This is the 6th international conference of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice. The meeting will be held as a virtual conference, through Zoom provided by Chapman University.

We plan to record all talks. The links to recorded talks will be available here (available only to registered users) and on the APMP website for a period of time. After this time, recordings will be deleted. If you are a speaker and do not wish your talk to be made available for viewing please send an email to Carmen Martínez at cmadame@gmail.com.

This event is free but registration is required.

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Agenda

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Watch the June 30 Opening Address and Plenary Session Recording
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Watch the Recording of June 30 Parallel Sessions 1
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Watch the Recording of June 30 Parallel Sessions 2
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08:00 AM (PDT)

Opening Address

08:15 AM (PDT) Plenary Session

From Mathematical Content To Symbols - And Back Again
Speaker: Dirk Schlimm (McGill University, Canada)
Chair: Valeria Giardino

09:45 AM (PDT)

Break

10:00 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions

Session 1: Deflating Distinctively Mathematical Explanations in Biology: Mathematics as Enabler of Teleological/Functional Explanations
Speaker: José Antonio Pérez Escobar (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Chair: Laura Crosilla

Session 2: The Evolution of the Group Concept
Speaker: Ellen Lehet (University of Notre Dame, USA)
Chair: Dirk Schlimm 

10:40 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions

Session 1: Analogies Between "Mathematical Experiments" and Experiments in the Natural Sciences
Speaker: Michał Sochański (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland) 
Chair: Laura Crosilla 

Session 2: The Shaping of Rigorous Mathematics, a Case Study with Dedekind's Drafts
Speaker: Emmylou Haffner (Université Paris-Saclay, France)
Chair: Dirk Schlimm

11:20 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: The Discrete, the Continuous, and the Approximate Number System
Speaker: Jean-Charles Pelland 
Chair: Laura Crosilla 

Session 2: On the Mathematical Practice of the Italian School of Algebraic Geometry: the Case-Study of Gino Fano
Speaker: Elena Scalambro (University of Turin, Italy) 
Chair: Dirk Schlimm 

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Watch the July 1 Plenary Session Recording
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Watch the Recording of July 1 Parallel Sessions 1
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Watch the Recording of  July 1 Parallel Sessions 2
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08:00 AM (PDT) Plenary Session

Predicativity as Invariance
Speaker: Laura Crosilla (University of Oslo, Norway)
Chair: Silvia De Toffoli

09:30 AM (PDT)

Break

10:00 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: Definitions and Concepts in Mathematical Practice
Speaker: V.J.W. Coumans (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
Chair: Emmylou Haffner

Session 2: Conceptual Populations and Mathematical Selection: an Evolutionary Framework for Conceptual Change in Mathematics
Speaker: Matteo De Benedetto (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany)
Chair: Roi Wagner

10:40 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: Naturality of Definitions and of Notations RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
Speaker: David Waszek (McGill University, Canada)
Chair: Emmylou Haffner

Session 2: Foundations in Service of Education: Calculus Textbooks in 18th Century Prague CANCELLED
Speaker: Jan Makovský
Chair: Roi Wagner

11:20 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: Informal Rigour and the Origins of Forcing
Speaker: Walter Dean (University of Warwick, UK)
Chair: Emmylou Haffner

Session 2: Textual Practices of the Formal: the Case of Lambda-Calculus and Combinatory Logic CANCELLED
Speaker: Anna Kiel Steensen (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) 
Chair: Roi Wagner

Friday, July 2, 2021

Watch the July 2 Plenary Session Recording
https://chapman.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=5241f751-a06f-476f-bffe-ad650169d06f

Watch the Recording of July 2 Parallel Sessions 1
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Watch the Recording of  July 2 Parallel Sessions 2 
https://chapman.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=31e0b54c-9e18-41eb-8288-ad65016b140c

08:00 AM (PDT) Plenary Session

Cultural Impact on the Notion of Incontrovertible Proof in Mathematics
Speaker: Andrew Granville (Universite de Montréal, Canada)
Chair: Paolo Mancosu

09:30 AM (PDT)

Break

10:00 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: What Speech Act Is Tied to a Contradiction?
Speaker: Ivo Pezlar (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)
Chair: David Waszek 

Session 2: Philosophy of Mathematical Practice and Social Ontology
Speaker: Paola Cantu (CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, France)
Chair: José Ferreirós 

10:40 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: The Language of Mathematics According to Ganesalingam and in the Naproche System
Speaker: Peter Koepke (University of Bonn, Germany)
Chair: David Waszek 

Session 2: Mathematical Consensus
Speaker: Roy Wagner (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Chair: José Ferreirós 

11:20 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: A Framework for Applications as Problem-Solving Processes
Speaker: Davide Rizza (University of East Anglia, UK)
Chair: David Waszek 

Session 2: Intellectual Humility in Mathematics CANCELLED
Speaker: Colin Jakob Rittberg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Chair: José Ferreirós 

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Watch the July 3 Plenary Session Recording
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Watch the Recording of July 3 Parallel Sessions 1
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Watch the Recording of  July 3 Parallel Sessions 2 
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08:00 AM (PDT) Plenary Session

Finitism and Hero of Alexandria’s Alternative Constructions: A Possible Explanation
Speaker: Orna Harari (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Chair: Jemma Lorenat 

09:30 AM (PDT)

Break

10:00 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: Common Axioms in Euclid and Aristotle
Speaker: Vincenzo De Risi (Laboratoire SPHère, CNRS, France; and Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany)
Chair: Gisele Secco

Session 2:  Naturality of Definitions and of Notations
Speaker: David Waszek (McGill University, Canada)
Chair: Emmylou Haffner

10:40 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: Euclid’s Measure of Complexity
Speaker: Benjamin Wilck
Chair: Gisele Secco 

Session 2: Mathematical Practice and Analytic Epistemology
Speaker: Silvia De Toffoli (Princeton University, USA)
Chair: Andy Arana 

11:20 AM (PDT) Parallel Sessions 

Session 1: A Formal Analysis of Mathematical Explanations
Speaker: Francesco A. Genco and Francesca Poggiolesi (CNRS, IHPST, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
Chair: Gisele Secco 

Session 2: Purity of Methods and Mathematical Practice. A Discussion of the Abstract Approach of Detlefsen, Arana and Mancosu
Speaker: Guillermo Nigro (UFBA, Brazil & UdelaR, Uruguay)
Chair: Andy Arana

Committees

Scientific Committee:

Carmen Martinez-Adame – Chair (UNAM, Mexico)

Valeria Giardino (CNRS, France)

Jemma Lorenat (Pitzer College, USA)

Marco Panza (CNRS, France & Chapman University, USA)

Gisele Secco (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil)  

Organizing Committee:

Jessica Carter (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Silvia De Toffoli (Princeton University, USA)

Valeria Giardino (CNRS, France)

Carmen Martínez-Adame (UNAM, Mexico)

Marco Panza (CNRS, France & Chapman University, USA)