Workshop "Fictionalism" in Philosophy of Mathematics (online) - April 8-9, 2021 (CET)

[Brice Halimi]

Workshop « Fictionalism » in Philosophy of Mathematics
April 8-9, 2021


All sessions of the workshop will be held online via zoom (but will not be recorded). The link to each zoom session can be found within the program below. 
(The workshop was originally planned as a face-to-face meeting in Paris. The time zone is CET.)


Thursday, April 8, morning session
https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/89519604167?pwd=SnJML0pOQllJVk9nM1crVGNaU3AyUT09

9:30 - 9:45 : welcome of all participants
9:45 - 11:15 : Valeria Giardino (CNRS - Institut Jean Nicod), « The fiction view of mathematical cognitive tools » 
11:15 - 11:30 : coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 : Andrea Sereni (Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia), « Chaos in heaven: fictionalism and mathematical creation »


Thursday, April 8, afternoon session
https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/81265116342?pwd=blh1V0JYY1FhRUowWkNZaW9yUE9iZz09

14:00 - 15:30 : David Rabouin (CNRS - SPHERE), « Can one be a fictionalist and a platonist at the same time? Lessons from Leibniz »


Friday, April 9, morning session
https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/86748426456?pwd=MTBSeDJpQWFndW0rWERLYWV6NGxCdz09

9:30 - 11:00 : Florent Dumont (Ecole Normale Supérieure), « Fictional names and mathematical fictionalism »
11:00 - 11:15 : coffee break
11:15 - 12:45 : Andrew Arana (Université de Lorraine), « Following a proof vs following a story » 


Friday, April 9, afternoon session
https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/85048615337?pwd=VnNMbldlaFUwdEpvUDQreHB3dFovQT09

14:00 - 15:30 : Henri Galinon (Université Clermont Auvergne), « Fiction and authority »
15:30 - 15:45 : coffee break
15:45 - 17:15 : Hartry Field (New York University), « Fictionalism, conventionalism and mathematical objectivity ».


The workshop is organized by the CNRS (UMR 8011, UMR 7219), Sorbonne Université, the Université de Paris and the GDR Philosophie des mathématiques.

Organizing committee : Brice Halimi (Université de Paris), Fabrice Pataut (CNRS - Sciences, Normes, Démocratie).

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