Truth and Meaning in Mathematics

Details

Start: 25.06.2025

End: 27.06.2025

Deadline: 01.05.2025

Location: Reykjavík

Mode: Präsenz

Type: Workshop

Description

Call for Registration: Truth and Meaning in Mathematics Conference

Date: June 25-27, 2025

Location: Reykjavík, Iceland (In-Person)

Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/truthinmath/

We invite you to join us for the Truth and Meaning in Mathematics conference, exploring the philosophical foundations of mathematical truth and meaning. Among the topics discussed are:

– The objectivity and nature of mathematical truth

– Formal systems and their role in capturing mathematical meaning

– The relationship between mathematical practice and philosophical theory

– Platonism vs. nominalism in mathematics

– The role of logic in mathematical proofs and truth

– The metaphysical status of mathematical objects

– The interpretation of infinity and paradoxes in mathematics

Invited Speakers:

   Sorin Bangu (University of Bergen)

   Hanoch Ben-Yami (Central European University)

   Silvia De Toffoli (Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia)

   Jordi Fairhurst Chilton (Universitat de les Illes Balears)

   Andrea Guardo (University of Milan)

   Casper Storm Hansen

   José Antonio Perez-Escobar (UNED)

   Matteo Plebani (University of Turin)

   Andrei Rodin (University of Lorraine, Archives Henri-Poincaré and Loria) [TBC]

Registration Deadline: May 1, 2025

Please register via this Google form: https://forms.gle/B6vE4sCQN61V3sWS8

or by emailing asgeirberg@hi.is and deniz.sarikaya@vub.be with your name and affiliation.

Do not book any traveling arrangement before we confirm your slot, space is very limited.

Organizers:

Ásgeir Berg Matthíasson (University of Iceland) & Deniz Sarikaya (Universität zu Lübeck & Vrije Universiteit Brussels).

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