One Hundred Years of Russell's Paradox - Description
Description
International Conference
University of Munich, Germany
Sat June 2 - Tue June 5, 2001
This centennial conference commemorates the discovery of Russell's paradox,
which revolutionized philosophical inquiry and foundational thinking about
mathematics, and led to the development of the new and thriving field of
mathematical logic.
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The conference brings together leading scholars from the following fields:
Russell Studies
Mathematical Logic
Set Theory
Philosophy of Mathematics
The aim of the conference is to contribute to the understanding of Russell's
discovery in its historical context, and to attempt an assessment of the
meaning of set theory in the light of both current conceptions and recent
technical findings in the above-mentioned fields.
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The conference will feature
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plenary sessions with distinguished invited speakers
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section meetings devoted to the above fields, with both invited and contributed
papers
- special events:
- panel discussion: "Russell in Context"
- panel discussion: "The Meaning of Set Theory"
- symposion on propositional functions
- symposion on the finite mathematics of set theory
The conference will take place at the building of the university in Leopoldstr. 13