[FOM] CFP: SoTFoM II `Competing Foundations?', 12-13 January 2015, London.

[Neil Barton]

CFP: SoTFoM II `Competing Foundations?', 12-13 January 2015, London.

The focus of this conference is on different approaches to the foundations
of mathematics. The interaction between set-theoretic and
category-theoretic foundations has had significant philosophical impact,
and represents a shift in attitudes towards the philosophy of mathematics.
This conference will bring together leading scholars in these areas to
showcase contemporary philosophical research on different approaches to the
foundations of mathematics.  To accomplish this, the conference has the
following general aims and objectives. First, to bring to a wider
philosophical audience the different approaches that one can take to the
foundations of mathematics. Second, to elucidate the pressing issues of
meaning and truth that turn on these different approaches.  And third, to
address philosophical questions concerning the need for a foundation of
mathematics, and whether or not either of these approaches can provide the
necessary foundation.

Date and Venue: 12-13 January 2015 - Birkbeck College, University of London.

Confirmed Speakers: Sy David Friedman (Kurt Gödel Research Center, Vienna),
Victoria Gitman (CUNY), James Ladyman (Bristol), Toby Meadows (Aberdeen).

Call for Papers: We welcome submissions from scholars (in particular, young
scholars, i.e. early career researchers or post-graduate students) on any
area of the foundations of mathematics (broadly construed). Particularly
desired are submissions that address the role of and compare different
foundational approaches. Applicants should prepare an extended abstract
(maximum 1’500 words) for blind review, and send it to sotfom [at] gmail
[dot] com, with subject `SOTFOM II Submission'.

Submission Deadline: 15 October 2014

Notification of Acceptance: Early November 2014

Scientific Committee: Philip Welch (University of Bristol), Sy-David
Friedman (Kurt Gödel Research Center), Ian Rumfitt (University of
Birmigham), John Wigglesworth (London School of Economics), Claudio
Ternullo (Kurt Gödel Research Center), Neil Barton (Birkbeck College),
Chris Scambler (Birkbeck College), Jonathan Payne (Institute of
Philosophy), Andrea Sereni (Università Vita-Salute S. Raffaele), Giorgio
Venturi (Université de Paris VII, “Denis Diderot” - Scuola Normale
Superiore)

Organisers: Sy-David Friedman (Kurt Gödel Research Center), John
Wigglesworth (London School of Economics), Claudio Ternullo (Kurt Gödel
Research Center), Neil Barton (Birkbeck College), Carolin Antos-Kuby (Kurt
Gödel Research Center)

Conference Website: sotfom [dot] wordpress [dot] com

Further Inquiries: please contact
Carolin Antos-Kuby (carolin [dot] antos-kuby [at] univie [dot] ac [dot] at)
Neil Barton (bartonna [at] gmail [dot] com)
Claudio Ternullo (ternulc7 [at] univie [dot] ac [dot] at)
John Wigglesworth (jmwigglesworth [at] gmail [dot] com)

The conference is generously supported by the Mind Association and Birkbeck
College.
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