3-15 Dec 2018
CANTOR MEETS ROBINSON *Set theory, model theory and their philosophy* São Paulo-Campinas December, 2018 https://cantormeetsrobinson.wordpress.com/ *Mini-courses* University of São Paulo - IME São Paulo, 3-7 December, 2018 A series of three mini-courses will be held the week before the conference on the following topics: - Large Cardinals (Joan Bagaria, Universitat de Barcelona) - Robinson Forcing (Ricardo Bianconi, Universidade de São Paulo) - Forcing Axioms (Boban Veli?kovi?, Univeristé Paris Diderot) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *Conference* University of Campinas - IMECC Campinas, 12-15 December 2018 Georg Cantor (1845-1918) is widely recognized as the creator of set theory and one of the most important figures in the development of a modern approach to mathematics. Abraham Robinson (1918-1974) is considered a prominent personality in model theory, a field that he helped to innovate with new techniques and results. In this conference we celebrate the centenary of the year 1918, when they ideally met and the torch was passed. The topic of the conference is the interplay between set theory and model theory, both from a mathematical and a philosophical perspective, with particular emphasis on the method of forcing. This method, invented by Cohen in 1963, facilitated not only a proof of the independence of the Continuum Hypothesis, but also placed at the center of set theory the study of its models. Its model theoretic version, invented by Robinson, attempts to generalize the notion of algebraic closed fields to other areas of mathematics. The conferece aims to gather early career scholars in order to foster collaborations and to present a wide perspective on the topics that Cantor and Robinson helped to create and develop. *Invited Speakers* Carolin Antos (Universität Konstanz) David Asperó (University of East Anglia) Joan Bagaria (Universitat de Barcelona) Neil Barton (Kurt Gödel Research Center for Mathematical Logic) Marcelo Coniglio (Universidade de Campinas) Rodrigo Freire (Universidade de Brasília) Samuel Gomes da Silva (Universidade Federal da Bahia) TBC Lúcia Junqueira (Universidade de São Paulo) Alexandre Miquel (Universidad de la República) Hugo Mariano (Universidade de São Paulo) Francisco Miraglia (Universidade de São Paulo) Carlos di Prisco (Los Andes University) Boban Velickovic (Université Paris Diderot) Matteo Viale (Univeristà di Torino) Andrés Villaveces (Los Andes University) We expect to host up to 14 contributed talks by speakers of any nationalities by double-blind review. Submissions of original contributions are invited in any area of set theory, model theory, and philosophy of set theory or model theory with particular attention to the the following topics: - Forcing in set theory - Model theoretic forcing - Generic absoluteness principles - Forcing Axioms - Boolean valued models and constructions - Maximality - Universism or Pluralism - Theory and Structure(s) - Genericity and arbitrariness Submissions by young scholars are especially welcome. Abstracts must be written in English, and have a *maximum length of 600 words (references included)*, and should be prepared for blind-review, with all identifying details (name, affiliation, email and abstract title) in a separate file. Submissions should be sent in .pdf format. Abstracts for contributed papers should be emailed to cantormeetsrobinson@gmail.com <cantor.robinson@gmail.com> deadline for submission is August 6, 2018. The conference will be entirely held in English. *Important dates* Deadline for submission: *August 6, 2018.* Expected notification of acceptance: *September 6, 2018.* Mini-Courses: *December 3-7, 2018.* Conference dates:* December 12-15, 2018.* *Registration* Attendance is free. For organizational reasons registration by email before the 1st of November is highly recommended. Participation can be confirmed by writing to cantormeetsrobinson@gmail.com <cantor.robinson@gmail.com> *Conference scientific committee *Ofélia Alas (Universidade d São Paulo) Riccardo Bianconi (Universidade d São Paulo) Christina Brech (Universidade de São Paulo) Mirna Dzamonja (University of East Anglia) Wilfrid Hodges (Kings College, University of London) Luca Incurvati (University of Amsterdam) Toby Meadows (University of Queensland) Carlos di Prisco (Los Andes University) Sean Walsh (University of California in Los Angeles) *Local Organizing Committee* Rodrigo Freire Hugo Mariano Cezar Mortari Giorgio Venturi (chair) Edgar Almeida Edson Bezerra Santiago Jockwich João Vitor Smith Bruno Ramos *Sponsored by* FAPESP, FAEPEX *Under the auspices of* Sociedade Brasileira de Lógica (SBL) -- [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