Title: Pragmatic Platonism: Martin Davis's Proposal and Hilary Putnam's Critique

Speaker:   Guanqun Liu (PKU)

Time: 15:10 ~ 18:00  (May 16th)

Location: Room 501, No.2 Teaching Building

Abstract: Platonism is the view that mathematical objects have a real existence and are discovered rather than invented by human mathematicians.There are also extreme and weaker versions of Platonism according to different philosophical views. In this presentation, I will share and explore the different views on mathematical realism presented by Martin Davis in "Pragmatic Platonism" and Hilary Putnam in "On Davis's 'Pragmatic Platonism'".