List, Bev Corbin (Semiotic Web) and I have arranged for a talk by Fernando Zalamea to be delivered at Microsoft Technology Center, 11 Times Square, New York, NY on Wednesday, March 1 from 6 to 8 (see details below).
Those of us who were fortunate enough to have attended his series of seminars at the Pratt Institute Graduate Center in Media Studies (Manhattan) in October of 2015, or who have read his books, the most recent being *Peirce's Logic of Continuity: A Conceptual and Mathematical Approach*, cannot but be impressed by his towering intellect, the depth and breadth of his knowledge in many domains and, perhaps most especially, his humanity. I see Fernando as an interdisciplinary polymath, something of what used to be called "a Renaissance man." His interests range across a multitude of arts and sciences including, of course, Peirce studies (for example, he sponsored a Peirce-centered conference in Bogata last year which some on this list attended and contributed to). I hope that those of you who live in or near NYC will join us on March 1 for what is sure to be an extraordinary event Best, Gary Global to Local Architectonics - Wednesday, March 1, 20176:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Microsoft <https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Microsoft+Technology+Center%2C+11+Times+Square%2C+New+York%2C+NY%2C+us> Microsoft Technology Center, 11 Times Square, New York, NY - *Please check in at the security desk. You will need to register with your complete name and have your matching photo ID.* - Global to Local Architectonics: Philosophical, mathematical, and logical resistances. An architectonics of elementary semiotic triads, obstructions, and transits for our contemporary world Fernando Zalamea, Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Received his Ph.D. in Logic and Category Theory (University of Massachusetts 1990) under Ernest Manes. Full Professor of the Departmento de Matematicas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, he has been coordinating since 2007 the Colombian Center on Peircean Studies ( accervopeirceano.org ) and is the editor of Cuadernos de Sistematica Peirceana. The presentation will be divided in three parts: (1) Some main philosophical perspectives will be presented along a double semiotic triad (closed: relativization, analysis, differentiation) (open: universalization, synthesis, integration), and the back-and-forth transits between differentiation and integration will be explored. Poets like Novalis and Valéry, and cultural critics like Warburg and Benjamin, will lead the way. The role of contemporary poetess Jan Zwicky will be highlighted. (2) Some main mathematical perspectives will be presented along a double semiotic triad (closed: logicization, punctualization, typification) (open: geometrization, sheafification, archetypification), and the back-and-forth transits between localization and globalization will be explored. Mathematicians like Galois, Riemann and Grothendieck will lead the way. The role of modern mathematician Emmy Noether will be highlighted. (3) Some main logical perspectives will be presented along a double semiotic triad (closed: sintaxis, classicism, completeness) (open: pragmatics, intuitionism, incompleteness), and the back-and-forth transits between positivity and negativity will be explored. Logicians like Peirce, Gödel and Girard will lead the way. The role of contemporary logician Olivia Caramello will be highlighted. Questions and Answers Open Discussions Networking Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Fernando-Zalamea/e/B001JOKOXE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1486696734&sr=1-2 Universidad Nacional de Colombia Page: http://www.docentes.unal.edu.co/fzalameat/ Suggested reading: Peirce's Logic of Continuity: A Conceptual and Mathematical Approach: (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Peirces-Logic-Continuity-Conceptual-Mathematical/dp/0983700494/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0983700494&pd_rd_r=YW5ZTW1FPAWTWNBGR426&pd_rd_w=xQlIg&pd_rd_wg=ZeUeO&psc=1&refRID=YW5ZTW1FPAWTWNBGR426 Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary Mathematics: (Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/Synthetic-Philosophy-Contemporary-Mathematics-Fernando/dp/0956775012/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 This is a meetup mashup with the following meetups: Host: Women in Open Source (WOS): https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-women-in-open-source/ Semiotics Web (SW): https://www.meetup.com/SemioticsWeb/ Information Architecture (IA): https://www.meetup.com/information_architecture/ [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690*
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