Constructional Approaches in the Foundations of Mathematics and Philosophy
Important Informations
- Topics: Philosophy of Mathematics, (Philosophy of) Set Theory and Logic; Formal Metaphysics and Ontology (grounding and constructional approaches).
- Call for: 1500 words abstract;
- Contributed talks: 35/40 min. + 5-10 min. commentators + 10-15 min. discussion;
Important Dates
- Conference: 19-20 June 2024
- Deadline for Submission: 30 April (Extended)
- Notification of Acceptance: 12 May
KEYNOTES
University of Notre Dame
University of Texas Austin
COMMENTATORS
C-FORS is glad to announce its first graduate conference.
The topic is constructional appraoches in the foundations of mathematics and in philosophy.
ABOUT THE TOPIC
By “constructional approach” we mean a way to account for a domain of objects by successively constructing its members. The inspiring example for these methods is the famous Iterative Conception of Set, which states that sets are “formed” successively by iterated applications of the operation “set of” (to use Gödel’s terms). The aim of C-FORS is to extend the approach exemplified by the Iterative Conception — which has proven to be quite successful as a natural guard against paradoxes and in justifying the axioms of ZFC — to other formal disciplines. In particular, in the foundations of mathematics the aim of C-FORS is to extend the iterative account of sets to other mathematical entities, such as classes or other intensional objects. On the other hand, in formal philosophy, the aim is to develop constructional approaches that account for hierarchies of higher-order entities and of truth predicates.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The aim of the conference is to bring together graduate students working in the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic, in Metaphysics and in Ontology and that are interested in (or critical of) constructional (i.e., iterative or hierarchical) accounts in these disciplines. Beside the current members of C-FORS, the discussion shall be guided by the two invited keynotes, Joel David Hamkins (Notre Dame) and Jon Erling Litland (UT Austin), who are both leading experts on topics relevant to the main theme of the conference. In addition, the conference involves the assignment of a commentator to lead the discussion on the contributed talk by each participant. Comments will be provided by three scholars that are also experts in their fields, namely Deborah Kant, Sam Roberts and Chris Scambler.
SCHEDULE
TBA
Graduate students and early-career researchers (within one year from completion of their PhD) are invited to submit abstracts (up to 1500 words) on the subject of the conference and prepared for blind review. The proposals should be suitable for a 35-40 minute presentation. The conference is intended to be in-person.
We particularly encourage submissions from underrepresented groups (to be indicated in the form).
We can offer a limited number of travel bursaries up to 3.000 NOK to be awarded to student presenters, so make sure that you indicate your interest for them in the Google form if you want to be considered.
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