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[maths:26-10-14]2026-10-14Clements on Terence Tao
Session
Date
14 October 2026
Reading
Clements, Terence Tao (1984)
Authors
Terence Tao

With optional additions:

[maths:26-09-30]2026-09-30Handelman on the mathematical imagination
Session
Date
30 September 2026
Reading
Handelman, The Trouble with Logical Positivism: Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, and the Origins of Critical Theory (2019)
Authors
Matthew Handelman
[maths:26-09-16]2026-09-16Propp on vectors from Leibniz to Einstein
Session
Date
16 September 2026
Reading
Vectors from Leibniz to Einstein
Authors
James Propp
[maths:26-08-31]2026-08-31Jing on algorithm
Session
Date
31 August 2026
Reading
Jing, Algorithm (2026)
Authors
Felicia Jing

We were lucky to have Felicia Jing as a participant.

Introduced by Lachlan Kermode.

[maths:26-08-03]2026-08-03Gray and Poincaré on counter-modernism
Session
Date
3 August 2026
Reading
Gray, Poincaré and Counter-Modernism (2022)
Poincaré, The Foundations of Science (2022)
Authors
Jeremy Gray, Henri Poincaré
[maths:26-07-20]2026-07-20Deringer on political calculations
Session
Date
20 July 2026
Reading
Deringer, Introduction: Political Calculations (2018)
Authors
William Deringer
[maths:26-07-06]2026-07-06Bernoulli on hydrodynamics
Session
Date
6 July 2026
Reading
Bernoulli and Bernoulli, Hydrodynamics, by Daniel Bernoulli \& Hydraulics, by Johann Bernoulli (1968)
Authors
Daniel Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli
[maths:26-06-22]2026-06-22Meli on Newton versus Leibniz
Session
Date
22 June 2026
Reading
Meli, Equivalence and Priority (1993)
Authors
Domenico Meli
[maths:26-06-08]2026-06-08Atiyah on mathematics in the 20th century
Session
Date
8 June 2026
Reading
Atiyah, Mathematics in the 20th Century (2002)
Authors
Michael Atiyah
[maths:26-05-01]2026-05-01Henkle on the ontology of number
Session
Date
1 May 2026
Reading
Henkle, On the Ontology of Number, or the Limits of Structuralism (2026)
Authors
Jonah Henkle
[maths:26-04-10]2026-04-10Avigad on mathematicians in the age of AI
Session
Date
10 April 2026
Reading
Avigad, Mathematicians in the Age of AI (2026)
Authors
Jeremy Avigad
[maths:26-03-27]2026-03-27Benacerraf on what numbers could not be
Session
Date
27 March 2026
Reading
Benacerraf, What Numbers Could Not Be (1965)
Authors
Paul Benacerraf
[maths:26-03-06]2026-03-06Husserl on the origin of geometry
Session
Date
6 March 2026
Reading
Husserl, The Origin of Geometry (1970)
Authors
Edmund Husserl
[maths:26-02-10]2026-02-10Longo on the constructed objectivity of mathematics
Session
Date
10 February 2026
Reading
Longo, The Constructed Objectivity of Mathematics and the Cognitive Subject (2003)
Authors
Giuseppe Longo
[maths:26-01-23]2026-01-23Von Foerster on understanding understanding
Session
Date
23 January 2026
Reading
Von Foerster, Understanding Understanding: Essays on Cybernetics and Cognition (2003), pp.1-20, 247-261
Authors
Heinz Von Foerster
[maths:25-12-08]2025-12-08Naderi on mark and lack
Session
Date
8 December 2025
Reading
Naderi, Mark and Lack (2018)
Authors
Reza Naderi
[maths:25-11-24]2025-11-24Miller on suture
Session
Date
24 November 2025
Reading
Miller, Suture (1977)
Authors
Jacques Miller
[maths:25-10-19]2025-10-19Schmid on diagonal method and dialectical logic
Session
Date
19 October 2025
Reading
Schmid, Diagonal Method and Dialectical Logic (2025)
Authors
Eric Schmid
[maths:25-10-06]2025-10-06Castelle on high-dimensional communication
Session
Date
6 October 2025
Reading
Castelle, Contextualizing High-Dimensional Communication: The Relevance of Linguistic Anthropology for Theorizing Large Language Models (2025)
Authors
Michael Castelle
[maths:25-09-22]2025-09-22Weatherby on language machines
Session
Date
22 September 2025
Reading
Weatherby, Language Machines (2025), pp.1-40
Authors
Leif Weatherby

We were lucky to have Leif Weatherby present.

Introduced by William Stewart.

[maths:25-08-01]2025-08-01Mehrtens on nationalism and internationalism
Session
Date
1 August 2025
Reading
Mehrtens, Nationalism and Internationalism (1996)
Authors
Herbert Mehrtens
[maths:25-07-18]2025-07-18Berkeley's Analyst
Session
Date
18 July 2025
Reading
Berkeley, The Analyst; or, a Discourse Addressed to an Infidel Mathematician (1754)
Authors
George Berkeley
[maths:25-07-03]2025-07-03Mazzotti on reactionary mathematics
Session
Date
3 July 2025
Reading
Mazzotti, Reactionary Mathematics (2023), pp.128-146
Authors
Massimo Mazzotti
[maths:25-06-12]2025-06-12Steingart on axiomatics and high modernism
Session
Date
12 June 2025
Reading
Steingart, Axiomatics (2023), pp.1-24
Authors
Alma Steingart
[maths:25-05-15]2025-05-15Marx on the myth of the Martians
Session
Date
15 May 2025
Reading
Marx, The Myth of the Martians and the Golden Age of Hungarian Science (1996)
Authors
George Marx
[maths:25-05-01]2025-05-01Rodin on categorial logic and Hegelian dialectics
Session
Date
1 May 2025
Reading
Rodin, Categorial Logic and Hegelian Dialectics (2013)
Authors
Andrei Rodin
[maths:25-04-17]2025-04-17Warwick on Cambridge mathematical physics
Session
Date
17 April 2025
Reading
Warwick, Masters of Theory (2003), pp.ix-xi, 212-226
Authors
Andrew Warwick
[maths:25-04-03]2025-04-03Marx's mathematical manuscripts
Session
Date
3 April 2025
Reading
Marx, Mathematical Manuscripts of Karl Marx (1983), pp.109-119
Authors
Karl Marx
[maths:25-03-07]2025-03-07Vasiliev on imaginary logic
Session
Date
7 March 2025
Reading
Vasiliev, Imaginary (Non-Aristotelian) Logic (1925)
Authors
N. A. Vasiliev
[maths:25-02-20]2025-02-20Krieger on convention in statistics
Session
Date
20 February 2025
Reading
Krieger, Convention: How Means and Variances Are Entrenched as Statistics (2015)
Authors
Martin Krieger
[maths:25-02-06]2025-02-06Hörl on sacred channels
Session
Date
6 February 2025
Reading
Hörl, Sacred Channels (2018), pp.89-108
Authors
Erich Hörl
[maths:25-01-24]2025-01-24Serres on the history of scientific thought
Session
Date
24 January 2025
Reading
Serres, Introduction (1995)
Authors
Michel Serres
[maths:24-11-15]2024-11-15Joque on revolutionary mathematics (cancelled)
Session
Date
15 November 2024
Reading
Joque, Revolutionary Mathematics (2022)
Authors
Justin Joque
[maths:24-10-17]2024-10-17Babbage on the economy of machinery
Session
Date
17 October 2024
Reading
Babbage, On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (1832), pp.i-50
Authors
Charles Babbage
[maths:24-10-04]2024-10-04Peirce on the elements of logic
Session
Date
4 October 2024
Reading
Peirce, Elements of Logic (1974), pp.134-173
Authors
Charles Peirce
[maths:24-09-19]2024-09-19Turing on thinking machines
Session
Date
19 September 2024
Reading
Turing, Intelligent Machinery, A Heretical Theory (c.1951) (2004)
Turing, Can Digital Computers Think? (1951) (2004)
Authors
Alan Turing
[maths:24-08-30]2024-08-30Gray on the modernist transformation of mathematics
Session
Date
30 August 2024
Reading
Gray, Plato's Ghost (2008), pp.18-38
Authors
Jeremy Gray
[maths:24-08-09]2024-08-09Von Neumann on the mathematician
Session
Date
9 August 2024
Reading
Von Neumann, The Mathematician (1947)
Authors
John von Neumann
[maths:24-07-26]2024-07-26Thurston on proof and progress
Session
Date
26 July 2024
Reading
Thurston, On Proof and Progress in Mathematics (2006)
Authors
William P. Thurston
[maths:24-07-12]2024-07-12Aaronson on computational complexity
Session
Date
12 July 2024
Reading
Aaronson, Why Philosophers Should Care about Computational Complexity (2013)
Authors
Scott Aaronson
[maths:24-06-21]2024-06-21Pourciau on number and the digital ocean
Session
Date
21 June 2024
Reading
Pourciau, A/Logos (2019)
Pourciau, On the Digital Ocean (2022)
Authors
Sarah Pourciau