9.00 am : Chris Pincock, The Ohio State University, ?Felix Klein as a 
Prototype for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice?

10. 45 am : Jack Woods, Bilkent, ?Logical Indefinites?

2.00 pm : Baptiste Mélès, Clermont II, ?Computing Tools and Arithmetical 
Properties?

3. 45 pm : Monica Solomon, Notre Dame, ?Surprises in mathematics?

   *   Samedi 19 octobre 2013 (Saturday, October the 19th)

9.00 am : Sylvain Cabanacq, SPHERE Paris VII, ?The sketches, between logic 
and geometry : Ehresmann?s theory of species of structures?

10.45 am : Colin McLarty, Case Western Reserve University, ?Poincare?s 
logic in light of his philosophy?