CALL FOR PAPERS: FROM PRACTICE TO RESULTS IN LOGIC AND MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF NANCY, FRANCE, 21-23 JUNE, 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS:
FROM PRACTICE TO RESULTS IN LOGIC AND MATHEMATICS
UNIVERSITY OF NANCY, FRANCE, 21-23 JUNE, 2010
The PratiScienS group invites the submission of research papers for a
conference on the role of practices in the establishment of results
in logic and mathematics.
This conference is aimed at discussing and exploring the practice of
mathematics and logic from an epistemological standpoint. That is, we
look for papers on how the concrete practices of mathematicians and
logicians may influence the results of their enquiries and, more
broadly, the notion of what counts as proof. Through this conference,
the PratiScienS group also aims at promoting a methodological
reflection on the difficulties that a critical analysis of such
practices in logic and mathematics implies and on issues related to
the development of the appropriate exploratory conceptual tools.
Invited Speakers include Jean-Paul Van Bendegem, Jessica Carter,
Karine Chemla, Jeremy Gray, Brendan Larvor, Danielle Macbeth, Catarina
Novaes and Dirk Schlimm.
The Scientific Committee includes Gerhard Heinzmann, Paolo Mancosu,
Philippe Nabonnand, Andrew Warwick and the PratiSciens group.
This conference is part of a series of conferences organised by the
PratiScienS research group at the Archives Henri Poincaré, Nancy
University, France
(http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/Activites/?contentId=6163&languageId=1). The
group explores the issue of practices in their relations with the
construction and validation of scientific knowledge. Consequently,
this conference is also aimed at generating discussions tackling with
the issue of practices in logic and mathematics, in the ways suggested
and framed by the project. Thus, the Scientific Committee will
particularly appreciate proposals that explore the epistemological
impact of practices upon mathematics and logic research in relation to
PratiScienS' main research topics, which include the possibility of a
"Wimsatt-like" concept of robustness for mathematics and logic
(http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/Activites/?contentId=4366&languageId=1), the
role of tacit aspects in practices in logic and mathematics and,
lastly, the contingency vs. inevitability issue with scientific
results in the case of mathematics and logic
(http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/Activites/?contentId=6172).
Details on the conference theme can be found at
http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/digitalAssets/66770_Argumentaire_FPTP2010.pdf.
Submissions of proposals should include a long abstract (approximately
1000 words-long) of the paper. Deadline for submission by e-mail is
January 15th, 2010, with acceptance notified by March 15th, 2010.
Abstracts should be sent to: sandra.mols @ univ-nancy2.fr (remove
spaces)
Some financial support is available, and it may be possible to apply
for a travel grant.
FROM PRACTICE TO RESULTS IN LOGIC AND MATHEMATICS
UNIVERSITY OF NANCY, FRANCE, 21-23 JUNE, 2010
The PratiScienS group invites the submission of research papers for a
conference on the role of practices in the establishment of results
in logic and mathematics.
This conference is aimed at discussing and exploring the practice of
mathematics and logic from an epistemological standpoint. That is, we
look for papers on how the concrete practices of mathematicians and
logicians may influence the results of their enquiries and, more
broadly, the notion of what counts as proof. Through this conference,
the PratiScienS group also aims at promoting a methodological
reflection on the difficulties that a critical analysis of such
practices in logic and mathematics implies and on issues related to
the development of the appropriate exploratory conceptual tools.
Invited Speakers include Jean-Paul Van Bendegem, Jessica Carter,
Karine Chemla, Jeremy Gray, Brendan Larvor, Danielle Macbeth, Catarina
Novaes and Dirk Schlimm.
The Scientific Committee includes Gerhard Heinzmann, Paolo Mancosu,
Philippe Nabonnand, Andrew Warwick and the PratiSciens group.
This conference is part of a series of conferences organised by the
PratiScienS research group at the Archives Henri Poincaré, Nancy
University, France
(http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/Activites/?contentId=6163&languageId=1). The
group explores the issue of practices in their relations with the
construction and validation of scientific knowledge. Consequently,
this conference is also aimed at generating discussions tackling with
the issue of practices in logic and mathematics, in the ways suggested
and framed by the project. Thus, the Scientific Committee will
particularly appreciate proposals that explore the epistemological
impact of practices upon mathematics and logic research in relation to
PratiScienS' main research topics, which include the possibility of a
"Wimsatt-like" concept of robustness for mathematics and logic
(http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/Activites/?contentId=4366&languageId=1), the
role of tacit aspects in practices in logic and mathematics and,
lastly, the contingency vs. inevitability issue with scientific
results in the case of mathematics and logic
(http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/Activites/?contentId=6172).
Details on the conference theme can be found at
http://poincare.univ-nancy2.fr/digitalAssets/66770_Argumentaire_FPTP2010.pdf.
Submissions of proposals should include a long abstract (approximately
1000 words-long) of the paper. Deadline for submission by e-mail is
January 15th, 2010, with acceptance notified by March 15th, 2010.
Abstracts should be sent to: sandra.mols @ univ-nancy2.fr (remove
spaces)
Some financial support is available, and it may be possible to apply
for a travel grant.