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9 - 13 September 2024, 2nd European Summer School on the Philosophy of Mathematics, Vienna, Austria

Date: 9 - 13 September 2024
Location: Vienna, Austria
Deadline: Monday 1 April 2024

The second European Summer School on the Philosophy of Mathematics aims to bring together Master and PhD students interested in the connection between philosophy and mathematics, giving them the opportunity to discuss related topics with leading scholars in the field. Topics will be selected reflecting participants’ interests and may include:
* Mathematical knowledge and mathematical understanding
* Justification and representation in mathematics
* Informal proofs and mathematical rigor
* The role of intuition and diagrams in mathematical reasoning
* Experimental mathematics and mathematical practice
* Mathematical ontology

The School will include tutorials by Jessica Carter (Aarhus University), Yacin Hamami (ETH Zurich) and Leon Horsten (University of Konstanz), as well as a training unit on "Quantitative and qualitative empirical methods for philosophers of mathematics" by Matthew Inglis and Deborah Kant.