Philip Welch
Professor of Mathematical Logic,
Office: Howard House 2.11.
Tel. +44 117 33 11807
FAX: +44 117 928 7999
E-mail address: P.Welch@bristol.ac.uk
School of Mathematics, University of Bristol,
Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1TW, UK
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Research interests
· Set theory: fine structure and core models; problems concerning determinancy, large cardinals and strong axioms of
infinity.
· Philosophy
of Mathematics, Foundations of Set Theory, Theories of Truth.
· Models
of computation.
Research projects
· Logical
Methods in Epistemology, Semantics, & Philosophy of Mathematics.
Funded
by the British Academy.
·
Interactions
between combinatorics of stationary sets, bounded forcing axioms and inner
models of set theory Funded by EPSRC. Oct.03 -
Sep.05
·
Mathematics
into Philosophy: analysing complexity theoretic issues in current philosophical
theories of epistemology, semantics and truth Funded
by EPSRC. From October 6'th 2005 to Oct. 2006.
· Philosophical
Theories of Truth, Transfinite Computation, and Infinite Games
Funded
by the Templeton Foundation. From Oct. 2008 to Sep. 2010.
·
The
Scope and Limits of Arithmetical Knowledge
Funded by
the Templeton Foundation. From Mar. 2011 to Sep. 2012.
·
Inexpressibility
and Reflection in the Formal Sciences Funded by
AHRC; Co-investigator on project at Department of Philosophy, University of
Oxford; From Oct. 2011 to Dec. 2013.
·
Inner
model theory in outer models, funded by EPSRC. From Mar.2012 to
Oct.2014.
Publications
Lectures
· Fourth
European Set Theory Meeting, Barcelona, September 2013 A condensed history
of condensation
· Foundations
of Mathematics Conference, Cambridge, July 2012 Conceptualism:
sets and absolute infinities
·
Invited
Lecture for the 6'th European Congress of Mathematicians, Krakow, July 2012 A Turing Centenary
lecture
·
EFI,
Harvard Feb.2012 Global
Reflection Principles
·
Birkbeck
Conference Tutorials on Large Cardinals, Inner Models & Determinacy: an
introductory overview, Aug.2011 Tut.I Tut.II Tut.III , paper
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