Invited speakers
- Andrew Arana (Kansas, USA)
- Tom Archibald (Burnaby, Canada)
- Jean Paul van Bendegem (Brussels, Belgium)
- Jessica Carter (Odense, Denmark)
- José Ferreirós (Sevilla, Spain)
- Dirk Schlimm (Montreal, Canada)
Aims and scope
Over the last few years approaches to the philosophy of mathematics that focus on mathematical practice have been thriving. Such approaches include the study of a wide variety of issues concerned with the way mathematics is done, evaluated, and applied, and in addition, or in connection therewith, with historical episodes or traditions, applications, educational problems, cognitive questions, etc. We suggest using the label "philosophy of mathematical practice" as a general term for this gamut of approaches, open to interdisciplinary work.
In 2009, a group of researchers in this field gathered to promote the creation of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice, APMP. This association aims to become a common forum that will stimulate research in philosophy of mathematics related to mathematical activity, past and present, and foster joint actions.
For a full description of the aims of the association see its website.
Program
A schedule (version 5 Dec) and book of abstracts of the meeting are now available. Note that the conference will start after lunch on Thursday, 9 December 2010, and continue until the evening of Saturday, 11 December 2010. Slot time will be 30 mins for contributed talks, and 60 mins for plenary lectures (including questions).
abstracts.pdf (231 KB)pdf fileschedule.pdf (105 KB)
Registration
All delegates other than invited speakers are kindly requested to confirm their participation before Nov 30th by sending an e-mail containing name and affiliation to clwf@vub.ac.be, and to pay a conference fee of 150 EUR, which will include coffee breaks, a reception and the conference dinner meal on Friday night. This should preferably be settled well in advance via transfer to the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) BE51 0010 6864 5562 with Bank Identification Code (BIC) GEBABEBB of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, mentioning "CONI324/FILOINK4/APMP". If you prefer a vegetarian meal on Friday night, please clearly mention this in your e-mail.
Scientific Committee
- Jean Paul van Bendegem (Brussels, Belgium)
- Jessica Carter (Odense, Denmark)
- José Ferreirós (Sevilla, Spain)
- Marcus Giaquinto (London, UK)
- Jeremy Gray (Milton Keynes and Warwick, UK)
- Abel Lassalle Casanave (Santa María, Brasil)
- Paolo Mancosu (Berkeley, California)
- Marco Panza (Paris, France)
- Jamie Tappenden (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Joke Meheus (Gent, Belgium)