Russell in 1893 as a BA in mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge (photo displayed with permission of Bertrand Russell Archives McMaster University)
Eighth Annual Cambridge Graduate Conference on the Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic
17th - 18th January 2015
St John's College, Cambridge
The conference will be held on the 17th and 18th of January 2015 in St John's College, Cambridge. Our keynote speakers for the conference are Prof. Alan Weir (Glasgow) and Dr Mary Leng (York).
For additional information, see the Conference Facebook page.
Conference Program
Saturday 17th January
| 9:30 - 10.00 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 10:00 - 11.15 |
Sebastian Greve (Oxford): Misunderstanding Gödel’s Respondent: Dr Arif Ahmed (Cambridge) |
| 11:15 - 11.45 | Coffee |
| 11.45 - 13.00 |
Chris Scambler (Birmingham): The Philosophical Respondent: Prof Michael Potter (Cambridge) |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 15.15 |
Casper Storm Hansen (Aberdeen): Conventional Truths and Absolute Facts Respondent: Dr Robert Trueman (Stirling) |
| 15.15 - 15.45 | Coffee |
| 15.45 - 17.30 |
Keynote: Mary Leng (York) |
| 20.00 | Drinks and Conference Dinner will be at The Punter |
Sunday 18th January
| 10:00 - 11.15 | Fenner Tanswell (St Andrews): Saving Proof from Paradox: Gödel’s Paradox and the Inconsistency of Informal Mathematics Respondent: Dr Brian King (Oxford) |
| 11:15 - 11.45 | Coffee |
| 11.45 - 13.00 |
Trevor Teitel (Oxford): Why Skolem Can’t have Respondent: Dr Tim Button (Cambridge) |
| 13.00 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 15.15 |
Peter Fritz (Oxford): First-Order Modal Logic in the Respondent: Dr Michael Gabbay (KCL) |
| 15.15 - 15.45 | Coffee |
| 15.45 - 17.30 | Keynote: Alan Weir (Glasgow) |
For any questions about the conference or registration, please contact the conference organisers, Fiona Doherty and Fredrik Nyseth at cam.phil.grad.conf@googlemail.com.
We would like to thank the Analysis Trust, the Aristotelian Society, the British Logic Colloquium, the British Society for the Philosophy of Science and the Mind Association for their generous support of the conference.
