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/2012/newsitem/4215/9-1 2-November-2012-Cultures-of-Mathematics-and-Logic- Guangzhou-China DTSTAMP:20120423T000000 SUMMARY:Cultures of Mathematics and Logic, Guangzh ou, China DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121109 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121112 LOCATION:Guangzhou, China DESCRIPTION:Mathematics and formal reasoning are f undamental building blocks of knowledge, essential for science, technology, policy-making and risk-m anagement. Mathematical practice is a rich phenome non of human activity, with subtle differences bet ween various cultures: here, the word culture can refer to national cultures, but also cultural diff erences in different historical periods, in differ ent strata of a given society, in different social settings. And yet, the public perception of mat hematics 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 alm ost no interaction or visible activity. In a mov e away from these traditionalist positions, philos ophers and social scientists have recently become more interested in studying mathematical and logic al practice, or, to be precise, different mathemat ical and logical practices. Our conference will fo cus on this plurality of viewpoints, studying the various cultures of mathematics and logic, and inv olve several disciplines such as philosophy, socio logy, psychology, cognitive science, history of ma thematics, mathematics education, and linguistics. For more information, see http://www.math.uni-h amburg.de/home/loewe/Guangzhou2012/ or contact blo ewe at science.uva.nl. All researchers working on various aspects of "Cultures of Mathematics and Logic" are cordially invited to submit their one page abstracts by the submission deadline of 30 Ju ne 2012. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Mathe matics and formal reasoning are fundamental buildi ng\n blocks of knowledge, essential for scien ce, technology,\n policy-making and risk-mana gement. Mathematical practice is a\n rich phe nomenon of human activity, with subtle differences \n between various cultures: here, the word c ulture can refer to\n national cultures, but also cultural differences in different\n hist orical periods, in different strata of a given soc iety, in\n different social settings.\n

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And yet, the public perception of m athematics is of an\n apersonal subject with little or no human interaction, based on\n a false picture of a science of pure thought and ded uction, with\n almost no interaction or visib le activity.\n

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In a move away from these traditionalist positions,\n philos ophers and social scientists have recently become more\n interested in studying mathematical an d logical practice, or, to\n be precise, diff erent mathematical and logical practices. Our\n conference will focus on this plurality of view points, studying\n the various cultures of ma thematics and logic, and involve\n several di sciplines such as philosophy, sociology, psycholog y,\n cognitive science, history of mathematic s, mathematics\n education, and linguistics.\ n

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For more infor mation, see\n http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/loewe/Guan gzhou2012/\n or contact .\n

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\n All researchers working on various aspects of "Cultures\n of Mathematics and Logic& quot; are cordially invited to submit\n the ir one page abstracts by the submission deadline o f 30 June\n 2012.\n

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