Workshop: Variations on Metamathematics

Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs, 1965
Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs, 1965

Institute of Philosophy

Start date: 3 July 2025

End date: 4 July 2025

In 1960, Feferman first called attention to the notion of intensionality, or indeterminacy, in metamathematics. This notion gave rise to a variety of mathematical and philosophical questions related to coding, provability, truth, and other metamathematical concepts.

The Variations on Metamathematics workshop aims to discuss some of these questions. It is organised within Léon Probst’s SNSF Doc.CH Grant (#227030).

Date: 3 – 4 July 2025

Venue: 

SI-006, Black Building
USI West Campus
Via Buffi 13
Lugano, Switzerland

 

Speakers:

Balthasar Grabmayr (University of Tübingen)
Volker Halbach (University of Oxford)
Carlo Nicolai (King’s College London)
Lavinia Picollo (National University of Singapore)
Léon Probst (University of Lugano)
Albert Visser (University of Utrecht)
Daniel Waxman (National University of Singapore)

 

Programme:

Thursday 3rd:

10.30 - 10.45 Welcome
10:45 – 12:00 V. Halbach
Lunch Break
14.00 - 15.15 L. Picollo and D. Waxman
15:15 - 16:30 B. Grabmayr
16.30 - 16.45 Coffee Break
16.45 - 18.00 L. Probst

Friday 4th:

09:00 - 10:15 A. Visser
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:45 C. Nicolai
11:45 - 12:15 Final discussion

 

Organisers:

Léon Probst with his SNSF Doc.CH “Intensionality in Metamathematics” (#227030)
An event of the Institute of Philosophy (ISFI)

For more info: [email protected]

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