VaViM - Virtues and Vices in Mathematics

Exploring the intersection between ethics and epistemology in mathematics. MSCA grant number 883724.

[VaViM - Virtues and Vices in Mathematics @vavimproject]

For a detailed argument for these points, see my https://t.co/MD5Wb88pd1

[VaViM - Virtues and Vices in Mathematics @vavimproject]

Should mathematicians swear oaths in which they promise to behave ethically?

[VaViM - Virtues and Vices in Mathematics @vavimproject]

As an edifying account of ethical behavior to which a mathematician may personally commit, however, oaths look more promising.

[VaViM - Virtues and Vices in Mathematics @vavimproject]

Roy Wagner opens a stream of research research on consensus about the validity of proofs by observing that such consensus was substantially weaker in earlier European mathematics than it is today in: “Mathematical consensus: a research program”. https://t.co/qh3AuK90Sj

[VaViM - Virtues and Vices in Mathematics @vavimproject]

The first contributions to the Axiomathes special issue on disagreement in mathematics #disinmath @DenizSarikaya and @VaViM are guest editing are now online.

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Graham Priest discusses what it means to apply mathematics to concrete problems in: “How Do You Apply Mathematics?”.https://t.co/xrA5TImlhx

[Brendan Larvor @BrendanLarvor]

When other people do this, it’s annoying but in my case, what is rare is wonderful.

New paper: https://t.co/H9Jp2iXw3o

[VaViM - Virtues and Vices in Mathematics @vavimproject]

@DenizPhiMa Congratulations 🎉🎊💪🤸

[Prof. Catarina Dutilh Novaes @cdutilhnovaes]

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
Our @erc_sea project will soon be advertising a post-doc position on *political argumentation* broadly construed.
2 years combo of research (65%) & teaching (35%).
Ad should be online soon; interested candidates can get in touch with me now for details.
Pls RT!

[Deniz Sarikaya @DenizPhiMa]

CfP: SI of Axiomathes
"Mathematical neutrality in science, technology and society" (deadline: December 1, 2022)

Guest Editors: José Antonio Pérez-Escobar (École Normale Supérieure Paris) and Deniz Sarikaya (Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science)

[APMP @philmathpractic]

The Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (@vubclps) (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) will host its Third *Masterclass in the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice* on June, 1–3 with @ValeriaGiardino (CNRS, Institut Jean Nicod, Paris). Check the CFA here: https://t.co/xefhppHwTc

[Irish Mathematical Society @irishmathsoc]

Statement by the Irish Mathematical Society on #ICM2022 in Saint Petersburg.

[Arend Bayer @arendbayer]

A letter signed by >100 invited speakers of the ICM (International Congress of Mathematicians) 2022, which is scheduled to take place in St. Petersburg in July. [The text was finalised on Sunday.] https://t.co/phfROTyguS Excerpt below.

[Brendan Larvor @BrendanLarvor]

If an ice-cream parlour sells 12 flavours, 2 scoops to a tub, that’s 144 options plus sprinkles makes 288. A university running an ice-cream parlour would list all 288 options separately on its website and create 288 administrative processes. Management, appalled…