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This collection of papers has its origin in a conference held at
the Uni- versity of Toronto in June of 1988. The theme of the
conference was Physicalism in Mathematics: Recent Work in the
Philosophy of Math- ematics. At the conference, papers were read by
Geoffrey Hellman (Minnesota), Yvon Gauthier (Montreal), Michael
Hallett (McGill), Hartry Field (USC), Bob Hale (Lancaster & St
Andrew's), Alasdair Urquhart (Toronto) and Penelope Maddy (Irvine).
This volume supplements updated versions of six of those papers
with contributions by Jim Brown (Toronto), John Bigelow (La Trobe),
John Burgess (Princeton), Chandler Davis (Toronto), David Papineau
(Cambridge), Michael Resnik (North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Peter
Simons (Salzburg) and Crispin Wright (St Andrews & Michigan).
Together they provide a vivid, expansive snapshot of the exciting
work which is currently being carried out in philosophy of
mathematics. Generous financial support for the original conference
was provided by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research
Council of Canada, the British Council, and the Department of
Philosophy together with the Office of Internal Relations at the
University of Toronto. Additional support for the production of
this volume was gratefully received from the Social Sciences &
Humanities Research Council of Canada.
This collection of papers has its origin in a conference held at
the Uni- versity of Toronto in June of 1988. The theme of the
conference was Physicalism in Mathematics: Recent Work in the
Philosophy of Math- ematics. At the conference, papers were read by
Geoffrey Hellman (Minnesota), Yvon Gauthier (Montreal), Michael
Hallett (McGill), Hartry Field (USC), Bob Hale (Lancaster & St
Andrew's), Alasdair Urquhart (Toronto) and Penelope Maddy (Irvine).
This volume supplements updated versions of six of those papers
with contributions by Jim Brown (Toronto), John Bigelow (La Trobe),
John Burgess (Princeton), Chandler Davis (Toronto), David Papineau
(Cambridge), Michael Resnik (North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Peter
Simons (Salzburg) and Crispin Wright (St Andrews & Michigan).
Together they provide a vivid, expansive snapshot of the exciting
work which is currently being carried out in philosophy of
mathematics. Generous financial support for the original conference
was provided by the Social Sciences & Humanities Research
Council of Canada, the British Council, and the Department of
Philosophy together with the Office of Internal Relations at the
University of Toronto. Additional support for the production of
this volume was gratefully received from the Social Sciences &
Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Approximately five years have elapsed since the Conference on
"Tick-borne Diseases and their Vectors" (Wilde, 1978, University of
Edinburgh) was held at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine
in Edinburgh. Theileriosis was one of the main topics at that
Conference and some 20 scientific presentations were given. Also in
the same year a Workshop on "Theileriosis" was held at the Kenyatta
Conference Centre in Nairobi (Henson & Campbell, 1977, IDRC,
Ottawa). Both of these meetings provided a valuable up dating of
theilerial diseases, and the Proceedings have been a constant
source of reference for scientists in the ensuing years. The
meetings played a significant role in setting the scene for a
number of important advances which have been made since then. In
February of this year, attention was focused on these advances when
nearly 200 scientists from over 30 countries were assembled at the
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases in Nairobi
for the international conference on "Advances in the Control of
Theileriosis." The interest and concern shown in this subject has
now grown to the extent that more than 70 scientific presentations
were given over the course of a very busy week. An important facet
of the Conference was the attention given to the control of
Theileriosis, since this must be the ultimate aim of all those
involved with the disease. Control will be difficult."
Approximately five years have elapsed since the Conference on
"Tick-borne Diseases and their Vectors" (Wilde, 1978, University of
Edinburgh) was held at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine
in Edinburgh. Theileriosis was one of the main topics at that
Conference and some 20 scientific presentations were given. Also in
the same year a Workshop on "Theileriosis" was held at the Kenyatta
Conference Centre in Nairobi (Henson & Campbell, 1977, IDRC,
Ottawa). Both of these meetings provided a valuable up dating of
theilerial diseases, and the Proceedings have been a constant
source of reference for scientists in the ensuing years. The
meetings played a significant role in setting the scene for a
number of important advances which have been made since then. In
February of this year, attention was focused on these advances when
nearly 200 scientists from over 30 countries were assembled at the
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases in Nairobi
for the international conference on "Advances in the Control of
Theileriosis." The interest and concern shown in this subject has
now grown to the extent that more than 70 scientific presentations
were given over the course of a very busy week. An important facet
of the Conference was the attention given to the control of
Theileriosis, since this must be the ultimate aim of all those
involved with the disease. Control will be difficult."
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