[FOM] Logicism Today (June 2011, France), reminder

[halimi@phare.normalesup.org]

LOGICISM TODAY, June 14-17 2011 (two thousand eleven), Besse-en-Chandesse
(France).

Workshop hosted by Philosophies et Rationalités (PHIER) of Blaise Pascal
University and the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), with the
support of the Institut de Recherche Philosophique (IREPH) of Paris Ouest
University.
Organizers: Sébastien Gandon (PHIER), Brice Halimi (IREPH).

Logicism is today a hot topic in philosophy of mathematics. It is also a
standpoint whose coherence and unity are difficult to delineate, owing to
the diversity of all logicist philosophical stances and to the
heterogeneity of the issues at stake. In the literature, however, the
debates usually focus on the relationship between logicism and its main
rivals (structuralism, intuitionism, practice-based approaches, etc
),
which contributes to gloss over deep discrepancies among logicists. The
aim of this workshop is to gather philosophers working from within a
logicist perspective (or from within a perspective close to logicism) so
as to question the coherence and unity of the movement - that is, both to
make apparent the conceptual tensions that divide logicism, and to outline
possible rapprochements between different logicist approaches of
mathematics. For more, see
http://www.univ-bpclermont.fr/LABOS/phier/Logicism

The three-day meeting will feature both invited and contributed talks. The
invited speakers, who have confirmed their participation, are:

-	Patricia Blanchette, Notre Dame University
-	Bob Hale, University of Sheffields
-	Gregory Landini, The University of Iowa
-	Øystein Linnebo, Birkbeck University of London
-	Marco Panza, IHPST (Paris)
-	Sean Walsh, Birkbeck University of London
-	Crispin Wright, NIP (Aberdeen).

We invite papers which have a novel contribution to make in the area of
logicism and philosophy of mathematics. Submissions should consist of
anonymous papers of no more than 7000 characters. Papers for submission
should be prepared for anonymous refereeing. The languages of the workshop
are English and French.

The deadline for submission is February 15th. Receipt of submissions will
be acknowledged by email. A scientific committee will evaluate all
submissions and announce its decisions by the end of March.

Submissions should be sent by email in DOC, RTF, or PDF format to the
following address:
<mailto:bhalimi at u-paris10.fr>bhalimi at u-paris10.fr