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Ouroboros: Formal Criteria of Self-Reference in Maths & Philosophy

16-18 Feb 2018
Bonn, Germany

*Ouroboros: Formal Criteria of Self-Reference in Mathematics and Philosophy*
Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn (Germany) | February 16-18, 2018

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It is our pleasure to announce the forthcoming workshop titled "Ouroboros: 
Formal Criteria of Self-Reference in Mathematics and Philosophy", to be held at 
the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics at the University of Bonn from the 16th to 
the 18th of February 2018. While self-reference is deeply intertwined with 
logic and foundational aspects of mathematics, the notion itself is still 
surprisingly barely understood. For instance, it can be observed that in 
discussions regarding the nature of Visser?s and Yablo's paradoxes, often 
differing and vague concepts are applied. However, there has been recently 
several proposals of precise characterizations of self-reference. This workshop 
is intended to facilitate a discussion of such proposals, their interrelations 
and applicability to the paradoxes as well as their adequacy to capture the 
intuitive notion of self-reference.

This interdisciplinary workshop, designed as a hybrid between winter school and 
research conference, is aimed at students (incl. PhDs) and researchers from the 
fields of mathematics, philosophy and computer science.

*Speakers:*
Elke Brendel (University of Bonn)
Andrea Cantini (University of Florence)
Micha? Godziszewski (University of Warsaw)
Volker Halbach (University of Oxford)
Joel David Hamkins (City University of New York)
Peter Koepke (University of Bonn)
Lavinia Picollo (MCMP, Munich)
Graham Priest (City University of New York)
Lorenzo Rossi (University of Salzburg)
Thomas Schindler (University of Cambridge/MCMP, Munich)
Albert Visser (University of Utrecht)
Philip Welch (University of Bristol)

*Registration:
*Participation is free, but registration is required. Also modest participation 
scholarships for students (incl. PhD students) will be available. For more 
information see www.ouroboros2018.weebly.com/registration

*Financially Supported by*:Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (HCM), German 
Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP) and the Deutsche Vereinigung für 
Mathematische Logik und für die Grundlagenforschung der Exakten Wissenschaften 
(DVMLG)

*Organisers:* Balthasar Grabmayr, Regula Krapf, Ana Njegomir, Deniz Sarikaya

*Contact:*
Web: www.ouroboros2018.weebly.com
Mail: ouroboros2018@gmail.com

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further information.
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