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The Nature of Proof: A Symposium—November 9 |
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November 6, 2012,
Volume 59, No. 11 |
The Williams Symposium on Proof, The Nature of Proof: A Symposium will take place Friday, November 9, 2-5 p.m. in the Michael A. Fitts Auditorium, Golkin Hall.
Speakers include Dr. Scott Aaronson, TIBCO Career Development Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT; Dr. Dennis DeTurck, the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor in Penn's School of Arts & Sciences, professor of mathematics, and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences; Dr. Solomon Feferman, the Patrick Suppes Family Professor of Humanities and Sciences, emeritus and professor of mathematics and philosophy, emeritus at Stanford University; and David Rudovsky, Senior Fellow of the Penn Law School and one of the nation's leading civil rights and criminal defense attorneys.
The symposium is sponsored by:
The Thomas and Yvonne Williams Fund for the Advancement of Logic and Philosophy and The Provost's Fund for the Year of Proof.
The Thomas and Yvonne Williams Fund for the Advancement of Logic and Philosophy has been established at the University of Pennsylvania to expose a wide audience to the value of the correct application of reason. The fund will support a variety of educational activities including a university-level lecture series as well as lectures and seminars at the upper-school level.
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