We are pleased to announce that on Friday, March 21 at 5.30pm (CET), Francesca Boccuni
(Vita-Salute San Raffaele) will give the talk Forever Young: A Hundred Years of (Frege’s)
Abstractionism as part of the Lugano Philosophy Colloquia Spring 2025 organised by the
Institute of Philosophy (ISFI) at USI.
This hybrid talk will take place in Room Multiuso, FTL Building (USI West Campus) and
online via Zoom. If you are interested in joining online, please write to
events.isfi(a)usi.ch.
Here is the abstract of the talk:
Famously, Frege’s logicist programme for the foundations of mathematics, based on
higher-order logic and abstraction principles, was doomed to failure due to inconsistency.
Nonetheless, the legacy of his inquiry was not lost: A hundred years after Frege’s
passing, the debate around his philosophy of mathematics is still vigorous, and
investigation into the roots of the inconsistency of his programme has prompted
alternative ways to use Fregean abstractions for foundational purposes. In this talk, we
will explore Frege’s Logicism, its inconsistency, and several possible solutions proposed
in the most recent logico-philosophical debate.
For more information:
https://www.ftl.usi.ch/it/feeds/14907