Donnerstag, 07. Dezember 2023, 16:00 - 18:00 iCal

6. Arthur Pap Vorlesung / 6th Arthur Pap Lecture

What Role Do Definitions Play in Axiomatics?

Alte Kapelle am Campus, Yard 2, Entrance 2.8
Spitalgasse 2-4, 1090 Wien

Vortrag

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What Role Do Definitions Play in Axiomatics?

Paola Cantù

 

Zusammen mit Vienna Circle Society/Together with Vienna Circle Society

 

Abstract

Right from its name, axiomatics focuses on the role of axioms as starting points for deriving theorems. Definitions are introduced as useful conventions, but not strictly necessary for a rigorous presentation of theories. And yet the preeminent interest in definitions in authors such as Peano and Pap suggests that the issue of definitions cannot be eliminated as soon as one reflects on the epistemological role of axiomatics. What role can axiomatics still play today and, within it, what place should be reserved for definitions?

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Veranstalter

Institut Wiener Kreis und Wiener Kreis Gesellschaft

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Kontakt

Zarah Weiss
Institut Wiener Kreis
46532
office.wienerkreis@univie.ac.at

Erstellt am Dienstag, 17. Oktober 2023, 16:30
Letzte Änderung am Dienstag, 31. Oktober 2023, 09:41