The Department of Logic & Philosophy of Science presents:

"Laguna Workshop: Philosophy of Mathematics in Application"

March 8-10, 2002
Hotel Laguna in Laguna Beach

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Friday, March 8

 
9:00        H. Field, “Saving the Truth Schema from Paradox”
10:30      J. Azzouni, “Applied Mathematics:  One Language, Two Interpretations”
2:00        M. Wilson, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Formalism”
3:30        S. Smith, “Are Instantaneous Velocities Real? A Response to Arntzenius and Russell”
 
 
Saturday, March 9

 
9:00        J. Earman, “Two Faces of General Covariance"
10:30      R. Geroch, “Mathematics vs. Physics”
2:00       D. Saari, “The Evolving Role of Mathematics in the Social Sciences”
3:30       H. Halvorson, “Complementarity of Representations in Quantum Mechanics”
 
 
Sunday, March 10
 
9:00       D. Albert, “The Object of Statistical Mechanics and the Scope of the Second Law”
10:30      No speaker, General Discussion
 

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

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