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SUMMARY:"Eine grössere Harmonie zwischen Begriff und Bild": Eduard Study 
 on mathematical freedom\, language\, and objectivity - Nicolas Michel (Isa
 ac Newton Institute\, University of Cambridge & Open University)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250612T143000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250612T160000
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DESCRIPTION:German mathematician Eduard Study (1862-1930) was an outspoken
  critic of several emerging trends in modern mathematics at the turn of th
 e century. Intuitionism\, he argued\, was in the process of eliminating th
 e very notion of truth at the core of any serious scientific endeavour\, w
 hereas axiom-obsessed formalists engaged in a mere game of symbols\, there
 by losing sight of what really grants meaning and value to mathematical co
 ncepts. In rejecting both approaches\, Study sought to maintain that mathe
 matics was a science formed of freely-created concepts yet still possessed
  a specific form of objectivity\, whose exploration crucially relied on th
 e careful construction of symbolic languages.\n \nTo disentangle these cla
 ims\, this talk will delve into Study's unpublished\, philosophical essay 
 on the foundations of analysis\, and compare it to the mathematical practi
 ce espoused in his 1903 Geometrie der Dynamen\, a landmark volume in the h
 istory of kinematics.\nSpeakers:\nNicolas Michel (Isaac Newton Institute\,
  University of Cambridge & Open University)
LOCATION:Mathematical Institute (Room C1)\, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/4a30d1ae-129a-4589-acab-75c9d57eeae9/
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