Wittgenstein on Mathematics, Mind and Language

May 15, 2023 - May 16, 2023
Dept. of Philosophy, Univ. of Bergen, Norway

Seminar room 1st floor
12-13 Sydnesplass
Bergen 5007
Norway

Speakers:

University of Bergen
Boston University
University of Groningen
University of Pittsburgh
(unaffiliated)
University of Stirling
University of Antwerp
University College London

Organisers:

University of Bergen

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Wittgenstein on Mathematics, Mind and Language 

Dept. of Philosophy, Univ. of Bergen 

15-16 May 2023

Seminar room 1st floor

12-13 Sydnesplass, Bergen 5007  

15 May Monday 

10:00 Welcome. Coffee

10:15-11:30 Juliet Floyd (Boston)

"Surveyability" in Hilbert, Turing and Wittgenstein

11:30-12:45 James Shaw (Pittsburgh)

Some Remarks on Agreement in Wittgenstein: Relativism and Independence

14:00-15:15 Jose Zalabardo (UCL)

A Pragmatist Approach to Arithmetical Discourse

15:15-16:30 Simon Friederich (Groningen)

Wittgenstein and the alignment problem for autonomous AI

Coffee break

16:45-18:00 Crispin Wright (NYU/Stirling)

Reflections on RFM I, §156

16 May Tuesday

9:00 Coffee 

9:15-10:30 Jasmin Traechtler (Dortmund)

Mathematics as Crown Witness for Certainty

10:30-11:45 Sorin Bangu (Bergen)

Proofs and Concepts

Coffee break

12:00-13:15 Matteo Plebani (Turin)

Wittgenstein on mathematical generality

14:15-15:30 Karim Zahidi (Antwerp)

Wittgenstein in Cantor's paradise

Discussants:  

Michael Potter (Cambridge)

Alois Pichler (Bergen)

Dirk Schlimm (McGill)

Asgeir Matthiasson (Iceland)

Jeffrey Schatz (Bergen)

Jean-Charles Pelland (Bergen)

Vincent Vincke (Brussels)

Martin Saetre (Bergen)  

This event is financed through the Research Council of Norway grant Mathematics with a Human Face awarded to Sorin Bangu and Kevin Cahill at Univ. of Bergen, and in collaboration with Wittgenstein Archives Bergen.

Everyone is welcome. Registration is needed only for people without an affiliation to the Univ. of Bergen (please write an email to [email protected] by 12 May)  

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https://www.uib.no/en/fof

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