This is the 6th international conference of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice. The meeting will be held as a virtual conference, through Zoom provided by Chapman University.
We plan to record all talks. The links to recorded talks will be available here (available only to registered users) and on the APMP website for a period of time. After this time, recordings will be deleted. If you are a speaker and do not wish your talk to be made available for viewing please send an email to Carmen Martínez at cmadame@gmail.com.
This event is free but registration is required.
Have questions or need help registering? Please contact Ticketing Services at ticketing@chapman.edu or 714-997-6812 (M-F, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. PDT). Staff is also available via email or phone one hour prior to all virtual events.
Agenda
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Watch the June 30 Opening Address and Plenary Session Recording
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Watch the Recording of June 30 Parallel Sessions 1
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Watch the Recording of June 30 Parallel Sessions 2
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08:00 AM (PDT)
Opening Address
08:15 AM (PDT) Plenary Session
From Mathematical Content To Symbols - And Back Again
Speaker: Dirk Schlimm (McGill University, Canada)
Chair: Valeria Giardino
09:45 AM (PDT)
Break
10:00 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Deflating Distinctively Mathematical Explanations in Biology: Mathematics as Enabler of Teleological/Functional Explanations
Speaker: José Antonio Pérez Escobar (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Chair: Laura Crosilla
Session 2: The Evolution of the Group Concept
Speaker: Ellen Lehet (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Chair: Dirk Schlimm
10:40 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Analogies Between "Mathematical Experiments" and Experiments in the Natural Sciences
Speaker: Michał Sochański (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland)
Chair: Laura Crosilla
Session 2: The Shaping of Rigorous Mathematics, a Case Study with Dedekind's Drafts
Speaker: Emmylou Haffner (Université Paris-Saclay, France)
Chair: Dirk Schlimm
11:20 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: The Discrete, the Continuous, and the Approximate Number System
Speaker: Jean-Charles Pelland
Chair: Laura Crosilla
Session 2: On the Mathematical Practice of the Italian School of Algebraic Geometry: the Case-Study of Gino Fano
Speaker: Elena Scalambro (University of Turin, Italy)
Chair: Dirk Schlimm
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Watch the July 1 Plenary Session Recording
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Watch the Recording of July 1 Parallel Sessions 1
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Watch the Recording of July 1 Parallel Sessions 2
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08:00 AM (PDT) Plenary Session
Predicativity as Invariance
Speaker: Laura Crosilla (University of Oslo, Norway)
Chair: Silvia De Toffoli
09:30 AM (PDT)
Break
10:00 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Definitions and Concepts in Mathematical Practice
Speaker: V.J.W. Coumans (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
Chair: Emmylou Haffner
Session 2: Conceptual Populations and Mathematical Selection: an Evolutionary Framework for Conceptual Change in Mathematics
Speaker: Matteo De Benedetto (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany)
Chair: Roi Wagner
10:40 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Naturality of Definitions and of Notations RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
Speaker: David Waszek (McGill University, Canada)
Chair: Emmylou Haffner
Session 2: Foundations in Service of Education: Calculus Textbooks in 18th Century Prague CANCELLED
Speaker: Jan Makovský
Chair: Roi Wagner
11:20 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Informal Rigour and the Origins of Forcing
Speaker: Walter Dean (University of Warwick, UK)
Chair: Emmylou Haffner
Session 2: Textual Practices of the Formal: the Case of Lambda-Calculus and Combinatory Logic CANCELLED
Speaker: Anna Kiel Steensen (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Chair: Roi Wagner
Friday, July 2, 2021
Watch the July 2 Plenary Session Recording
https://chapman.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5241f751-a06f-476f-bffe-ad650169d06f
Watch the Recording of July 2 Parallel Sessions 1
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Watch the Recording of July 2 Parallel Sessions 2
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08:00 AM (PDT) Plenary Session
Cultural Impact on the Notion of Incontrovertible Proof in Mathematics
Speaker: Andrew Granville (Universite de Montréal, Canada)
Chair: Paolo Mancosu
09:30 AM (PDT)
Break
10:00 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: What Speech Act Is Tied to a Contradiction?
Speaker: Ivo Pezlar (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
Chair: David Waszek
Session 2: Philosophy of Mathematical Practice and Social Ontology
Speaker: Paola Cantu (CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, France)
Chair: José Ferreirós
10:40 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: The Language of Mathematics According to Ganesalingam and in the Naproche System
Speaker: Peter Koepke (University of Bonn, Germany)
Chair: David Waszek
Session 2: Mathematical Consensus
Speaker: Roy Wagner (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Chair: José Ferreirós
11:20 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: A Framework for Applications as Problem-Solving Processes
Speaker: Davide Rizza (University of East Anglia, UK)
Chair: David Waszek
Session 2: Intellectual Humility in Mathematics CANCELLED
Speaker: Colin Jakob Rittberg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Chair: José Ferreirós
Saturday, July 3, 2021
Watch the July 3 Plenary Session Recording
https://chapman.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=2ff52063-8458-45bb-b75a-ad65016c6d15
Watch the Recording of July 3 Parallel Sessions 1
https://chapman.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=b7f0300e-dfc5-452c-8bf4-ad65016c67bf
Watch the Recording of July 3 Parallel Sessions 2
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08:00 AM (PDT) Plenary Session
Finitism and Hero of Alexandria’s Alternative Constructions: A Possible Explanation
Speaker: Orna Harari (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Chair: Jemma Lorenat
09:30 AM (PDT)
Break
10:00 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Common Axioms in Euclid and Aristotle
Speaker: Vincenzo De Risi (Laboratoire SPHère, CNRS, France; and Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany)
Chair: Gisele Secco
Session 2: Naturality of Definitions and of Notations
Speaker: David Waszek (McGill University, Canada)
Chair: Emmylou Haffner
10:40 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: Euclid’s Measure of Complexity
Speaker: Benjamin Wilck
Chair: Gisele Secco
Session 2: Mathematical Practice and Analytic Epistemology
Speaker: Silvia De Toffoli (Princeton University, USA)
Chair: Andy Arana
11:20 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions
Session 1: A Formal Analysis of Mathematical Explanations
Speaker: Francesco A. Genco and Francesca Poggiolesi (CNRS, IHPST, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
Chair: Gisele Secco
Session 2: Purity of Methods and Mathematical Practice. A Discussion of the Abstract Approach of Detlefsen, Arana and Mancosu
Speaker: Guillermo Nigro (UFBA, Brazil & UdelaR, Uruguay)
Chair: Andy Arana
Committees
Scientific Committee:
Carmen Martinez-Adame – Chair (UNAM, Mexico)
Valeria Giardino (CNRS, France)
Jemma Lorenat (Pitzer College, USA)
Marco Panza (CNRS, France & Chapman University, USA)
Gisele Secco (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil)
Organizing Committee:
Jessica Carter (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Silvia De Toffoli (Princeton University, USA)
Valeria Giardino (CNRS, France)
Carmen Martínez-Adame (UNAM, Mexico)
Marco Panza (CNRS, France & Chapman University, USA)
Have questions or need help registering? Please contact Ticketing Services
at ticketing@chapman.edu or 714-997-6812 (M-F, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. PT)
Staff is also available via email or phone one hour prior to all virtual events.
Have questions or need help registering? Please contact Ticketing Services
at ticketing@chapman.edu or 714-997-6812 (M-F, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. PT)
Staff is also available via email or phone one hour prior to all virtual events.