Philosophy of mathematics -- pilot seminar I

Platonism and anti-platonism in the philosophy of mathematics

(I) Benacerraf's dilemma 

Tuesday, April 13  - Bologna
Discussion leaders: Marco Panza, Andrea Sereni

a. Benacerraf, P. (1973), "Mathematical Truth", The Journal of Philosophy, LXX, 19, pp. 661-79, (also in Benacerraf, P, Putnam, H, (eds.), Philosophy of Mathematics. Selected Readings, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1964 (2nd ed. 1963, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge), pp. 403-20.
Field, H. (1989), Realism, Mathematics and Modality, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1989, Introduction, pp. 25-30.
Suggested reading: Benacerraf, P (1965), "What Numbers Could Not Be", The Philosophical Review, Vol. 74, No. 1, 1965, pp. 47-73, also in Benacerraf, Putnam (1964), pp. 272-294 (1973 edition).
b. Panza, M., Sereni, A., Il problema di Platone, Carocci, Roma 2010, ch. 3.

Venue: aula rossa, III floor. via Azzo Gardino 23, Bologna.