Laguna Workshop: Philosophy of Mathematics in Application

The Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science presents:

"Laguna Workshop: Philosophy of Mathematics in Application"

March 6-8, 1998
Hotel Laguna in Laguna Beach

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Friday, March 6
 
9:00        F. Arntzenius, "A Quick History of Speed"
10:30      J. Bell, "Mathematics and Physics in the Smooth World"
2:00        R. Clifton, "A Mathematical Explanation of Vacuum Correlations"

 
 
Saturday, March 7
 
9:00       W. Harper, "Jupiter’s Moons as Tests of the Equivalence Principle"
10:30      D. Malament, "How to Think about Rotation: From Physical Intuition to Mathematical Representation and Back Again"
2:00       J. Norton, "Nature is the Realization of the Simplest Conceivable Mathematical Ideas"

 
 
Sunday, March 8 
 
9:00       L. Sklar, "States and Their Representations in Statistical Mechanics"
10:30      M. Wilson, "Classical Mathematics in Retrospect"
 

A breakfast buffet will be available each morning of the conference beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the Catalina meeting room.