81 - Anubav Vasudevan: Mathematics, Physics, and History of Logic

Anubav Vasudevan is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, where he works in formal epistemology and the history of logic, though he has published in a number of other areas. Anubav and Robinson talk about his time at Columbia University studying with the mathematician, probability theorist, and philosopher Haim Gaifman before discussing some of Anubav’s thoughts on mathematics, physics, logic, and how they relate to philosophy. In the second half of the conversation they move on to some of Anubav’s work in the history of logic, touching on Leibniz and the Peripatetic school. Background on Classical Logic: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-classical/ OUTLINE: 00:00 In This Episode… 00:50 Introduction 06:30 Mathematics and Philosophy with Haim Gaifman 23:44 From Physics to Philosophy 34:49 Philosophy and Scientific Inquiry 49:37 Why Formal Philosophy 57:05 What is Logic? 01:05:56 Monism and Pluralism in Logic 01:21:52 The Historical Roles of Logic in Philosophy 01:26:18 Peripatetic Logic 01:41:23 Leibniz and Logic Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.