Cultures of Mathematics and Logic

Post date: May 05, 2012 9:41:50 PM

FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS

Cultures of Mathematics and Logic

9-12 November 2012

Institute for Logic and Cognition

Sun Yat-Sen University

Guangzhou, China

http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/loewe/Guangzhou2012/

All researchers working on various aspects of "Cultures of Mathematics

and Logic", including, but certainly not limited to, philosophers,

sociologists, historians of mathematics, mathematicians, and researchers

in mathematics education, are cordially invited to submit their one page

abstracts by the submission deadline of 30 June 2012 (see below for

details).

DESCRIPTION OF THE CONFERENCE. Mathematics and formal reasoning are

fundamental building blocks of knowledge, essential for science,

technology, policy-making and risk-management. Mathematical practice is a

rich phenomenon of human activity, with subtle differences between various

cultures: here, the word culture can refer to national cultures, but also

cultural differences in different historical periods, in different strata

of a given society, in different social settings.

And yet, the public perception of mathematics is of an apersonal subject

with little or no human interaction, based on a false picture of a science

of pure thought and deduction, with almost no interaction or visible

activity.

In a move away from these traditionalist positions, philosophers and

social scientists have recently become more interested in studying

mathematical and logical practice, or, to be precise, different

mathematical and logical practices. Our conference will focus on this

plurality of viewpoints, studying the various cultures of mathematics and

logic, and involve several disciplines such as philosophy, sociology,

psychology, cognitive science, history of mathematics, mathematics

education, and linguistics.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS.

* Andrea Bender. Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

* Karine Chemla. Equipe Recherches Epistémologiques et Historiques sur les

Sciences Exactes et les Institutions Scientifiques (REHSEIS), Paris,

France.

* Christian Greiffenhagen. University of Manchester, Manchester, United

Kingdom.

* Shirong Guo. Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, China.

* Juan Pablo Mejía Ramos. Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ, United States

of America.

* Reviel Netz. Stanford University, Stanford CA, United States of America.

* Zhaoshi Zeng. Sun Yat-Sen University. Guangzhou, China.

IMPORTANT DATES.

Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2012

Notification of authors: 30 July 2012

Conference: 9-12 November 2012

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION. All researchers are encouraged and invited to submit

their abstracts until the deadline of 30 June 2012 via the easychair

submission page at

https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cml2012

Please submit the abstract either in the "abstract" field of the easychair

submission site or as a one-page PDF submission.

POST-CONFERENCE PUBLICATION. All authors of papers presented at the

conference will be encouraged to submit a full version to a

post-conference publication volume. The deadline for submission of full

papers will be in early 2013. All papers submitted to the post-conference

proceedings will be refereed to high journal standards, and acceptance as

a presentation is no guarantee that the post-conference paper will be

published.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE. Mihir Chakraborty, Jadavpur University, India;

Shuchun Guo, Chinese Academy of Science, China; Joachim Kurtz,

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany; Brendan Larvor, University

of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; Benedikt Löwe, Universiteit van

Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Martina Merz, Universität Luzern, Switzerland;

Dirk Schlimm, McGill University, Canada; Ju Shier, Sun Yat-sen University,

China

LOCAL INFORMATION. Guangzhou, known historically as Canton, is located in

southern China on the Pearl River, about 120 km north-northwest of Hong

Kong. With over 12 million inhabitants, it is the third largest city in

China (after Shanghai and Beijing) and the largest city of southern China.

In the month of November, expected temperatures are between 15 and 24

degrees. Baiyun International Airport is a major transportation hub with

many national and international airlines (for instance, Air France, China

Southern Airlines, Emirates, Lufthansa, etc.). In addition, Guangzhou is

easy to reach from Hong Kong with its international airport.