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THE
FIELDS INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
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Fields
Cognitive Science Network:
Empirical Study of Mathematics
and How it
is Learned
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Workshop
on Mind in Mathematics: New Frontiers
March 21-23, 2013
at
the Fields Institute, 222 College St., Toronto
(map)
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Organizers:
Marcel Danesi (Toronto), Rafael Núñez
(UC,San Diego)
Dragana Martinovic (Windsor), Mariana Bockarova
(Harvard), Stacy Costa (Toronto) |
Registration
on site March 21
Fees: Regular $50, Students $25,
Waived for invited speakers
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Video
Archive of talks |
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| Focus |
 The
focus of this workshop is to build a community of leading
experts in this interdisciplinary area-mathematicians, linguists,
cognitive scientists, historians, and semioticians from across
the academic spectrum contributing in various ways to the
workshop, from giving lectures to engaging in discussions.
The topics include:
1. Notation, Logic, and Reasoning
2. Abstraction and Infinity
3. Where the curriculum comes from
The main objective is to gather perspectives on these topics
from the interdisciplinary research community in order to
gain insights into how mathematics is created, communicated,
and learned, (or not learned), and to glean educational implications
from this.
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| Program |
Thursday March 21,
2013
Stewart Library, Fields Institute |
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10:00 am
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Welcome and Introduction:
Why the CogSci network, why this workshop —
Mind in Mathematics: New Frontiers, and what are we
trying to accomplish?
(Marcel Danesi (U. of Toronto) and Rafael
Núñez (U. of California, San Diego)
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10:20 am
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John Mighton (JUMP Math, Fields Institute):
Lessons Learned From the JUMP Project
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11:30 am
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Short break
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11:35 am
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Discussion with John Mighton
Discussant: Brent Davis (U. of Calgary) |
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12:35 pm
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Lunch |
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1:30 pm
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Marcel Danesi and students
(U. of Toronto):
Semiotics, Modeling, and Discovery in Mathematics |
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2:40 pm
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Short break |
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2:45 pm
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Panel discussion on semiotics and mathematics with
Marcel Danesi and students
Discussant: Luis Radford (Laurentian University)
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6:00 pm
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Keynote Speaker
Douglas Hofstadter (Indiana University)
The Ubiquity of Analogy in Mathematical Thought
Nathan
and Beatrice Keyfitz Lectures in Mathematics and the Social
Sciences - A Public Lecture Series
Location of Talk: HS 610 Health Sciences Building, 155
College Street
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Friday March 22, 2013
Stewart Library, Fields Institute |
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10:00 am
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Rafael Núñez (U. of
California, San Diego):
Mind in Mathematics: An Introduction (and presentation
of the day's speakers) |
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11:00 am
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Short break |
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11:15 am
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Eleanor Robson (U. of
Cambridge):
Writing and Thinking about Mathematics in Ancient Iraq |
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12:25 pm
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Lunch Break |
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1:25 pm
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Daniel Ansari (Western University):
The Numerate Brain: Development, Enculturation and
Individual Differences |
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2:35 pm
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Panel discussion with Eleanor Robson
and Daniel Ansari:
Investigating the mind in mathematics: From Babylonia
to the brain (Discussant: Rafael Núñez) |
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6:00 pm
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Dinner: 6:30 P.M.
Lisbon by Night Restaurant
Address: 802 Dundas St. West Toronto, Ontario, M6J 1V3
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Saturday March 23, 2013 (joint meeting with
the Fields MathEd Forum):
Fields Institute , Room 230
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10:00 am
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Dragana Martinovic (U. of Windsor):
Digital Technologies and Mathematical Minds
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11 am
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Brent Davis (U. of Calgary):
Where Mathematics Curriculum Comes From
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12:00 pm
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Lunch on site
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1:00 pm
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Louis H. Kauffman (U. of Chicago):
Logical Connection and Topological Connection
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2:10 pm
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Break and farewell
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2:30 pm
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Organizational meeting of the Fields Cognitive Science
Network
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Registered
Participants
* to be confirmed
| Full Name |
University/Affiliation |
| Ansari, Daniel |
The University of Western Ontario |
| Bockarova, Mariana |
Harvard University |
| Costa, Stacy |
University of Toronto |
| Danesi, Marcel |
University of Toronto |
| Davis, Brent |
University of Calgary |
| Edwards, Laurie |
Saint Mary's College |
| Ghasemloo, Kaveh |
University of Toronto |
| Hetherington, Leslie* |
University of Toronto |
| Hirst, Graeme |
University of Toronto |
| Hofstadter, Douglas R. |
Indiana University |
| Kauffman, Louis H. |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Li, Qing |
York University |
| Martinovic, Dragana |
University of Windsor |
| Mighton, John |
JUMP Math |
| Muldoon, Martin |
York University |
| Núñez, Rafael |
University of California, San Diego |
| Robson, Eleanor |
University of Cambridge |
| Sadi, Mahsa |
University of Toronto |
| Shorser, Lindsey |
University of Toronto |
| Thomas, Kevin |
York University |
| Zhang, Jun |
University of Michigan |
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