9-11 December 2010, First International Meeting of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice (APMP), Brussels, Belgium

The First International Meeting of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice (APMP) will be held next December 9-11 in Brussels.

The Meeting will be held at the Universitaire Stichting, Egmontstraat 11, 1000 Brussels.

The call for papers is now open, with deadline September 30. A title and abstract should be sent to Bart van Kerkhove: bvkerkho at vub.ac.be

APMP aims to foster the philosophy of mathematical practice, that is, a broad outward-looking approach to understanding mathematics which engages with mathematics in practice ? including issues in history of mathematics, the applications of mathematics, cognitive science, etc. The Association was launched in 2009. Its founding members are: Jean Paul van Bendegem (Belgium), Jessica Carter (Denmark), José Ferreirós (Spain), Marcus Giaquinto (UK), Jeremy Gray (UK), Abel Lassalle Casanave (Brasil), Paolo Mancosu (USA), Marco Panza (France), James Tappenden (USA).

For more information, see http://www.vub.ac.be/CLWF/APMP2010/.