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MCMP – Mathematical Philosophy (Archive 2011/12)

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Mathematical Philosophy - the application of logical and mathematical methods in philosophy - is about to experience a tremendous boom in various areas of philosophy. At the new Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, which is funded mostly by the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, philosophical research will be carried out mathematically, that is, by means of methods that are very close to those used by the scientists.The purpose of doing philosophy in this way is not to reduce philosophy to mathematics or to natural science in any sense; rather mathematics is applied in order to derive philosophical conclusions from philosophical assumptions, just as in physics mathematical methods are used to derive physical predictions from physical laws.Nor is the idea of mathematical philosophy to dismiss any of the ancient questions of philosophy as irrelevant or senseless: although modern mathematical philosophy owes a lot to the heritage of the Vienna and Berlin Circles of Logical

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  1. Modality and Categories

    Steve Awodey (CMU/MCMP) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Modality titled "Modality and Categories".

  2. Adaptive Logics: Introduction, Applications, Computational Aspects and Recent Developments

    Peter Verdée (Ghent) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (8 Feb, 2012) titled "Adaptive Logics: Introduction, Applications, Computational Aspects and Recent Developments". Abstract: Peter Verd ́ee ([email protected]) Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science Ghent University, Belgium In this...

  3. Belief Dynamics under Iterated Revision: Cycles, Fixed Points and Truth-tracking

    Sonja Smets (University of Groningen) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Belief Dynamics under Iterated Revision: Cycles, Fixed Points and Truth-tracking". Abstract: We investigate the long-term behavior of processes of learning by iterated belief-revision with new truthful information.…

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  4. Tracking the Truth Requires a Non-wellfounded Prior!

    Alexandru Baltag (ILLC Amsterdam) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Tracking the Truth Requires a Non-wellfounded Prior! A Study in the Learning Power (and Limits) of Bayesian (and Qualitative) Update". Abstract: The talk is about tracking "full truth" in the limit by iterated belief...

  5. Possible Worlds, The Lewis Principle, and the Myth of a Large Ontology

    Ed Zalta (Stanford) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Modality titled "Possible Worlds, The Lewis Principle, and the Myth of a Large Ontology".

  6. Accuracy, Chance, and the Principal Principle

    Richard Pettigrew (University of Bristol) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Accuracy, Chance, and the Principal Principle"

  7. Theory and Concept in Tarski's Philosophy of Language

    Douglas Patterson (Universität Leipzig) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Theory and Concept in Tarski's Philosophy of Language". Abstract: In this talk I will set out some of the background of Tarski's famous work on truth and semantics by looking at important views of his teachers...

  8. The 'fitting problem' for logical semantic systems

    Catarina Duthil-Novaes (ILLC/Amsterdam) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "The 'fitting problem' for logical semantic systems". Abstract: When applying logical tools to study a given extra-theoretical, informal phenomenon, it is now customary to design a deductive system, and a semantic...

  9. The conservativity of truth and the disentanglement of syntax and semantics

    Volker Halbach (Oxford) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "The conservativity of truth and the disentanglement of syntax and semantics"

  10. Cognitive motivations for treating formalisms as calculi

    Catarina Duthil-Novaes (ILLC/Amsterdam) gives at talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Cognitive motivations for treating formalisms as calculi". Abstract: In The Logical Syntax of Language, Carnap famously recommended that logical languages be treated as mere calculi, and that their symbols be...

  11. Do 'Looks' Reports Reflect the Contents of Perception?

    Berit Brogaard (University of Missouri, St. Louis) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Do 'Looks' Reports Reflect the Contents of Perception?"

  12. On the Emergence of Descriptive Norms

    Stephan Hartmann (Tilburg) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Computational Metaphysics titled "On the Emergence of Descriptive Norms".

  13. Conclusive Reasons, Transmission, and Epistemic Closure

    Charles B. Cross (University of Georgia) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Conclusive Reasons, Transmission, and Epistemic Closure".

  14. Hume on Space and Geometry

    Graciela di Pierris (Stanford) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Hume on Space and Geometry". Abstract: Hume’s discussion of space, time, and mathematics in Part II of Book I of theTreatise has appeared to many commentators as one of the weakest parts of his work.I argue, on the…

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  15. Toward Leibniz's Goal of a Computational Metaphysics

    Ed Zalta (CSLI Stanford) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Computational Metaphysics titled "Toward Leibniz's Goal of a Computational Metaphysics".

  16. Russellian Descriptions & Gibbardian Indicatives (Two Case Studies Involving Automated Reasoning)

    Branden Fitelson (Rutgers University) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Computational Metaphysics titled "Russellian Descriptions & Gibbardian Indicatives (Two Case Studies Involving Automated Reasoning)". Abstract: The first part of this talk (which is joint work with Paul Oppenheimer) will…

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  17. Logic and the Brain

    Hannes Leitgeb (MCMP/LMU) gives a lecture at the Carl-Friedrich-von-Siemens-Stiftung titled "Logic and the Brain". Introductory words by Enno Aufderheide (secretary gemeral, Humboldt Foundation).

  18. Accuracy & Coherence

    Branden Fitelson (Rutgers University) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Bayesian Methods in Philosophy titled "Accuracy & Coherence". Abstract: In this talk, I will explore a new way of thinking about the relationship between accuracy norms and coherence norms in epistemology (generally). In…

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  19. The Lockean Thesis Revisited

    Hannes Leitgeb (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Bayesian Methods in Philosophy titled "The Lockean Thesis Revisited".

  20. Proof-theoretic semantics and the format of deductive reasoning & Prawitz's completeness conjecture (A sketch of some ideas)

    Peter Schroeder-Heister (Tübingen) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium Mathematical Philosophy - first part: "Proof-theoretic semantics and the format of deductive reasoning", second part: "Prawitz's completeness conjecture (A sketch of some ideas)".

  21. Applying coherence based probability logic to philosophical problems

    Niki Pfeifer (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Bayesian Methods in Philosophy titled "Applying coherence based probability logic to philosophical problems".

  22. Conditionals and Suppositions

    Richard Bradley (LSE) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Conditionals and Suppositions". Abstract: Adams' Thesis - the claim that the probabilities of indicative conditionals equal the conditional probabilities of their consequents given their antecedents - has proven impossible to...

  23. Diachronic Dutch Book Arguments for Forgetful Agents

    Alistair M. C. Isaac (University of Michigan) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Diachronic Dutch Book Arguments for Forgetful Agents". Abstract: I present a general strategy for applying diachronic Dutch book arguments to bounded agents, with particular focus on forgetful agents. Dutch...

  24. The Contradiction in Will Test: A Reconstruction

    Matthew Braham (University of Bayreuth) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "The Contradiction in Will Test: A Reconstruction".

  25. Formal epistemological explication (news for the Bayesian agenda)

    Vincenzo Crupi (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Bayesian Methods in Philosophy titled "Formal epistemological explication (news for the Bayesian agenda)".

  26. Carnap on extremal axioms and categoricity

    Georg Schiemer (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Carnap titled "Carnap on extremal axioms and categoricity". Abstract: The talk will investigate Carnap's early contributions to formal semantics in his work on general axiomatics between 1928 and 1936. Inparticular, we give a...

  27. Frequencies, Chances and Undefinable Sets

    Jan-Willem Romeijn (University of Groningen) gives a talk in the talk series "MCMP & Statistics Department" titled "Frequencies, Chances and Undefinable Sets". Abstract: In this talk I aim to clarify the concept of chance. The talk consists of two parts, concerning the epistemology and…

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  28. Knowledge about Probability in the Monty Hall Problem

    Charles B. Cross (University of Georgia) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Bayesian Methods in Philosophy titled "Knowledge about Probability in the Monty Hall Problem".

  29. Mathematical Science, Naturalism, and Normativity

    Michael Friedman (Stanford) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Mathematical Science, Naturalism, and Normativity". Abstract: I address concerns in contemporary philosophy about the place of mathematics andmoral (and other) norms in a naturalistic world picture. I think that these...

  30. Core Logic

    Neil Tennant (Ohio State University) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Core Logic".

  31. Possibilities without possible worlds/histories

    Tomasz Placek (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Possibilities without possible worlds/histories". Abstract: Possible worlds have turned out to be a particularly useful tool of modal metaphysics, although their globality makes them philosophically…

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  32. Group Presentation, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU)

    Members of the MCMP (Julien Murzi, Johannes Stern, Martin Fischer, Ole Hjortland, Marta Sznayder, Norbert Gratzl, Johannes Korbmacher) present their current research

  33. Self-reference

    Volker Halbach (Oxford) gives a talk at the Workshop on Mathematical Philosophy titled "Self-reference". Abstract: What does it mean for a sentence to say about itself that it is P? Here P can stand for any unary sentential function such as 'is provable', 'is not provable', 'is true', or 'is a...

  34. Group Presentation, Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (LMU)

    Members of the MCMP (Roland Poellinger, Florian Steinberger, Thomas Meier, Vincenzo Crupi and Olivier Roy) present their current research.

  35. Three contrasts between two senses of coherence

    Teddy Seidenfeld (CMU) gives a talk in the talk series "MCMP & Statistics Department" titled "Three contrasts between two senses of coherence" (Joint work with M. J. Schervish and J. B. Kadane – Statistics, CMU). Abstract: B. de Finetti defended two senses of coherence in providing foundations…

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  36. From Analysis to Explication

    André Carus (Chicago/Cambridge) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Carnap titled "From Analysis to Explication". Abstract: Analytic philosophy was named for the "analysis" of propositions begun by Russelland Moore in the first years of the twentieth century, epitomized by the theory...

  37. IPAD – Information Processing and the Analysis of Democracy

    Vincent Hendricks (Copenhagen/Columbia) gives a talk at the Workshop on Mathematical Philosophy titled "IPAD – Information Processing and the Analysis of Democracy". Abstract: Only one species have configured a democracy and decided to live according to deliberative democratic guidelines. The...

  38. Voting, Deliberation and Truth

    Stephan Hartmann (Tilburg) gives a talk at the Workshop on Mathematical Philosophy titled "Voting, Deliberation and Truth". Abstract: There are various ways to reach a group decision. One way is to simply vote and decide what the majority votes for. This procedure receives some epistemological...

  39. An "Evidentialist" Worry About Joyce's Argument for Probabilism.

    Branden Fitelson (Rutgers) gives a talk at the Workshop on Mathematical Philosophy titled "An "Evidentialist" Worry About Joyce's Argument for Probabilism.". Abstract: In this talk, I will raise a potential problem for Joyce's argument for probabilism (and sufficiently similar...

  40. On an occasionally heard objection to Carnap's conception of logical truth

    Steve Awodey (CMU/MCMP) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Carnap titled "On an occasionally heard objection to Carnap's conception of logical truth".

  41. Carnap's Logico-Mathematical Neutrality between Realism and Instrumentalism

    Michael Friedman (Stanford) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Carnap titled "Carnap's Logico-Mathematical Neutrality between Realism and Instrumentalism". Abstract: I discuss the evolution of Carnap’s treatment of theoretical terms from the late1930s to his mature work on the Ramsey sentence...

  42. Tolerance & Voluntarism

    Paul Dicken (Cambridge) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Carnap titled "Tolerance & Voluntarism". Abstract: Carnap's dissolution of the scientific realism debate rests upon two central claims:the first regarding the appropriate logical reconstruction of a scientific theory;the second, a...

  43. Validity Curry

    Julien Murzi (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the Bristol-Munich Workshop titled "Validity Curry".

  44. Logic in Games

    Johan van Benthem gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Logic in Games". Abstract: We discuss logic *of* games as a foundation for rational interaction, suggesting a 'theory of play' extending standard game theory. We also discuss logic *as* games, the other direction of this contact. We...

  45. Inexhaustibility and Reflection

    Marianna Antonutti M. (Bristol) gives a talk at the Bristol-Munich Workshop titled "Inexhaustibility and Reflection".

  46. Logics as Scientific Theories

    Timothy Williamson (Oxford) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Logics as Scientific Theories". Abstract: Logic has far more in common with other branches of science than is usually recognized. One major aim of science is to develop theories that are true, highly general, and maximally...

  47. Explorations in Bayesian confirmation and models of information search

    Vincenzo Crupi (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the Bristol-Munich Workshop titled "Explorations in Bayesian confirmation and models of information search".

  48. Is logical knowledge dispositional?

    Florian Steinberger (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the Bristol-Munich Workshop titled "Is logical knowledge dispositional?".

  49. Logic as Modelling

    Neil Coleman (Bristol) gives a talk at the Bristol-Munich Workshop titled "Logic as Modelling".

  50. Logical Dynamics of Intelligent Interaction

    Johan van Benthem gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium titled "Logical Dynamics of Intelligent Interaction". Abstract: We morivate the logical dynamics of information-driven agency, and then discuss it from three perspectives: as a natural extension of the traditional scope of logic, as a…

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Mathematical Philosophy - the application of logical and mathematical methods in philosophy - is about to experience a tremendous boom in various areas of philosophy. At the new Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, which is funded mostly by the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, philosophical research will be carried out mathematically, that is, by means of methods that are very close to those used by the scientists.The purpose of doing philosophy in this way is not to reduce philosophy to mathematics or to natural science in any sense; rather mathematics is applied in order to derive philosophical conclusions from philosophical assumptions, just as in physics mathematical methods are used to derive physical predictions from physical laws.Nor is the idea of mathematical philosophy to dismiss any of the ancient questions of philosophy as irrelevant or senseless: although modern mathematical philosophy owes a lot to the heritage of the Vienna and Berlin Circles of Logical

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