»8th International Meeting of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice (APMP)


January 12-15, 2026

Chapman University
Argyros Forum 212, 206ABC, 209AB, and Beckman Hall 404


The APMP aims to foster the philosophy of mathematical practice, that is, a broad outward-looking cluster of approaches to understanding mathematics. Relevant themes include issues in the methodology and epistemology of mathematics, history of mathematics, applications of mathematics, mathematical education, and cognitive science.


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Conference Schedule

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Monday, January 12, 2026
1:30 - 1:45 p.m. Inauguration                                                                     AF 212
1:45 - 3:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Akshay Venkatesh                            AF 212
(Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton):

Crytomorphisms in Mathematical Practice
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break                                                                AF 209AB
3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
AF 206A AF 206B AF 206C
Eamon Duede (Purdue University): 

Collective Creativity in Mixed-Agent Science		 Lyu Fu (IHPST, Paris):

The Inferential Account and the Confidence Objection		 Ryota AkiyoshI & Koji Mineshima (The University of Electro-Communications; Keio University):

Concessive Connectives and the Structure of Informal Proofs
Andrew Aberdein (Florida Tech):

Mathematical Trespassing		 Matt Haber (University of Utah): 

Positively Misleading Errors		 Oliver Marshall (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México): 

The Logical and Philosophical Origins of λ-Calculi
5:15 - 5:45 p.m. Coffee Break                                                                AF 209AB
5:45 - 7:15 p.m.
AF 206A AF 206B AF 206C

Christopher Pincock (Ohio State University):

Mathematics and Scientific Change

 Mangesh Patwardhan (National Insurance Academy): 

Sets, Models and Set-theoretic Practice		 Samuel Stevens (University of Southampton):

Plato and the Practice of Mathematics
James Weatherall & Jesse Wolfson (UC Irvine):

Correctness, Artificial Intelligence		 Javier Legris (Universidad de Buenos Aires):

Turing on Reasoning		 Patrick Ryan (New York University):

A Renaissance of Empiricism: The Case of Mathematical Infinity
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
8 - 9 a.m. Breakfast                                                                      AF 209AB
9 - 10:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Carolin Antos-Kuby                          AF 212 (University of Konstanz): 

Why We Should Study Examples: The Epistemic Function of Exemplary Reasoning in Mathematics
10:30 - 11 a.m. Coffee Break                                                                AF 209AB
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
AF 206A AF 206B AF 206C
Manuel Barrantes (CSU Sacramento):

Mathematical Explanations of Physical Phenomena		 Eduardo Giovannini & Georg Schiemer (National Scientific and Technical Research Council; Universität Wien):

Formal Content and Equivalence		 Don Fallis (Northeastern University):

What’s So Special about Deductive Proof?
Josh Hunt (Syracuse University): 

Making Properties Manifest in Mathematics		 Melisa Vivanco (University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley):

The Arbitrariness of Mathematical Proof Properties		 Alberto Naibo & Thomas Seiller (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; CNRS):

Proofs as Algorithms
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch                                                                           AF 209AB
1:45 - 3:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker: John Mumma                                    AF 212
(CSU San Barnardino): 

Counting Arithmetic
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break                                                                AF 209AB
3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
AF 206A AF 206B AF 206C
Lorenzo Gandolfi (IUSS Pavia):

Choosing What to Prove and How		 Jean-Charles Pelland (Universitetet i Bergen):

Compositionality beyond Bases		 Marianna Antonutti Marfori (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne):

Frege and Hilbert on Mathematical Method and Proof
Susan Vineberg (Wayne State University):

Depth and Understanding in the Development of Mathematics		 Mahmoud Jalloh (California Institute of Technology):

Descartes’ Dimensions and the Euclidean Taboo		 Andrea Sereni (IUSS Pavia):

Ideal Route to Arithmetic
5:15 - 5:45 p.m. Coffee Break                                                                AF 209AB
5:45 - 7:15 p.m.
AF 206A AF 206B AF 206C
Danielle Macbeth (Haverford College):

Thinking about Numbers: From Objects to Inquiry

Jonathan Tanaka (UC Berkeley):

Aristotelian Geometrical Monism

 Chanwoo Lee (Ajou University):

Structuralism as an Explanatory Thesis
Bendix Kemmann (Stanford University):

Numerical Notation Systems		 Jean-Paul Cauvin (Case Western Reserve University):

Style as Mathematical Practice in the Philosophy of Gilles Gaston-Granger		  
 Wednesday, January 14, 2026
8 - 9 a.m. Breakfast                                                                     AF 209AB
9 - 10:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Keith Weber                                      AF 212
(Rutgers University):

Using Text to Understand Mathematical Practice in Philosophy and Mathematics Education
10:30 - 11 a.m. Coffee Break                                                                AF 209AB
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
 AF 206A AF 206B AF 206C 
Kati Kish Bar-on & Michael Friedman (Boston University & Harvard Business School; Bonn University):

A Tool or A Collaborator? Rethinking Mathematical Intuition, Agency, and Practice in the Age of AI		 Chen Yang (Hunan University): 

The Application of Mathematics Revisited from a Hegelian Perspective		 Erich Reck (UC Riverside):

Structuralist Understanding and its Objects in Mathematics
Kenny Easwaran (UC Irvine):

Several AI Futures for Mathematical Proof		 Jemma Lorenat (Pitzer College):

No Marked Correlation: An Episode in the Statistical Invasion of Medical and Social Science		 Moritz Bodner (Universität Wien):

Normal Form Results
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch                                                                           AF 209AB
1:45 - 3:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Elaine Pimentel                                 AF 212
(University College London):

Axioms as Rules: A Framework for Mathematical Explanation
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Coffee Break                                                                AF 209AB
 3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
 AF 206A    AF 206C
Mark Balaguer (Cal State LA):

Mathematical Platonism, Mathematical Relativism, and the Mind-Dependence of Mathematical Truth		   Jacob Parish (UC Berkeley):

Non-standard Analysis and Grosseteste
Paolo Mancosu (UC Berkeley):

When Formal Derivations are not Optional		  

Antonio Baraldi (Konstanz University):

Inference to the Best Explanation in Scientific Practice
5:15 - 5:45 p.m. Coffee Break                                                                AF 209AB
5:15 - 5:45 p.m.

Roundtable on the Perspectives of APMP                     AF 212
with the participation of William D'Alessandro, Silvia
De Toffoli, Jemma Lorenat and Paolo Mancosu
7:30 p.m. Gala Dinner                                                     Beckman Hall 404
Thursday, January 15, 2026
 8 - 9 a.m. Breakfast                                                                     AF 209AB
9 - 10:30 a.m.
 AF 206A    AF 206C
Chirine Yasmine Laghjichi (University Sorbonne Paris Nord):

The Idealized Mathematician and the Common Notion
   Silvia De Toffoli (IUSS Pavia):

Articulate Intuition

Rachel Boddy & Robert May (IUSS Pavia; UC Davis):

Value-Ranges

   William D’Alessandro (College of William & Mary):

Using Large Language Models to Study Explanation in Mathematics
10:30 - 11 a.m. Coffee Break                                                                AF 209AB
 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
 AF 206A    AF 206C
Karolina Tytko, Jessica Carter, & Karol Wapniarski (WA FCIPS, Krakow; Aarhus University; University of Cambridge, UK):

Experiments in Logic and the Role of Diagrammatic Representations
   Nicolò Cambiaso & Tommaso Peripoli (Università degli Studi di Milano):

Changing Mathematical Concepts
Ken Archer (Linköping University):

From Perception to Probability		   Jamie Tappenden (University of Michigan):

Definition, Vagueness and Conceptual Development
12:30 - 2 p.m. Lunch                                                                           AF 209AB
2 - 3:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Marc Lange                                       AF 212
(Rutgers University):

How to Resolve Wigner’s Mystery of the ‘Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics’ in Natural Science
3:30 - 4 p.m. Closure                                                                             AF 212

 

 




Keynote Speakers

  • Carolin Antos-Kuby (University of Konstanz)
  • Marc Lange (UNC Chapel Hill)
  • John Mumma (CSU San Bernardino)
  • Elaine Pimentel (University College London)
  • Akshay Venkatesh (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
  • Keith Weber (Rutgers University)

 

Scientific Committee

  • Silvia De Toffoli, co-chair (IUSS Pavia)
  • Paolo Mancosu, co-chair (UC Berkeley)
  • Line Edslev Andersen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
  • William D’Alessandro (William & Mary)
  • Carmen Martinez Adame (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
  • Marco Panza (Chapman University)
  • Christopher Pincock (Ohio State University)

 

Organizing Committee

  • Marco Panza, Chair (Chapman University)
  • Lisa Beesley (Chapman University)
  • Ben Faltesek (Chapman University)
  • José Gil-Férez (Chapman University)
  • Jemma Lorenat (Pitzer College, Claremont)
  • Guillaume Massas (Chapman University)
  • Andrew Moshier (Chapman University)
  • Erich Reck (UC Riverside)
  • Patrick Ryan (Chapman University)


Conference Hotel

Ayres Hotel Orange
200 N. The City Drive
Orange, CA 92868
(800) 764-4614

You may reserve a room at the Ayres Hotel Orange at our conference group rates. Please call the hotel directly to make your reservation and mention the name of the conference and the group rate:

Single room, 1 king bed: $165 per night
Double room, 2 queen beds: $165 per night. If you prefer to share a room, you may reserve the double room and share the $165 cost with another conference participant.

The Ayres Hotel Orange is located about 2.2 miles from the campus.  We are planning to organize a shuttle or other means of transportation from the hotel to the campus in the morning and evening, according to the conference timetable. Alternatively, you can use an Uber, Lyft, taxi, or Bus line 54 (arriving every 30 minutes and with a travel time of about 20 minutes, including a little less than half a mile by foot).

Additional hotels in the vicinity of Chapman campus that you also may wish to consider include: 

Best Western Orange Plaza (1.1 miles)
1302 West Chapman Avenue
Orange, CA 92868
(714) 633-7720

Days Inn by Wyndham, Orange-Anaheim (1.4 miles)
279 South Main Street
Orange, CA 92668
(714) 771-6704 

Ayres Hotel Anaheim (2.3 miles)
2550 East Katella Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92806
(800) 764-4614

Embassy Suites Anaheim-Orange (2.5 miles)
400 North State College Boulevard
Orange, CA 92868
(800) 445-8667 or (714) 938-1111