26-27-28 and 30-31 March 2015
Université Paris Diderot,Condorcet Building, 4 rue Elsa Morante 75013 Paris or 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet 75013 Paris, maps and directions can be found here. Room 366 A.
The conference is organised by Karine Chemla (SPHERE, CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, SAW Project), Matthieu Husson (CNRS, SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris & SAW Project), Agathe Keller (SPHERE, CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, SAW Project), Christine Proust (SPHERE, CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, SAW Project) and the SAW group.
Presentation
The conference Mathematical Practices in relation to the astral sciences is the final conference of the Phase 2 of the SAW Project. It follows upon the conference Cultures of computation and quantification in the ancient world, held two years ago, which concluded the Phase 1 (Conference Cultures of Computation and Quantification in the Ancient World).
The conference aims at describing specific “mathematical cultures” that took shape in the context of astral sciences. Moreover, it intends to highlight contrasts between cultures identified in these contexts and mathematical cultures to which other documents testify. We hope to go on with our exploration of “cultures of computation,” aiming at understanding better what a “culture of computation” can be and which features are most relevant to perceive and characterize it. We also hope to widen our scope and explore how other facets of mathematical activities, e.g. geometrical practices, practice with instruments or practices of reasoning, carried out in the context of astral sciences could fruitfully lend themselves to a description in terms of “culture,” and highlight diversity inside and among mathematical cultures.
List of Speakers
Karine Chemla (SPHERE, CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, SAW Project)
Chen Zhihui (SPHERE, CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, SAW Project)
Sho Hirose (SPHERE, CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, SAW Project)
Hermann Hunger (University of Vienna, Austria)
Matthieu Husson (CNRS, SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris & SAW Project)
Setsuro Ikeyama (Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan)
Alexander Jones (New York University, USA)
Agathe Keller (SPHERE, CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, SAW Project)
Li Liang (Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Taro Mimura (University of Manchester, UK)
Clemency Montelle (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
Daniel Morgan (SPHERE, CNRS & Université Paris Diderot, SAW Project)
Mathieu Ossendrijver (Humboldt University, Germany)
Steve Shnider (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Nathan Sidoli (Waseda University, Japan)
John Steele (Brown University, USA)
Glenn Van Brummelen (Quest University, Canada)
Wang Xiaohu (School of Public Adminstration, South China Normal University, China)
Michio Yano (Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan)
Zhu Yiwen (Sun Yatsen University, China)