Cultures of Mathematics and Logic 2012（FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT）

Cultures of Mathematics and Logic 2012（FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT）

Cultures of Mathematics and Logic
9-12 November 2012
Institute for Logic and

Cognition
Sun Yat-Sen University
Guangzhou, China
http://www.math.uni-hamburg.de/home/loewe/Guangzhou2012/
 
Mathematics and formal reasoning are fundamental building blocks of knowledge, essential for science, technology, policy-making and risk-management. Mathematical practice is a rich phenomenon of human activity, with subtle differences between various cultures: here, the word culture can refer to national cultures, but also cultural differences in different historical periods, in different strata of a given society, in different social settings.
 
And yet, the public perception of mathematics is of an apersonal subject with little or no human interaction, based on a false picture of a science of pure thought and deduction, with almost no interaction or visible activity.
 
In a move away from these traditionalist positions, philosophers and social scientists have recently become more interested in studying mathematical and logical practice, or, to be precise, different mathematical and logical practices. Our conference will focus on this plurality of viewpoints, studying the various cultures of mathematics and logic, and involve several disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, psychology, cognitive science, history of mathematics, mathematics education, and linguistics.

Programme Committee：
Mihir Chakraborty, Jadavpur University, India;
Shuchun Guo, Chinese Academy of Science, China;
Joachim Kurtz, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany;
Brendan Larvor, University of Hartfordshire, United Kingdom;
Benedikt Löwe, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Martina Merz, Universität Luzern, Switzerland;
Dirk Schlimm, McGill University, Canada;
Ju Shier, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Keynote Speakers：
 
* Andrea Bender. Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
* Karine Chemla. Equipe Recherches Epistémologiques et Historiques sur les Sciences Exactes et les Institutions Scientifiques (REHSEIS), Paris, France.
* Christian Greiffenhagen. University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.
* Shirong Guo. Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, China.
* Juan Pablo Mejía Ramos. Rutgers University, Piscataway NJ, United States of America.
* Reviel Netz. Stanford University, Stanford CA, United States of America.
* Zhaoshi Zeng. Sun Yat-Sen University. Guangzhou, China.