Henk Barendregt (Radbound University Nijmegen), Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University), Simon Critchkey (New School), Daniel Garber (Princeton University), Alfred Ivry (New York University - emeritus), Mark Johnston (Princeton University), David Mumford (Brown University - emeritus), Parimal Patil (Harvard University), Graham Priest (University of Melbourne and Graduate Center of the City University of New York), Chakravarthi Ram Prasad (Lancaster University), Carol Rovane (Columbia University), Kwong-loi Shun (University of Hong Kong), Galen Strawson (University of Reading),

DAY ZERO

Title There are many ways to woo the muse mathematics, by David Mumford.
Date December 3 at Graduate Center, CUNY
Time 6.30 PM
Location Room number will be announced soon!
Map See below!

DAY ONE

Date December 4 at Brooklyn College, CUNY
Time 9 AM - 4.30 PM
Location Woody Tanger Audiotorium, Brooklyn College Library, Brooklyn College Campus, Brooklyn, New York
Map

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DAY TWO

Date December 5 at Graduate Center, CUNY
Time 10 AM - 5 PM
Location Segal Auditorium, Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York
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Even if there is no registration fee, we ask the participants to register.

We have some funds (~ $25 per student) available as a grant for full-time students for conference participation.

In order to be able to eligible for that, please state your status as a student in the registration form, and bring your student ID with you to the conference.

Click here for the program and information sheet in pdf format supplemented with speaker biographies.

The tentative program is as follows.

DECEMBER 3 - Day Zero
Title: There Are Many Ways to Woo the Muse of Mathematics – David Mumford.
Time 6.30 PM.
Location: room C198, CUNY Graduate Center.

Related talk:
Title: Some fun ways to avoid the muse of mathematics: When equality trumps reciprocity - Cristina Bicchieri,
Time: 4:15 PM
Location: rooms 9204/9205, CUNY Graduate Center.
Her talk will be part of the Computer Science Colloquium.
Wine and cheese in the Mathematics lounge, 4th floor.

DECEMBER 4 - Day One
8:30 – 9:15: Breakfast/Sign-in
9:30- 9:45: Opening Remarks by Karen Gould (Brooklyn College President)
9:45 – 10:00 Critchley (short introduction)
10:00 – 10:45 Bilgrami
11:00-11:50 Strawson
11:50-12:20 Coffee Break
12:20-1:10 Ivry
1:15-2:30 Lunch
2:30-3:20 Priest
3:25 -4:15 Shun
4:30 - 5:30 Reception
7:15 PM Dinner

DECEMBER 5 - Day Two
10:00 - 10:45 Ram Prasad
10:50 - 11:40 Barendregt
11:45- 12:30 Patil
12:45 - 2:15 Lunch
2:15 - 3:05 Johnston
3:15 - 4:15 Rovane
4:15 - 5:15 Reception

Henk Barendregt Mysticism and Beyond: Aspects of Buddhist psychology
Akeel Bilgrami The Wider Significance of Naturalism: A Genealogical Essay
Simon Critchley  History of Philosophy in Relation to East West Issues
Alfred Ivry Al-Ghazali and Averroes: Two ways to Lose the Self in Acquiring Truth
Mark Johnston On the Illusion of a Self Worth Caring About
Kwong-Loi Shun On Anger
David Mumford "There are Many Ways to Woo the Muse of Mathematics"
Parimal Patil Motivation to the Means in the Philosopher's  Stone.
C. Ram-Prasad Personhood, Ego and the Unity of Consciousness: A Classical Indian Perspective on the Elusive Self
Graham Priest All is One
Carol Rovane Situating the Buddhist Self in the West:  Losing the Self vs. Making the Self
Galen Strawson ‘I and eye: thetic self-awareness’

Audio podcasts of the talks will be posted after the conference.

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