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MCMP – Mathematical Philosophy (Archive 2011/12)Logic and the BrainHannes Leitgeb (MCMP/LMU) gives a lecture at the Carl-Friedrich-von-Siemens-Stiftung titled "Logic and the Brain". Introductory words by Enno Aufderheide (secretary gemeral, Humboldt Foundation).2019-04-201h 36
MCMP – Mathematical Philosophy (Archive 2011/12)The Lockean Thesis RevisitedHannes Leitgeb (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the MCMP Workshop on Bayesian Methods in Philosophy titled "The Lockean Thesis Revisited".2019-04-201h 04MCMP – Mathematical Philosophy (Archive 2011/12)A Dictator Theorem on Belief Revision Derived from Arrow's TheoremHannes Leitgeb (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the Bristol-Munich Workshop titled "A Dictator Theorem on Belief Revision Derived from Arrow's Theorem".2019-04-2028 minMCMP – Mathematical Philosophy (Archive 2011/12)Round Table on Acceptance (Part 1)Kevin Kelly (CMU Pittsburgh), Hanti Lin (CMU Pittsburgh), and Hannes Leitgeb (LMU/MCMP) present formal theories of acceptance and their application in part 1 ("Table of Contents") of the Round Table on Acceptance (3 Feb, 2012). Abstract: The Bayesianist concept of belief is described by a measure-theoretic and thus quantitative approach to probabilities as changeable degrees of belief, whereas classical epistemology views belief/acceptance as a qualitative notion.
Questions arise from this contrast: How can the two concepts be related? Which bridge principles can be drawn on to accomplish this task?
This public MCMP event is to bring the philosophical theories of Leitgeb...2019-04-201h 46
MCMP – Philosophy of ScienceTheoretical Terms and InductionHannes Leitgeb (LMU/MCMP) gives a talk at the conference on "The Analysis of Theoretical Terms" (3-5 April, 2013) titled "Theoretical Terms and Induction".2019-04-1958 minMCMPMathematical Empiricism. A Methodological ProposalHannes Leitgeb (LMU/MCMP) gives a talk at the Workshop on Five Years MCMP: Quo Vadis, Mathematical Philosophy? (2-4 June, 2016) titled "Mathematical Empiricism. A Methodological Proposal". Abstract: I will propose a way of doing (mathematical) philosophy which I am calling 'mathematical empiricism'. It is the proposal to rationally reconstruct language, thought, ends, decision-making, communication, social interaction, norms, ideals, and so on, in conceptual frameworks. The core of each such framework will be a space of "possibilities", however, these "possibilities" will consist of nothing else than mathematical structures labeled by empirical entities. Mathematical empiricism suggests to carry out (many) rational reconstructions...2018-03-1700 minMCMPMathematical Philosophy and Leitgeb’s Carnapian Big Tent: Past, Present, FutureAndré W. Carus (LMU) gives a talk at the Workshop on Five Years MCMP: Quo Vadis, Mathematical Philosophy? (2-4 June, 2016) titled "Mathematical Philosophy and Leitgeb’s Carnapian Big Tent: Past, Present, Future". Abstract: Hannes Leitgeb’s conception of mathematical philosophy, reflected in the success of the MCMP, is characterized by a pluralism — a Big Tent program — that shows remarkable continuity with the Vienna Circle, as now understood. But logical empiricism was notoriously opposed to metaphysics, which Leitgeb and other recent scientifically-oriented philosophers, such as Ladyman and Ross, embrace to varying degrees. So what, if anything, do these new, post-Vienna scientific philosoph...2018-03-1700 min
MCMP – Mathematical Philosophy (Archive 2011/12)Alexander von Humboldt Professor Hannes LeitgebOnce again, a candidate nominated by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München has been awarded one of the coveted Alexander von Humboldt Professorships. The philosopher and mathematician Hannes Leitgeb, Professor of Mathematical Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics at the University of Bristol (UK), was selected to receive the accolade by an expert committee set up by the Humboldt Foundation. The prize, which is worth 5 million Euros, is financed by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, and is the most richly endowed award of its kind in Germany. Leitgeb is one of the leading proponents of an approach to problems in lo...2018-03-1406 minMCMP – Philosophy of MathematicsOn Mathematical Structuralism. A Theory of Unlabeled Graphs as Ante Rem StructuresHannes Leitgeb (MCMP/LMU) gives a talk at the Workshop on Mathematics: Objectivity by Representation (11 November, 2014) titled "On Mathematical Structuralism. A Theory of Unlabeled Graphs as Ante Rem Structures". Abstract: There are different versions of structuralism in present-day philosophy of mathematics which all take as their starting point the structural turn that mathematics took in the last two centuries. In this talk, I will make one variant of structuralism—ante rem structuralism—precise in terms of an axiomatic theory of unlabeled graphs as ante rem structures. I will then use that axiomatic theory in order to address some of the stan...2014-12-1800 minMCMP – EpistemologyBelief vs ProbabilityBranden Fitelson (Rutgers) meets Hannes Leitgeb (MCMP/LMU) in a joint session on "Belief vs Probability" at the MCMP workshop "Bridges 2014" (2 and 3 Sept, 2014, German House, New York City). The 2-day trans-continental meeting in mathematical philosophy focused on inter-theoretical relations thereby connecting form and content of this philosophical exchange. Idea and motivation: We use theories to explain, to predict and to instruct, to talk about our world and order the objects therein. Different theories deliberately emphasize different aspects of an object, purposefully utilize different formal methods, and necessarily confine their attention to a distinct field of interest. The desire to enlarge...2014-10-1700 minMCMP – EpistemologyThe Humean Thesis on Belief. Belief and Stable ProbabilityHannes Leitgeb (LMU/MCMP) gives a talk at "Progic 2013", the Sixth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic (17-18 Sept, 2013), titled "The Humean Thesis on Belief. Belief and Stable Probability".2013-11-0900 minMCMP – Mathematical Philosophy (Archive 2011/12)Alexander von Humboldt Professor Stephan HartmannStephan Hartmann is regarded as one of the leading scholars in the fields of formal epistemology and philosophy of science, and he became a member of the Faculty of Philosophy at LMU last October. Later today (8 May, 2013), at a ceremony in Berlin, Hartmann will officially receive Germany’s most generously endowed prize for distinguished contributions to research, the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship, that brought him back to the land of his birth.
Hartmann now holds the Chair of Philosophy of Science at LMU‘s Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) and, together with his colleague Hannes Leitgeb, who occupies the Chai...2013-05-0807 minMCMP – Mathematical Philosophy (Archive 2011/12)Round Table on Acceptance (Part 2)Kevin Kelly (CMU Pittsburgh), Hanti Lin (CMU Pittsburgh), and Hannes Leitgeb (LMU/MCMP) discuss philosophical theories of acceptance, belief revision, and formal/conceptual common grounds in part 2 ("Truth Table") of the Round Table on Acceptance (3 Feb, 2012). Abstract: The Bayesianist concept of belief is described by a measure-theoretic and thus quantitative approach to probabilities as changeable degrees of belief, whereas classical epistemology views belief/acceptance as a qualitative notion.
Questions arise from this contrast: How can the two concepts be related? Which bridge principles can be drawn on to accomplish this task?
This public MCMP event is to bring the philosophical...2012-06-141h 35