International Conference “Origins of Structuralism“
Department of Philosophy (NIG, 3rd floor at Hörsaal 3D)
University of Vienna, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna
August 1-3, 2019
Organisation: Georg Schiemer (Department of Philosophy)
Confirmed Speakers: Paola Cantù (Aix-Marseille Université), Vincenzo De Risi (Université Paris-Diderot – CNRS), Mirja Hartimo (University of Tampere), Jeremy Heis (University of California – Irvine), Gerhard Heinzmann (Université de Lorraine – Nancy), Henning Heller (University of Vienna), Jemma Lorenat (Pitzer College – California), Erich Reck (University of California – Riverside), Georg Schiemer (University of Vienna), Inger Bakken Pedersen (University of Vienna)
Day 1 Thursday | August 1, 2019
9:00 (s.t.) – 9:15 Opening
9:15 – 10:30 Vincenzo De Risi (Université Paris-Diderot – CNRS, FRA)
“Leibniz, Lambert and the 18th-Century Origins of Structuralism“
10:30 – 11:00 Tea/Coffee
Room 3A (D0312)
11:00 – 12:15 Jemma Lorenat (Pitzer College – California, USA)
“Analytic evidence and geometric meaning: forms of structuralism in nineteenth-century analytical geometry“
12:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:30 Erich Reck (University of California – Riverside, USA)
“Methodological Structuralism, Dedekind’s Exemplars, and their Articulation“
15:30 – 16:00 Tea/Coffee
Room 3A (D0312)
16:00 – 17:15 Mirja Hartimo (University of Tampere, FIN)
“On the Kantian background of Husserl’s early structuralism. “
Day 2 Friday | August 2, 2019
9:00 – 10:15 Jeremy Heis (University of California – Irvine, USA)
“Structuralism and if-thenism in Russell’s Principles of Mathematics“
10:15 – 10:45 Tea/Coffee
Room 3A (D0312)
10:45 – 12:00 Georg Schiemer (University of Vienna, AUT)
“Interpretations in nineteenth-century geometry“
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:15 Gerhard Heinzmann (Université de Lorraine – Nancy, FRA)
“Early French Structuralism Reconsidered: The Case of Albert Lautman“
15:15 – 15:45 Tea/Coffee
Room 3A (D0312)
15:45 – 17:00 Inger Bakken Pedersen (University of Vienna, AUT)
“Ante rem structuralism and the access problem“
Day 3 Saturday | August 3, 2019
9:00 – 10:15 Paola Cantù (Aix-Marseille Université, FRA)
“The Peano’s school epistemology and Frege’s logicism“
10:15 – 10:45 Tea/Coffee
Room 3A (D0312)
10:45 – 12:00 Henning Heller (University of Vienna, AUT)
“From group concept to group theory“
