Call for Registration: 31st Novembertagung on the History and Philosophy of Mathematics

[Deborah Kant]

*31^st Novembertagung on the History and Philosophy of Mathematics*
*“AXIOMATICS: ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES”*
November 26th–28th 2020, 9:30 - 18:00 CET / UTC+1
Online, hosted by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

The Novembertagung is an international graduate conference on the
History and Philosophy of Mathematics and neighbouring fields. It aims
to provide an opportunity for graduate students at all levels to present
and discuss their research in an informal and safe environment. It also
allows early career researchers to share experiences, get advice, and
establish new contacts.

*Keynote talks:*

  *
    Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen (Copenhagen): TBA
  *
    Juliette Kennedy (Helsinki): “The Foundational Project. Where Do We
    Stand?”
  *
    Dirk Schlimm (McGill): “Axioms in Mathematical Practice”

The full programme can be found on our website
<https://novembertagung.wordpress.com/2020-axiomatics/programme/>. To
participate, please register here
<https://novembertagung.wordpress.com/2020-axiomatics/call-for-registration/registration-form/>.
Please note: to maintain the usual community-feeling and to allow
networking, we hope that you participate in most of the conference.

*On the theme: *While Euclid (c. 3^rd century BC) is usually celebrated
as the beginning of axiomatic science, many features that are nowadays
taken to be essential to axiomatics––such as the explicit statement of
inference rules and the requirement of primitive, undefined
notions––appear to be alien to ancient mathematics. A major contemporary
change in the view on axiomatics was initiated by the adoption of the
set-theoretic axiomatic framework as a foundation of mathematics in the
first half of the 20^th century. Proof theory and model theory
subsequently developed as independent research fields and had a wide
impact on philosophical thought. On the other hand, some philosophers
also argue that the axiomatic view on mathematics may be harmful in that
it omits fundamental aspects of mathematical practice and idealizes
mathematical reasoning in an unfaithful way.
*Organization:* Paul Hasselkuß (Universität Düsseldorf), Tiago Hirth
(ULisboa), Deborah Kant (Universität Konstanz), Deniz Sarikaya
(Universität Hamburg), Tobias Schütz (Universität Mainz), Anna Kiel
Steensen (ETH Zürich), and Benjamin Wilck (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin).
*Support:* This event is hosted by the Research Training Group
Philosophy, Science and the Sciences
<https://ancient-philosophy.hu-berlin.de/en/ancient-philosophy>at
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and generously supported by the British
Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM),
<https://www.bshm.ac.uk/>International Commission on the History of
Mathematics (ICHM), <https://www.mathunion.org/ichm>GDR 3398 “Histoire
des mathématiques”
<http://irma.math.unistra.fr/~schappa/NSch/GDR_Hist_Math.html>,
theGerman Society for Philosophy of Science (GWP)
<https://www.wissphil.de/>, the Ludus association
<http://ludicum.org/>and the Schimank - Foundation.

*Contact:* For any query, do not hesitate to send us an e-mail at
novembertagung2020 at gmail.com <mailto:novembertagung2020 at gmail.com>.
Further info can be found on our website
<https://novembertagung.wordpress.com/>.

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