Talks Dirk Schlimm
 
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2008
  • Invited talk at session on "Historical Ideals of Rigor in Mathematics".
    Forthcoming: 27-30 December 2008. Winter meeting of the Association of Symbolic Logic (with APA), Philadelphia, PA.
  • Invited talk at the History and Philosophy of Mathematics Session.
    Forthcoming: 6-8 December 2008. Canadian Mathematical Society, Winter 2008 Meeting, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON.
  • Modeling ancient and modern arithmetic practices: Addition and multiplication with Arabic and Roman numerals (with Hansjörg Neth) Poster presentation.
    26 July 2008. 30th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Washington, DC.
  • Moritz Pasch: A nineteenth century logical empiricist
    19 June 2008. Seventh Congress of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS), Vancouver, BC.
  • An empiricist approach to modern mathematics: Moritz Pasch on projective geometry
    17 May 2008. Is Mathematics Special? (PhiMSAMP-3), Vienna, Austria.
  • Moritz Pasch: A nineteenth century logical empiricist
    28 March 2008. Annual meeting of the Association of Symbolic Logic, Irvine, CA.
2007
  • Two ways of analogy: Extending the study of analogies to mathematical domains
    19 October 2007. PhiMSAMP-2 Workshop, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • On the creative role of axiomatics in the discovery of lattices
    27 July 2007. Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPM) and the British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM), Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
  • From domains of being to systems of axioms, and vice versa: On the role of axiomatics in the discovery of lattices
    27 March 2007. Perspectives on Mathematical Practices, Brussels, Belgium.
  • From domains of being to systems of axioms, and vice versa
    12 January 2007. The Classical Model of Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2006
  • On the Importance of Asking the Right Research Questions: Could Jordan Have Proved the Jordan-Hölder Theorem?
    11 December 2006. Canadian Mathematical Society, Winter 2006 Meeting, History of Mathematics Session, Toronto, ON.
  • On the Importance of Asking the Right Research Questions: Could Jordan Have Proved the Jordan-Hölder Theorem?
    14 September 2006. GAP.6 Workshop "Towards a New Epistemology of Mathematics", Berlin, Germany.
  • Clark L. Hull's Methodology of Scientific Discovery: Psychology, Logical Positivism, Practice, Proofs, and Refutations
    18 June 2006. Sixth Congress of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS), Paris, France.
  • From "Psychic Machines" to Neural Networks: Learning from Models and Computer Simulations in Psychology
    13 June 2006. Models and Simulations, Paris, France.
  • On the Importance of Asking the Right Research Questions: Could Jordan Have Proved the Jordan-Hölder Theorem?
    29 May 2006. Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPM), York University, Toronto, ON.
2005
  • Axiomatics and Discovery
    17 December 2005. Recherches Québecoises en Logique, Université du Québec au Montréal, Montreal, QC.
  • On some Connections between Philosophy of Mathematics and Cognitive Science
    17 November 2005. Guest lecture in Professor Tom Shultz's course PSYC 532 (740): Cognitive Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC.
  • Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Analogies
    27 August 2005. Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Understanding, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2004
  • Axiomatics and Discovery
    25 June 2004. Fifth Congress of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (HOPOS), San Francisco, CA.
  • Theoretical Aspects of Theory Development
    1 June 2004. Meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS, program), Winnipeg, MB.
  • Analogies in Mathematical Domains
    31 May 2004. Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA), Winnipeg, MB.
  • Commentary to: Elaine Landry, "Category theory as framework for an in re interpretation of mathematical structuralism"
    31 May 2004. Meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA), Winnipeg, MB.
2003
  • Does Abstract Equal Good?
    November 23, 2003. Fourth Annual Midwest Philosophy of Mathematics Workshop, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN.
  • Aspects of Theory Construction: Clark Hull's Philosophy of Science (with Uljana Feest)
    May 29, 2003. Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Science (CSHPS), Halifax, NS.
    Paper was selected runner-up to the Hadden Prize for best student paper.
  • Commentary to: James Tabery, "Activities and Interactions in the Concept of a Mechanism"
    March 15, 2003. Fifth Annual Pittsburgh Graduate Philosophy Conference, University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • The Axiomatic Method in the Light of 20th Century Philosophy
    February 17, 2003. Foundations of the Formal Sciences IV, Bonn, Germany.
2002
  • The Axiomatic Method as Engine for Driving Discovery in Mathematics
    November 13, 2002. Thesis Prospectus defense. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
2001
  • Richard Dedekind: Von der genetischen zur axiomatischen Methode
    June 18, 2001. Philosophische Fakultät, Universität Konstanz, Germany.
2000
1999
  • Richard Dedekind: Axiomatische Grundlagen der Mathematik
    December 21, 1999. Mittagsseminar der AG 1 und 14. Fachbereich Mathematik, TU Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Richard Dedekind: Axiomatic Foundations of Mathematics
    November 22, 1999. Master's Thesis defense. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Dedekind's Real Numbers
    March 6, 1999. Rocky Mountain Student Philosophy Conference. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
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1998
1997
  • The Philosophy of L.E.J. Brouwer
    December 11, 1997. Pure and Applied Logic Colloquium. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Intuitionismus und Informatik
    January 31, 1997. AG Domains. Fachbereich Mathematik, TH Darmstadt.
  • Intuitionismus und Informatik
    December 16, 1997. AIDA Forum. Institut für Intellektik, TH Darmstadt.
1996
  • Positionen zu den Grundlagen der Mathematik
    December 9, 1996. Autonomes StudentInnen Seminar `No Silver Bullet'.
  • Logic Programming
    June 11, 1996. Autonomes StudentInnen Seminar `No Silver Bullet'.
1995
  • Russell's Typentheorie
    Fall 1995. Informatik Seminar `Geschichte der Logik'.
1994
  • Die lokale Struktur von Fraktalen
    Spring 1994. Informatik Seminar `Fraktale'.
1993
  • GPS - Der General Problem Solver
    Fall 1993. Informatik Seminar `Automatisches Planen'.
Other conferences attended
  • Third Annual Midwest Philosophy of Mathematics Workshop
    University of Notre Dame. November 9-10, 2002 (Travel grant from University of Notre Dame)
  • The 32nd Carnegie Symposium on Cognition
    Carnegie Mellon University. June 7-9, 2002
  • Second Annual Midwest Philosophy of Mathematics Workshop
    University of Notre Dame. November 10-11, 2001
  • Logicism and the Paradoxes: A Reappraisal
    University of Notre Dame. March 29-31, 2001 (Stipend from University of Notre Dame)
  • 2000 ASL Annual Meeting
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. June 3-7, 2000 (ASL Travel grant)
  • Modern Mathematical Thought II: Historical and Philosophical Approaches
    University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. May 1-4, 1998
 
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