A meeting just anounced by the LMS…
A meeting on Mathematical Methods in Philosophy will take place from 19 to 21 September 2008 at the School of Mathematics, University of Bristol. This is the fourth in a series of meetings exploring mathematical methods in epistemology, semantics, theories of truth, and philosophy of mathematics in a British Academy funded research project. This meeting is further supported by the London Mathematical Society and the British Logic Colloquium. Confirmed speakers are:
* Riccardo Bruni (Firenze)
* Martin Fischer (Leuven)
* Harvey Friedman (Ohio State)
* Dan Isaacson (Oxford)
* Peter Koellner (Harvard)
* Ofra Magidor (Oxford)
* Jeff Paris (Manchester)
* Richard Pettigrew (Bristol)
* Gabriel Uzquiano (Oxford)
* Jouko Väänänen (ILLC Amsterdam)
* Andreas Weiermann (Ghent)
* Alan Weir (Glasgow)
There is a registration fee of £20 with a reduced fee of £10 for students and postgraduates. There are some grants for postgraduates to cover the registration fees, travel and accommodation costs from the LMS funding. Apply early by email to Philip Welch (p.welch@bristol.ac.uk) to avoid disappointment.
Further timetabling and titles, etc., will be placed on the meeting webpage at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sfop0114/rg/meetings/bristol08.html. Contact Helen Craven (tel: +44 117 928 7978, email: helen.craven@bris.ac.uk) with technical and administrative questions or for help concerning the conference. Visitor information including maps can be found at www.maths.bris.ac.uk/events/info/.
