FOUNDATIONS OF THE FORMAL SCIENCES IV
The History of the Concept of the Formal Sciences
General Information
The fourth meeting of the interdisciplinary
conference series will be devoted to a
reflection on the
object of interest:
- What are the Formal Sciences?
- How do they
differ from
the Natural Sciences and the Arts?
- How have they been perceived through
history?
The audience of FotFS IV will be philosophers and historians of
mathematics and science, and their goal will be to develop both
synchronic and diachronic descriptions and classifications of the
concept of the Formal Sciences from antiquity to the 21st century.
We would like to invite every interested researcher
to present their
thoughts on
- the problem of classifying or defining the Formal Sciences,
- the historical development of the Formal Sciences, or
- the relationship of the Formal Sciences to the Natural
Sciences and the Arts throughout history or at a particular
point in history
at our conference. There will be a proceedings volume.
Last changed: January 8th, 2003