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Schiemer, G 2024, Carnap on the formality of logic and mathematics. in A Richardson & AT Tuboly (eds), Interpreting Carnap: Critical Essays. Cambridge University Press.




Schiemer, G 2021, Logicism in logical empiricism. in Origins and Varieties of Logicism: On the Logico-Philosophical Foundations of Mathematics. Routledge, New York. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429277894

Schiemer, G 2021, Non-standard logicism. in The Handbook of Logical Empiricism. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315650647

Schiemer, G, Reck, E & Schlimm, D 2021, Rudolf Carnap, Collected Works, Vol. III. Oxford University Press.


Schiemer, G & Wigglesworth, J (eds) 2020, Foundations of Mathematical Structuralism. Philosophia Mathematica: philosophy of mathematics, its learning, and its application, no. 3, vol. 28, Oxford Academic, Oxford.

Schiemer, G 2020, Carnap's structuralist thesis. in EH Reck & G Schiemer (eds), The Prehistory of Mathematical Structuralism. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 383-420.

Schiemer, G & Reck, E 2020, Introduction and Overview: The Prehistory of Mathematical Structuralism. in EH Reck & G Schiemer (eds), The Prehistory of Mathematical Structuralism. Oxford University Press, pp. 1-20.

Reck, E & Schiemer, G (eds) 2020, The Prehistory of Mathematical Structuralism. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Schiemer, G 2020, Transfer principles, Klein's Erlangen Program, and methodological structuralism. in EH Reck & G Schiemer (eds), The Prehistory of Mathematical Structuralism. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 106-141.





Schiemer, G 2019, Mathematik in den Wissenschaften. in Einheit und Vielfalt der Wissenschaften. De Gruyter.



Hilbert's conservativity program

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Instrumental devices

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Instrumental devices

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How geometry became structural

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Instrumental devices

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Instrumental devices

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Formal content and meaning in mathematics

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What is implicit structure?

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Formalism and scientific objectivity

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Instrumental formalism and conservativity

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15 Dec 2022

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What is implicit structure?

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13 Dec 2022

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Instrumental formalism and conservativity

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Formal content and meaning in mathematics

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14 Nov 2022

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Hilbert’s Early Metatheory Revisited: Categoricity and Interpretability

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30 Sep 2022

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Mathematik als "Formenlehre"

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20 Sep 2022

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What is implicit structure?

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Carnap's formalist thesis

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Implicit definitions and structuralism

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Hilbert's early semantics revisited: isomorphism and interpretability

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What is (implicit) structure?

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Hilbert's early semantics revisited: isomorphism and interpretability

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Implicit definitions and structuralism

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Carnap's formalist thesis

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Logical concepts and structural properties

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Instrumental formalism and conservativity

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The roots of structuralism

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17 Mar 2022

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How geometry became structural

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18 Jan 2022

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Scientific objectivity and the formalist turn

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25 Nov 2021

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Structuralism and mathematical representation

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17 Nov 2021

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Carnap's formalist thesis, Lecture

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How geometry became structural

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9 Nov 2021

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How geometry became structural

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4 Nov 2021

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Hilbert's Early Metatheory Revisited

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7 Oct 2021

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Symmetries and implicit structure

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6 Oct 2021

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Two ways to think about implicit structure

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16 Sep 2021

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Hilbert's Early Views on Completeness and Categoricity (online meeting)

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25 Jan 2021

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Hilbert on Completeness, Categoricity, and Maximal Models (online meeting)

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10 Dec 2020

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Hilbert's Early Views on Completeness and Categoricity (online meeting)

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23 Oct 2020

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Carnap's structuralist thesis

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15 Sep 2020

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Klein's geometrical structuralism

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21 Aug 2020

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Structural and logical properties (postponed to 2021)

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4 May 2020

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Two ways to think about (implicit) structure

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6 Mar 2020

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Logicism in Logical Empiricism

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28 Feb 2020

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How geometry became structural

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27 Nov 2019

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How geometry became structural

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4 Oct 2019

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Structuralism as a mathematical style: Klein, Hilbert, and 19th-Century Geometry

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5 Aug 201910 Aug 2019

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Semantics in type theory

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17 Jun 201919 Jun 2019

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Padoa, Carnap, and Tarski on deductive theories

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Structuralism and informal provability

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Two ways to think about (implicit) structure

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How geometry became structural

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6 Mar 2019

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Two ways to think about (implicit) structure

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4 Mar 2019

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Two ways to think about (implicit) structure

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1 Mar 2019

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Structuralism and `Ordnungsgefüge'

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13 Dec 2018

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Implicit structure

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3 Dec 2018

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Two ways to think about (implicit) structure

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What are implicit definitions?

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6 Nov 2018

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Mathematical structuralism and implicit structure

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Two ways to think about (implicit) structure

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14 Sep 2018

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Husserl and Carnap on completeness

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Two ways to think about (implicit) structure

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Transfer principles and Klein's structuralism

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Implicit definitions and the development of modern axiomatics

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Transfer principles and Klein's group-theoretic structuralism

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Two ways to think about (implicit) structure

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21 Jun 2018

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Carnap's Der Raum and the notion of `Ordnungsgefüge'

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29 May 2018

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On the History of Metatheory in Modern Type Theory

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9 May 2018

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Metatheory in Type Theory

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22 Feb 2018

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Two ways to think about mathematical structure

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Two ways to think about mathematical structure

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Transfer Principles and Structural Equivalence

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24 Nov 2017

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Putnam on conditional logicism and modalism

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15 Nov 2017

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Carnap's structuralism

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Implicit definitions and the development of modern mathematics

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Klein's program and structural equivalence

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14 Jul 2017

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Transfer principles

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Logical concepts and structural properties

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Carnap's structuralist thesis

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The structuralist thesis reconsidered

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The structuralist thesis reconsidered

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4 Apr 20176 Apr 2017

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Geometrical roots of model theory

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9 Jan 201712 Jan 2017

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Transfer principles and structural equivalence

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1 Dec 2016

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Cassirer, Klein, and geometrical structuralism

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4 Nov 20165 Nov 2016

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Felix Klein's invariant-theoretic structuralism

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24 Jun 201626 Jun 2016

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`Wissenschaftslogik' in the International Encyclopedia of Unified Science

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2 Jun 20163 Jun 2016

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Transfer principles and structuralism

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25 Jan 2016

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Cassirer, Klein, and geometrical structuralism

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23 Jan 2016

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Transfer principles and mathematical structuralism

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21 Jan 2016

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Transfer principles and Klein's geometrical structuralism

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15 Jan 201616 Jan 2016

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Carnap on logicism and the application of mathematics

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12 Nov 201513 Nov 2015

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Duality and transfer principles: The rise of model-theoretic methods in projective geometry

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2 Nov 20154 Nov 2015

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Theoretical terms and structural content

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16 Oct 2015

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What is theoretical truth?

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24 Sep 201526 Sep 2015

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Klein’s invariant-theoretic structuralism

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18 Sep 2015

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Geometrical roots of model theory: duality and relative consistency

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9 Jul 2015

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The geometrical roots of model theory

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29 Jun 2015

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Hilbert’s epsilon terms, Russell’s indefinites, and indexed epsilon terms

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10 Jun 201512 Jun 2015

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Husserl and Carnap on Completeness

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5 Jun 2015

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What is theoretical truth

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23 Apr 201524 Apr 2015

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"Two approaches to theoretical truth"

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13 Apr 2015

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The structuralist thesis

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18 Mar 201521 Mar 2015

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Carnap on logicism and structuralism

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16 Mar 2015

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Carnap's Early Metatheory

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27 Feb 2015

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Structuralism and structural properties

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11 Dec 201412 Dec 2014

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What are structural properties?

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

8 Jul 2014

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Carnap on invariants and model structures

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4 Jun 2014

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Workshop "The Prehistory of Mathematical Structuralism"

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4 Jun 2014

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What are structural properties?

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

29 May 201431 May 2014

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Carnap’s Gabelbarkeitssatz reconsidered

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

16 Apr 201420 Apr 2014

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Husserl and Carnap on Completeness

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

24 Jan 2014

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Zwei Metatheoreme von Carnap

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17 Jan 2014

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Strukturelle Eigenschaften

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2 Dec 2013

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The epsilon-reconstruction of theories and scientific structuralism

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

28 Aug 201331 Aug 2013

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Weyl on Brouwer - Reply to Toader

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21 Jun 2013

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Invariants and mathematical structuralism

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

30 May 2013

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Semantics in type theory

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

15 May 2013

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The epsilon-reconstruction of theories and scientific structuralism

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

4 Apr 2013

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Carnap’s mathematical structuralism

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

21 Nov 2012

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Invariants and mathematical structuralism

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15 Oct 2012

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Carnap’s mathematical structuralism

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

21 Jun 201224 Jun 2012

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Semantics in type theory

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

6 Dec 2011

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Carnap, Tarski und frühe Modelltheorie

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2 Jun 2011

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Carnap’s Explizitbegriffe: axiomatics, structuralism, logicism

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18 Nov 2010

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Hintikka and Hilbert on quantification

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18 Oct 2010

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Carnap’s Explizitbegriffe: axiomatics, structuralism, logicism

Georg Schiemer (Speaker)

28 Jun 2010

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Carnap's Reception of Fraenkel's Axiom of Restriction

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27 Jun 2010

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Carnap’s reception of Fraenkel’s axiom of restriction

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27 Jun 2010

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Carnap’s Explizitbegriffe: axiomatics, structuralism, logicism

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5 Mar 2010

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