Nordic Online Logic Seminar: next talk on May 30, by Øystein Linnebo

[Valentin Goranko]

The Nordic Online Logic Seminar (NOL Seminar) is organised monthly over Zoom, with expository talks on topics of interest for the broader logic community. The seminar is open for professional or aspiring logicians and logic aficionados worldwide.

See the announcement for the next talk below. If you wish to receive the Zoom ID and password for it, as well as further announcements, please subscribe here: https://listserv.gu.se/sympa/subscribe/nordiclogic .

Val Goranko and Graham Leigh
NOL seminar organisers
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Nordic Online Logic Seminar

Next talk: Monday, May 30, 16.00-17.30 CEST (UTC+2), on Zoom (details are provided to the seminar subscribers)

Title: Potentialism in the philosophy and foundations of mathematics

Speaker: Øystein Linnebo, Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo

Abstract:
Aristotle famously claimed that the only coherent form of infinity is potential, not actual. However many objects there are, it is possible for there to be yet more; but it is impossible for there in fact to be infinitely many objects. Although this view was superseded by Cantor’s transfinite set theory, even Cantor regarded the collection of all sets as “unfinished” or incapable of “being together”. In recent years, there has been a revival of interest in potentialist approaches to the philosophy and foundations of mathematics. The lecture provides a survey of such approaches, covering both technical results and associated philosophical views, as these emerge both in published work and in work in progress.



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