Matematikfilosofisk foredrag

Center for Naturfilosofi og Videnskabsstudier præsenterer

et foredrag med

Mary Leng,

Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool

Why do philosophers worry about mathematical knowledge?

We all know lots of mathematical truths: that 2 + 2 = 4; that there are infinitely many prime numbers; that π is irrational ... . Indeed, unlike most interesting truths about empirical matters of fact, most of these mathematical truths are known, or at least are knowable, with certainty. That, at least, is what most of us would assume. Why is it, then, that some philosophers persist in worrying not just that our mathematical knowledge may not be certain, but that we may have no mathematical knowledge at all? This talk will consider the reasons why philosophers do, and indeed should, worry about mathematical knowledge (while reassuring mathematicians that these worries need not stop them from doing what they do best - proving theorems).

Foredraget er henvendt til et bredt publikum. Det finder sted torsdag den 24. september kl. 16.15 til 17.00 i auditorium A, Niels Bohr Instituttet, Blegdamsvej 17. Der vil være mulighed for at stille spørgsmål efter foredraget. Foredraget er gratis og alle er velkomne.

Kontaktperson: Mikkel Willum Johansen, willum [snabel-a] nbi.dk

Samfundsvidenskaberne og teknologisk ansvarlighed

Project SS-ERC: information on final workshop
From: Technological Responsibility, Rome, July 27th, 2009

We are glad to inform you that on June 26th in Brussels took place the Workshop ”The Socialisation of the European research in the perspective of the Knowledge Society. Interpretations and policies with the contribution of social sciences”, as final event of the project “Social sciences and European Research Capacities - SS-ERC”. The workshop was focused on the presentation and discussion of the Handbook of the socialisation of scientific and technological research.

We are pleased to inform you that texts/slides of some of the papers presented at the Workshop as well as the text of Handbook and of a summary of it (Highlights) are available at the web-site.

The SS-ERC project has been carried out, under the Sixth Framework Programme for Research, by a consortium composed of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Laboratory of Citizenship Sciences, the Maastricht University, the Primorska University, the General Foundation of La Rioja University and the Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy of the Aarhus University