17-19 May 2017
Brussels, Belgium
*Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice * *with * *Prof. Dr. José Ferreirós* *May, 17-19* *Vrije Universiteit Brussel* *Brussels, Belgium* The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLWF) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) will host a Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice with Prof. Dr. José Ferreirós (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain) on May, 17-19. The Masterclass will be composed of three lectures based on Prof. Ferreirós? recent book entitled *Mathematical Knowledge and the Interplay of Practices*. The tentative titles for the three lectures are as follows: *Lecture 1 (Wednesday, 17/5):* *On Truth and History in Mathematics* *Lecture 2 (Thursday, 18/5):* *An Alternative Look at Representations in Set Theory* *Lecture 3 (Friday, 19/5):* *Rethinking Structuralism: a Conceptualist Approach* We intend the Masterclass to be a fully interactive event, with the twofold objective to understand in depth the materials presented in the lectures, but also to discuss current work by early career researchers (PhD students and Postdocs). The lectures by Prof. Ferreirós will take place in the mornings, and will be followed by afternoon sessions in which early career researchers in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice are invited to present their work. The goal is to offer early career researchers an opportunity to discuss their ongoing work in a helpful and constructive environment. *Call for Abstracts* We invite early career researchers who would be interested to present their work to send us an abstract of at most 1 page by *April, 21st*. Please submit your abstract by sending it to the following email address: masterclass.pmp.bxl@gmail.com. The talks will be of a duration of around 20 minutes (not including discussion). Notification of acceptance will be sent out by the end of April. *Attendance Fees and Registration* We ask people to register to the Masterclass by *May 5**th*, but there will be no attendance fees for the event, and attendance of the Masterclass is open to everyone interested. If you are planning to attend the Masterclass, please register by sending an email to: masterclass.pmp.bxl@gmail.com. *Travel Grants* The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLWF) will be able to offer travel grants (covering travel to Brussels and accommodation during the Masterclass) to selected early career researchers. Special preference will be given to those researchers who do not have access to travel fundings. If you would like to apply for a travel grant, please submit a short letter of motivation explaining how your research relates to the themes of the Masterclass, your current access to travel fundings, and an estimate of your travel costs, to the following email address: masterclass.pmp.bxl@gmail.com. Notice that it is not mandatory to give a talk in order to be eligible to a travel grant. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by the end of April. *Location* The Masterclass will take place at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) on the Etterbeek campus, which is situated in Brussels, Belgium. *Organizers* The Masterclass is organized by Line Andersen (CLWF, VUB), Yacin Hamami (CLWF, VUB) and Colin Rittberg (CLWF, VUB). *Contact Information * For any question, please contact the organizers by sending an email to: masterclass.pmp.bxl@gmail.com. *Acknowledgements and Supports* The Masterclass is supported by the Strategic Research Program entitled ?Logic and Philosophy of Mathematical Practices? of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), the Doctoral School of Human Sciences (DSh) of the VUB, and the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice (APMP). -- [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