UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FILOSÓFICAS

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FILOSÓFICAS  

CÁTEDRA JOSÉ GAOS 2012

 "The Mathematical Animal"
Philosophical thoughts about mathematics as a human activity

Ian Hacking
[Collège de France y University of Toronto] 

Del 27 de febrero al 9 de marzo de 2012
12:00 a 14:00 horas Sala José Gaos, planta baja del IIFs

• Programa •

Lunes 27 de febrero
- "What makes mathematics mathematics?" 

Miércoles 29 de febrero
- "Why is there philosophy of mathematics at all?" 

Viernes 2 de marzo
- "Is platonism about mathematics as boring as it seems to be?
   (Pythagoreanism is bold, but is it as preposterous as it appears?)" 

Lunes 5 de marzo
- "Don’t ask for the reference, ask for the use!" 

Miércoles 7 de marzo
- "Kant’s question, “How is pure mathematics possible?”,
    becomes: Why is mathematics so useful in finding out about the world?
    (How is “applied” mathematics possible!)"

Viernes 9 de marzo
- "Islands of cognitive history: How did mathematics become possible in the history of this species?"