BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2018/newsitem/9789/1-- -3-August-2018-International-Conference-Varieties- of-Mathematical-Abstraction-Vienna-Austria DTSTAMP:20180315T150051 SUMMARY:International Conference "Varieties of Mat hematical Abstraction", Vienna, Austria DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180803 LOCATION:Vienna, Austria DESCRIPTION:Mathematical abstraction is a general phenomenon, a process by which we generalize from the properties and relations of particular objects to the abstract, mathematical structure that thos e objects exhibit. It is a process that can be ite rated to achieve higher levels of abstraction, and plays an important role in shaping how we think a bout and understand empirical phenomena. The main objective of this conference is to explore the phi losophical significance of mathematical abstractio n from different perspectives: metaphysically, epi stemologically, historically, and practically. Par ticular attention will be devoted to the role of a bstraction in mathematical practice. We invite th e submission of abstracts, suitable for a 40 minut e presentation (followed by 20 minutes for questio ns), on topics related to any aspects of mathemati cal abstraction. We encourage submissions from ear ly career researchers and PhD students. Abstracts should be prepared for blind review. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Mathemati cal abstraction is a general phenomenon, a process by which we generalize from the properties and re lations of particular objects to the abstract, mat hematical structure that those objects exhibit. It is a process that can be iterated to achieve high er levels of abstraction, and plays an important r ole in shaping how we think about and understand e mpirical phenomena. The main objective of this con ference is to explore the philosophical significan ce of mathematical abstraction from different pers pectives: metaphysically, epistemologically, histo rically, and practically. Particular attention wil l be devoted to the role of abstraction in mathema tical practice.
We invite the submission of abstracts, suitable for a 40 minute presentation (followed by 20 minutes for question s), on topics related to any aspects of mathematic al abstraction. We encourage submissions from earl y career researchers and PhD students. Abstracts s hould be prepared for blind review.