21-25 Apr 2014
St. Petersburg, Russia
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The International Interdisciplinary Conference
Philosophy, Mathematics, Linguistics: Aspects of Interaction 2014
(PhML-2014)
St. Petersburg, Russia, April 21?25, 2014
<http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/2014/PhML/index.html>
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CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION
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The conference PhML-2014 will be held on April 21?25, 2014 at the
Euler International Mathematical Institute (EIMI), which is a
research unit of the St. Petersburg Department of Steklov
Institute of Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PDMI
RAS). The conference PhML-2014 is endorsed by the American
National Committee of the Division of Logic, Methodology and
Philosophy of Science (DLMPS) of the International Union of the
History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS), the Japan Association
for Philosophy of Science, the Swedish National Committee for
Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science.
The conference PhML-2014 is a sequel in the series of conferences
intended to provide a forum for philosophers, mathematicians,
linguists, logicians, and computer scientists who share an
interest in cross-disciplinary research.
The scientific program of PhML-2014 will include plenary sessions,
thematic sessions to present contributed papers and Panel Discussion
"Understanding complexity in cross-disciplinary research". Papers
will be given in English.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Toshiyasu Arai, Chiba University
Edward Hirsch, PDMI RAS
Wilfrid Hodges, Queen Mary University of London
Makoto Kanazawa, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Alexander Leitsch, Vienna University of Technology
Angus Macintyre, Queen Mary University of London
Klaus Mainzer, University of Munich
Per Martin-Lf, Stockholm University
Ivan Mikirtumov, St. Petersburg State University
Grigori Mints, University of Stanford ? chair
Grigory Olkhovikov, Ural Federal University
Vladimir Orevkov, PDMI RAS
Rohit Parikh, The City University of New York
Barbara Partee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dag Prawitz, Stockholm University
Oleg Prosorov, PDMI RAS
Michael Rathjen, University of Leeds
Andrei Rodin, Institute of Philosophy RAS,
St. Petersburg State University
Vladimir Rybakov, University of Liverpool
Vladislav Shaposhnikov, Moscow State University
Albert Visser, Utrecht University
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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Vladimir Orevkov, PDMI RAS
Oleg Prosorov, PDMI RAS ? chair
Andrei Rodin, Institute of Philosophy RAS,
St. Petersburg State University
Maxim Vsemirnov, PDMI RAS
PLENARY SESSIONS
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At present, the following plenary speakers are confirmed:
Dmitry Grigoryev, CNRS, Universit Lille 1
Klaus Mainzer, University of Munich
Yuri Manin, Max-Planck-Institut fr Mathematik, Bonn
Grigori Mints, University of Stanford
Aleksei Parshin, Steklov Institute of Mathematics RAS, Moscow
Oleg Prosorov, PDMI RAS
Andrei Rodin, Institute of Philosophy RAS,
St. Petersburg State University
Gabriel Sandu, University of Helsinki
Anatol Slissenko, LACL, Universit Paris-Est Crteil
Nikolai Vavilov, St. Petersburg State University
Anatoly Vershik, PDMI RAS
Each presentation of a plenary paper is allotted 55 min, which
includes 10 min for questions and discussion.
PANEL DISCUSSION
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The conference will feature a panel discussion entitled
"Understanding complexity in cross-disciplinary research" allotted
up to 90 min. Discussion will be led by Klaus Mainzer (University
of Munich).
THEMATIC SESSIONS
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Apart from plenary sessions, there will also be three parallel
thematic sessions to present contributed papers:
- Mathematical and logical methods in philosophy
and in sciences of language;
- Philosophical Insights into Logic and Mathematics;
- Complexity in mathematics, philosophy, linguistics.
Each presentation of a contributed paper is allotted 25 min,
including 5 min for questions.
CALL for PAPERS
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For presentation at thematic sessions, the conference PhML-2014
invites the submission of contributed papers on original and
unpublished research relating to the interplay between philosophy,
mathematics and linguistics. Papers from any tradition and from a
wide variety of perspectives are welcome, including but in no way
limited to the following topics:
- New trends in the foundations of mathematics;
- Complexity in mathematics, logic, linguistics;
- Ontology of mathematics and the nature of mathematical truth;
- The problem of abstract entities in mathematics, philosophy
and linguistics;
- Philosophical aspects of informatics, novel computational models
and paradigms;
- Philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of logic;
- Mathematical investigation of natural language structures.
PAPER SUBMISSION
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Papers should be prepared in LaTeX or MS Word using style files of
PhML-2014 format and be submitted electronically as pdf and source
files via e-mail: <PhML-2014@pdmi.ras.ru>. For more details, see:
<http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/2014/PhML/index_files/submission.html>.
IMPORTANT DATES
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- Submission deadline for contributed papers: March 1st, 2014
- Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2014
- Final date for camera-ready copy: March 31st, 2014
- Conference starts: April 21st, 2014
PROCEEDINGS
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The Proceedings of PhML-2014, including both invited and
contributed papers, will be published before the meeting as a volume
in the EIMI's local series and distributed to the participants.
It is planned that selected papers will be published at an
international publishing house as a special post-conference issue.
PARTICIPATION
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For further practical information, see:
<http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/2014/PhML/index.html>.