Klaas Landsman (Radboud University Nijmegen): TBA

Abstract: As noted by Mark Steiner, ‘To an unappreciated degree, the history of Western Philosophy is the history of attempts to understand why Mathematics is applicable to Nature, despite apparently good reasons to believe that it should not be.’ I sharpen this topic to mathematical physics, including a definition and conceptualization thereof. This will take us from Aristotle to Brandom, involving the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of science, and even the philosophy of language, which have to be tuned towards each other. The key to this is inferentialism.

Schedule

15:30-16:00 tea/coffee and pastries (LAK G.01)

16:00-17:30 seminar and Q&A (LAK 2.02)

17:30 onwards pub visit and dinner (depending on speaker’s availability)

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