The lecture “The True Nature of Mathematics,” presented by Georges COMTE, professor at the Mathematics Laboratory (LAMA), Faculty of Science and Mountain Studies, will take place on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc’s Administration Building in Chambéry.
It will also be held:
- Tuesday, March 7, in Archamps at 6:30 p.m.
- Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in Annecy
- Friday, April 7, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in Albertville
The conferences will take place subject to the health conditions related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic and in compliance with the safety guidelines in force at the venue hosting the event.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Since ancient Greece, mathematics has served as a model science because of its relationship to truth. Mathematics prior to the classical Greek period—primarily Mesopotamian—did not have such a relationship with the concept of truth. One might even go so far as to say that the emergence of the notion of truth among the Greeks made mathematical propositions necessary, in turn lending reality to mathematical objects. A mathematical concept that constitutes our idea of truth is the paradigm—more or less well-conceived—on which we have comfortably lived for 25 centuries. Through accessible mathematical examples, we will examine this connection, which is perceived as natural: what is this “truth” of mathematics? Does it have a history? To which objects does it apply? We will then see that the major developments in mathematical logic in the 20th century, and those in language theories, require us to completely rethink our relationship to the concept of truth.