Updated program of the Seminars

1st Seminar - Structuralism part 1

Date: Thursday 10/09/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: P. Benacerraf – What Numbers could not be (1965)

Speaker: Vincenzo Ciccarelli

2nd Seminar - Structuralism part 2

Date: Thursday 17/09/15

Time: 11:00 - 14:00 (with 15 mins coffee break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: P. Resnik - Mathematics as a Science of Patterns: Ontology and Reference (1981)

Speaker: Felipe Weinmann

3rd Seminar - Structuralism part 3

Date: Thursday 08/10/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: F. MacBride – Can "ante rem" structuralism solve the access problem? (2008)

Speaker: Gustavo Bertolino

4th Seminar - Nominalism part 1

Date: Thursday 22/10/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: W.V.O. Quine - Steps toward a constructive nominalism (1947)

Speaker: Alfredo Freire

5th Seminar - Nominalism part 2

Date:Thursday 05/11/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: H. Putnam – Mathematics without foundations (1967)
Speaker: Edgar Almeida

6th Seminar - Nominalism part 3

Date:Thursday 19/11/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: C. Chihara – Nominalism – (Chapter 15 of the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic) 

Speaker: Bruno Ramos Mendonça

7th Seminar – Nominalism part 4
Date: Thursday 10/12/15
Room: 206 "G.Leibniz", 1st floor CLE
Reference: J.Azzouni – Applied Mathematics, existential commitment, and the Quine-Putnam indispensability thesis (1997)
Speaker: Henrique Antunes

Philosophy of Mathematics 2015 - 2nd Term @ CLE

Program of the seminars

Dear all, 

welcome to the blog of the Philosophy of Mathematics seminars at CLE. The purpose of this blog is to make you informed about the timetable in order to let you plan your attendance at the seminars. 

The topics to be discussed have been chosen among two important schools of thought: Structuralism and Nominalism. Each talk may be in English or Portuguese, and questions/remarks are accepted in both languages, independently of that in which the talk is being delivered.  

In the following you will find dates and time of the seminars along the whole semester. 

The seminars will take place always on Thursday (more or less every 2-3 weeks). 

The program is indicative and may be subjected to changes; if this occur, you will be informed in advance through a post on this page. Any comment/suggestion regarding the organization is welcome. Thanks for your interest!

1st Seminar - Structuralism part 1

Date: Thursday 10/09/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: P. Benacerraf – What Numbers could not be (1965)

Speaker: Vincenzo Ciccarelli

2nd Seminar - Structuralism part 2

Date: Thursday 17/09/15

Time: 11:00 - 14:00 (with 15 mins coffee break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: P. Resnik - Mathematics as a Science of Patterns: Ontology and Reference (1981)

Speaker: Felipe Weinmann

3rd Seminar - Structuralism part 3

Date: Thursday 08/10/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: F. MacBride – Can "ante rem" structuralism solve the access problem? (2008)

Speaker: Gustavo Bertolino

4th Seminar - Nominalism part 1

Date: Thursday 22/10/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: W.V.O. Quine - Steps toward a constructive nominalism (1947)

Speaker: Alfredo Freire

5th Seminar - Nominalism part 2

Date:Thursday 05/11/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: H. Putnam – Mathematics without foundations (1967)
Speaker: Edgar Almeida

6th Seminar - Nominalism part 3

Date:Thursday 19/11/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: C. Chihara – Nominalism – (Chapter 15 of the Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic) 

Speaker: Bruno Ramos Mendonça

7th Seminar – Nominalism part 4

Date:Thursday 10/12/15

Time: 11:00 - 15:00 (with 1 hour lunch break)

Room: 206 "G. Leibniz", 1st floor, CLE

Reference: J. Azzouni – Applied Mathematics, existential commitment, and the Quine-Putnam indispensability thesis  (1997)

Speaker: Henrique Antunes