Drawing upon the Maynooth alumnus and Irish philosopher of science Ernan McMullin’s idea of consonance (1981), this multi-disciplinary conference explores the interplay between mathematized logic, language, morality, and understandings of nature in premodern and modern eras from Western and Global perspectives. Acknowledging, though independent from, McMullin’s theological imperative, Consonances has presentations from historians of mathematics, science, philosophy, and theology which ‘retain the autonomy of each discipline […] in ways which do not fall into conflict’ (Allen, 2008, 134).
In addition to a tour of the Russell Library, and an exhibition of McMullin’s Maynooth bequest, this two-and-a-half-day conference will have 18 multi-disciplinary presentations. Confirmed Invited Speakers include:
Professor Robert Goulding (University of Notre Dame)
Professor Sophie Roux (École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
Dr David Albertson (University of South California)
Dr Richard Oosterhoff (The University of Edinburgh)
Dr Xiaona Wang (University of Warwick).
For further details on the conference, including sponsors, accommodation and registration (which closes on June 30th), please visit the conference website.
Participants may also be interested in attending the 6th Irish History of Mathematics (IHoM6) Conference. Please visit the conference website for further details on this conference, which runs at Maynooth University on the 30th of August before Consonances commences. Registration is free but required.
Any queries for the Consonances conference should be sent to the conference email address (consonancesconference@gmail.com).
Susan Gottlöber, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird, and Kevin Tracey
Consonances Conference Organisers