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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FSB: Foundational Studies Bristol:
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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
· In celebration of Ada Lovelace Day, Bristol, Oct. 2014 Ada
Lovelace and the logic of the analytical engine
· Chiemsee Conference Tutorials on Semantical Theories of Truth,
July 2014 Semantical
Approaches to Truth I & II
· 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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