Introduction to Special Issue: The Emergence of Structuralism

摘要

On June 24–26, 2016, a conference entitled The Emergence of Structuralism and Formalism took place in Prague under the auspices of the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Catholic Faculty of Theology of the Charles University, where the proceedings took place. The conference was devoted to problems of philosophy of mathematics, regarded from the perspective of structuralism and formalism. We were very pleased to secure the presence of truly outstanding experts in the field. The organizers, Sousedik and Svoboda, highly value the fact that their invitation was accepted by the most important adherents of structuralism, Stewart Shapiro and Michael Resnik. They can be regarded as the founders of this trend in contemporary philosophy of mathematics. The other invited speakers included Michael Detlefsen, Leon Horsten, and ?ystein Linnebo.