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Speaker Series: James Walsh (NYU)

Caldwell 105 ,

Title: The Boundaries of Incompleteness Abstract: Are the fundamental principles of mathematical reasoning consistent? An early goal of mathematical logic was to prove the consistency of various parts of mathematics. Gödel discovered a major obstacle to achieving this goal; no reasonable list of axioms … Read more

Balter Lecture: Monique Wonderly (UCSD)

Caldwell 105 ,

Forgiveness, Trust, and Betrayal While “affective shift” views of forgiveness have tended to characterize forgiveness as overcoming (some degree of) resentment felt in response to a moral violation, some add that, where relevant, the forgiver must also overcome negative emotions … Read more