[FOM] CfP FotFS IV

[Foundations of the Formal Sciences]

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              Foundations of the Formal Sciences IV
    FotFS IV : The History of the Concept of the Formal Sciences
           Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn
                     Mathematisches Institut
           http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/fotfs/IV/
                    February 14-17, 2003

"Foundations of the Formal Sciences" (FotFS)  is a series of
interdisciplinary conferences in mathematics, philosophy, computer science
and linguistics.  The main goal is to reestablish the traditionally strong
links between these areas of research that have been lost in the past
decades.

The talks of the conferences will be addressed at a general audience of
mathematicians, logicians, philosophers, computer scientists and
linguists.  The series FotFS started with conferences in Berlin (1999),
Bonn (2000) and Vienna (2001). The first three meetings explored different
interdisciplinary aspects of the Formal Sciences, e.g., the applications
of Mathematical Logic in Linguistics and Philosophy (FotFS II, Bonn) or
the different aspects of the notion of Complexity (FotFS III, Vienna). The
proceedings of the first three conferences will be published in the
journal Synthese and the book series "Trends in Logic".

This fourth meeting of the series will be devoted to a reflection on the
object of interest: What are the Formal Sciences? How do they differ from
the Natural Sciences and the Arts? How have they been perceived through
history?

The audience of FotFS IV will be mainly philosophers and historians of
mathematics and science, and their goal will be to develop both
synchronous and diachronous descriptions and classifications of the
concept of the Formal Sciences from antiquity to the 21st century. Invited
Speakers include Kevin de Laplante (Ames IA), Ivor Grattan-Guinness
(London), Jens Hoyrup (Roskilde), Christoph Kann (Duesseldorf), Susanne
Prediger (Bremen), Guenter Schenk (Halle), Christian Thiel (Erlangen), and
Joanne Twining (Denver CO).

We would like to invite all researchers to present their thoughts on

 (*) the problem of classifying or defining the Formal Sciences,
 (*) the historical development of the Formal Sciences, or
 (*) the relationship of the Formal Sciences to the Natural
     Sciences and the Arts throughout history or at a particular
     point in history

at our conference. There will be a refereed proceedings volume for which
all participants can submit their contribution to FotFS IV.

If you are interested in giving a talk, please check the guidelines about
submitting an abstract on our website

     http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/fotfs/IV/howto.html.

The deadline for submissions is

                November 1st, 2002.

We shall collect a conference fee of EUR 25 covering material and other
expenses.

FotFS IV is funded by the Bonn International Graduate School (BIGS-MPA)
and will take place in connection with a special student meeting for
students interested in philosophy and history of mathematics (February
14th, 2003).

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the organizers via
fotfs at math.uni-bonn.de.

The Scientific & Organizing Committee
[B.Loewe V.Peckhaus Th.Raesch]