PURE SEMINAR
Published on the 16 Jun 2005
Speaker: A/Prof Jim Franklin (UNSW)
Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2005
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSW
The recently founded "Sydney School"
says that previous philosophy of mathematics has got it
all wrong. Mathematics is not about numbers and sets in
some other "abstract" world, nor is it "merely" anything
(e.g. logic, or what you can derive from arbitrary axioms,
or manipulation of formal symbols). What mathematics is
really about is ... well, come and hear about it.
Warning: do not come if you are going to sit there thinking
"when will he get to the mathematics?" This is a talk on
philosophy.
Enquiries to Catherine Greenhill, 9385 7105, csg@unsw.edu.au