International Conference “Varieties of Mathematical Abstraction“
Department of Philosophy (NIG, 3rd floor at Hörsaal 3D)
University of Vienna, August 1-3, 2018
Organisation: Georg Schiemer (Department of Philosophy)
Confirmed Speakers: Francesca Boccuni (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele), Hourya Benis-Sinaceur (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne), Ansten Klev (Filosofický ústav Akademie věd České republiky), Elaine Landry (UC Davis)_cancelled, Øystein Linnebo (Universitetet i Oslo), Paolo Mancosu (UC Berkely), Jean-Pierre Marquis (Université de Montréal), Marco Panza (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne, and Chapman University), Erich Reck (UC Riverside), John Wigglesworth (University of Vienna)
Day 1 Wednesday | August 1, 2018
9:00 (s.t.) – 9:15 Opening
9:15 – 10:15 Øystein Linnebo (Universitetet i Oslo, NOR)
“Abstraction and Grounding“
10:15 – 10:30 Tea/Coffee
Room C 0219, Kommunikationsraum
10:30 – 12:30 Francesca Boccuni (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, ITA) and
Marco Panza (Université Paris 1 – Panthéon-Sorbonne, FRA /
Chapman University, USA)
“Abstraction for Real(s)! Frege’s Theory of Real Numbers“
12:30 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:30 Paolo Mancosu (UC Berkeley, USA)
“Neologicist Foundations: Inconsistent Abstraction Principles and Part-Whole“
15:30 – 15:45 Tea/Coffee
Room C 0219, Kommunikationsraum
15:45 – 16:45 Maria Paola Sforza Fogliani (IUSS Pavia, ITA)
and Luca Zanetti (IUSS Pavia, ITA)
“For Better and for Worse: Abstractionism, Good Company, and Pluralism“
Day 2 Thursday | August 2, 2018
9:00 – 10:00 Jean-Pierre Marquis (Université de Montréal, CAN)
“A Concrete Take on the Abstract Method in Mathematics“
10:00 – 10:15 Tea/Coffee
Room C 0219, Kommunikationsraum
10:15 – 11:15 Sam Roberts (Universitetet i Oslo, NOR)
“Property Abstraction, Potentialism, and Truth“
11:15 – 12:15 John Wigglesworth (University of Vienna, AUT)
“Modal Semantics for Structural Abstraction“
12:15 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:15 Robert Knowles (University of Leeds, GB)
“’Explanatory’ Mathematical Abstraction in Science“
15:15 – 15:30 Tea/Coffee
Room C 0219, Kommunikationsraum
15:30 – 16:30 Bahram Assadian (University of Amsterdam, NL)
“Structure Abstraction and Pure Structures“
